The Edna Herald (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1956 Page: 18 of 37
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PKI1 ~»l 1>I NT 1 I"I NHOVt I K
Seeks a 2nd Ti-rin
4 Years Later. Parties
Face Changed Situation
v' •
Diinocral'
Texas ! i the n i n
• irn >ssed the unusual .si» -
tacle in 1952 ol the officio
Democratic Party -...rgani/ i-
tion in the srhe throwing
its - > . • t.« i the Rep -
t a Presidenta-
it. Dwight I\
.■ o*. or t nd Hi. ; i 3
Ms ••
As a- result, ?*»r tho ee i
time in hist n\ the -
Elec ’ oral College % •• >f e-s vs- es >.*
ast for the .Republican ranter
ttian the E>emo.ei a tie nomin-.;e *=
fat those offlees. The only tithe
this had hap^ned hel -*i e w
i r\ 1929 wheh t he *§ta te • v ot n-»
f ar Herbert - H • ■. *r He T
publican candidate for .Presi-
dent* Instead of Alfred E
Smith the Oemoetaai’: nonv
inee.
TH »•: nIh q1.1esiiotv in Teve
politics *this >-*ar is wheuer
the state again will vote T’ ‘
publican in i h«* president sa.-
Th e St a fe’s long rev > i d of ad
11,>i;t>?11t o the I.)em( n • rajt r
I'mik. with nomination Tv
-hit fihriy f.ir drriost any
fi - being tantamount t ■ i1 lo-
tion f.ir a;s Texas vs iv
■ generally has beer *'
II itui.li'-l to the, fa • that Eh-
ns was set 11 ■■ i largely hy-
ps ijilt? i i irn the Old Stint it, i !u-
tie thus has been primarily t.;i i-
tition i]
Recent v -u - has t', hi
* . the st He population et on.om
i.-. sOchyl ami cultui <: chan >>'-?
whtcft usually result in char 1
patterns of politi.-.il behavior
THK DKMOI KATH fa< ti >n
So i bj <; >v Allan SI v. ei vs m
mil ol of Hi.' p.irtv-> slate
invention at Amai itlo on S--;.t
a 1952^ follow ing Uae n.ational
n itninatii’g convent ions oi -ttu'
isvo parties If ter-ogni/a* i An! o
S re von son and Sen John; J.
Sparkman as the 'Democrat i.<•
nomiiiees for President and
vice president and agreed lit*t
their names should appeal >n.
the November general elec1 ion
ballot under the Denv»o o:-
I d)pL The v »n\eon-»n. howe.er
urged Democrati. of; Ur*
s-a !>! >im UA I on t’oi; 2
P iRTICIP 1TI0S
IT PRECTSCT
l l \ I I. DOESYT
B1SD l O VER
p t; ticipa Hon :n 1 th -‘ Mi y
5 precinct anssn!i - '! 01 *
political party pc! pt-‘
vent a ;>e: s s; - f r >n\ s ’tang
fsh the pi esi lent>al - as h-
dale if a different paiU in
the N ember genei <1 e'e
non.
T.egallyHi iso ■. - w i
wisii I i take.part in i 'em ‘
:ratic precinct c invent ruts
may do so liul still vote 1 >r
the Republican presidential
nominee- in N >v •ember. Sun-
il u Iy v iters may panieipate
in the M vv 5 Iiepublii an pre
einct. conventions .and st i ll
■%-ote f ar the pre.fi lenti i! n mi-
inee if the ! Vmnct Hie V n ty
in N avember
Split te ket v iiing is per
nutto i in genei i; electi m- in
Texas, and there is no •• m-
nectian between the M i y
sei ie- if piv.-i ienti ii i >m
inatihg conventions atnl t h ••
Democratic primary eleciiotts
to be he: I latet in th • > ■ .r
The only legal re, pure
nii-nt f II' pa i t ictp Hi in in ' he
precinct convention of one s
eh is that -me mus! he
i qualified vptet and live fn
the precinct (A person may
- not, however, attend the Cm
, vein ion tH Shore . than one
party on the same day! -
The dee:si >n as r »whether
to attend a Republican oi a
Demficrafic convention on
May o is one each votei must
make individually. If he is
a strict adherent, of • •• -
party who intends to vote
1 oi all cartdi 1 ites • if -i h a ’
party . reg u dless of w !i im
they may be he l.igienHy
vv on; 1 a i teiv-1 tin- t »n ent ion
■.if that pa:i>,
11 he is a ruem'iej it one
only m slate i til loci I
politic, but favors another
in . national p >li': • he in »v
attend the May presljijenfial
’ -lominat i:c; con', en+i ms of
oipariy, parii ip He in 1 he
nomination by another parry;
• f can th late.-, f e s' He /ills
. • fi’ict, ebunfy and precitu|t <d !
fi -es and still hr • i i • ■
ch -! e in the >. >. etniiei -
i! el ■ -H in w :' is t ospet c 1 >
presidential rian.ii tales
Hi
q>u I
i man
Texas Rviniblicans tie .
confronted with a situation
in 195G suhstantiaiiy ditler-
ent, both internally and ex-
ternally, front that ot 1
Th • r top ol'.tei tiye tioweset
remains the same.; That is to
,-any • he stale Tv>t T - ■ .
Eisenbbwer in the-Nev’G gener-
11 ele, I i >n a 1 ..: ■ us deiiver
the state's 2t Ele 1 >vai (..'-iitlege
votes,.
Till \ WHISK assist.^ in iv
ing this in Ida- by the f u : u>n
,t tide i Vnv>ci Uu i’ai ty le i I'v
Gov Allan Shivers, wliich still
maintains cutiti ol of tii'e' ot n
CIO Democt tin- ParlN it: a. am
ery ip the state and by large
numbers of independents aid
Democrats who rallied behind
the Citi/.ens fore Eisenhirtvel
in■! Democrats foi Eisenttower
nr i\ e:ne:us.
Republican supporters of Mi
: iso: it. iw ei a’ - * li i t i l'd
vigorously in 1952 to deliver
the .If - 3s Republic in i >u
v cut ion v- il.'s t.» him a! tin* in
i mat nominating convention
if the party in ('hic.-iga. nid
the Texas battle was credited;
With having helped turn (.lie
■ ide in Mi Ei-enh >\\ ei d l <■ u
n thi* convention.
THIN YEAR, the supporter,
if President Eisenhower ape
firmly in control of the Repub-
lican Party machinery both in
the state and m Harris County
The party thus w ilt lie spared
the bitterness of the 1902 pc
fare-nomination tight with the
Old. Guard faction which sup'-,
ported the nomination of the
late Sen Robert A. Taft. There
may not be complt-te harmony
at the party's May conventions
this year, since some members
of the Old Guard still a r e re-
sentful of the invasion of their
party by former Democt ats,
but opposition to the'dominant'
faction is not expo, r* i to be
substanti d.
Within the He. The ib;e-
tive of the party is to elect as
many state, district, couni'y
and precinct candidates as they
can and to press forward to
ward their goal of making
Texas a truly two-party state
by building the Republican
Party' into a strung political
force . capable of challenging
sei iou-ly the traditional • trie .
P irt v rule on all f* • ints
As PART «»l these inn t
| state efforts as well as th * es
.I n t i > can y the si ne i n Pi • -
'M-e HOPES on Pag.* 2
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(>uide for \ oters
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lit t ‘; • i j: '
si tf-c and Ihoitf; tt:,l
T- x is m I Ana i
T ; ' r. -p r
a; ir*r!akmg t,>1 pri
non nor- ici t >r in
Tide vOlt'I's :! US
rjgltt in-.T. to sy; \ i
-! * 1 ttl.it : tit
This is n.«t fun
■■ • not Vn|. b'.in-
tii-.'v know if^is tiie only e.
n i w mid i|t- \\ 11i -h ■ t ivi <i
The Enitixl States is one
fhe voice of the voter still
- i
I’lv-.','1<-nt <if tin
usv t i -k-, ! >’ it it
tit
y t i kcvji den « i
:r, is dwiiuiUng.^
o! the few natio
'is supreme. It is
prem - •
however, only if-it is pxpresstxi and heard both at’
the voting-polls and in the councils atkl conventions of
Political parties
\ RECORD Nl TIBER of \ohu5 have juahtiwi
this year in H'Uist m, 11 tn is Ounity and Texas M tny
oi them have never vojt'e'l in Texas bet ore And while
d ■ c - • 1 15 31 ten : e. . id n d ;yi i-!i
many of the voters majy lack a clear underst mding <>t
how democritry w orks! and-of t-tu* -pixx'esses by which
public officials'are choteen inti the citizen c.irt expregj
iiis views *
F-ir - them The .1’ ks’ ' t-s; herew ith offering Valunv
11 of a special section, which. is i colnderpart of one
that in 1952 was credited with arousing an unpreeej*
dented participation by the riri/chr.v m (vditi tjl
■ aet ivityc
Herein' the voter vyitl find a comprehensive sttni- j.
rharv of how demwracy and'ivpivsQntatixe 'govern-
ment w ork, with emphasis on the rote of the irwliv . In d
citizen. Sjx*cial attention has l>t*en given to the .presi-
dential nomination and •election process as it works tit ■
Texas. Thisjs.to help [irepare the voter for thi* May f>
pr<H'Inct eoaiventtons of the two major political parties
Attention is directed esiH-cially to the large, maps
of 11 mis County showing the location and hotmdai i *s
ot til the county 's 259 voting pr.*einets.-There is - Hu i
intormation which will he helpful as the > eat advances
IN PROVIDING' this pilitieal guide to 1C.*5. Tlte
post hop's dot an even gi - -a tei pu'fili res|> 1 ’' u
■see l.l till <m Pig- *
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Politics! Evci’vbodv’s
DiiIn in a I)eniocrac\
Ky BRI \N SPINK--
P' >U'I It’S is e V ery ho t - Ms
' busir.uss in a democracy
In fai t, the degree to which
dem x-racy exists depends upon
on how conM ientuiusly an i
how u-tivelv everyone attends
*■> lit it bUsine-s.
There is it lot ot it to Is- e
teruit- i to this year
that is what t • i-
said in J‘9o2 in presenting the
first of these* special sections
to assih the "voter- of Harris
C ounty; and Texas in di-< harg
ing thdii- doties «nd re- potisi-
hilitfes .during a ma jor election
year.
It is no I,*s-. true in tttel*
Ap;.u iximalely ato.iHiO ,.r
Harris County’s 1 million plus
citizens qualified as voters lie
i iiv tti > J in at deaiitine lilts
year by paving their 1933 .poll
taxes oi obtaining exemption
cert iti.-.lies. The county's ( >> *1
! voting strength in - Novembei
[trobably will !«* < few thou
, s old higher than that.
r>t the stat - as a wli >le th*'
figui ■ a Hi be ■' Hi ..vet 1 < nut
i lion. ■ - ■■■:■.
These fiui ca in all ' wm*
high rtvoni refleit a high de-
gi ts- of popular interest ir- thf*-’
veil ■ electionji ar.H ]- 11 imi ir
ly iri'the I * t t-s i den t n i;, e icit ion
In tile interest ot flee
delll'Kratir government, it is
essential - ttiat .a maximum
niiinliei of these \ ofers ink-*
part in lliis-1 year's |iftliti«(
activities. Participation is a -
hash element nt deolis ra. v
F.ssentially. demo i » a - y
means sel.f "government. If
people do not partiiipate in
their governnieift. it Karillx
ean Iw said that they- m * *
governing ttieniseixes. Xu i
government 'of. for and tiv
the pisiple tK-eomes -a io-‘* '
speech making slogan
In thisp-outitry. tnc ,u ■ <•--
fix w iu ,-h‘of-tii : 11' i bai :-• •!. w n *i
the res pi eisi![iiltt y "t i n imi ;
the government are-ehosSeri. are
■in j11■ tr. democratn to t .
they ire democttitii only t > t' *
• legreg th if Ute people take
' part in tlte electoral processes
Tile I ist presi • 3! e|.-< n .n
-— iw * - ■
uu-tpoui mg of .-i"- t fi >
-s,-|. POI fill s III P I
o»? stone
Precinct *»56: fW«m*fnwn f ’
i-RHit % :/r h-V-a: ' ,.
sen.
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BaylOvvH.
r.ic*v-M'*Af
. X..- ,....,. UI H.UiC l-ldtl Hill- ji.t.l
tv nit the same day' Sijcce any
pa i t y e, dt' p! • i >e U n it. ]•■
gully hindi't ev.'h indiveiua!.
jrir!if-tpart* in rcitivcntinji#- ..
the party should lie requirei to
*upppt i < t lie presi.iti d ini
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Evans, Chester. The Edna Herald (Edna, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 3, 1956, newspaper, May 3, 1956; Edna, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth763506/m1/18/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jackson County Memorial Library.