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Mr. John Pendleton Kennedy
Assumes ChargeTo-Aiorrow
VALUABLE EXPERIENCE
It Was Gained fri the Congressional Li?
brary, Washington? Comes of Ex
. csllont Virginia Stock, Though
a Native of West Virginia.
To-day?in law, to-morrow, as a matr
ter of fact?Mr. John Pendleton Kennedy
becomes the librarian of Virginia, hav?
ing guardianship over the seventy-.fl.ve
thousand or more volumes and the Invat;
uablo manuscripts' belonging to tho-State.
For a month since the resignation ot
Mr. XV. XV. Scott took effect, air. John
Jackson has served the State acceptably
as charge d'affaires in tho classic build?
ing in tlie southeastern section of the
Capitol Square. In that month Mr. Ken?
nedy lias accomplished two things?Fev?
ered himself from tlie Congressional Li?
brary, in Washington, and become tho
roughlv acquainted with his future sur?
roundings here. Ho began work nearly
two weeks apo, engaged In making im?
provements in the reading room and 11
biary.
roMES OF VIRGINIA STOCK.
Mr. Kennedy is a native of Charleston,
XV. Vo., but comes of old Virginia fam?
ilies, whose history Is to a goodly mens
uro a history oi the Commonwealth llfeclf.
Kennedy and Ruiherfoord are mighty
good Virginia names. His father was
? John XV. Kennedy, Esq., his grandfather,
Andrew Kennedy. Esq., master of "Cas
silis," a rendezvous of Washington Irv
' lr.g Philip F. Kennedy, the , author of ?
?"?Bl'ackwater Chronicles;'! David Strother
(Forte Craven), nnd the librarian's uncle.
John P. Kennedy, author of "Horseshoe
- Robinson."
Prior to her marriage ids mother was
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MR. JOHN P. KENNEDY,
New State Librarian.
ms\
Miss Sarah Mark Rutherfpord, of Jeffer?
son county. Her fathor was Thomas
Rutherfoord, for many year;; elicriff of
Jefferson county, and one uf tho best
known citizens of that section. The fam?
ilies represented in Mr. Kennedy have a
large connection in this State, Including
iho Dandridges, Pendletons, Cdokes,
[Stro'thers, Durllelds and others; :v
The Virginia librarian is a gentleman
ol wide culture, who knows and loves
books. Much of his life lias been spent
in tasks of classifying them, cataloguing
and rendering them of use to the public.
He comes to tha Virginia Library after
five years' experience und training in the
greatest library In this country. These
years have boon spent In routine work.
particularly in tho referonco division, and
doubtless ho bus ucquired a knowledge
which Will come to his assistance might?
ily in aiding the students wliu dally seek
the Bplendld voMariies ojyncd by this State.
THE PRIMARY IN DANGER '.
A Summary oi Arguments Against the
Handicap of Viva V:cs Voting.
Editor o? The Times-Dispatch:
Sir,?There is a picture- In the mlndu
oi many of some "good old time" in
Virginia, or tin.- country at largo, when
viva voce voting was the only method
of voting; when it worked like a charm,
and conferred home Inestimable blessings
which have taken their flight since the
-degeneracy" of a secret ballot.
" This picture I* u myth. There never
was In
teni ot v ?-,. g th in vl
worked like ?? charr.
lu tho chlnv ? being
ov/lng to i! i- <-.i: !?' r ci
. tolerable In i": tner da
predecessors gavo up
becaute tin '
of a eecre tballot, an
und felt the faul a of
Secrecy Is thi
fectly and unl ??
free ballot Is simply
free government. No
more exeorable sys
vlvu voce. It never
nn. the only truth
ig that tho .system,
conditions, was more
lays than now. Our
iwn
non iif a per
<; ballot, and a
ither name for
lu the cause of
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Oress Goods, Silks, Linings and Timings.
CO-lnch Imperial Serge, colors navy,
phim, brown and green, this Is '"1Q,.
a 75c. value, our.leader at. *J J\*
M-luch Heavy Skirting, In plain and
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S>j-'nch .Fancy .Suiting, .all .of ..the
leading.colore/this Is surely a t Or
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SO-inch. French Zlbellne, tho lead?
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only..?. ?. vvj\*
Fancy Silk for waist. 21 Inches wide,
closed out what the manufacturer had
nt a sacrifice, %\\00 value, for GQr,
only.;.-.-.?.?
Ctesks, Suits, Skirts, Shirt Waists and Fan
Lad'es' Walking Skirts. ?. gray mix?
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out. this Is a wonder .lit.'...... *P." ,yjK/
Ladies' Dress Skirts made of all wool
jfancy.mixtures, strap seams, tO 50
handsomely trimmed. %pAmt.*s\j
Ladles' All-Wool French Flannel
Shirt-Waist, nicely trimmed and well
made, they were bought cheap, Ogr
tho price ls ""'V.
Blankets, Quilts, White Counferpanss and Sheets.
' 10--1 Gray Blanket, light color, ^ho
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and only ????..""," !._ ~t_
Ail-Wool 10 4 White Blank- ? 2 75
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had for loss than S1.25, hero at**' * rVV
Full-Size 81-00 Bleached Sheets, made
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Lace Curtains, Window hade^JPol^
Full Width Laco Curtains, 2% yards
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Double Fnco German Drapery, very
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30-lnch- Sllkoline for Lambrequins and
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Ming, Oii Oioth, Trunks, Satchels and Hand Bags
Floor Oil Cloth, good ^Hty.^large
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qur Mattings we are closing out not
Trunks we will sellyou right at fac?
tory pr'ces. Try us If' you want a
trunk cheaper than you ever bought it
One lot of 25 dozen Men's Suspend-,
ers, worth 25c, bought ns a big 1 c
job, our price will be. I Ok.
free government make a greater stride
than with the introduction ot the secret
^Uio present time in Virginia it Is
being' said that the great objec on to
v,\-a\oee voting in our Democratic,pr1
m-u-les is that men d? not like op?.ni>
To choo-e between their friends and
neighbors competing for ^omipaUo^s.hi
nnoii locality, and that hence they are
either forced to that unpleasantness or
3? SrSa^th^Smn Is com?
mon? enough heard and Is validI enough
but the argument against viva ^e vot
Inu- either in our Democratic primaries
or anywhere else, goes far deeper than
tint and contemplates the welfare of tho
State as well as personal disinclination
??Lestetrhoy be lost sight ot. let us epito?
mise some of the most serious indict?
ments against open voting, tho fallacies
ffij'S favor, and Its vices, when
?Srwltti secret voting-vices which
by the strangest atavism have been
resurrected and foisted, upon a .great
reform in our Democratic parly gov
el'"TrlCLIXCHES CORRUPTION.
1 Viva voce voting offers the greatest
opportunities for successful bribery
I The first thing which the corruption!!*
! considers is the "delivery of the goods
I and this can be certified to by the living
voice of a bribed voter, wh??,,W??'S
I awaits "delivery ot the goods." With
I a secret ballot a scamp has no way ot
I proving delivery to Ins purchaser. Ho
can take the bribe and still vote his real
sentiments. - , 1 ?.,'?
I But some ono says: "Your secret ballot
' law would thus compound a felony.
?' Not so Tho secret ballot has not been
? devisdd with the motive of having bribers
I cheated in this way, or with a view to
' encouraging voters to got money from
bribers under false pretenses. Itsjur.
I pose is by permitting such a possibility
? and by the Tear of It, to deter corrup
i Hon lsts from offering bribes at all,
I owing to the uncertainty of the lnvest
' ment. It was not devised as a means
of converting or changing the heart ot
cither tb'- corruptionist oi the cheat?it
would be ,a poor thing on that score
but its high moral motive Is to protect
tho State from tho greatest crime and
Injury that can ho committed against it,
nnmelv: the corruottag of the suffrage
the falsification of the real verdict of tha
people rendered for tho guidance of their
government.
IT STAMPEDES VOTERS.
2. 'Tho vivo, voce system lends Itself
admirably to all the devices of tho dema?
gogue and the manipulator of voters.
At acy time on election day such n
"worker" can, along with the general
public, know exactly how tho voto
stands, lie can stampede the weaker
voters (who may nevertheless havo hon?
est opinions of their own, and valuable
to bo expressed) by the "band wagon"
argument. It Is surprising how many
good people vote simply to be on whnt
appears to bo the winning side. The
Impression ot victory, us wo all know,
(a the first effect sought In unwhole
tunit- "practical politics." But there Is
no light for the voter nor benefit for the
State lu this trick of the trade, whoso
elimination, with nil Its deceptive and
baleful power over tho voter, is of Itself
A DISEASE
WE INHERIT.
Scrofula manifests itself in many ways. Swelling of the glands of the
neck and throat, Catarrh, ?weakeyes, white swelling, offensivesores arid ab?
scesses, skin emptiouSi loss of strength and weakness in muscles and joints.
It is a miserable disease and traceable iu almost ever}' iustau.ee to some
family blood taint.
\, "\
tPB ?%? Sf
Scrofula is bred in tac?
tion e, is transmitted
from patent to child,
the seed:: are planted in
infancy und unless the
blood is purged and pu?
rified and e\ cry atom of
thetaiat removed Scrof?
ula is sure to develop at
sonic- period i n your life.
No remedy equals. S. S. S. as a cure for Scrofula
Scrofula appeared on the head of my
little grandchild -when only iy months
and spread rapidly over hor body.
:ltf d '
100 South 5th !iu-tot.
old.
The disease next attacked the oyos and
wo f 'lived she would louo hor sight. Em?
inent phyeloiiins were consulted, but
ooulil do nothing to relievo the little in
nocent. Is was then that wo decided to
try 8. S3. B. That mocllcinn atoncai made
a speedy and complete turn, Sho i? now
a youiiK ludy, und has never had a elgn
of tin: dunusM to return.
MKS. RUTH BEIIKLY,
Ballna, Kuu.
It cleanst-s and builds
up the blood, makes it rich and pure, and under the tonic effects of this
great Blood Remedy, the general health improves, the digestive organs are
~. /^**MS Strengthened, and there is a gradual but sure return
fr-'M (c*N l" health, The deposit of tubercular matter in the
V^N, ^**v\ i"'nls :u"l glands is carried off as scum as the blood
h?wM ?**"' ' 's ^stored loa normal condition, und the sores, crup
^?>* ^-j" tions, and other symptoms of Scrofula disappear.
S. S. S. is guaranteed purely vegetable and harmless; an ideal blood
purifier and tonic that removes all blood taint und builds up weuk constittt
lions. Our physicians will advise without charge, all who write us about
(their case. Bdok mailed Ireo.
THE SWlfT SPECIFIC CO; ATIAHYA, CA.
one of the greatest of modern reforms.
Not only by massing his voters at an
early hour, thus giving his cause tho
signs of success, can the political mana?
ger Improperly shape the voting, but in
a hundred ways ho Is an able manipu?
lator of his nefarious schemes solely
by reason of knowing with certainty
Just how the vote stands at any hour.
When his cause-seems-to bo lagging, ho
Is spurred on cu new tricks to recoup
himself, or driven to practices and frauds
by his desperate strait, which strait
would not be known to him under tha
system of secret voting.
To rniuy, tho above objection to viva
voce voting may seem a minor considera?
tion, but- if It he reflected upon, it will
be found to be an argument against one
of the greatest evils of tho whole system
of open voting. This characterization is
true because this "stampeding" is not
preventable, In open voting, by any de?
vices of law. ^ Secrecy is its only correc?
tive.
Verily the secret ballot is tho despair
of the wily politician! All his calcula?
tions under it are guess work. He simply,
as he bitterly complains, "can't-know how
people are voting or aro going to vote.
This is as It fehoiild bo.
IT IS THE ALLY OF COERCION.
3. That viva voce voting Is the great
opportunity qf coercion Is probably the
most familiar argument against the
system. Certainly none could be truer or
stronger. It Is often said that secret
voting came Into use to protect the labor?
ing man from tho domination of his em?
ployer. Many causes, however, and no
single ovil, have brought about the re- ?
form. \
Coercion Is often a far more subtlo
thing than tho fear of "losing a-Job" for
"voting against a boss." even when that
fear has been communicated by a popular
Impression rather than by the actual
threats of the employer. The fear of go?
ing counter to a sentltnont which hap?
pens to prevail in a particular- locality,
t)-e fear 6f criticism, or perhaps of ostra?
cism, aro Just as potent with the voter
Tho Intimidation of abstract opinion is
a real factor acting upon the voter's mind
boforo it reaches him In words or acts.
One might watch a "local option" cam?
paign to be convinced of this. It Is well
enough that what wo call public opinion
should Influence, enlighten, or persuade
voters, but It. should nover Intimidate
them, as it does so often, und to ho much
greater extent, when the ballot Is an open
one.
Not only must tho laborer bo protected
from tho employer, but he must be saved
from the tyranny of his fellow-laborer
in these days of labor unions. AVo have
had some fine Illustrations in Virginia of
how the secret ballot protects lubor from
the Intimidation of labor., Headers of our
newspapers can recall the cases where
unions have voted to keep up n hopclesi
strike (and ho long us) the voting waa
viva voce, the strike being called off
the moment a secret ballot was taken. If
wo want objec tlessons, Instead of ar
guments, need wo look further than these
cases 7
IT IS NO SCHOOL OF "MANLINRSS."
4. The advocates of "old viva voco" aro
j fond of pointing to Its nllegod "manll
j ness." Tlicy say that manly, bravo, truth?
ful, nnd honest men do not caro who
knows how they vote. In reply a demurrer
to evidence Is In order. What If It bo
true? Men will never bo made brave
by open voting, which sometimes l? nn
opportunity for the display of courage.
Cowards and liars, on the other hand,
aro confirmed in their error and shut up
to It by open voting. Ho that while that
system doci not make men bruvo or
truthful it does make them give way to
timidity and faUehood. For cannot a man
Ho or show cowardice with the living
voice when ho voted? His spolien voto
proves nothing. John .Smith, let us sny,
with hia living voice, and "like a- men,"
votM "dry" at elu: p ill*. Does that show
that John Smith has the oou'rago of his
convictions, and "ixn't nfrald of the sa?
loon element" In poiiticM or biislness? or
does It BboW that be Is "prlont r.dden"
and bidding for the p&lrrihsgo of his
"church people" Bjjalnst till own Judg?
ment of what |k wiec in government? If
the latter bo the case, he In lying viva
voce flnd'ng under the "innnly" system
of open voting a cloak for his noword'.cw,
f:il ,-h ,o,|. ,m<\ oilier Mflwwthlriej", and la
ev*-n able to pom- as brave, truthful and
nnnly. Ho would h.i.vo had no opportu?
nity to parade bin ylrt.uoa, no lomptotinn
to yield i" nil view, \w\ b'j voted ?<-.. r< t
ly. His real qnarnftw would not have
1?':<t, Impaired or mad'.. With i.hi'.i'.v, n,
n'jpprow or f.ibiity his reil convictions
woy d be moliviileifl.
He I till doci nee-rut voting moko a brave
man timid? How in he hurt?
But If It could bo granted that viva
voce voting taught men to b? brave and
truthful ?ind manly as Its M(lvo?nto:i
claim., Hie pMu would still Involve an ah
surdity. For the chief end of suffrage
Is not to make voters bravo, nor to en- j
nble. them to'show that thoy aro brave, !
hut to discover the real sentlmonts nnd !
will of the peoplo for the guidance of the ;
government. .If a system of polling tho i
voters Is such that thoy havo no concelv- j
able motive for not expressing their true |
will (and suohn Bystem Is secret voting), t
then it is tho best possible for its mo-;
mentous purpose, arid no Incidentals must
obseuro or thwart.Its chief end. It you he- '
Hove, for Instance, that Jury trial is not
the best moans of arriving at the truth i
will you maintain it bccatiso It enables j
Jurors to'loam:some law? If your ynung
watchdog's teei.h.meet in tho cnlf of your
log, nro you submissive or enthusiastic bo- ,
cause it is good training for tho dog? |
Tho policy of. tho Stato Is tho verdict I
of- a jury?the' peoplo. A true verdict Is |
the roaL opinion of tho Jury whether sc-,
cretly or oponly- held. And that is what
wo must get for.the State at nil hazards
by a system' of polling, or else the State's ?
policy becomes false and confused and tho j
misfortune thus-befalls it.
IT DRIVES OFF VOTERS. (
5. Forcing tho /voters to voto publicly j
by word of mouth, does not make them:
moi-Q Independent or manly. It simply ?
keeps too .many 'of them away from tho t
polls. Not tho worst or "lower" class '
either. Tho stny-at-homes are highly ro- j
spectuble, worthy, and Intelligent, belows
Ing to the upper und middle classes who j
"can't afford'^or "don't caro to offend," j
Again, too. many men known to bo as .
brave, as-a Hon on ii battlefield are as!
timid as tho doe at a polling booth, and
timid only there. This may be strange,
but observers know that It Is true. -
While an election viva voce carries
with It a certain unimpeachablonoss of.
the count, yet effective legal provisions
against a false count are far easier of at?
tainment than .-effective laws against pres?
sure, corruption, coercion and manipula?
tion or votors; all of which can hold h gh
carnival with an open vote. A fair count
even. ? is nothing without a free
ballot.- Fairness of count can be
guaranteed - by In many ways other j
thnn by the surrender of the secret ballot, j
and this should bo done, when It is seen i
that the secret ballot Is an only way to
a free ballot.
And now the practical question Is be?
fore Virginian's' whether this obsolete and
discarded method of viva voce voting is
to be perpetuated, beyond the limits of
Us present offensive disinterment, in the
government of the Democratic party. The
present: situation is a strange anomaly.
Lot us see If It is not:
The Democratic party Is responsible for
our State government througn Us Legis?
lature; it was also responsible, for our
late Constitutional Convention. In both
those spheres of its activity the party
overwhelmingly rejects open voting.
Now tho party government, so, far. as
administrative methods aro concerned, is
supposed to be that which Is a" r.onntan
part of. or the nearest approximation to,
the nctual legal "government in forco over
tho whole people It Is supposed that a
party will, for Itself, adopt its own pat?
tern furnishod by It to the people at la-go.
Tet our State Democratic party, by ono of
Its agencies, Is made to appear gu'lty
of the grosses 'inconsistency?establish?
ing one method o"f polling for the people
and another for- the party. The Incon?
sistency, is all the. more glaring when the
Inferior method j's applied to party elec?
tions, which in : this State are widely
conceded to fee "the whole thing."
That!good party government |s-modclrd
after regular legal government Is shown
in the . case of primary elections. For
primary elections .are good and desirable
because they aro simply the doing with?
in ''the party" what Is done among "tho
people" on a lawful election day; Tho man
who objects "to that?tho man who has
any .doubts-abe^it It?J:H'e man dho does not
.know what.hb tldnlrs about It?the man
who hesitate8;Uot',eiimmlt" hlniself une?
quivocally concerriirifj.lt?Is; not tho con?
servative" and cautious "statesman ho rriny
Imagine himself, but he Is simply an op?
ponent or a questioner of popular, goveti
ment Itself. If he does not think'that tho
will of all the people in a party should
be surely and accurately ascertained, ho
Is no , Democrat,"'noty oven a Dem?
ocrat. ,. If ho ".,thinks one method
of polling is the surest method of (ascer?
taining the people's -will, but that same
method "won't do" when "the people"
In the case have the substituted nam? of
"tho parly," thon bo .stultifies himself
so sadly that It Is charity to his intellect
to question his motives as sinister or per?
sonal.
Tho Democratic, party of Virginia has
shown itself anxlou3 to havo all its
affairs mnnnged with the same precision
which Ih Us rule in the wider republic
of Stato government. Hence. In Its con
ventlon It declared for primary elections.
Hut It should bo raid with grent em
nh'isls that our Virginia party In conven?
tion nrpcrnbled has never declared for
tho reinstatement of the repudiated
method of viva voce voting? repudiated
by Itself In constitution-making and in
law-making for-the whole people.
And it Is now the wonder at many
how an agency of our party?Its State
Committee?a body of limited nnd dele?
gated authority?could, when obeying a
mandato uf Its principal In ono speci?
fied mntter. find any warrant for Intro?
ducing new subjects and legislating upon
them, as It seems to have done (see its
pamphlet of the primary plan), when
It fets up viva voce, voting (and, In faco
of a positive Inhibition in the main party
plan, made itself an-nppellnto court, and
oven restricted the party suffrage).
All readers of our Stnto press Know
that It has been charged that tho ene?
mies of the primary Imposed viva voce
v-ot'ng upon It for the purpose of mak?
ing !t unpopular." It Is not necessary
or profitable hero to attempt to settle
the truth of that-charge. Whoever did
Om tldng, whatever the motlvo, did a
bad day's work, without-any commission
to perform it, and , therefore |'old viva
voce" should be mode to go, and it
should not stand upon the order of Its
going.
THE PRIMA TIT TN DAN0T5R.
That the plan of making Democratic
nominations in Virginia by a primary
election, Instead of by mass meeting or
convention, has subtle and determined
ei-emles, no well Informed person can
doubt.
Is the primary, then (the principal It.
self, not. tlie alien viva voce voting that
has been plastered upon It) in danger?
Most certainly It Is. And the press and
people of the Htuto do not seem to have
realised the Immlnonco or charnctor of
tho damr-ir. Tho primary Is strong with
tho peoplo. Nobody doubts that. Tet a
strong chain Is no strongor than its
wenlTfst link. And there Is a weak link
In tl,e bonds of authority which hold
the primary principle, as enumerated by
too Inst State convention, In force.
1 et lie nee what It Is;
It It. sulil that the primary Is now
on trial, and that If the peoplo do not
the^jebFmust-be pSo.
It wan thundorod from tho height], of
Birnl, roverberatlng down the co'rldor of
ages that man shall pay the price of his
roily. Excesses always demand a forfeit,
Natire's laws cannot be violated with
impunity. Punishment will as truly fo.
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like It. it can and will be abolished by
the next Statu convention, which will
assemble next spring or summer to send
delegate's to the National Democratic
Convention, and to nominate presiden?
tial electors.
Now that sounds very harmless and
llko a common-place fulsm.^
THE PACK UP THE SLEEVE.
' So the "next State convention" Is the
jury which will.try tho primary for its
And how aro the dolcgates to the next
r.tutu convention to bo chosen?
Why. by the vicious, discarded old
time mass meetings!
Have the enemies of tho primary a
pack up the sleevo just ,hore? There
Is nothing In tho party plan of organiza?
tion, as It exists, with its amendments,
up to dato. requiring tho choice of dele
cates to any convention to bo made by
fprlmary election.. Thus. If the old rut
Is followed. the?e delegates will"bo tho
creatures of mass meetings.
PRIMARY TRIED BY MASS MEETING.
In otter words, the prlmnry-the com?
peting system-Is to go on trial before
the mass meettng-lts discredited rlvil.
The primary, in short, Is at the mercy of
Tiberius! The primary Is now our say
lour from Its enemies seeking offlco in
tho State, becauso It Is our weapon
against them. But when Its own life
to to bo In Jeopardy. Itself It cannot save!
The party has solemnly asserted that
the primary Is "tho surest method of
arriving at the will of tho people and
maintaining Democratic institutions."
And yet we aro going to "arrive at the
will or the people" as to the maintenance
of this "Demojratlc lnstltutlon"-the pri?
mary?by mass meetings!
Wo havo fnllon Into tho way of think?
ing thnt the mothod of choosing dolcgates
to a temnorary party eonventlou ts no
"teat'rputter ns compared with tho meth?
od of choosing nominees for offlce-tnai
the primary is essontlal for the latter,
hut that "any old way" is good enough
for the former. And hence the last Stato
convention. In adopting tho primary sys?
tem, did not make it cover all party
elections (such ns choice of delegates.
But It Is plain now that this choice ot
ccnventlon delegates Is a paramount con?
sideration, for on It' hangs tho whole
piirty law and the fate of the primary
system.
Now, why should we have the strange
anomaly and absurd spootaolo of the
primary being tried before the mass
meeting presented In Virginia In tha next
few months7 There Is no good reason
f.-n this thing. And If It does come to
n?.k who will bo responsible for it?
STATE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE.
The inevitable answer to this lust ques?
tion is that the State Coutrnl Committee
will bo responsible! for with that body
rests tho calling of State conventions,
the basis or representation therein, and
tho method of choosing delegates.
f* the State Central Committee bound,
by the party law or otherwise, lo oall
for or permit the eleotlon by muss meet
In' or loeni oonvontlou of the delegate.!
to tho next State convention? Not at all.
It cnu r?Miitro such delegates to be se
l?iterl bj primary elections, Nay, mora;
it not only hnu tho power to do this, but
there la besides a constraint obllga
tlon utinn It so to dn: for tho plan of or
ivnisfiUor of the party, adopted by the
Str.tfi convention on May 8d. WOO, roads.
"Tlie fllnto (Central) Committee thus
corsiuuted Is charged with the affairs ut
the r-iir'y, ?nd shall.have power to per
I feet Us organisation and to direct Its
conduct In obedience to the daclaraticns
i.ndpollcy m' the party, ns the same sh?ll
be sot forth by the State conventions.
1 This quotation to from the partyoon
Btltutlon, framed In 1000. and that con?
stitution has been amended by tho plat?
form of the party adopted by the guber?
natorial convention of August, 1001, the
amendment being a declaration In favor
of the primary system. The primary
system, therefore. Is to-day the declared
"policy or the party," In obedience to
which, says the party constitution, tho
Stato Central Committee must exercise
its powers.
DUTY OF STATE COMMITTEE.
Tho duty of the committee Is plain
enough. It is of no avail to say that
delegates to tho convention of 1000 /when
presidential electors, etc., were *o be
nnmed) were chosen by mass meeting:*/
and that therefore the Stato Committee
should havo delegates so chosen for tho
convention of 1004 (when presidential
electors, etc, aro again to bo named),
For In the Interim the party w>Hcy has
been revolutionized, nnd tho primary hna
been made an article of Democratic
faith?a keystone of Its creed. Tho State
Committee could not plead precedent
here. ? A declaratory statute, as It were,
has Intervened.
In the absence of any compulsion to
do so. the State Committee will permit
tho dolegates to the next convention to
bo chosen by mass meeting (thus trying
the primary before an antipathetic tri?
bunal), only because of the committee's
own deliberate cholco of a system dis?
credited and repudiated by tho party.
PRIMARY FOR DELEGATES.
And fho primary which tho State Com?
mittee should order for the election of
delegates to our next convention should
bo uniform In method and held on the
same day throughout the State. That to
the kind of primary which tho party has
most explicitly declared for.
And can the committee ltsolf elmlnate
the viva voco abomination from the pri?
mary plan which It framed? Yes, Why
not? It never had any authority or dlroc- j
tion to insert that feature, like a "rider'* i
In the plau. (Tho. question of open or
secret ballots Is as distinct from, und as |
unrelated to, ' the principles of prima- i
lies, which to all the last convention
adopted, as Is any other governmental
policy that could be named). The State
Committee need havo no delicacy or oom?
punctlon about . discarding viva voco
voting forthwith. An ugent always lint
full authority to recall his unauthorized
acts.
SCHEMING AGAINST PRIMARY.
So perltotent have been the enemies of
the primary (thoy are greatly In the mi?
nority, but influential In professional poli?
tical olrclos) In their efforts to 'make It
unpopular, that In many placos whoru
they lead or'control thsy havo flagrantly
violated all party law and tho primary
plan, as furnished by tho State Commt
tee. so that>strife and contost might fol- !
low,- and. in a goneml alur-ovor, bo-at?
tributed to tho primary system. Tho Idea
has been to make the first campaign un?
der the plan memorable -or dissensions
and Irregularities on tho calculation that
the publlo will not, dlsorlmlnato as to tho
causes, but strike at everything which
went together at one time, (Tho most re?
markable violation or the primary plan
has as yet passed without newspupor no?
tice It was a case where tho prima-y,
for House of Delogatos, was hold In only
a part of the election district, by nn
agroemont betwgon tho committees of %
city and ft county making up that dis?
trict),
But ail this clamor over a factitious
thing, this holding that primaries aro
d sorganlsera. will fall.-'Tlie people remem?
ber the mass meetings. They wore annl
LECTU R E.
HON. W. BOURKE COCKRAN.
"Catholicism
a? Democracy."
Auspices McGill Catholic Union.
ACADEMY, TUESDAY, DEC. 1ST.
Regular Academy Prices.
Tick eta go on sale Wednesday, Nov.
4th, at Cos. & Shea Co., 01b K Main St., '
Moses Music Store. 103 E. JJroa-i St.
hllators. And there Is a Ro]and for your
Oliver!
QUEER SENATORIAL PLEDGES.
So cock-sure are the political schemers
that they can kill the primary (arid thoy
know chances favor them if we elect
delegates to the next convention by mass
meetings as they expect)?so cock-sure
are thoy?that thoy have been condlt.on
ally pledging such nominees for tho Stato
Senate as they could to vote for certain
candidates for United States ' Senator.
These nominees usually explain them?
selves, It is reported, as favoring A or
B., but as Intending to bow to the sena?
torial preferences of "their peoplo" as ex?
pressed hereaftor In tho United States
senatorial primary "If held." This Is very
unsatisfactory, and is big with future
trouble for many. The United States
senatorial primary, la to bo a general
one, all over tho State, and tho moin
ber ot tho Legislature for any district
Is to vote for Unitod States Senator Just
as tho whole State party has voted, and
not simply as "his people," in his district,
voted. On the latter theory a minority
of tho party might name the Senator But
as a matter of fact big majorities In par?
ticular districts will count In the grand
totul, and each legislator Is Instructed
nnd pledged, as are presidential electors,
by tho whole party In the Stato at large,
. ASCHA-M.
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