Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, April 29, 1912, Page 1

g "THE BEMI H | } { 74 Iilslo,le’ 4 s SOCIETY, VOLUME 10. NUMBER 1. BEMIDJI, MINNESOTA, MONDAY"‘EVENING 'APRIL 29, 1912. TEN CENTS PER WEEK WHO NOMINATES PARTY CANDIDATES Duluth Herald Explains Present Method Tracing Route From Caucus to Election. COUNTY CONVENTION MAY 13 Will Be Held in Bemidji and Com- posed of Delegates Elected in Towns May 7. STATE PRIMARY SYSTEM OLD, Was Introduced in 1832 When First Political Assembly Was Held In Baltimore. The following article, taken from the Duluth Herald, is a clear exposi- tion of the present method of nomi- nating and electing public officials. It has been changed only where it applies locally: -~ You ask the man on the straet, “How is the president elected " “Easy,” he says. “The parties choose the candidates and the people! vote on them.” That's well enough as far as it goes, but if asked to go farther and explain the whole machinery of po- litical campaigns which end with the inauguration of a president every four years, nine out of ten men met on the street—perhaps 99 out of 100 —would be stumped. As a matter of fact the people don't vote on the candidate for presi- dent or vice-president. They vote <n presidential electors, who vote on the candidates. Such a thing as presi dential electors voting for some can- didate other than the one they are chosen to support is possible—al- though very improbable. The presidential campaign really opens with the conventions nomiaat- ing the candidates in the preceding campaign. The state delegations at the national conventions name their national committeemen and the ccn- ventions choose the chairmen of (the national committee. The committees are charged with the duty of con- ducting the preliminaries to the nom- ination of the candidates at the noxt election. There is no law—written or un- written—to determine when a can- didate for a nomination may an- nounce his candidacy or begin to work. Usually candidates begin thir work in the year preceding the elec- tion. They name managers, who op- en headquarters, get organizations to work in the different states and flood the country with literature extolling the virtues and qualifications of the candidates they represent. The procedure is about as follows: The Procedure. The chairman of the national com- mittee calls the committee togetler some time early in the election yeor to fix the date and place for the na- tional convention and to fix the basis of representation. This year the Rte- publicaon national convention will be held in Chicago June 18 and the Democratic convention at Baltimore June 25. The standard basis of rep- resentation is two delegates for each congressman and senator and foar delegates at large from each state. The Republican convention will have 1,078 delegates this year, and a mu- jority, or 540, will be necessary to nominate. The Democratic conven- tion will have 1,094 delegates and two-thirds, or 730, wlll be necessary to nominate. The difference in the number of delegates is due to the fact that the Democratic convention will have six delegates each from Alas%a, the District of Columbia, the Philip- pines and Porto Rico, while the Re publicans will have but two from each territory. After the natonal committee has determined the time and place of the convention and the basis of represen- tation, the state central committex of | the party meets and takes similar ac- tion for the state. The time aud place for the state convention to choose delegates is fixed and the basis of representation determined. basis of representation varies with the states-and parties. State Conventions. The Republican state convention in Minnesota will be held at Minneapc- lis May 16. The basis of representa- tion is one delegate for each 250 votes, or major fraction thereof, of the average vote on the first seven candidates on the Republican state ticket in 1910 and five delegates ai large from each county., The Democratic state . convention ~will be held at Duluth June 6. "The basis of representation is one delegate for each 125 votes or major fraétion of that number, cast for W. J. Bryan in 1908, and two delegates at large from each county. Each party convention in Minneso- ta this year will choose six delegates at large. The last census gave Min nesota an extra congressman, and the state not yet having been reappor tioned, the congressman will be elect- ed at large. Consequently the two delegates allotted for the extra con- gressman will be chosen at large. The state committee fixes the dates for the congressional and county con ventions. Separate congressional conventions to choose the district d:1- egates from each district are held hy the Republican party in Minnesota. They will be held May 15. The Ninth district convention will be at Thief River Falls. The Democratic party in Minnesota elects no separate dele- gates to district conventions, the de'- egates from each district to the state convention holding a convention in the state convention city, on the day the state meeting is held. County Conventions. The county committees issue the call for the county conventions and precinct caucuses. Republican conn- ty conventions in Minnesota will be held May 13 and precinct caucuses in Beltrami county May 7. Democratic county conventions will be held May 29 and precinct caucuses May 25. The procedure at precinct caucus es is prescribed by statute in Minne- sota. The caucuses are held at the regular polling places. The precinct chairman or any voter of the party may call the caucus to order ard a chairman, secretary and two judges of election are chosen by the assera- bled voters. The polls may be open between 2 and 9 p. m. and must be open for at least one hour. Voters who have been affiliated with the par ty by voting at the last general elec- tion may vote. Any voter may be challenged and must take an oath ad- ministered by the chairman if ne should be challenged. Voting at the caucuses is by bal- lot, each precinct electing delegates to the county convention. The coun- ty convention elects delegates to the state and district conventions. The state convention, in addition to electing delegates to the natiopal convention, nominates the presiden- tial electors. After the general election the pres- idential electors meet on an appoint- ed day, cast their ballots for presi- dent and vice-president, and send them sealed to the president at Wash- ington. The president opens the bal- lots in the presence of the members of the senate and house and declarss his successor elected. In case no candidate for the presi- dency has a majority, the members of congress may elect the president. Each state representation must vote as a unit and a majority of all the states serve to elect. Three candi- dates must be voted upon ,if such a contingency should arise. if no candidate for the vice-presi- dency is elected at the election, the members of the senate, each having a vote, elect the vice-president, voting on two. The one having the major ity is declared elected. ' A man to be eligible to the presi- dency must be a native born citizen ol the United States, at least thirty- five years old, and a resident within the United States at least fourteen years. - A child born of representa- tive American citizens abroad is con- sidered a native born citizen, while]| a child of foreign parents, residing in the United States as official represen- tatives of another nation, is not a na- tive born citizen. Direct Primaries. The present system of preliminaries to elections is undergoing a change, direct primaries on delegates to the national conventions being in opera- tion in several states. The system which is still used in Minnesota has endured since 1832, when the first po- litical conventions were held. Three conventions were held that year in Baltimore. From 1796 to 1800, there werz no parties and candidates for president and vice-president were informal. The presidential electors were chosen by the legislatures of the states. The first party nominations were made in 1800 and were by the repre- sentatives of the parties in congress. At that time the man receiving the highest vote of the electors was de clared president and the man recciv- ing the next highest was the vice- president. The twelfth amendment The |to the Constitution, providing for the separate election of president and vice-president, was adopted in 1804, The choice of presidential electors was gradually turned from the legis latures to the people until in 1828 on- 1y one state chose its electors in tLat manner. In 1832 the first delegate convention was held. The political platform -dates from 1832 when a second Whig conventi.m at Washington adopted a declaration of principles. Beltrami county voters will vote this year on the following officers: Presidential electors, United States ]senamr, three justices of the supreme ATHLETICS The box socore of Ameri- can Association games will be posted on the Plonecer bulletin board, corner Fourth and Beltraml, each day as fast as they come in by telegraph. Win Slug Fest. Yesterday afternoon the Bemidji Independents defeated Nymore hy a score of 38 to 5. Earle Riley pitched the entire game for Bemidji and made thirteen strikeouts. -Smiley and Sparks pitched for Nymore. The Be midji lineup was as follows: Mye.s, s; Riley p, Tanner ss, Graham 1D, Baker 2b, Murphy 3b, Graham, Bal- ley, Malone and Plummer fielders: . Cornhusker Dates Out. Lincoln, Neb., April 29.—The Uni- versity of Nebraska football schedule was given out tonight. It has oue open date, Oct. 26, which may be filled with a game with Utah or Tex- as. The schedule follows: Oct. 5—Bellevue at Lincoln. Oct. 15—Kansas Aggies at Lincoli. Oct. 17—Minnesota at Minneapolis Oct. 26—Open date. Nov. 2—Missouri at Columbia. Nov. 9—Doane at Lincoln. Nov. 16—ZKansas at Lincoln. Nov. 25—O0klahoma at Lincoln. POPOOPPOOOPOOOO® & BASEBALL NOTES. ® PPPOPCOPOPOO®OOO® G It was up to Pitcher Marty O’Toole’| to put the Pirates in the win column and the “§22,500 beauty"” turned the trick with a few fancy benders and a smile, Right Fielder Miller, of the Terre Haute Central league team, 1s from Hillsville, Va., and the bugs have named him Sidna in honor of the great outlaw. Kids in school have the sympathy of the Giants. When the National League Champs fail to deliver the g00ds, McGraw keeps the team on the field after the regular game, and com- pels them to go-through -an—hour’s practice. court, a congressman-at-large, gover- nor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney gen- eral, two railroad and warehouse cosir- missioners, congressman, representa- tatives, county auditor, treasurer, register of deeds, sheriff, attorney, judge of probate, surveyor, coroner, clerk of court, superintendent of school and two county commission- tives in the state house of represen-|- (Copyrizht) - FILE HARVESTER SUIT. Minneapolis,.. April 29.—-(Special Pioneer wire service at 4 p. m.)—It has just been announced here that Attorney General Wickersham will file a suit tomorrow in the United States court at Minneaolis for a dis- solution of the Harvester trust under the Sherman anti-trust aet. Dog’s Services Bscognized. A silver collar, suitably engraved, was sent to an Irish dog, the other day, which rendered valuable assist- ence at the wreck of a Hull-owned steam trawler on the Irish coast. The presentation was made by the Hull un- derwriters of the ship. Worked at Typewrliter In Alr. An interesting experiment was made at the Pau, Northern France, aero- drome not long ago, when a typist taken up together with his machine, wrote his impressfons in the air at a beight of 1,500 feet: - ers. who declare that the liner must ha! inserts show how mships ook How the Ill Fated Titahic May Have Been Ripped Open by a Submerged Iceberg. Gophers to Invade East. Minneapolis, April 29—On Friday, May 10, the Minnesota tennis team the eastern courts. The remarkabl: and almost unexpected achieved ‘by Adams and Armstrong last year has been given the univer- again. Seiforde Stellwagen, who replaces Adams on this year’s team, is one of the youngest of Minneapolis’ experts, and his rise up the tennis ladder uas been rapidly accomplished. Arm- strong is much more experienced, having won the Minnesota title in singles and doubles, and the:tri-state honors at Des Moines. Gerlinger Has Best Average. Charles Gerlinger has the best av~ erage during his High school carcer |of the senior class, but as he has uct been in the Bemidji schools leng enough he cannot' be validictorian. | His average was 87.81. Leopoldine Rauscher has the second best average 'so will be the valedictorian for this years. Her average was 83.56. Miss {Dorothy Torrance is salutatorian with a f 82.72 will start on its second invasion of | success | sity authorities an incentive to try| ~|same as that of last Thursday unless TWO SOLOISTSTOMORROW | | | Will Furnish Extra Numbers at the Band Concert to Be Given Tues- day Evening. INFORMAL DANCING TO FOLLOW Mr. Sherman Berg and Mrs. Alden Remfrey: will :be_the soloists at the I band concert to be-given in the ¢ty hall tomorrow evening. Mr. Barg will sing “King of the Forest Am I,” and Mr. Remfrey will play a sslec- tion from Il Trovatore on the violin. This will be the last concert to be given indoors as if the weather warms sufficiently the May concert will probably be played in the band stand on the city dock. It will also mark the first appearance of the band with Mr. Reemirey. as directer. Dancing will follow the concert. The following program has been arranged: i 1. March...The Outlook...Jeweli 2. Selection...Maritana ..Wallace 3. Waltz—Spanish Silhouettes. . Siefs e wimiete v aie e .. .Pomeroy 4. Solo., .King of the Forest Am I Mr. Sherman Berg 5. Selection—The Motor Girl. . teeeseeos.. . Edwards 6. March—Joyce's 71st N. Y. Regi- ment. Tz 28010y o 2h L S E .I1 Trovatore Mr. Alden Remfrey 8. March—Aphrodite. . .: Althouse Hamline Hopes Boosted. Hamline’s success in the opening game of the college season against Macalester last Thursday afternoon gave baseball stock a considerable “|boost at the Midway institution and the students are already predicting another championship. Hamline won: the state title last year from Maca- lester by a close margin, and should the fight for this year’s pennant nar- row down to Hamline and Macales- ter, the Methodists will have to put everything they have into the scrap, as thé Macs are anxious to even up for last year. With one game for the state cham pionship safely tucked away, the Hamline warriors will try to annex a second in their fight with the Carle- ton team, which will take place to- morrow afternoon’on Norton fizld. ‘Very little is known of the strength of the down-state team as they have not met any high-calibered organiza- tions this spring. Practically the en- tire lineup used last season is back in ‘school and undoubtedly a strong team has been developed. The lineup for Hamline tomorrow - will be the Coach Baird elects to send Davy in event Wickham will go to centerficld and Lienke to right, Lokke taking up the work behind the bat. - "' Contestants Tell About i, M. E. CONFERENCE OPENS WEDNESDAY To Hold Session at Minneapoiis Which Will Continue Through " Month of May. MEMEBRSHIP IS 3 1-2 MILLIONS Question of Dancing, Cards, Theaters and Other Forms of Amusements Will Come Up. PROPERTY VALUED $183,542,503 Sunday School and Epworth League Membership Numbers Over 4,000,000. The general conference of * the Methodist Episcopal church op- ens at Minneapolis next Wednesdzy. The session will continue throughout the entire month of May. To show the scope of the work done by this denomination, the following has been gathered by a Methodist journal. The Methodist Bpiscopal church has: A membership of 3,234,988, 18,938 ministers, 30,398 churches and 163 conferences. Total membership of the Methodist family of churches in America is 7,- 409,763, and representing a consti- tuency of not less than 25,000,000. The largest publishing house in the world, doing an annual business of about $3,000,000. A board of foreign missions ihat has disbursed during its life the sum of $46,485,957.17. Last year it raised $1,072,997. ' Foreign mission flelds manned by 1,096 missionaries, operating twenty- two: printing presses, with .340,893 church members, 336,455 Sunday school scholars and 82,898 students in educational institutions. A woman’s home missionary so- ciety with 119,130 members, pub- lishing periodical literature with a circulation of 60,047. Money raised last year amounted to $701,217. A woman’s foreign missionary so- ciety with 186,114 members and an- nual cash receipts well over $909.- 000. Since its organization this so- ciety has disbursed $12,280,874. Educational institutions, at home and abroad, to the number of 360, with property worth over $54,000,- 000, giving instruction to over 75,- 000 students. Sunday schools numbering 35,445 having a staff of 374,881 teachers and officers and an enrollment of more than 3,500,000 scholars. An Epworth league having 14,075 having a staff of 374,881 teachers and officers and an enrollment of more than 3,500,000 scholars. Church property valued at $183,- 542,603; parsonage property worth $32,747,834. A board of home missions and church extension having $1,500,000 in the loan fund. Collections for 1911, $886,065.86. Amusement Rule an Issue. Contrary to a general impression, there is no specific rule of the church against any form of amusement. Bat In the rule providing for the trials of members, the principle is laid down that a member shall be brought to trial as follows: “In cases of neglect of duties of any kind; imprudent conduct; in- dulging sinful tempers or words; Lhe buying, selling, or using intoxicating liquors as a beverage; signing peti- tions in favor of granting licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors; be- coming bondsmen for persons en- gaged in such traffic, or renting property as a place in or on which to manufacture or sell intoxicating lig- uors; dancing; playing at games of chance; attending theaters, horze races, circuses, dancing schools, or taking such other amusements as are [to start. the mound work. In that|- obyiously of misleading or question able moral tendency; or disobedience to the order and discipline of the church.”. Change May Be Made. It is this rule which many have sought to change; in preceding gen- eral conference, but each time the movement has failed. Those who seek to change it wish to go back to first principles of the church, when no form of amusement was specifically placed under the ban, but it was Icft to the individual conscience to deter- mine whether the member was par- 1 in amusement which could . ’ the mam WINVESOTA HISTORICAL 0[9‘» — | |