The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-21
LONG SERVICE
WILL BE HELP
TO CULBERSON
Veteran Legislator Has Never
Missed a Session of the SEN
ate in His q Years Of
Office.
FOUR RIVALS in TEXAS
by MARK SULLIVAN

WASHINGTON. July 21.-The pri-
mary in Texas tomorrow, so far as
the United States senatorship is con-
cerned. revolves around the only men,
Der Of the senate in the present gen.
Grafton and probably one of very few
in the senate's history who could in
sert in his appeal to the people of his
state for another term the following
sentence: "The sessions of the con-
gress during my present term COW
cred 1.217 days, and haven't missed
a day"
With this goes the fact that Senator
Charles A. Culberson has made fewer
speeches than any of his fellow sen
ators; that he probably has actually
sat in the senate chamber for a larg-
er number Of hours. actually answered
more roll calls. and actually voted one
way or the other on more measures
than any other sitting senator Gull
berson is one senator on whom it does
not take any closure rule to enforce
silence. If silence is the supreme
virtue of a senator. Culberson is the
first in the body Culberson votes on
Physically Disabled
The reason for Culberson's silence
is physical disability in the nature
of what old-fashioned persons used to
call palsy This physical disability,
which merely prevents Senator Cul-
herson from speaking and does not at
al prevent him from otherwise carrv-
ing his full weight according to his
convictions, is being put forward by
some of his opponents in Texas as a
reason for retiring him into private
life. A good many other persons in
Texas, however, make precisely the
opposite argument and it has been
said occasionally during the campaign
that Culberson as a senator who talks
least and votes oftenest has close to
a perfect senatorial record
He hasn't missed a roll-call," is a
phrase frequently heard among his
supporters, Culbertson also is helped
bv the very length of his service. His
% years gives him the longest record
of continuous service among the Dem
ocrats Simmons of North Carolina
is next with 21 years. In this respect
Culbertson has among Democrats the
position that Lodge has among Re
publicans.
Denounced Ku-Klux.
There are four other contestants fol
C'ulbertson's seat. One of them, eX
Congressman Robert |. Henry is put
ting the burden of his candidacy OF
his membership in and loyalty TO tbs
Ku-Klux Klan, which is one of the
major issues in the contest. Culbert
son at the very beginning of his can
didacy denounced the Khan in pub
lie letter which said: Il have no af
filiation directly or indirectly with thi!
organization and l am unquallifiedll
opposed to its operations. If not curb
ed it will usurp the functions of stat
End will be destructive of government
itself, it will indeed overthrow ou
Anelo-Saxon civilization in its rela
ion to government. Steps should b.
taken, therefore, at once to arrest 1t
progress and finally to destroy it
The other candidates for Senate
Cnlbertson's seat have put themselve
forward on platforms which includ
charges of mismanagement OF the fed
eral reserve system, endorsement
prohibition and the Volstead Act b.
one candidate, and denunciation OF
by another
Texas has an unusual system o
double primaries. Of the five me-
in the primary on Saturday the tW
who get the highest vote will engag
ON Aug. 26 in q second primary, know
as the "dun-off" 1t is generally cor
ceded that Mr. Clubertson will be on
of the highest two in the primary o.
Saturday.
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