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Show FAVORS ABOLITION OF DIRECT PRIMARY WASHINGTON", Jan. 6. Abolition direct primaries and substitution of the preferential ballot system was advocated advo-cated by Professor Lewis J, Johnson of Harvard in an address today before the National Popular Government league. "Primaries," he said, "are just otic more dose oi pontics than the voter without an ax to grind cares to put up with, "By using the Bticklin svstcm of preferential voting the usual regular election cau.be made to do the work of both the primary aud the regular election elec-tion combined aud to do it better. "We can dispense root and branch with the primary and the turmoil, ex-penpe ex-penpe and danger which it involve." Charles E. Kussell. writer and editor, explained how the Farmers' Nonparti- i san Political league had been orimr. in North Dakota to combat legislation ! inimical to farmers' interests arnl ha'J : succeeded in electing many state officials of-ficials of both parties whom'it indorse1!. |