Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-11-14
1880 Politics

Ohio voters scratched out Of existence the repub-
lican nominees for the United States senate and
governor. Atty. Gen. Gilbert Bettman Of the Buck
eye state. in addressing the national conference on
government In Cleveland declared ballot scratching
an expression Of the voters independence and as
weakening party lines. bringing smaller men into
government and threatening government stability"
His address was delivered during a discussion Of bet
ter methods Of picking candidates. He said:
The political party should be regarded as the We
hicle Of the will Of the majority Of the people as reg
istered upon measures and as a guarantee Of sound
official conduct by men. II these results be not ac-
conplished the remedy is not to abolish the party.
but to substitute better leadership in the party. II
that cannot be accomplished the heroic remedy Is
then to elect the opposition party"
This Buckeye republican leader Is reminded that
in 1923 the greatest array OF voters IN American his
tory cast ballots In the presidential election. In GER
tain Southern states more than a million democrats
scratched the names Of Smith ard Robinson in vot-
Ing for electors. They voted for Hoover. Smith IN
the popular vote received the greatest number ever
cast for a democrat and Hoover the greatest number
ever cast for a candidate for president Of the United
States. Smith drew to his support a large army OF
republicans, Hoover a greater number Of republicans
as well as boiling democrats
In the election of 1880 the scratcher was in evil
dence from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the
Canadian border to the Rio Grande. He reversed the
political revolution Of 1923. 1t must be true that the
old political parties or organizations az fast losing
their hold on the independent voters of the country.
Bogus party trademarks are a thing Of the past.
There Is going to a party Of the people in this
country. It has existed from the days of Jefferson
There is going to be a party of special interests in
this country. II came in with Lincoln but Lincoln
republicanism is not the republicanism Of the 10th
century.
In the coming battle Of 1892 there will be millions
OF scratchers in the land. There will be an army OF
independent voters. There will be a so-called liberal
party and a so-ca!led "puritanical' party. There is
a vast army Of liberal voters in America. These vot-
ers believe in a constitutional government and the
rights Of the many as jefferson catalogued their
rights.
Another political upheaval will take place under
American skies. Revolutions never turn backwards.
There was a political revolution IN this country IN
1928. There was another Gin an opposite direction
In 1880. In 1892 there will be another smashing OF
the idols Of y~esteryear and a vast number OF new
faces in the political picture gallery OF the nation.
There are economic adjustments that will not down.
These problems must be settled at the ballot box.
They concern those who regard themselves as the
victims Of the machine civilization which came in
when the handvork civilization passed out.
In bleeding Kansas there IS e battle on between
the State Medical association and Dr.. John r. Brink
ley. speaking through the regulars the Kansas Doalu
Of Medical Registration and Examination barred
Brinkley and denied him a license to practice rnedi-
cine.
Brinkley is known as the Kansas goat gland doc
tor. He had ~practiced Is years in Kansas. He vas
cast out by his brethren. He Is a lifelong republican
He ran as an independent candidate for governor
and he appealed TO the people to ~vindicate him and
his right to practice his profession His name had
to be written in and more than $4,000 Kansas vot-
y rest THAR ballots for him to retain his right 70
practice medicine IN the Sunflower commonwealth.
A temporary injunction was granted BY a federal
Judge. John c. Pollock. uho made this comment when
he granted the writ: I have no doubt 1t Is q proper
ty right" In other words Brinkleys lawyer waived
a contention that his constitutional rights had been
violated but commended that his property right had
been destroyed. Nov watch for the jumping Of the
federal judicial cat.