Milford chronicle., 1926-07-02

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of proper conditions and need for
Improvement; especially in the en-
forcement of laws. The success or
failure of such movements, depends
all together, upon the real support
given to those who attempt to get
improved conditions into local gov
ernment, such as will make the town
or community better and happier for
people to live in.
There must be some one to plan as
we'll as carry out plans. That is what
Milford needs just now-an awaken
ing. 1t is due to arrive.
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THE DEMOCRATS are once again
struggling with the twO-thirds rule
whichprovides that at National Con-
ventions a candidate must secure a
two-thirds vote of the convention to
win a presidential nomination. The
Democratic national committee, man
and woman, in Iowa, have sent out
a QUESTIONABLE on this subject to
their fellow members with the idea
: of seeing if there is enough senti-
ment in favor to abolish the rule at
the national convention in 1928, so
that the Republican provision that
majority is sufficient can be adopted.
The two-thirds rule is one of the old
standbys in the party, and as far
back as 1914. when Van Buren was
defeated by Polk for the nomination
after Van Buren had secured a ma
jority on one ballot, an agitation
was started for it's repeal and the
substitution of the majority rule. In
1912, Champ Clark was defeated by
the majority rule. For ten success
siVe ballots he had a majority of the
votes, but in the end Woodrow Will
son was nominated, having secured
two-thirds of the votes as required
by the rules of the party. In the last
national convention McAdoo, who
felt certain of his ability to capture
majority of the votes of the con-
vention sought to secure the repeal
of the rule even while the conven-
tion was in progress, but in that
case he was opposed by Al Smith
who sensed the danger to his own
candidacy. So the battle has ragged
back and forth. 1t is now being no
ted with some interest that the first
people to answer the Iowa question
naire are the committee people of
New York who have declared, after
consultation with Al Smith, that
they are ready to vote for the change
in the rule.
IN SELECTING members of the
State Board of Education Governor
Robinson has presumably considered
the especial qualifications of the
men he appointed to that most i'm
portant department of the State of
Delaware. Among the men the Gov
ernor has constituted the State
Board of Education, there is no
cause for objection because of their
ability to discharge the important
duties which goes with holding a
membership in that body. So far as
we have acquaintance with these
men, there is no reason to doubt,
but that each will discharge the duty
as it develops with wisdom and JUS
tice, to the state and the cause of
education. Yet last Sunday a writer
in the Sunday Star, was unfair by
inference to the individual members
of the board by intimating, that they
were appointed as figure heads, ex-
pected to do only the bidding of some
one who will formulate plans, or
carry out political policies. The idea
was conveyed that Mr.. Joseph Will
son would refuse to serve as Presi-
dent of the State Board of Education,
because of his many other interests
Of private character. This certainly
cannot be true, for Joseph Wilson,
in the opinion of the people of low
er Delaware at least, will give his
best, or he will give nothing at all
to the position. He could not afford
to blast his reputation by so paltry
an act. We know that the men COM
posing the new State Board of Edu-
cation, fully understand what great
Importance a wise discharge Of the
duties will be to the future welfare
of all the people of Delaware. Prob
ably the writer in the Star may re-
fleet a class who would be delighted
with man at the head of the State
Board of Education, who would be
satisfied as a figure head. So far as
we know the men and their attitude
towards public school education, be-
lieve that each would subscribe with
firm determination to carry out the
duties as a member of the State
Board of Education, by pledging to
the people and the Governor, as did !
a prominent executive recently as
follows:
"AIy community has to large ex-