The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1924 Page: 1 of 4
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Uy JOHN E. DAVIS
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1024.
VOL. XLIII. No. 10-
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. southern negro was walking
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his feet. "An' we gwinna run
some mo," he added as he sped
away.
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Year Of Silence
Says Dem. nominee
John YV'. Davis, democratic
nomineq {or the Presidency, who
is making a very brilliant and ac-
tive campaign, sai<j in a speech
at Wilmington, Del., the other
day that just as historians will
describe the year 1920 as "the
year of great promises," so he
will come to denominate 1924 as
"the year of great silence."
"It is a vast, pervading and
mysterious sidence," Mr. Davis
said. "It is broken here and therc
by the vocal nominee of the Re-
publican party warnme the Am-
erican people in anxious tones
that around every corner and un-
der every bedstead there lurks a
Bolshevik ready to destroy them.
Now and then some person al-
most forgets and writes a candi-
date and complains of the terms
in which he has been described.
"And then occasionally some'
Cabinet officer, standing on the ■
Western shore, will rattle his;
saber like a new toy recently j
given him. The extinguishment'
is placcd upon him and silence;
reigns supreme once more. It all j
remind^ me of nothing so much
as the words of Tennyson:
" 'The dead, steered by the
dumb move onward with the
flood.' "
"Why this silence?" asked Mr.
Davis. Then he proceeded to an-
swer his own question with a
review Oif the record of the Re-
publican party's administration
of the Federal Government, both
in the field of domestic and for-
eign affairs.
Referring to Senator La Fol-
lette, the independent presiden-
tial candidate, by name for the
first time in his campaign, Mr.
Davis said "a bogey man" was
being set up by spokesmen for
the Republican pairty, a "bog-^y
man"' clad in a great red coak
! with the word "Bolshevik" burnt
across his breast.
"But when the cloak drops,"
he added, "lo and behold, it's
none other than our family
friend, Senator Bob La Folliette.
"I hold no brief for Senator
LaFollette," Mir. Davis said, ad-
ding that he had opposed with all
his vigor the La Follctte propos-
al for a veto power by Legisla-
tures over the Supreme Court on
legislative rulings.
The contention that LaFollette
is seeking to "lead the country to
Moscow." Mir. Davis said he was
rather of the opinion that he was
"seeking to lead it to London,
where, under the British form
of government, the Parliament is
supreme." X
The Democratic nominee de-
clared that one of the big issues
j of this campaign was that of
91 party responsibility, and he ad-
! ded that the Republican party
should and must be held to ac-
William's Bright
Remark
By RALPH D. PAINE
was given a
l cake. In less than two hours
kas hack at the same dooc-
| cake you handed me this
ling?"
for it-todness sake, n an,1' ex-
led J,he astonished hiuse-
"what ck ? you want the
i'fori" • i
villager immediately called on
Bud.
"Ain't ye worried about yer
wife, Bud?" he asked.
"Well," replied Bud, "I waji
fer 'a while, but her cousin in
' Bumpton jest called up an* said
[o settle a bet, lady," answer-
fc tramp. ''My partjr say# h<. - g-, ^ ^ feu# with
I use three cupfuls ofi cement.. *.
of sugar and I-claim you *er «wn eyes"
wily two and a half.1
w Student—Would a - per-
YES, WHY?
Arizonia Who Doo: Missi
lived "dn Ae"border be- Voung—In Turkey a woman does
l Ireland and Scotland be a know her hushand until after
fh-Irish? 'she's married him.
er—No; i think he would Mrs. Wed—Why mention Tur-
—Exchange. .key especially?
j Then I might talk about Gaston
A^gans." That brought a laugh.^
"But this is a seriouf subject,"
Mr. Davis went on. "The betray-
al of the public trust by these
men was not a random accident
or the result of unfortunate se-
lection of men. All their actions
were symptoms of disease, the
idea tuat government exists for
what men can get out of it, and
not for what they can put into
it."
Juddge: First City Kid—Gee,
Jimmy, Hooka th' boid!
Second City Kid—Gosh,yes!
Wonder whose clock he's out of?
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«T SOMETIMES wonder whether a
A beautiful young daughter li
blessing or a curse," groaned Mr.
Henry Torrance as he dropped with a
thud Into the nearest chair. Aggrieved
and horrified, the daughter exclaimed:
"I never dreamed that a fond parent
could aar such a frightful thing as
that What kind of a break have 1
uiade to duserve it?"
"Ernestine, before you rave, lat your
father explain himself," chimed In her
mother. "Sometimes his Ideas art
quite sensible."
Mr. Henry Torrance was a bald,
nervous- man whose shoulders were
bowed from years of service at an of-
fice desk. A qulsclcal twinkle tem-
pered his outbreak as he went on t«
say:
"It's not Ernestine'* fault It's those
boys that come to see her. This one
tonight was the limit Not morally.
He doesn't pack a flask on his hip as
far as I know. But when he thinks
lie is starting to go home at the end of
a perfect evening, his feet get glued
to the floor. You know what I mean."
"Xes, dad, I get you." sighed the
fair young Ernestine. " 'Tleky' Bal-
lard is certainly shy a self-starter. He
is dreadfully young, only seventeen,
and he hasu't learned how to break
away. I.ots of nice boys are afflicted
that way."
"Take tonight as a sample," grimly
pursued Mr. Henry Torrance. "He
<iuit fussing with that Uttle Honolulu
banjo dingus at eleven o'clock. Mother
and I, having mid-Victorian manners,
drifted into the hall/to say good-night.
That boy got thut jar and stood for
thirty-five minutes. jYes, he did. And
then be pried his fee loose and stalled
again In the porch fir Qod knows, how
long. It was not your fascination,
Ernestine, my child. He could see
you were yawning your head off. And
be was too sleepy to hold his own head
up. He simply could net make the
grade. What pasnus for his Intellect
got Jammed."
"A very common disease, llie
mumps," said Mrs. Torrance. "Good-
ness, Henry, don't I remember you at
that age? My father said he felt Uke
spanking you."
"Uui-m, he was a mighty, touchy
unreasonable man In spots. Well, I
stayed to the bitter end tonight, Ern-
estine, as an Interested observer.
Whew, but ray legs ache."
"Here comes our own upstanding
son," said the mother as a flivver rat-
tled and coughed in the driveway.
"Let's ask him if be has the same dif-
ficulty."
Presently young William entered the
room, slipped on a rug, stumbled over
a rocker, and dived for a sofa. He
was too busy growing to be graceful.
Several days later William, the
woman-hater, experienced a sudden
change of heart. The cause was a
fluffy little person who was visiting
the Ballard girls. WlUlam announced,
In aggressive tones, that he intended
to run over after supper. Mr. Tor-
rance displayed a lively interest and
ventured to suggest:
"Take warning from the reluctant-
footed 'Tlcky' Ballard, son."
"Huh, I guess I won't make a holy
show of myself."
"Xou never can tell, William. As
man to man, take a tip from me. On
your way over, try to think of a bright
remark. Something snappy, with a
sure-fire luugh. Then when you get
ready to pick up your hat. shoot the
bright remark and depart, tio out on
it. Don't linger for an encore."
"That sounds good to me, dad, the
best thing yet. The dickens of It Is
I may not find any bright one In the
old bean."
"Oh, yes, you wlU, It you prepare
yourself beforehand.
William was Impressed. He was al-
ways serious when his father took this
man-to-man attitude. In fresh flannel
trousers, silken socks, hair slicked
back, he spurred the flivver out of the
driveway when the little stars were
shiifing in the sky. The family ad-
Justed itself for a quiet evening. Ern
estlne was alone, for once. Phono-
graph and piano were silent She be-
came absorbed In a novel with a kick
to It
No mere than three quarters of an
hour later they heard the fliwer re-
turn. This was perplexing. In stalked
William, glowering. He registered
bitter dislike for bis family. His ta<
ther demanded:
"Here, William, what went wrong?
Did she hurt your feelings or some-
thing?"
"Not her. One classy little Jane,
I'll say so. Huh, It was yon that
| spilled the beans."
"For heaven's sake, explain your
! self, my son."
"Well, It was Uke this, understand?
; i did think up a bright remark and it
was a corker. Well, I had been there
a tittle while when I accidentally
slipped the bright remark. It popped
out before I could stop Jt. Huh, It
was th* only one I had. So I grabbed
my hat and best It To a ssldlmust
go out on It, didn't you? Weil. I did,
didn't If „ _
The family was silent Words failed
them. The boy on the burning deck
had nothing <>n William. Then Ern-
estine snickered but her father
frowned at her.
"William," said he, "what was the
bright remark?"
"Huh, forget It. Now see here, Tvs
got son* studying to do and 1 don't
want to be Interrupted. Goo'nlght."
As a result of the quarantine
in south Texas against the foot
and mouth disease among cattle,
the livestock show at the State
Fair at Dallas, Oct. 11 to 26, has
been abandoned this action l>e-
ng taken at the request of J. E.
Goog-Scott, chairman of the
Livestock Sanitary Commissiom
who stated that on account of
the large concentration of cattle
at the Fair from all parts of the
State, to have the livestock ex-
hibits as planned would be ex-
tremely hazardous to the entire
livestock industry.
It is announced, however, that
the horse racing program will be
cairried out as planned and in no
ohter way will the Fair be inter-
fered with except the elimination
of the livestock exhibits.
Court Holds Mrs.
Ferguson Is Eligible
I
District Judge George Calhoun
of Austin, in whose court the
case was defrl, handed down a
decision Monday in which, he de-
clined to girant the injunction ao
prevent Mrs. Ferguson's name
from going on the ballot as the
Democratic nominee for Gover-
nor, holding that she was in ev-
ery way legally eligible and
qualified to hold the office. The
suit was filed by Chas. M. Dick-
son of San Antonio.
Judge Calhoun held that no-
where in the Constitution of Tex-
as is there an inhibition against
women holding office in Texas.
He overruled the contention
made by counsel' for defendants
that he was without jurisdiction
to decide the case.
All of the contentions set up
by plaintiff were knocked down
by Judge Calhoun, who read an
oral opinion consuming exactly
one hour. Dickson's principal
contentions were that under the
common law a woman, particul-
arly a married woman, is not
eligible to hold office and that
the Constitution of Texas only
aiilowed male persons to be of-
ficeholders . In deciding against
these questions, which were the
first ever raised in Texas, Judge
Calhoun has said that all offices
which have heretofore been held
by women in Texas were legally
filled and that women at the
present time numbering at least
200 who are in public office have
legal right to serve as officehold-
ers.
The nineteenth amendment to
the Federal Constitution grant-
'n£ right of suffrage to women,
according to Calhoun's opinion,
also conferred upon the women
of this country the right to hold
oiffice and enabling acts were
not required to confer such
rights. He referred to the other
Federal amendments, particular-
ly the fifteenth, which gave full
citizenship and the right to vote
to the negro race.
During reconstruction days |
in the South, who raised the
question that the negro had not
right to vote and hold office?"
?sked Calhoun. "When the fif-
teenth amendment was adopted
and went into effect, negroes not'
only voted, but they were elected; v
to office. Nobody said anything #
about the requirement of an en-
abling aict to allow officeholding [ V
by negroes. Now that women >
are holding offfice, why do they,
come here and question? her i
«legibility after the amendment
to the Federal constitution has
been granted conferring upon
her the electoral' franchise?"
It was the court's opinion that
the frauners of the Constitution
intended that women should hold,
office when the time came. He1
referred to the rejection by the.
frameirs of an amendment that .jj
only male persons should be
elected to oftfice. By that act,
Sullivan Analyzes
Presidential Race
Eastern Republicans
Elated Over Texas
In a very interesting article, iyfforts are beiojf made to
accompanied by a map, published, boost tfh* candidacy of Dr. Butte,
n Sunday's Dallas News, Mark' Republican nominee fox GoYCr-
Sullivan, noted politi.call writer,^ nor of Texas, on the ground that
who is never a partisan, points hi# clectios wjjgtlfd not be hailed
out that the situation is not fay-; as ai Republican victory, but a
oraMe to t'be ejection of Presi- victory for good government,
dent Coolidge. j That the election of Dr. Butte
Sullivan give to CooISdge the would not be so regarded
following States, some of whom ■ throughout the country ia evi-
he says the Democrats have a t'enced by a statement g!ven out
chance to carry: |in Dallas Saturday night by
Maine, Vermont, New Hamp-j Clarence E. Linz of that city,
'hire, Rhode Island, Connecti- prominent Republican leader
cutt, Pennsylvania, ISMnois, In-1, and treasurer of the Republican
diana, DeTeware, New York, party in Texas.
Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Kansas, Mr. Linz, who had just te-
Collorado, Nebraska, Utah, Wy- turned tfrom New York, said:
oming, Oregon and California. {"Texas and New York are the
To John W. Davis, the Demo- two battle grounl's in which the!
cratic candidate, he gives Mary- Republican party expects to w'*
iand, Virginia, West Virginia,
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Tex-
as, A/rizona, Missouri,- Nevada,
New Mexico, Oklahoma! and
Tennessee.
To Senator R. M. LaFollette,
independent candidate, he gives
the states of Wisconsin, Minne-
sota, North and South Dakota,
Montana, Oregon and Washing-
ton.
After having apportioned the
states among the three candi-
dates as above, the then sums up
the situation, as foilows:
"Hut in all this we have taken
no account of the possibility of
Davis carrying any States in the
North whatever. And if Davis
should carry any one large
Northern State or any two fairlp
t?rge Northern States—in either
■vent he would destroy Cool-
l'lge's margin of safety.
if Davis should c?rry New
York ; !on<j, with its 45 electoral
votes, Coolidge woufld not be
elected.
If Davis should carry New
alone, with its 29 clectoria! votes,
Coolidge would not l e elected.
If Davis should carry Ohio
alone, with its 24 rfectorialJ
votes, Coolidge would not be
fleeted.
If Davis should carry
notable victories in the genera
election."
Most people who know any-
thing about politics will agfte
that it was bad politics for Mf.,.
Linz to say that the election otf"
Dr. Butte in Texas would be a
notable Republican victory, ill
view of the fact that he caulraf
not be elected without getting*
many Democratic votes.
Democrats who might per-
suade themselves to vote for
"good government," will hesi'
tate to contribute to a"notable
Republican victory."
If He Remembered His Name
Wisconsin Octopus: Ed—Is
Bilft as iforgetful as ever?
Eddie—I'll say! Why he has
to (look himself up in the direct-
ory when he gets ready to go
home from claisses.
braska, with its 8 electoral votes;
Rhode Island, with its 5 electoral
votes, and, in addition, either In-
diana or New Jersey—in that
event Coolidge would not be
electec'
To consider another combina-
tion: If La Follette should car-
ry Iowa, with its 13 electoral
Indiana,:votes, and Davis should carry
with its 15 clector.il votes, and.ejther Indiana or New Jersey,
New Jersey, with its 14 electoral Coolidge wot.ld not be elected,
votes, Coolidge wouM not be' Amoag ■' c Sttt.s mentioned
elected. j there are -arious other combina-
If Davis should carry Colorado, tions which would prevent Cool-
wit), its 6 electoral votes; Ne- idge from being elected."
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Calhoun said, the Constitution
framers showed clearly that wo-
men were not in the days to
come to be disbarred from of- I
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