The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1958 Page: 2 of 8
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What's the matter...
... with Texas Democrats?
"The Texas Observer" is a left-wing weekly
newspaper published in the state capital and
devoted primarily to politics . . . but it speaks
sometimes with refreshing frankness on topics
too often taboo in the more conservative press.
On the subject of the recent state Democratic
convention, the DOT-lining "Observer" waxed
righteously wrathful . . . but came up with
some suggestions which should make sense to
citizens on both sides of the political fuss.
"The farcical nature of the state Democratic
convention at San Antonio is illustrated by
the fact that except for the speeches nominat-
ing candidates for temporary chairman and
Maury Maverick's one brief statement of a
point of order, there was no free debate during
the convention proper," the Observer observed
"With only two microphones for the 5,000
delegates, both of them under armed guard,
and with the platform stage blocked off from
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Entered as second class matter December 20,
1945, at the Postoffice at Canadian, Texas,
under the Act of March 3, 1879. Published
each Thursday afternoon at Canadian, Texas,
by Ben R. and Nancy M. Ezzell.
the delegates by other armed policemen, the
convention was a travesty on open democratic
deliberations. The buried assumption was that
once the test vote was taken on the temporary
chairman, other votes were superfluous. In
other words, none of the delegates there were
individuals with opinions . . . they were mem-
bers of blocs whose decisions had been made
for them by their bosses."
Although the Observer doesn't admit it, the
unfortunate fact is that that "buried assump-
tion" was just about right. . . and that's what
is wrong with the Democratic Party in Texas
today. It's no longer democratic.
The fashion of power politics is to leave
nothing to chance. The successful political or-
ganization these days is the one which suc-
ceeds in organizing every convention move
down to the last letter . . . and this organiz-
ing begins at the precinct level where the fac-
tion which manages to seize control promptly
stifles all opposition and, as an added safety
precaution, imposes the "unit rule" on its
elected delegates so that any thought of indi-
viduality can be promptly squelched.
This procedure is used as ruthlessly by one
faction as by the other, so criticism by "The
Texas Observer" might be brushed aside as a
case of "the pot calling the kettle black."
But the fact remains that the "unit rule"
policy is stifling individual thought and ac-
tion in the Democratic Party. The best thing
that can be said for it is that it guarantees that
a delegaion will represent the views of its
majority . . . but it leaves the minority with-
out representation at all.
A better plan, perhaps, and certainly a more
democratic one, would be to provide for pro-
portional representation of each faction in
every delegation . . . and free expression and
debate at every level of convention politics
. . . outlawing the "unit rule" altogether.
This would certainly result in some fire-
works all down the line, and the state conven-
tion would be considerably less cut-and-dried
. . . but it would bring rhe in-fighting out into
the open where it belongs and return control
of the party to the rank-and-file members
where it ought to be.
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A calorie is the unit of heat nrxressary to
raise the temperature of a kilogram of water
one degree Centigrade.
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Calumet was the name of the ceremonial
peace pipe used by North American Indians.
* •
Harvard University was established at Cam-
bridge, Mass., in 163G.
• •
Edison invented the flashlight in 1914.
STRICTLY FRESH
It's amazing how well the boss
bears up under our lack oí
money.
• •
Only trouble with the office
wolf is eye trouble: he's dear-
sighted.
An old-timer Is a fellow who
remembers when you got close
shaves in a barbershop rather
than In traffic.
• • •
Fellow across the desk from
us says his son must have been
celebrating autumn. He detected
• nip in the heir.
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Stymied: the gal in a nudist
camp who can't complain abe
haa nothing to wear.
• • •
The word "Jaywalking" to de-
scribe crossing the street against
traffic rules comae from the word
"Jay," which in 17th century
* meant wanderer and
to mean « fool or
'jf<h
We're always a little sus-
picious of "program weights'*
o! football teams, and after
figuring from the official pro-
gram that the Stinnett foot-
ball team was outweighed by
about 20 pounds per man last
Friday night we decided that
all suspicions were confirmed
when we watched the team
take the field. With apologies
in advance to Rattler coach
Don Light we wonder if theee
program figures shouldn't
have been labelled "Light-
weights."
"It all depends on what you
call success," comments the
"Rotary Canadian" bulletin,
"but when you're picking the
school kid most likely to suc-
ceed, don't overlook the one
whose dog waits longest out-
side the school door."
We overlooked it in the rush
last week-end, but The Fair
Department Store observed its
45th anniversary in Canadian
last week-end. That makes
"The Fair" one of the oldest
retail businesses in Canadian
under one-family continuous
management . . . and Tom
Abraham is justly proud of
the business which his father
established and he hns con-
tinued. It is a s+ore of which
Canadian should be proud,
too.
We particularly liked the
slogan, which was Tom Abra-
ham's brain-child . . . "the
one thing the years have
taught us . . . is how NOT to
show our age!" That's a good
one to try to live up to . . .
for a lot of us.
The Canadian Record, inci-
dentally, will be celebrating
its 70th anniversary as a
newspaper next January . . .
and The Record, we hope, is
not showing its age too badly.
"The Record" has recorded a
lot of changes down through
the years in Canadian ... and
our readers have seen a lot of
changes in The Record too.
We hope that, for the most
part, they've been for the bet-
ter.
Here's a cheerful note in
the news: We understand that
the flag manufacturers, who
have been facing the problem
of bringing out a new model
with 49 stars, have called a
halt, temporarily, to the whole
thing . . . figuring that may-
be Alaska can take over when
Arkansas takes off!
Maybe ifs a sign of a hard
winter, but we trapped and
killed a king-sized rat in our
garage a lew nights ago. This
one was a good foot long, not
including his buggy-whip tail
. . . and he might have had
the place all to himself except
that he jumped into a tall
metal wastebasket and could-
n't climb out. We tapped him
on the head with a croquet
mallet and left him for the
city dump truck . . . but we
hope he has no uncles and
cousins on his trail.
We've never seen a rat this
size in this section of the
country . . . tho they're fairly
common around the water-
fronts. But we've noted reports
in newspapers from around
the country recently that
there's a migration of rats and
mice from the fields into
towns, which Is generally in-
terpreted as a sign that a hard
winter is on the way.
When will the autumn foli-
age be at its best along the
Canadian River? Wes lizard
of the Amarillo Daily News
has already embarra sed us by
asking when the Foliage Tour
will be held this year, and we
haven't got a real good an-
swer. Who knows when the
leaves wil lturn? Can some of
our old timers put the finger
on a date?
Of course, the foliage is al-
ways worth seeing, but it's
particularly spectacular as the
season changes from fall to
winter. The poison Ivy, we've
noted, Is already sporting a
brilliant red . . . and some of
the cottonwoods are beginning
to show touches of gold.
There's a nip In the air these
September mornings, and
we're guessing that the first
frost won't come very far
•long into October.
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IT CREW THERE? —It looks
as though something will have
to give when a train comes
chugging along this track in
Hicksville, N.Y. The track,
used as a siding, was built right
around the telephone pole by
the Long Island Railroad. Ex-
amining the puzzling setup is
Larry Mulvehill of Wantagh,
Long Island, N.Y.
last year attracted a lot of
visitors from other sections of
the Panhandle . . . and a lot
of these beople want to come
back when they can see this
area at its colorful best If
Mother Nature will be just a
little bit cooperative now, the
fall showing this year should
be tops.
Get Rid of Your
Wash-day Blues at
FISH HELP-SELF
LAUNDRY
—Phone 137—
On the Highway
Say, .did you ever see a river that was straight as an arrow?
I never have. All those streams seen while vacationing this
summer were seemingly trying to' vie with each other to see
which one could the best Imitate a giant snake. They wind and
twist and bend from the time they gush out of a mountain
spring or seep out of a lake until they find repose In the
bosom of the great deep. Now we ask the question, "Why is it
that the river Is never straight?"
If you can answer this question I believe you will find the
answer to the crookedness of this modern generation. You will
have the answer to why teen-age crimes In larger communi-
ties are on an increase. You will find out why more homes
are being broken up over trivial things. You will find out why
churches, preachers, pew fillers, and etc. do not hold as fast
to the tenets of true Christianity as those of a bygone day.
Yessir, you'll know the answer to a great many of the world's
problems today. This knowledge however may not be of any
great use because if you can answer the question you will still
probably be doing the same thing as the crooked stream does.
It isn't easy to resist the ways of a lethargic generation. The
man who tries to lead in a direction that may be uphill or
that may not seek the lower path will find himself much alone
or at least with few companions. Maybe this generation needs
to be reminded that Jesus taught of two ways in Matt. chap. 7.
He said there are two ways—the broad way—the narrow way.
Many, (that is the majority) would enter the one and few
would find the other. Of course you enlightened people realize
why few found the right one.
Excuse me please while I take off my shoes. My toes are
hurting for some reason.
Yours while following the line of least resistance,
The Preacher.
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Ezzell, Ben. The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 2, 1958, newspaper, October 2, 1958; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth183920/m1/2/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.