The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1949 Page: 2 of 20
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Don’s underestimate your own
Intelligence. Some people are
say Inn that they are not going
to vote la the" amendment elec,
tlon because they do not know
enough about the Issues. You are.
we believe. M Intelligent as the
overage cttiaen. and with a lit*
. tie study you will vote wisely.
1 Do your own thinking and vote
eu> you please.
-----L How each Individual votes Is
1 his own business, but every good
| citizen should vote- Do not leave
Boms citizens ol Comanche the destiny of Tstas up solely to
County are becoming Interested the professional politicians
In the general election
be defeated."
that eligibility for1 jury service
means responsibility for Jury asr-
The resolution singled out two vlce He *44 lt impractical to
amendments as “especially an- ._____- .___,____... ... tM
portent"—the legislative amend- •#*vlce “hat 14 n 1
ment and the one Under which
women would
by women;
js:
for the crmS^S^lYlT^lendM
systems fur
employes;
appointive county
serve on juries.
Wilkinson said ministers and
Amendments recommended for l*wyem.are exempt from compul-
riefeat bv the bar association •*? iw? "nr*c• but are not pro-
deleat by tne oar association , hiwted from giving on juries.
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In doing something to secure the ,
construction of the proposed Proc-
tor Dam on the loon River.
resolution we;_______________________________L
Legislative sessions and pay.) Bar President Callaway said
Jury service for women, county j SJR4 uses the word "permit" but
civil service, district court out- | would impose the same obligation
side county seats, establishments on women as on men for Jury
of hospital districts, county pen- | service. He read from a report
Before handwriting became slons. and rural fire prevention of the Texas Industrial Confer-
somewhat of a loot art. the first 1 districts j cnce an analysis of the various
1 sentence taught In the old fash-. _ . . . . _ ... - . ! amendments, which sUted that
tsl ^sysgtajsi 1 wom"' “
be heW st the SomthovSe to come to the aid of their coun-' for women’ oc" I
which Congressman Burleson try.
should be invited to hear the
proposal discussed.
Next Tuesday is the time for
I all good men. and women too, to
Th# nirtup said he believes that com* 10 thc aJd of Uleir country
The judge said he believes mat by votlnf in Uu. 8pecU1 Klectlon
"4. The amendment providing
for District Court to be held at
other places than the county
hos-
Cbngressman Burleson can tell us
Just what steps we will have to
take to make the dam a reality.
Paul Oray, of Proctor, Is very
much Interested in the proposal
to build a dam on the Leon, and
says he Is ready to donate to a
fund to pay some oapable person
to go to Washington to push the
proposition.
We want to publish In.this Is-
sue as much Information about
this election as possible
. cupied most of the time devoted I The resolution proposed by Cal-
' to discussion of amendments at laway as amended by Darroch
the bar meeting. ‘ and Davis was adopted, with one
Olb Callaway, president of the oppo8ln8 VOte
bar association, offered the reso- ! Texas of this resolution follows:
iSg* "Whereas on Tuesday. Nov. 8.'
h tT 1949. the people of the State will
vote on the adoption or rejection
n of ten amendments to the State
B. Savage seconded the motion, j constitution; and
tlon and establishment
pltal districts.
"8 The amendment providing
a system of retirement pensions
for appointive county employes;
“7. Permitting the Legislature
to establish rural fire prevention
districts.
“We regard the legislative
amendment and the amendment
forcing women to serve on Juries
as especially Important.
In regard io women serving
on Juries, let us state at the out-
let that 4re grant that women
hare a perfect moral right to
serve on Juries, and that ment
ally they are fully as
men of discharging
, convicts. They are also classed
i with ministers of the gospel; all
and
civil officers of the state
United 8tales and all physicians
and attorneys, all of whom are
exempt from Jury servloe under
, . _. , Article 3135 of the Revised Stat-
a question of> exper- \ utes. "
We state that the question, how
ever, is not one of principle, but
is merely , _________
tence and a question of the dlvi
sion of labor. Women have equal
We think lt is vital that this
legal and moral rights with men amendment be defeated,
to work as blacksmiths or gar.: -on the question of the legis-
A»e mechanics. 1^ - as-a-matter - tmttYe amendment, it tx patent
- ■ that no, capable representative
could devote his entire time to the
Job of being a Legislator for the
of expediency and labor they let
the men do that work-
"We do not believe that any
man should want his mother, sis-
ter or wife to be forced by law
to perform the unpleasant, un-
profitable and burdensome duty
o! r. Juro.\
“The proposed amendment not
only permits women to serve on
juries but requires them to serve.
“It Is argued that My not forc-
ing women to serve on Juries they
are classed with lunatics and
salary of $3,000, TO enact this
amendment would, in our opin-
ion,, Inevitably lower the stand-
ard of men offering for this posi-
tion and would subject the state
to greatly added expense, and om
entire legal system to the ei^J
pense and hazard of adjusting
ourselves to crackpot legislation
from week to week, Instead of
only at Intervals of each two
(Continued On Page 5>
B. A. Riley, Comanche, declares
he knows one Comanche County
man. who will give $100 towards a
fund to secure the dam.
The Brownwood Bar Associa-
tion has recommended that seven
of the M proposed amendments
to the State Constitution be de-
feated according to the following
from the Brawn wood Bulletin.
A discussion of wording of the
resolution with respect to the
It looks like something might
happen. If you are Interested, be
ready to attend a mass meeting
when you hear that such a meet-
ing has been called.
You may or may not agree
with the Brownwood lawyers. We
do npt agree with them in every-
thing, but their opinions are
worth studying. *
"Whereas there has been very
. little discussion by the press or
fV<?fne^Li serv*c* amendment otherwise of these amendments;
*5* Uie and whereas we regard some of
wording suggested by E. M. Davis t^ese amendments as of vital inl-
and J. C. Darroch._ ___, portance to the people of the
William O. Breedlove opposed' State, and especially to the law
Hezzic Dean, president of the
Comanche County Rural Roads
Association, says he Is anxious to
get out a big Vote on the Rural
Road Bond issue on November 8
and Is anxious to get us much
Information before the people as
passible prior to the election
He say? the aim of the Rural
Roads Association is to eventually
pat an all-weather road by every
home in Comanche County.
Dean thinks that the first step
to accomplish this is to build
permanent type culverts and
bridges wherever needed.
The Brown County Bur Assoc-
iation. in a meeting held Fr iday
afternoon **-
this portion of the resolution on making and law enforcement;
the ground that action of the bar branches of our government;
association would only “antagon. ;
ize" and not "convince" ladles "We, the members of the Brown
that they should vote against the 1 County Bar Association, after j
amendment. ; due consideration In official ses- j
! sion, state that it is our con- j
Tom Wilkinson said thc amend- sidered opinion that the follow-
ment would • compel" women to jng amendments should be de-
tn tire district court- serve on juries and Tm opposed leated. to wit:
room, adopted a resolution ex- to compulsory Jury service for1 *
pressing the "considered opinion” women. I’m not against them "1. The amendment providing
that seven of the' 10 proposed serving but I’m against com- i for a salaried Legislature;
-The first consideration of the
Good Roads Association is to pro-
i___.Wde good roads and safe bridges
8Rd culverts on all school bus
•SSdre tOT th* "fety ^ tohool
71* road bond issue, if passed
WNld call for a tax of about 30
•ants on the $100 property v&lua
-Don’t forget to vote next Tues-
dBg. November - ■ -
__R In the Special
Mectlon to be held in Cotnanche
Ownty and throughout Texas.
Ita Comanche County there are
three distinct Issues to be passed
■••n- There are 10 proposed
to the State Coh-
to elect a member of
y Board of Education/
man this congressional district;
tELrOZ ?*cI5le wh«ther or not
1450.000 bonds shall be voted to
•■prove the rural roads of t.hl«
county;'
' Ml legal voters can vote in the
Amendment Election, but only
***** voters who also are prop-
®*w taxpaying voters, can vote
«n the bond issue.
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Wilkerson, J. C. The Comanche Chief (Comanche, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, November 4, 1949, newspaper, November 4, 1949; Comanche, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888791/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.