| Show legislative evolution now thit ti tie the e legislature legis latue in utah is 13 in session e sion the minds of the thinking people natural turn to ampro improvements cements in government and the opportunities that lie within the grabp of each calli lator later to write for himself a nime among the illustrious sc servants rants of tile the as i laN lawmaker maker there is perhaps no L other oher one thin thina that L needs legislative legit latno action more than the rt int stam of choosing candidates candid ites for the delegate dele gite conNen convention connection tion is As aralts ed in modern i political oli life is the greatest humbug knud nid per erter of the peoples avi could be invented inen ted it jis J his h is all the app appearance earince of a hirm less i 3 stem butin the bands of the chrid politician itri it 1 cin c ln be c made to work nork the will of the political icil boi bob and his machine better thin an v thing else that could be contri contrived ed the direct primary LIS is the key ken to political freedom of course cours machine politicians loase 1 oses and those v ho benefit by b the la vior kinga of machine politics will not count countenance enarce this reform in our political system but that fact le ie the very vern thing to open the ene ee legislate leg legislators islat ors to the need of reform in the method of choosing candidates benator jonathan w bourne jr of oregon writing ting in a recent n umber number of the saturday evening post has the following to sa sav on this matter the people of oregon have adopt ed b popular vote note a lav jan that permits them in party uri marieb to express their creft rence for pirty ci lidi dates for president or and vice president thus has teen leen skirted a moi movement ement that in mv opinion will ebend throughout gnout the united state until eventual lly we shall have hac direct selle ton tion ot of party and cand ditcu lit for the high e t federal offices 13 bi adoption of af this asti stam m poll loses biel ed ti bi campaign contributor will 1 c deprived cd of th jhc thc to select candidates and thus thu ants hyill ill be ri relieved licad of that embarrassing that tile the rom inee must feel gowrd tow ird those who ae placed him in alice the anni 3 stem la tl e egr erlat at est ci evil il of represent hive e government the nominee of 1 i I com convention r I 1 flows to whom lie he bees his selection eele clion and thit that kro kroledge goes a natural alire to repay rapa the faor tiLi il puli tib lias has established d the butom of III di nargie g politic icil tl obligations b by ohp ill trib ution it f F lb isi aith A ith only a lecon diry consid t 10 0 to fo and effic cuic I 1 i uj ui der i direct prim ir irv s avs sten stcl the candi candidate datt dies not know tu to what ridi duals he dwir owes his anmina tion ind tl his ona only oble i tion is ib that of lenden ng tile the best ja cabb service to ill tile the making nith thit sole end cod in bew oregon of if popular I 1 is the best in vic tie world and with ith this latent addition comprises a pi lil in that eliminates selfish lelash interest mated by the c contributor aril his igent boss bos and th xi rf 1 al welfare aber the r le eten tr it I 1 lin eln tr to hav r now have in the selection of candidates for governor and united states senators senator tors 1 1 f 1 1 immediately Immediate li thereafter the I 1 caused a bill to be prepared arid and submitted to the people of oregon mcgon rc gon under the initiative proposing an amendment to the direct primary law pio that in each bear of presidents lection the primaries primal les shall be held in april arid and t that hat opportunity shill bo be given the to express their preference laior for party p arty candidates for president ind and vee diee president int anil I 1 to select delegates to ahe n and nominate their pitta pitt L indicates for president denti il if elec electors torb As ba b 0 our u r initia initiative tile ind referendum amend the tion proposing the bill was signed by eight per cent of the voters of the state aal was filed in ill tile the office of the secret cere tir ir of state moie thin foul months month prior to tile the gemeril election it was presented ted under the in ina gement of the peo ples pies power le lc igue composed of i number of the most citizens of the slite in ill rn aninion the fidei of knect selection of pirty candid ites for president md ind vicc sid rit nt will be adopted in i majority of the within the next net two decades general Gc adoption id option of this sa stern in will ill the aste iste im loller to the political poli icil s clap lacap ind its to the billow of things forgotten lor gotten southern republic in delegations i still ill no longer be the vest pocket tri andine diniz erial of ri il publican bosses bos sei noi nill ill di gocr itic ill di from solid stiles states in the coith be subject to the will avi 11 0 of democratic bosses the oke noie of the people sill ill be heild in tile the selection of candidates cindi dates ind imal ill le in auie we is thea alie should lit LI co e esig illg lh espic ed albil mla of nf the whom athly to popular of fur rit and vice president would irean a sain saing or millions of dullia lull dul lil no now i i abed ted through industrial in ae ac tivit due to unsettling of conditi Is incident to a ell clinge inge of administration anier the conen contention tion system cand aites ire re not always as chosen foi their fitness to render goud good service to the country countr 3 selections of candidates are too tco often influenced by promises of patronage patron patro aee power of tile the Adminis tra tion oter oer delegations controlled ba h office holdi holders rs 01 ba b avci fre quentIN a firlit fight onar ocr the goei noi ship N will ill give one faction oi 01 the other control of a I 1 stile delegation and thus determine tile the presidential nomination when nhen the presidency ws nis not considered by tile the of tile the party in selecting dl e cg miteb to tile the |
