Primary Legislation, 1924-1925. The legislative output of the past two years has not been distinguished by any important extensions of the direct primary; nor, on the other hand, has there been any noteworthy abandonment or curtailment of the system. In a few states it came in for more or less honorable mention in governor's messages. In New Mexico, for example, Governor Hannett recommended the adoption of the direct primary for that state; and Governor Smith, in 1924 and again in 1925, recommended the restoration of the state-wide primary in New York. In Ohio, Governor Donahey recommended the relaxation of the tests of party allegiance so as to permit independent voters to participate in the nomination of candidates. Governor Morley, of Colorado, on the other hand, urged the adoption of a strict party enrollment system in his state. Governor McRae, of Arkansas, advised that provision be made for run-off primaries for state officers in cases where no candidate receives a majority. Governor Branch urged the Indiana legislature to make the present primary law optional for local offices and mandatory for the selection of delegates to state conventions which were to nominate candidates for state offices, except for governor. None of these gubernatorial recommendations, however, bore fruit in legislation. In Illinois a law was passed providing for the nomination of candidates for the circuit court and the superior court of Cook county by direct primary instead of by conventions. This, however, was done, not in response to any noticeable popular demand, but apparently to further the interests of certain Republican factions. A considerable amount of patronage attaches, directly or indirectly, to these courts. The judges of the circuit court, for example, appoint the South Park commissioners, who are in charge of important lake-front improvements in Chicago involving the expenditure of many millions of dollars. The new law providing for the direct nomination of the judges of these two courts also requires the rotation of candidates' names by precincts formed into a number of groups equal to the number of candidates. Another