Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-03-19
CHOOSING MEN FOR ABILITY.

CHOOSING MEN FOX AblLll1,
The time was when representative, were chosen
more because Of the place in which they lived, than
by reason OF their ability or qualification, for the
place, they sought 10 fl In this way under the old
lldcrmanic system men were chosen because they
we'd in certain wards. or other divisions OF the
municipality. but finally the iaaciousne's ot this
,ystcm stood revealed in al II, ugline,, and incom-
pctcucy and acl. Of efficiency and the law, were
hanged 20 that point whercat the representative,
Of the community might all be named from single
ward 1t they we're possesscr oi the proper qualii
ations
TIN, j, the way people are beginning 10 feel about
our members OF the National senate The place q
man happens 10 ige does no; qualify him Tor seat
~ the Senate and It Is absurd 10 presume that It
loc, in any manner The ,cnator,hip !, too big
thing 90 place SIMPLY because a man happens q
1--we In given part Of the state Teva- has no need
Zoo worry about the plac" m which p citizen lives
D ,.orc desiguat him iu the highest places
within the git e the psopl-. 81, ma iei Of fact
he first inquiry should be as "a his fitness for the
llacc. hi, abl, "a make himself heard among the
cra,,r, from tine various othe, ti',s oi the
Uuion
II would be- @ most dcplorabe thing to magin,
hat simply because q man lived 10 Amarillo he
.ould bee elected 10 some important state office.
simply by reason OF DO, residence here. even when
not possessed Of the qualifications AMPLY demon
,tratcd by another man living in another portion
II the jurisdiction 90 he represented It is no reason
"hy man should be- elected or defeated. for that
matter simply because he lives in this or that por
'iou Of the territory entitled to representation
Cullen +. Thomas has been prominently mention
al tie man who must succeed Senator Charles
a. Cubcrsou 81 that veteran and decrepid statesman
10 be replaced va the upper house OF the United
states Congress, TIN, estimation OF the situation
unquestipulbly correct Mr. Thomas i, a man
whose ability IS broadly recognized Tie has the
hhty 90 be heard among men OF real cabrc He is
{ thinker he IS lighter Tor principle and none who
know HIM, even though they may not be his friends.
viii hesitate ior q minute to affirm the foregoing
a'inS Tor HIM Il matters not that Mr. Thomas is
eated 10 one Of the most distinguished and out
standing men IN the United States Senate That is
4 long way from constituting an element of undc-
rabiity To entertain an idea that it is undesirable
place men who are members OF the same fam
~ m high elective offices is to return to the silly
Uttudc Of clccting man simply because he lives
M one, or another section OF the state. 10 a state
wide office
No, allep Thomas is man possessed Of real at
tributes ui leadership. Tie is a trained man. ne !,
} tried man, lac D, a trusted man. he i, man whose
hara'icr Is una,,ailablc Tie has the courage of
US convictions lie would not ask Tor the support oi
'he people oa the ground, that he happen, 10 live
IA one or another section OF the country. When he
addresses the people OF one, or another section Of
cNas u" make, 1t clear that he expect, To be the
representative OF the entire state and not merely
II portion oi a. He visions in term, oi Texas ,s
8 whole, he thinl Of labor, Tor the Lone Star State
In This attitude Mr. Thomas Is correct He is q
Texan, and not merely partisan of a given ,ubdi-
vision of H.
When the tale shall have been told. when the re
'uIiS are all IN, It viii be found that Cullen f.
homa' the man who has stood behind the dcmoc-
racy of Texas Tor years, has been chosen a, q sic
cssor OF Senator Culhcr,on. as representative of
gu the state without special regard to any enc par
ucuar district. or locality In the iic-r OF these
i''tS q seems little, It seems dwaricd to consider
any man simply because of the place of his resi-.
hence u living On any part OF the state especially
qualities. OF disqualiicS man Tor office. then OF
course u would be the proper thing for those who
ave political aspirations 10 look the state over and
determine residence. accordingly.