Show i I 1 DIRECT PRIMARY LAW The direct primary question is being agitated in many of ot the states and In some of or them the necessary n eBsary laws havo have already been passed Governor Hughes In his message to the New Sew York legis egis legislature legislature lature took strong ground in favor faor of this measure of reform and after con considering considering the he objections urged suggest suggested ed the following Ideas IdeM for Incorporation tion Into the statutes of or the Empire state 1 That participation In the lie nominating nomina tin primary be confined to enrolled party voters with stringent measures to prevent fraud I 2 That th the general expense of or the primary primary mary man like those of a regular election be borne by the public 3 That the corrupt practices act be ex extended extended extended tended to prescribe the expenses that a candidate may ma lawfully incur In seeking the nomination with full publicity of oC all aft expenditures 4 That the amount which may ma be ex expended expended expended by b candidates for nomination be limited 5 S That In general the safeguards sar of the law governing general elections be ex fX extended tended to the primaries It is claimed that the law worked badly in Illinois inasmuch as Senator Hopkins received a plurality of or the votes otes cast by the Republicans and yet the legislature refuses to obey obe the man mandate mandate mandate date of the party and reelect him to the senate The difficulty In Illinois Is due to the fact that a second primary was not held and a choice made be between between between tween the tile two candidates receiving tho the highest t number of votes ote at the first one As the case now stands d more than half of or the Republicans of Illinois are arc opposed ta the reelection of or Hopkins and therefore the members of the legislature are arc not very ery far out in their reckoning when whon they take the stand that the primary is not binding upon them In Wisconsin it is alleged that a majority of or the Republican votes otes were obtained at the primary by the corrupt use of money mone and the legislature has hasso hasso hasso so far refused to obey the mandate and reelect Senator Stephenson The third proposition of Governor Hughes would cure this evil In Kansas Oregon and the tho southern sout ern states the primary system has worked satisfactorily to all concerned and if It the present legislature of or Utah should find time and see sec fit to pass a like law for tor this state the members there thereof thereof of oC would be doing doln their duty dut in at least one respect |