. The National Civic Federation review . of the proper conditions and safe-guards of candidacy for such offices as are elective. As it is the intention to have the speeches made atthe conference reprinted verbatim in pamphlet form,only the briefest resume of the proceedings can begiven in this issue of the Revikw. Mr. Deming said inpart: Under the present system, each citizen, in order toinfluence nominations, must ally himself with a recog-nized political party organization, and in casting hisnominating vote must choose his candidates for na-tional, for State, and for municipal offices all fr
. The National Civic Federation review . of the proper conditions and safe-guards of candidacy for such offices as are elective. As it is the intention to have the speeches made atthe conference reprinted verbatim in pamphlet form,only the briefest resume of the proceedings can begiven in this issue of the Revikw. Mr. Deming said inpart: Under the present system, each citizen, in order toinfluence nominations, must ally himself with a recog-nized political party organization, and in casting hisnominating vote must choose his candidates for na-tional, for State, and for municipal offices all from alist of men bearing Ibe badge of that organization. Theindividual citizen may appreciate the incongruity ofthis, but he has no choice in the matter. The nomi-nating election should be a public election to deter-mine as t each elective public officer who, as a candi-date for that office, shall have the right as the solerepre- entativ< of a ^iven set of political principlesproperly applicable to its conduct to have his name. HON. A. W. TERRELL. appear upon the official ballot used at the general elec-tion. Prior to registration day, let every candidate fornomination be announced as such candidate, togetherwith a statement of the platform of political principlesupon which he stands, each distinct set of principlesbeing denoted by a short title or phrase; let the namesof all candidates for the nomination be printed by theState upon an official nominating ballot delivered tothe voter upon a registration day and immediatelyafter registering, and let the voter mark secretly uponit his preference among all the candidates for nomi-nation to each office; let the ballot then be depositedin the ballot-box under exactly the same circumstancesas at the general election, and at the close of the pollslet the votes be canvassed and the result be announced,as at the general election; upon the official ballot usedat the ensuing general election, let only such policiesand candidates appear
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