In some of the States all of the delegates were selected in the
State conventions.
It now seems probable before another Presidential election that
some form of the _direct primary_ will be in use in all of the
States. The growth of sentiment in favor of the selection of
delegates to the National convention by the direct primary has been
most remarkable. Oregon, California, Nebraska, New Jersey, North
Dakota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, and
Michigan passed such primary laws prior to the election of 1912.
Pennsylvania had a modified primary law, and in a number of other
States there were voluntary primaries.
Election of Delegates to the National Conventions.--The
National conventions of the Republican and the Democratic parties
are made up of twice as many delegates from the different States as
these States have representatives and senators in Congress.
The National Convention.
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