The Owosso Times

The Michigan state senate is having quite a wrestling match with the primary reform bill over the matter of the 40 per cent requirement. The governor and his followers are extremely anxious that this feature of the original law be repealed so that under no circumstances would the matter of the nomination of a candidate for governor or lieutenant-governor go to a convention. The Courier does not agree with the governor, because should his ideas prevail a very small minority of the party's vote could nominate its candidates were numerous, while under the 40 per cent provision now in force, unless some candidate is sufficiently popular to command at least 40 per cent of the votes cast the question will revert to the convention to determine at the time the candidates for the various other state officers are being selected. The senate is equally divided on the question at present.--Coldwater Courier.