| Show murdock murdoch blood urge citizens to give primary i law a fair trial editors note in the march marcar issue of the roosevelt standard we printed a front page editorial entitled keeping political bosses hands off backing the primary election law over which 1 there is considerable controversy at this time wo we favor this law which was passed in the last state legislature because we feel that it rived gives the people more of a voice in the selection of governing officials fici als thus arousing more general interest and responsibility in politics something which must be done if pollution of politics Is ever to be cloar cJ up in tile the march edition of df the roosevelt standard county attorney L A I 1 hollenbock hollenbeck replied to the editorial declair declaiming ning it because of its additional operative expense because it is cumberson curn berson inconvenient and so expensive that it prohibits a poor man from running for office judge hollenbeck dented the other side of the story which is essential to decide intelligently telli gently in the past week two letters on ua tiie e d direct ayt primary I 1 mary law have law ian received cei in tin this s jens ff ica noih fion high government officials jhc on the law lav congressman abe murdock murdoch writer as follows dear mr harrison I 1 have just finished reading your front page editorial entitled keep political bosses hands off with which I 1 was very much impressed it is just as important that the people have a direct voice in the selection of nominees as it is for them to have a voice in the ultimate choice of the nominees selected I 1 have no doubt but what there here bo be in our new primary law but as stated in your editorial they are mistakes in the mechanical operation of the law which can certainly be worked out so that the great and important principle of the law will be preserved for the people and of course that principle is that the people have a direct voice in the selection of the officials who are to serve them in all four branches of our government federal state county and municipal 1 I congratulate you on the at itsue itu je in I 1 and a also on the splendid paper you are publishing you seem at all times so far as I 1 have been able to observe nonpartisan non partisan and at all 11 times vigilant and keenly alert in in the interest of the people you serve sincerely yours ABE MURDOCK governor blood issues state statement in ent A press statement issued by IG i governor governor henry H blood reads as follows in the method of selecting candidates for state district and county elections the direct primary is an innovation in utah it should be astep a step forward it is entitled to the earnest effort of all our citizens to carry I 1 out its intent I 1 urge their cooper i aaion to give it a sufficient a fairi fair and a friendly trial they can do this by attending the loci local district nass meetings by assisting in the primary elections for selection of candidates for the legislature I 1 and other offices who will work for a better utah for its economic progress and for the improvement i cultural condition of its people tile tiie santa fe conference of governors of states of the upp upper er basin of the colorado river called recently in an effort to protect vast resources of this state in water power and other possibilities bili ties that effort will bo be useless unless we sustain and preserve in utah a manpower man power of the proper temper a citizenry which evinces as utah citizenry has in the past a willingness to tp cooperate to subordinate private advantage to the public good we stand today aghast at terrifying and threatening conditions throughout the world our hearts bleed because of developments in europe the orient and elsewhere the hope for democracy has been transferred to this continent it is our job to show that government of the people by the people and for the people can survive and is the only form of government that can hope for permanency the direct primary is democratic in ideal and practice I 1 urge all to unite in making it a success in utah |
