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 If the State governments would repeal the confused primary and election laws which are now upon the statute books and each State would enact a primary and election law somewhat in accord with the foregoing plan, it would save much time and money which is being wasted by electors and taxpayers and would greatly reduce the danger of demagogues and encourage the selection of much better public officials.

It would have a very wholesome influence on the confused thinking of this generation if the tremendous truth could be forcefully clarified that God Almighty placed a tremendous responsibility upon the wise exercise of the law of selection. It makes little difference in what field of activity that great truth is applied; whether in the selection of the right husband or wife, the right surgeon or doctor, the right engineer or architect, and emphatically is this true in the selection of public officials. There is no progress in any field of activity where democracy or direct action prevails. The men who wrote the Constitution understood the importance of providing for the wise exercise of the law of selection. This plan provides that the people may select delegates in their own communities, where they are acquainted with them, to attend conventions for the purpose of selecting candidates and writing the