The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 24, 1928 Page: 2 of 8
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THE SHAMROCK TEXAN
Wednesday, October 1
Views of Readers
What a Business Man Thinks
This writer, who has so many
seasons for voting for Governor
Smith that time and space will
not permit mentioning them,
wishes to call your attention to an
editorial appearing in The Dallas
News last week. Foes of the
New York Governor who would
have you think he is a shallow
minded, crime loving Underworld
gangster will please take notice:
“Owen Young is the chairman
•f the General Electric Company.
He is one of the authors of the
reparations plan which carries the
name of General Dawes. He is
a Democrat. This year the reason
why folk elect to remain or be-
come Democrats or Republicans
seem to have especial significance.
So Mr. Raskob has inquired of
Mr. Young why he is supporting
Governor Smith. And Mr. Young
Young replied in what the New
York Times well characterizes a
notable political statement.
“Mr. Young’s reasons, in some
respects, are those that others
have given . He happens to have
keen born a Democrat. He believes
Governor Smith has the willing-
ness and ability to help the farm-
er. Incidentally, like the Govern-
or, he objects to the 'self-imposed
hypocrisy of of prohibition,’ while
he ‘does not propose to take any
ehance on liquor again obtaining
the upper hand in this country.’
He believes our economic pros-
perity to be due to no party, but
to be the result of the high stan-
dard of living of the American
working man, largely in spite of
polities. But two of the reasons
Mr. Young gives greater emphasis
J. C. Wooldrigde
Lumber Co.
Telephone
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than has been placed upon them.
“The first is one of party. The
man who collaborated in the Dawes
plan thinks that in the post-war
adjustment it was perhaps best
for this country to have a con-
servative goverfiment in power.
But he believes that the time has
come for a change, pointing out
that most progress in other coun-
tries has been achieved by liberal
parties. It is time for the liberal
party in the United States to be
given the place at the Wheel. He
is not interested in what Mr.
Hoover or Governor Smith know
about international relations, but
in electing the man who can do
most, and that man, he believes
is the standard-bearer of the
Democratic, the liberal, party.
“His other reason is a personal
one. He believes the Republican
as well as the, Democratic party
has chosen wisely in its candidate.
But there is no question Of his
own choice. And it must be
borne in mind that Owen D. Young
is no politician. He is a success-
ful business man who has served
ably in foreign relationships. And
Mr. Young, who has known lead-
ers, both here and abroad, can
say for A1 Smith:
We need not so much the initia-
tive of a man as we need initiative
of the people, and that means
leadership. And so I shall vote
for Governor Smith as the man
with the greatest demonstrated
capacity for political leadership
of any I have ever known.”—A. C.
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Why I Am For A1 Smith For
President
Because I am a Democrat and
deep down in my heart, I believe
that a Democratic form of govern-
ment is nearer perfect, comes
nearer being a “government of
the people, for the people and by
the people” than any form that
has ever been devised by man.
I am convinced that A1 Smith
has proven himself one of the
grandest Democrats of this gener-
ation, comparing favorably with
the greatest of the great of Amer-
ica’s executives; progressive, ef-
ficient, just and free of the slight-
est inclination to be governed by
self interest or favoritism. I am
for him because 1 set more store
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THURSDAY—
"LINGERIE”
With Alice White, Malcolm McGregor and Mildred
Harris
He met her on a Paris Boulevard, and she was dressed in
Lingerie. A story as dramatic as the meeting of “Lingerie”
and the dis-illusioned American was startling and unconven-
tional.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY—
Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton
“THE BIGKILLING”
Keep your eyes open. Don’t be one of the dead ones and let
this ripping roar pass over. Beery and Hatton are two big
shots in the land of monntain feuds and backwoods lore and
you’re missing a championship shoot if yon fail to see them
when they go off in this action melodrama bristling with clever
twists.
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on loyalty than on any any one
principle that actuates the human
heart. I am no traitor; no desert-
er. If I go out with you, I will
share your joys and griefs, I’ll
stick through and I will come
back with you. I am too honor-
able an American and too good a
Democrat to enter primaries and
conventions and desert my party’s
choice, giving support to the
enemy, because my choice failed
of the nomination. Under the
banner of the deserter, I would
not have the gall, the guts and
affrontery to claim that 1 a
“Hoover Democrat.” There is no
such animal. As well claim that
a skunk is a sweet smelling house
cat. The so called “Hoover Demo-
crat” is a hybrid pariah with no
political affiliations.
I believe that the interests and
welfare of the American govern-
ment can be, and should function
more perfectly through the two
predominant political parties,
Democratic and Republican, than
through any other agency. 1 also
believe that the party in power
is responsible for and should be
amenable for the acts of its pub-
lic officials. I believe that when
a party basely betrays the sacred
trust of government that has been
entrusted to it, that it is high
time to call a halt and demand a
change to honest hands. With
these convictions, how could I sup-
port anybody in the race but
Alfred E. Smith? How could I
turn a deaf ear and ignore the
facts that public officials within
the last two terms of President
have stolen every thing from alien
property, funds of crippled and
disabled soldiers to the Tea Pot
Dome and accepted bribe money
with which to pay past political
debts? How could I give as an
excuse for deserting my party, the
old stale and wornout diatribe
against Tammany Hall, when
Philadelphia and Chicago, hot
beds of Republicanism, stink of rot-
tenness, bribery and murder as
was never laid to the door of
Tammany by its bitterest, libeling
and lying enemies?
Then the wet issue. Please
don’t make me laugh. With eight
years time, with unlimited money,
with the W. C. T. U. and Mrs.
Claude De Van Watts, the Anti-
Saloon League and the entire
Protestant church interests back-
ing prohibition, the Republican
party has failed, failed so dismally,
completely, squandering millions.
It has made more offices for
bribe takers and made more mil-
lionaire criminals than any project
ever undertaken by this govern-
men. Then these Hoover Demo-
crats raise the whites of their eyes
to Heaven and claim that the
country is going to the dogs if any
change is made. Good Lord, what
intelligence.
But WAIT A MINUTE. The
intolerant bigots, the smoke screen
fanatics tell you the above reasons
caused the change from loyal
Democrats to “Hoover Democracy”
but I tell you the THREE REA-
SON'S for voting for Hoover are
First CATHOLICISM; Second
CATHOLICISM; Third CATHOL-
ICISM. There is no amount of
reasoning, no amount of proof,
no amount of historical facts that
can influence or make a dent on
an intolerant one track mind.
“Ephram is joined to his idols,
leave him alone.” Were it not
for the baneful influence that
these pulpit politicians exert over
their membership, who honestly
desire to be fair and vote right,
who mistakenly look to their min-
isters for political wisdom, these
howlers would be a joke.
One fact, however, is sure and
rests like a beacon light in the
human heart of untold thousands
of church members. They have
had it forced upon them that their
spiritual leaders are not infallable,
and rather than argue or express
an opinion contrary to the min-
isters, and be ostracized, they hold
their peace, but on election day,
memory will go back to the tra-
ditions of the Sunny Southland,
realizing that New England and
Dixie travel opposite pathways
politically, and the pencil will
scratch Lord Hoover.
. MALCOLM HENRY.
Their War Hate Is Forgotten
Ten years ago Eugene Thiele, 32, was a German soldier in the
battle of the Argonne. Patrolman M. A. Rainey of the Washington,
D. C., police force, fought with the First Division. They met again
the other day in Washington when Thiele was injured and brought
to the hospital where Rainey was guarding a wounded prisoner. The
picture shows the difference ten years has made in their attitude
toward each other.
$15,000 Theatre
For Erick, Okla.
Contract has been let by Mrs.
Mollie Mayes for a $15,000 theatre
at Erick, according to the Beck-
ham County Democrat. The build-
ing will be 25x140 feet.
Plans for the new theatre call
for a beautifully decorated interior
and a modem seating arrange
ment. The booth will be equipped
with the latest type projection
machines. It is to be completed
by January 1.
Miss Ola Agan of Amarillo
spent the week-end with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Agan.
Dr. Iva Goodman
• Suggestotherapist
Weltmer Graduate
500 North Main—Phone 306
Shamrock. Texas
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“DIVERSIFICATION”
And now comes the proof!
Notice that some sections of Texas ar
prosperous this year nothwithstanding
“spotted crops.”
Close study will reveal that these are ^
diversification sections. '
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Yes sir!—Diversification hits the spot!
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There'? one way to sell real
estate satisfactorily and one way
to buy it. They're both the same
—through Rawlings and Lyle.
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Phone 7045
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Bones, Percy W. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 29, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 24, 1928, newspaper, October 24, 1928; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528996/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.