By 1910 three-fourths of the states had applied the direct primary in some form to the choice of Senators.

到 1910 年，四分之三的州已经以某种形式将直接初选应用于参议员的选择。

While the movement for direct primaries was still advancing everywhere, a demand for the popular election of Senators, usually associated with it, swept forward to victory.

——虽然直接初选运动仍在各地推进，但通常与之相关的要求普选参议员的要求却席卷而来并取得了胜利。

The remedy offered in this case was again " more democracy, " namely, the abolition of the party convention and the adoption of the direct primary.

在这种情况下提供的补救措施再次是“更加民主”， 即废除党代会并采用直接初选。

The platform endorsed such political reforms as woman suffrage, direct primaries, the initiative, referendum, and recall, popular election of United States Senators, and the short ballot.

该纲领支持女权、直接初选、主动权、公投和罢免、美国参议员普选、短期投票等政治改革。

In this movement Governor La Follette of Wisconsin took the lead and his state was the first in the union to adopt the direct primary for state-wide purposes.

在这场运动中，威斯康星州州长拉福莱特带头，他所在的州是联盟中第一个在全州范围内采用直接初选的州。

They induced state legislatures to enact laws requiring the nomination of candidates for the Senate by the direct primary, and then they bound the legislatures to abide by the popular choice.

他们诱使州立法机构制定法律，要求参议院候选人由直接初选提名，然后他们约束州立法机构遵守民众的选择。

In a speech in Kansas, he favored regulation of the trusts, a graduated income tax bearing heavily on great fortunes, tariff revision schedule by schedule, conservation of natural resources, labor legislation, the direct primary, and the recall of elective officials.

在堪萨斯州的一次演讲中，他赞成对信托进行监管、严重影响巨额财富的累进所得税、按时间表调整关税、保护自然资源、劳动立法、直接初选和罢免民选官员。