Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-06 | Page 1 | Sherman Pleads for the Grand Old Party

SHERMAN PLEADS FOR THE GRAND OLD PARTY Illinois Senator Advocates His Bill to Recognize State Primary Laws In Senate Speech. WASHINGTON, March 5. Advocating Advocat-ing his bill to recognize stato primary laws for tho selection of delegates to national conventions and tho election of national committees, Sonator Sherman, Republican, of Illinois, today declared a national primary law was tho remody for party dangers. Ho assailed the proposal pro-posal for a nation-wide presidential pri-mary, pri-mary, on the ground that it would result re-sult m a few states absolutely controlling control-ling presidential nominations. ' "The methods of the Republican national na-tional convention in Chicago in 1012 can bo justified by an appeal to noithor fairness nor justice," said ho. "Shall tho quarrel of alleged leaders disrupt and destroy this union of 8,000,000 voters? Is" the national committeo tho party "Tho Republican national committeo cannot irrevocably change tho basis of representation. The recognition by an net of congress of tho sevoral primary laws of the states wUl guarantee protection pro-tection against future controversy. 1 "Tho Republican party ought not to perish. Conciliation by reasonablo con-cosnion con-cosnion ought to bo tho basis of adjustment."