The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1920-01-03
TEN THOUSAND DOLL0RS FOR
PLATFORM SUGGESTIONS BY
YOUNG REPUBLICANS.

the country.
His offer has been formally accept
ed by Chairman viii H. Hays of the
National Committee, and the con-
test will open at once and close
March 81, 1920.
A first prize of $4,000 will be
given for the best manuscript re-
ceiyed; $4,000 for the second best
and $1,000 for the third.
/ Manuscripts are limited to 5000
words and must be addressed to
Walker Blaine. Beale Contest, DiVi-
sion of Young Voters. Republican
National Committee, 923 Woodward
Building, Washington, ID. G. Four
! typewriter copies must be submit
ted, one only Of the number being
signed.
Under date of November 20, 1913
Mr.. Beale in a letter to Chairman
/ Hays, quoted William Roscoe Thay-
er's description of a National Con-
vention, with it's scene Of turmoil
and strife, as given in his life of
Roosevelt. In this chapter Mr., Thay-
err said
"And to this remark the bowling,
whirling dervishes who attended the
! Convention might have responded, II
they were still more strange for
through, by yelling, Hail, Hail, the
gangs all are here" and would have
darted off to catch up with their
fellow bacchanals," etc.
Commenting upon this depletion
of National Convention, Mr.. Beale,
in his letter, said
"If these conditions were strange
for the nomination of a President
they were still more STRANGE for
medicine have been so energetically
principles and planks of a political
platform.
"a Political platform would sure
ly have more clearness II thought
out in the libraries and studies OF
the scholars of the country than in
the turmoil and noise of political
convention; it would have more con-
sistency If made away for its jar
ring elements it would have fewer
evasions and antiquities If not made
under the pressure Of its clashing
interests, and the great organic
truths of sociology and economies
for the uidance of party could be
more profoundly considered and
more effectively expressed.
There never has been q time
when the two great parties have diff
fered so fundamentally in principle
as now, differences that go to the
very foundation of society; never
} time when so many brands of quack
medicine have ben so energetically
hawked about as cures for the dis
tempers of the state, and therefore
never a time when an honest plat
form and straight thinking, holding
out no false hopes and promising no
, short cuts to the millennium, is more
: important than now"
! For these reasons, Mr.. Beale sub
scribed $4,000 to the Republican
National Committee to be offered in
prizes as here outlined. The only
stipulation that he made was that
the Committee assume the RESPONSE
bility of furnishing the machinery
! and expense required for reading the
t manuscript submitted. "Of course
] he added, ''it is not my idea that
: such a platform would necessarily
l be adopted by the National Conven-
= ton, but the educative effect on the
: people at large might have bene.
fetal indirect result; and may ait
you in our well directed efforts tt
: interest young people in politics"
Mr.. Beale's original nrrposal con
templated opening the competition
. to graduates of Harvard, Yale, Prin-
ceton, Columbia, Johns Hopkins
Michigan, Wisconsin, California, I'm
iversity of Virginia, University o.
Kansas, University Of Texas. but ht
waved this limitation upon the sug
gestion of Chairman HAYS that more
! good would result by opening The
competition to all young men anC
women rs years of age or under.
4 Chairman Hays formally accepted
Mr.. Beales offer in the following
letter:
, Dear Mr.. Beale:
The Republican National Com
4 mittee accepts with pleasure the
offer made in your letter and viii
! gladly cooperate in an effort t.
l make of the prizes a source of large
usefulness. 1t is our opinion tina
J. more good will result of the compe
tition be open for all young men anC
women twenty-five years of age Of
under, and we will proceed accord
Z ingly If this is agreeable to you
Your suggestion as to Judges is sat
isfactory. as 1t is also the assumption
by us of all expenses and detail il
connection with the conduct of thu
: contest We will, with your permits
sion, hereafter refer to the rewards
: as the Walker Blaine Beale Prizes
= in memory of your son who wal
l. killed in the service If you indi
cate your approval Of these suggest
: ed changes we will proceed immed
I, lately.
J With assurances of the Commit
! tees appreciation, l am
!, Sincerely yours.
. (Signed) WILL H. HAYS.
Mr.. Beale, under date of Novem
u Der "a, 1919. expressed qualification
at the way the Nationaf Committe
had accepted his suggestion "ant
the liberal manner in which they in
u tend to carry it out" He suggeste,
as judges DIR. jayne Hill, DR.. Mich
olas Murray Butler, and the Hon
z Albert ]. Beveridge. This sugges
: ton has been approved
Rules of the Contest
To the Young Men and Women o
= America: The Republican Nationa
Committee wishes to express ii
= gratitude to Mr.. Truxtun Beale 70
, his patriotic suggestion. The Com
> mittee urges the popular participa
:. ton in the coming national election
Z and is eager for the active co-opera
: ton of the young men and womel
of the nation, so many thousands o
: whom did their all in the late war.
a The Republican Party shall con
i | tinna 10 he the instrument in fhi