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dent candidates. We should not lose sight of the fact 

 that the nomination of independent candidates is us- 

 ually the beginning of a civil war over some point at 

 issue and that it is the desire of the better element in 

 the society to avoid politics of all kinds, yet in a spirit 

 of absolute fairness, it is probable that provision should 

 be made for the naming of an independent candidate 

 when occasion seems to demand it. Under these cir- 

 cumstances a clause might be inserted in the constitu- 

 tion stating how such nominations should be made. 

 Such candidates should not be selected from those 

 who have recently joined the society and they should 

 be nominated by several old members in good stand- 

 ing, for the society should not waste its votes on such 

 candidates unless there is some appreciable demand for 

 their election. The names of such candidates should be 

 added to the regular list of nominations sent out and 

 all still hunting for office should be emphatically dis- 

 countenanced. The editor of this magazine, though 

 president of the Advisory Council and firmly of the 

 opinion that the council is able to select members who 

 will make excellent officers, will willingly support a 

 proposed amendment as outlined above if it appears 



that any considerable number of the members desire it. 



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