Hattiesburg Daily Progress

A feature of the new primary election law now being discussed is the necessity for holding a second primary where more than two candidates are in the field and neither receives a majority at the first primary. The contention is being set up that a second primary can be held only where a majority of the candidates for an office favor it, in other words, that an agreement can be made that a plurality vote shall be equivalent to election. It is not likely, however, that the latter plan will be attempted in any county, as the belief is universal in the principles of democracy that the majority should win, and Mississippi's experience with a plurality during the last presidential election was quite a surfeit for the advocates of the plan.