Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1916 — PRIMARY LAW HELD FAULTY IN SPOTS [ARTICLE]

PRIMARY LAW HELD FAULTY IN SPOTS

Progressives Ca& Not Be Restrained From Voting With Old Parties —Section is Invalid. Sections 10 and 13 ±*l the Indiana primary law, passed by the last session 'of the general assembly have been passed upon by the supreme court and while section 13, which required candidates .to put up one per cent of the .first year’s salary when he entered, the primary race, was invalid, section 13, which established the right of challenge only within the seemed to threaten the independence of the voter, was construed to grant the righ of challenge only within the party; that it, if a progressive wanted to vote the republican ticket he could not be challenged by anyone but a republican, which means that he will not fee challenged.. It means that the effort apparently made by the framers of the law to provide a means by which progressives could be kept from returning to the republican party Jay challenges issued by democrats has failed and that men have a thorough right to change their politics if they choose and that the supreme court has established this independence. In all other respects the law stands. The first election under it will be Tuesday, March 7th, when a]> candidates for office will be nominated. *