Show A LESSON IN DIRECT DIRECT PRIMARIES On the fifth day of at the present month mouth the city of s selected two candidates ca for the office om of or mayor mayora a Republican and ud a Democrat D The meth method method od oti v vs as the direct primary And the th best t judges Judge in the Hoster Ho capital are arent arent aren nt n t especially pleased wIth the result Erre Here is what the News lew says say v of or the work wort Workers and often of the bee bat st at type have been zealous and active There has bea been rather more than the usual op 01 for tor trades trade deals and aad double era We are all aU today hoping that thatto to the best men offered may be chosen But the point is that even If they are it will win willbe willbe be only after a demoralizing demoralising and corrupt corrupting ing lug struggle and then the men mea will ill aver average average age little UWe if any higher than of oM old when wilen we worked under the convention system We very much wish h that some of the friends of the new plan could have hav ha beH here during durin the can that has ha Just Jut closed c They might Have hae ft learned mueL mue And the tte News New Is 18 always S a strong ad advocate advocate advocate for far r progress and advanced meth math methods methods odi of government Yet that paper p per does not believe the best man was chosen by either party and that which whichever whichever ever eV r is elected the city will be In the hands of less than the fittest man manI After all is there any an better letter way than the good old convention Of or course COUnte it a is open to objection Gentlemen with witha a faculty f for controlling the actions of delegates gates will wilt continue to ba be charge 1 with vilh th defeating the will of the people Pit Pat that seems to be In effect what In Indianapolis Indianapolis has haa done by b the rf ft a primary prima election If the best people would go to the polls the primary would give them th m an ideal government And A nd by the same token if they t ey would go to the polls the convention and the election would give them the same me te le BulL sult After all it seems the best way for fir forthe the people p to get the right rich man for mayor Is for the right people e to t taku taki advantage of the opportunities the law has placed at their then disposal di The loud loudest est eq ea complaints against t wIc kl ed t poli politicians pc come from men WiD consider eon themselves far too clean to have Twive any anything an anything thing to do with politics pollUce And so 80 long longas as they feel that way they are never going gong to be pleased with Ute the men nen cle te teJ 3 |