1a Challenge To Mr. Doughton
(The following is an editorial published in' the issue of the
Winston-Salem Journal for yesterday (Wednesday) in regard to
Congressman Robert L. Doughton, of Alleghany county, and his
■resent position, viewed in the light of the coming campaign for
Be governorship of . North Carolina.—Editor).
It is doubtful if a Democratic
eader in North Carolina ever was
wnfronted with such a challenge
s Congressman Robert L. Dough
bn is now facing.
' With three major and two min
or Candidates for the nomination
for governor already in the field,
the future looks bright for a
campaign that will split the
Democratic party in this State
into the bitterest factions that
have been seen here in a gener
ation. t
■ It is already apparent that it
will be .impossible for a majority
of the Democrats of this Common
wealth ever to get together behind
either of the present candidates,
without at least two hotly con
tested primaries, if at all.
Democrats who have the future
of their party at heart know too
well the possibilities of the sort
of campaigns that will be waged
in these two primaries. In such
» time as this, anything can hap
pen! There is, indeed, the pos
sibility of such a cleavage in the
party organization as will en
danger Democratic control in
many counties, if not in the
State-at-large.
Wisest leaders of the Demo
cratic party naturally would pre
fer a campaign of less heat and
danger to party harmony than this
one promises to be, provided that
all five of the present candidates
for governor stay in the race.
They would like to see a candi
date strong enough to unite the
[party in the first primary.
It is at this point that the chal
lenge to Congressman Doughton
emerges. For he is the only
Democrat now living who would
have the support of an overwhelm
ing majority of the Democratic
voters of North Carolina in a
campaign for the, Democratic
nomination for governor.
If “Farmer Bob” were willing
to leave his great work as chair
man of the Ways and Means
Committee of the House in Wash
ington, he could save the Demo
cratic party of his native. State
from being split into warring
factions and go into the gover
.nor’s office with the solid backing
of an overwhelming majority of
the Democratic voters.
• The Raleigh News and Observ
er hears that there is' a possi
Wise and Otherwise
Probably
The Hapsburgs have regained
their confiscated estates and pro
bably are looking for enough
'money to get the grass cut.—
"Indianapolis Star.
Queer
American dancer has been fined
$3.50 for outraging the morals of
Paris. It seems queer that this
.Stupendous achievement should be
rated as a light offense.—Philadel.
phia Evening Bulletin.
Social Error
Evidently the Emperor of Ethi
opia does not get around much.
All our best governments now
NOTICE
The undersigned having quali
as Administrators of the
ate of John A. Irwin, (deceased,
is to notify all persons in
bled to the estate to make im
ate settlement. All persons
aving claims against the estate
I present them within twelve
»ths from this date or this
will be plead in bar of
<v recovery.
kis August 27th, 1935. •
J. L. IRWIN and
GEORGE IRWIN,
rators of John A. Irwin.
Gambill, Atty. 4tc-19AT
ud
on
i:loiin( a
defendants
e notice tfjat they
o appear at the
of the Super
the 27th day of
1935, and answer- or
complaint in said
plaintiff will apply
for the relief de
plaint.
of August, 1935.
REEVES.
Court
NOTICE
bility of Mr. Doughton’s recon
sidering his decision announced
earlier in the year not to run
for governor. We hope this, is
true.
If Mr. Doughton will run on
his record, especially as that
.record relates to matters of tax
ation, there would be no use for
any other Democrat to seek the
gubernatorial nomination next
June. ,
If he will make the race and
give the people of North Caro
lina the assurance, which no
doubt he would, that he will work
as hard in Raleigh to bring the
New Deal home to North Carolina
as he has worked to help Presi
dent Roosevelt put over his great
program for the Nation, in all
probability the first .robins of
1936 would find no candidate in
the race for governor except
“Farmer Bob.”
“There never w,as a time when
a member of Congress was in
better position than Mr. Dough
ton is in at this moment to do
precisely the thing that thousands
of his friends are anxious for him
to do—retire from Congress and
become governor of his own
great State.
His record as administration
leader in the last Congress never
has been excelled. He. enjoys the
distinction of having piloted
through the House the most im
portant legislation Congress has
enacted in more than a gener
ation. He has seen all of the.
major measures of the Roosevelt
program of recovery and reform
enacted into law.
Having led in the completion of
that task, Mr. Doughton is in ex
cellent position now to turn to an
other great task and round out
his remarkable public career as
Chief Executive of his own Com
monwealth at a time when that
Commonwealth and the political
party of whieh he is a leader are
facing a real crisis.
The future of the State and
the future of the Democratic
party of North Carolina alike
challenge Mr. Doughton to as
sume leadership in this Common
wealth and unite our people back
of and in closest co-operation
with the Roosevelt program for
a forward-marching America.
consider it ,a social error to men
tion the Kellogg Pact.—New
Yorker.
It Would?
A good many lean to the view
that if Senator Borah were elect
ed President it would serve him
right—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Possible
A collector of rarities finds a
Yokohama girl who is double
jointed in elbows, thumbs and
knees, Probably the .result of un
folding a steamer chair.—Rich
mond Times-Dispatch.
If—
A year or so ago we thought
we had recognized Russia. Now I
we wonder if Russia recognizes
us.—Florida Times-Union.
Early Impressions Last
Jackson—I noticed you got up
and gave that lady your seat in
the tram the other day.
Hackson—Since childhood I
have respected a woman with a
strap in her haiid.—Today (Mel
bourne.)
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as the Execu
tor of Mrs. Alice Smith, deceas
ed, I hereby notify nil persons
indebted to iher estate to come
forward and make settlement,
and any having claims against the
«*tate to present them to me
within twelve months or this
notMe will be plead in bar of
recovery.
This August 27tlh, 1935,
ALBERT BUTLER, Executor
of Mrs. Alice Smith, deceased
4U-19AT
POLITICIANS VERSUS
THE PEOPLE
By RAYMOND PITCAIRN
National Chairman, Sentinel*
at tha Republic
The American Constitution was
written and adopted to protect the
People against the Politicians.
For almost one hundred and
fifty years it has served that pur
pose. Under its guaranties of per
sonal liberty for all, America has
developed into a great nation of
free and successful citizens.
If the Constitution is weakened,
those guaranties of freedom are
lost. The whim of the party in
power becomes the Law of the
Land. The control over the politi
cian, exercised by ' tlfe people
through their Constitution, is de
stroyed.
Today those safeguards are in
serious danger. Recent events at
Washington have brought the men
ace clearly into the light.
There have been veiled sugges
tions from the White House for a
constitutional amendment which
would take power from the states
and the people to centre it in Wash
ington ...
There have been new bills in
Congress designed to end or weaken
the authority of the Supreme Court
as the interpreter of our Constitu
tion ...
There have been frank efforts by
certain senators and representa
tives to grab for Congress the au
thority now exercised by the Su
preme Court . . .
All these show the trend toward
freeing the men who happen to hold
office of the restraints exercised by
the People through their Consti
tution— toward granting to Con
gress powers that can become both
unlimited and despotic.
If the citizens permit such
changes—if they yield to politicians
the powers expressly reserved to
the people—then they will not only
transform the entire structure of
our American Government, but will
destroy their own rights and priv
ileges and strength.
They will throw away the heri
tage bequeathed by Washington
and preserved by Lincoln.
My next article will discuss how
every worker, every group, would
be affected by such changes—and
why.
The All-Ameiricaji College Hymn
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Alma Mater thee,
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Hmmmmm la la doo doo ivied
walls,
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Hopes and fears,
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—Columbia Jester.
'Sounds Like 1929
Momma (singing)—By low, my
baby.
Poppa—That’s right, you tell
hjm to buy low and I’ll teach him
to sell high.—Widow.
(continued from front page)
lization questions The writer
frankly would like to know more
about it but even the most learn
ed do not always agree in discuss
ing it. Along this line it is in
teresting to note that the Senate
has authorized an investigation of
the effect of the silver-purchase
program on imports and exports,
on prices at home and on inter
national exchange. Senator Pitt
man says the silver buying policy
aimed to put silver in the Treas
ury which might later be used to
dicker for international satibliza
tion of currency on terms suitable
to us. The announced goal is to
acquire for the Treasury an
amount of silver equal to one-third
of the gold, pr about $3,000,
000,000 worth. Purchasing
should continue until the price
reached $1.20 an ounce. The
Treasury has acquired about sixty
per cent of the quantity desired
and the whole program is being
assailed and defended with much
warmth.
REAL CRISIS IN EUROPE
The gravity of the situation in
Europe, with Mussolini determin
ed to absorb Ethiopia, has not
been underestimated by officials
in Washington, who realize the
serious threat to world peace, but
the view is that the matter is one
for Europe to handle and that
this country will make no com
mitments or become entangled in
the row under any circumstances.
Action of the Senate, last week,
in adopting the seven-point reso
lution to safeguard American
neutrality before war began and
thus make any action here un
likely to be misconstrued is indi
cative of sentiment generally.
U. S. TO BE OUTSIDE
Of course, economic sanctions
may be applied by members of
the League of Nations, if that is
decided upon, but this country is
not obligated to join in such a
move which, it is thought, would
eventually embroil the United
States in another step to avoid
war or end it. Under the Ke.llog
Briand pact, which this nation
signed, there is nothing to require
us to unite in any action against
a violator.
NEUTRALITY DISCUSSION
The more exact definition of
our neutrality stand has been
under study for many months. It
is a subject of considerable mo
ment. Take for example, the pos
sibility that the members of the
League may exert pressure upon
Italy. In such an event, would
the United States, under its often
proclaimed doctrine of the free
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dom of the seas, busy the League
nations by insisting upon its
right to trade with Italy? Would
this country, on the other hand,
abandon its rights in the interests
of the peace of the world as up
held by the combination of pow
ers?
Great Britain, it is known,
would welcome- our participation
in seme step to curb Italy but
this will come rather poorly from
the nation that did little to back
up Secretary Stimson when he
boldly proclaimed a determination
on our part not to recognize any
gains made by Japan, in China,
in violation of treaties signed by
the nations- While many observ
ers believe that the life of the
League, or certainly its effective
ness as an instrument of peace
is at stake, they feel that the op
portunity to give the organiza
tion “teeth” was muffed when
Japan was permitted to run
roughshod over China and acquire
Manchuria.
TEXTILE GROUP REPORTS
The cabinet committee set up
by the President in April to in
vestigate conditions in the textile
industry has submitted its report,
which is about in line with expec
tations. It reports that excess
capacity and obsolescence are se
rious problems in the industry;
that recent importations of Jap
anese counter cloth should be
dealt with in a voluntary agree
ment with Japan, subsidized tex
tile exports would probably cause
retaliation, that currency stabili
zation and the reduction of trade
barriers should lead to a recovery
of some part of the lost foreign
market, that increased use of cot
ton be stimulated, an inquiry on
FILM MAKING SPURS
ROMANCE IN GRAFTO
Grafton, Mass., Aug.
——
About 46 couples per year got
married in Grafton, averaging
almost- one a week. But with
in the six days that Eric Lin
den and Cecelia Parker, movie
players, have been making
synthetic love in front of hun
dreds of townspeople for
scenes in Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah
Wilderness,” six Grafton coup
les have filed marriage inten
tions.
It reached a climax with
three today. Town Clerk Rob?
ert S. Leonard said: “I never
saw anything like it. Those
love scenes repeated and re
peated must have got the
young folks thinking.”
He called the number a
"record high.”
A new police officer was an
xious to make a record, and his
chance came very soon. When
he was on his beat he phoned to
the police station and reported]:
“There’s a man that’s been robbed
by some other man and I’ve got
one of them.”
“Whice one have' you ‘‘got?”
asked the sergeant.
The reply came back: “The
man that was robbed.”
hedging and a study of merchan
dising be undertaken and that the
most practical means of securing
purchasing power for cotton grow
ers is to enable them to buy indus
trial products. The report gener
ally, it seems, upholds the Wal
lace farm theories and the Hull
trade ideas.
Not Conspicuously
Teacher asked a 7-year-old girl
what a bridegroom was:
“Please, teacher,” was the re
ply, “it’s a thing they have at
weddings.”—Portland Oregonian.
Finis
“Tell me the story of the police
raiding your fraternity.”
“Oh, that's a closed chapter
now.”—Fifth Corps Area News.
Cheerio t
Husband—One more payment
and the furniture’s ours.
Wife—Good! Then we can
throw it out and get some new
stuff.—Pearson’s Weekly (Lon
don).
Jane—“What was your sister
so angry about?”
Jim—“Why, she sent me to the
druggist’s to get some cold cream
and I got ice cream. It was the
coldest they had.”
Literslist
Proud Mother—Yes, he’s a year
old now, and he’s been walking
since he was 8 months old.
Bored Visitor—-Really? He must
be awfully tired.—Lafayette Lyre.
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