davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
Our Delegates

The District of Columbia has it's delegation at the Re-
publican National Convention in Cleveland this week and
later in the month will have delegation at the Demo
cratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
When the convention clerks start calling the roll
candidates and platforms these delegations will arise and
unblushingy register choice.
IF THE CHOICES MADE BY THE DELEGATIONS
ARE TRULY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PARTY
MEMBERS IN THE DISTRICT, THEY WILL BE so
BY THE MEREST CHANCE.
It may be that on all questions both delegations will
be registering the preponderan wishes of the rank and
file party members residing in the ctybut that will be
simply accident and will not be by design
1t lviU not be because the delegations haze been
selected bv the unhanrpered and free UOte of the
party members and it OiU not be because the deIega
tOns haze received any instructions from the party
members as to hOW they shall UOte.
The number Of party members who participated in the
selection of these delegations absurdy small scarcely
larger than the membership of the delegations
One delegation matter Of fact, was swollen to sew
era times the necessary size in order that everyone who
put up the necessary fee candidate might be given
a delegates badge and credentials.
Under these circumstances Washingtonians may be
pardoned if they fail to feel any thrill Of pride when
they hear the spokesmen for the delegations shouting
various votes into the microphones.
This latest in long series of humiliatons for the
people of the District could have been avoided had Con-
oress given proper consideration to the bill drawn by
Mr. John p Mullen and setting up legal machinery for
the selection of the delegations
ALI, THAT THIS BILL WOULD DO WOULD BE
TO TAKE THE PRIVILEGE OF SELECTING THE
DELEGATES OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE SELF
APPOINTED LEADERS OF THE PARTIES IN THE
DISTRICT AND PLACE IT WHERE 1T BELONGS
IN THE HANDS OF THE RANK AND FILE PARTY
MEMBERS.
With four years before before new delegations are
to be selected it behooves all Washngtonians to get
behind this bill now in an effort to get it through.
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
Daily COnstitutiOnals
BY Max Berns

>people). The Seventeenth Amend
ment popular election of Sena-
tors). adopted in 1918, changed
this so that while Senators still
represent the States, they are
elected by popular vote of the
people of each State instead Of
by the State legislatures.
In no other country do the
people vote directly for all chief
officials of the government. In
most cases members of one or more
branches hold office by heredity,
or by selection of a group rather
than election by the people.
In our country, u-Ier our Con-
stitution. I'VE the people" vote for
all chief officerS-for President.
for Senators and for Representa-
tives. This is what makes ours a
government of the people, by the
reople. for the people"
TOMORROW: NO RULING CLASs')
(Copyright 1895 by King Features
Syndicate, Ine.l
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
By Edwin C. Hill

Madrid seating $4,000, bullfight.
ing becomes big business, and
both fighters and promoters start
to organize.
1 saw a bulIfight, or rather the
start of one.
I prefer to think of a bullfight
down in Panama which was quite
unchivalrously messed up by an
American. The tale is told by an
old friend Of mine who, as a
member of the West Coast ''Trop.
ical Tramps' saw all sorts OF
amusing doings down that way.
AN AMUSING FINALE
"They pulled the biggest
fight of the year with the Presi-
dent there, and stands packed,
a wOrld-famOuS matadOr, fierce
imported AndaluSian bulls and
dazzlingly beautiful senOritas
tossing roses to the bullfighters.
Hank Wells, 6-fOOt 3, a Mis-
souri, well digger, helping build
the canal, teetered on the edge
of the ring, giving the Bronx
cheer. The stands ragged, but
on occasions when it had been
expedient to arrest him they
had to call out the army, so
he was having his way. Wells
was a gaunt, knobby old man
with a walruS mOuStache, al
ways biting off a big waIIOp
of horseshoe twist chewing to-
baccO, and always carrying an
umbrella and wearing a mack
intOSh.
"The star matadOr entered
the ring with a grand flourish
of trumpetS, done up in Sky-bIue
fighting tOgs, Swishing his red
cape, bowling right and left as
the fanfare continued and waves
of cheering rolled from the
stands. They let in the bull, the
toughest of the lot. The mata-
dor began dishing the prelimi-
nary insults to the bull with his
cape and sword.
"There was a howl of mixed
rage and horror from the crowd.
Old Wells, spreading the coats
of his macintosh, had para
chuted down into the ring. He
landed in a heap, picked himself
up and parOdied with his UNI
brella the elegant stance of the
bullfighter. The matadOr stood
cOntemptuOusly, his arms folded.
The bull made lunge at Wells.
He Smacked it on the nose with
his umbrella and it went by.
Then he pursued it, around and
around the ring, smacking it on
the rump with the umbrella as
the stands screamed with foam
ing, impOtent rage.
"They wanted to let the bull
back into his stall, but a con-
fused attendant opened the
wrong gate. Out into an open
commons, where there was a
Gordon of barefoot soldiers with
Seven-fOOt guns, went the bull,
with Wells still whacking it with
his umbrella. The soldiers scat
tered 40 different ways. Again
they had to call out the army to
arrest Wells. 1t was IL O'Clock
that night before they landed
him in Jail. The bullfight, Of
course, was a total loss"
copyright 1885. by King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
Listen, World!
Bu Elsie Robinson

; I forget that I am nothing but
common cabbage at heart. I
begin to treat myself as if I were
an orchid-or at least an Easter
lily.
And I grow timid and lazy.
Naturally I'm built for battle and
plenty of it. But, browsing in the
garden, I shrink from conflict.
I don't want to be bothered or
bewildered, criticized or chal-
lenged. I just want to sit there
and write lovely words-far, far
from all dirt and distress.
In short, I become like one
of my spineless slugs. Soft as
custard. Unable to face life.
At a touch of reality I shrivel,
as a slug shrivels and disSolveS
at a touch of salt.
DIFFICULT LIFE
That is why I do not stay
very long in my garden. I am
afraid of it's peace. So I go
away-although all my lazy, COW.
ardly self-indulgent nature rebels
at going away. I go away and
seek a dangerous and difficult
Iife-a rough, unwalled life where
I must tougher myself against
reality. I go away to keep from
being a slug.
And always, wherever go,
see slugS-as a terrible warning.
Human slugs, oozing around
hotel lobbies-lolling in the the
ater and limousine seats. Fat,
soft, complacent, comfortable hu.
man slugS who can't stand a
touch of reality-who shrivel and
dissolve under the salt of reality.
If Gods listening, I hope He
hears this prayer:
Give me all that's coming to
me, God. Make things as hard
as I deserve, and I deserve them
plenty hard. Make me poor and
despiSed and desperate-if that's
part of the program. But don't
pray, make things easy and
comfortable. Deliver me from
contentment! Keep me from be.
ing a slug!"
copyright, 1888. by King Features
Syndicate, lnc.)
The Washington times., 1936-06-08

There is a quaint tradition that
a man is the only animal capable
of being bored. A woman may be
worried, unhappy, jealous or in
dignant, but she is never BORED.
Oh, no?
Well, here are a few fool-proof
rules for boring a wife, which any
man may try and which are guar
anteed to work.
Always take newspaper or a
book to the table with you. It
makes you so gay and chatty,
and the meal so bright and in
teresting. Next to dining alone,
there is nothing more chubby and
convivial than a cozy dinner with
the Sphinx!
Chuckle (to yourself) over the
jokes and cartoons; or, better
still, read snatches of the news
aloud to the Little Woman. This
makes the newspaper so much
more exciting and refreshing by
the time she gets hold OF it.
Never appear to be listening
when she speaks-just rattle your
newspaper or gaze out of the win
dow as if you were waiting for a
truck to go by. And never COM
ment on anything she says, eX-
cept to correct her. What she
needs is an education" not a
responsive audience. Besides,
didn't she marry you in order to
get a human edition of THE
Book of knowledge?
Always yawn ostentatiously
when she springs a wisecrack.
Then come back with bigger
and better one" Women have
no sense of humor', and should
The Washington times., 1936-06-08

troupes, rather than as individ-
ualS, and how much each con-
tender should get has caused end
less squabbling and a bit of blood
letting now and then.
The troupe consists of the boss
matador, usually a snowy chap
with a long publicity build-up be-
hind him, two picadors and two
banderilleros. It is the job of
the picadors to encircle the bull,
annoyingly, riding an old skate
of a horse, and teasin.; the bull
with a lance. The horse must
be a bag of bones picked because
he is. a descendant of Don
Quixote'S Rosinante. This be-
cause it is on the cards that
the bull is to gore the horse to
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
Marry-GO-ROund
By Helen ROUULand
RULES FOR BORING A WIFE

lbe promptly discouraged when
they try to "be funny.
No matter which side of queS-
ton she takes, always take the
OTHER side just to balance
things. BY ALWAYS disagreeing
with her; you may finally con-
vince her that you know more
than she does. $50 whatD
Never permit yourself to join
her enthusiasm for anything. If
it's the scenery, tell her that she
ought to see the Swiss Alps or the
Italian Lakes before she lets her
self get so worked up over any.
thing. If it's a book or col
umnist or a show, just pooh-pooh
them. Mutual enthusiasms make
for congeniality-not for bore
dom.
Always look reproachful when
you can't find anything. Give her
that prisoner-at-the-door feeling.
Never ask, Have you seen my
hat?", but where'd you PUT my
hat?", or "What've you DONE
with my razor blades?".
Lots of wives are quite accus-
toned to being regarded suspici-
ouSly as Personal Enemy No. l,
the hider of hats and purloiner
of pencils and razor blades.
OF course, no woman can di-
Vorce a man for any of these
things. But most women would
prefer being fed ground glass or
shot at sunrise, and thus put out
of their misery quickly and merci.
fully, to being slowly BORED to
death!
Copyright 1896. by King Features
Syndicate. Inc.)
The Washington times., 1936-06-08

to quit rioting.
He may stall off
violent and dev-
astating revolu.
ton, balance the
budget and es-
tablish an or
derly govern
ment, but this
bullfighting row
is som ething
else. Revolu-
tionS may be
just track work
outs in Spanish
speaking coun-
tries, with a few
,onnntinn hnnnhc
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
"International Incident" Arises as Spanish
Bullfighters Ban Mexican Matador

|death, and they can't waste good
horse on mere preliminary
drama.
The killing of the horse whets
the blood appetite of the crowd
and helps dramatize the mata-
dor, entering later, as an avenger.
But before the matador come the
banderilleros, each sinking six or
eight harpooned, feathered darts
into the bulls neck. This with
bands, pageantry, ritu, and all
sorts of chivalorus goings on,
with Ell Presidente applauding
and cheers in the sun and shades
tions-equivalents of our
bleachers and grandstand.
AS there are about 1000 bull
rings in Spain, the newest in
The Washington times., 1936-06-08

great gum trees.
Quiet and frag-
rant and filled
with &C e.
Nothing h a p
p ms tn e r e..
Nothing hurts.
Sitting in my
garden 1 can
forget all the
gly conflict
that RACES out
side. I can drug
m y elf with
b e a u ty and
ON for t and
peace.
The Washington times., 1936-06-08

ch1Valry for q
! a dy' S ow n
good.
Senator Rose
M C Conn e IL
Long has twice
p r e p a r e d
speeches in the
past few weeks
a n d the bills
on which S h e
was to speak
h a We be e n
p a SSed before
she could get
the floor.
w h en- tn e
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
A PRECEDENT

Representative Ralph o. Brew.
ster of Maine, believes in comfort.
During a recent hot day he ap-
peared at a District committee
meeting without a coat. AS he
walked up to take his seat he
bowed and apologized profusely to
Representative Mary Norton, the
chairman.
Although this is the first time
anything like this has happened
in this committee, Mrs. Norton put
him at his ease by graciously tell.
ing him that she wanted her COM
mittee members to be comfortable
BY all means.
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
AN ARGUMENT

Advocates of holding all Senate
sessions public point to the recent
confirmation of the London naval
treaty as a good example of how
effective it is.
The treaty, considered one Of
major Importance, was passed
upon in two hours. Years ago
when all such treaties were taken
UP in executive sessions, it was
recalled that it sometimes took
days to accomplish the same
thing.
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
CONFINEMENT!

have a sweet, walled garden.
1t is very quiet in my little garden,
inside the rose-covered walls, be-
meath the cool, blue wells of the
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
MUST WAIT

Ex-senator Hiram Bingham
learned to his chagrin just what
it means to be an Eek" He re-
marked to a newSpaperman that
although he used to be a Senator
he was denied the privilege Of
speaking to members of Congress
in the cloak rooms but must wait
out in the hall like other Gus
toners.
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
The Human Side of the News =

Senor Azana, Spain's mild and% s
conciliatory president, may per-
suade his right and left extremists
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
COW GIRLS

The Wild West show has
added two captains Of the Texas
Rangers to its company. They
are pretty Mabel Rocks and
Lavee Kilman, in town to bally-
hoo for the centennial.
Dressed in white riding en-
sembles from head to foot with
10-gallon white hats and red
scarfs, they attracted quite a bit
of attention as they strolled
through the corridors inviting
the Senators and Representatives
to visit the celebration in their
home State.
One of the Senators from the
West, where men are men and
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
CHIVALROUS

Sometimes the masculine mem
bers of the Big Shows COM
panies are just too full of
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
CROWDED HOUSES

The S. R. o. sign has been put
into use at the Big Show.
Ushers in the galleries are COM
PEELED to seat some of the Gus
toners on the steps and crowd
others in the back behind the
seats.
And still there isn't enough
room.
The Washington times., 1936-06-08


services were held in the House
for deceased members, Mrs. Long
was the only widow who appeared
in person.
So many of the members ex-
tended their sympathy over the
demise of the late Senator Huey
Long that she was overcome. All
the while her secretary carried
around a speech she was to make
that afternoon on the Mississippi
flood control. When she finally
gained her composure it was only
to find that the bill had passed
More recently she prepared a
short talk on the bill establish
ing the Chalmette National Park
in Louisiana. For the past
20 years a number of the State
patriotic societies have been work
ing to gain a national memorial
at Chalmette.
Mrs. Long was so successful
that the bill was passed by
unanimous consent and the
Senators were again cheated out
of hearing just how the sweet
talking widow of Huey could
speak.
Mrs. Long is very proud of the
Chalmette bill. Already there is
a State memorial there at one
end of the battlefield. At the
other end is a cemetery.
The bill put through the
Senate by Mrs. Long Woulc
establish a National park be-
tween these two memorials.
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
IMPARTIAL

IMPARTIAL
Rexford Tugwell, charged with
being press agent for some Of the
best known of the New Deal
freaks" is called Brain Truster
No. /. Recently, a member Of Con-
gress heard a story that makes
him believe there may be lot
of brain trusters but no farmers
in the Resettlement Administra-
ton.
A group of families were being
fitted up with houses. When ths
houses were furnished a call was
put in for gardening equipment.
That was distributed.
A call was put in for some live
stock. Chickens were chosen an
one item. The brain truster in
charge put in the order for 200
chickens.
He divided them equally and
ordered 100 hens and 100 roosterS.
The member of Congress, a farmer,
is still guffaWing,
The Washington times., 1936-06-08

GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE
How are members of the
United States Senate elected?
Until nearly 25 years ago, Sen
ators, representing the States
were chosen by their respective
Legislatures (not directly by the
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
Greatest Show on Earth
Ru Frank Miller Smith

} women don't wear white riding
breeches, snorted and said:
"Humph, they don't have any
cOwgirIS down there"
The Washington times., 1936-06-08
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1886

published American Newspaps ne
in he Al Washington,
Publisher FtzpaGrlck MANAGING
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-03-18
STORM DAMAGE IN
COUNTY APPRAISED
Watkins Community )Suf-
fers from Barns Blown
Dowy by Heavy Wind

High winds accompanying the
heavy rain of Tuesday did consider
able damage to barns and other out
buildings in the Watkins township
section of the county, it was learned
today. Structures were twisted from
their foundations and some even
blown down. The reports did not tell
of any serious damage done to any
residences.
The storm was part of a Insurance
that swept up the Atlantic coast,
bringing gale winds to some sections,
and snow and sleet to Others The
rainfall during the morning and early
afternoon up to the time the rain
ceased was officially reported at 1.81
inches by H. L. Allen, official Weather
Bureau observer here.
Reports from the Spring Valley sec
ton told of high winds that prevailed
there.
In the city windowpanes were
broken in several instances, and in
others trees were blown down. Poles
were toppled on the Oxford road
about one mile from town.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-03-18
REV. R. T. BROWN
SPEAKS TO GIRLS
Scouts Attend Services In
Body at M. E. Church
Sunday Morning

Members of the Girl Scouts of Hen
derson and their sponsors and leaders
attended services in a body at the
First Methodist Episcopal chorch
Sunday morning and heard sermon
especially to the Scout group by the
pastor, Rev. r. E. Brown. In addition
to the organization members them
selves, a large congregation of mem
bers of this and other churches in the
community attended in honor of the
occasion.
Rev. Mr.. Brown preached a sermon
to the young people on the subject of
being prepared, emphasizing the wis
dom and necessity of being ready for
the tasks of life and to meet the
crises and emergencies that may arise
Special music for the occasion was
given by the choir of the church.
The Scouts and their sponsors oc-
cupied seats at the front of the au-
ditorium, and they marched in in
body for the service.
The service was held in advance of
the coming campaign for 5000 for
funds for the maintenance of Girl
Scout work in the city during the
coming year. The campaign gets I'M
der way tomorrow and will continue
for several days, and the support and
cooperation of the community is ear
nestly requested by leaders in the UNI
dertaking.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-03-18

stirred up a hornets nest in the North
Carolina delegation in Congress he
cause he went over their heads and
appealed direct to President Roose-
welt for an allotment of $50 1000 900 to
be used in paying benefits to the to-
bacco farmers, and several congress-
men are claiming that they had al
ready made this same suggestion it
is being pointed out here that there
is a lot of difference between making
a "suggestion" to the President and
making an active fight for something,
and that SO far most of the members
Of Congress, including the senators,
have seemed more interested in being
renominated than in doing anything
for the tobacco farmers It is also be-
ing pointed out that, while some of
the the members of Congress still
maintain that a tobacco compact law
will be passed, that such a law has
not yet been passed yet and that
many think it cannot be passed.
Tobacco Men Not Pleased.
It was plainly evident in the meet
ing of nearly 100 tobacco men here
Tuesday afternoon that most of them
interest which they think most of the
members of Congress have been TAX
ing in the tobacco situation, and that
they think many of them have been
and still are playing politics and seek
ing their own personal advancement
instead of trying to da anything for
the tobacco farmers. It was also evil
dent that they approved the action of
Governor Ehringhaus in appealing di-
rect to President Roosevelt and in try
ing to speed up action in Washington.
They recalled that it was Governor
Ehringhaus and not any member of
Congress, who got action out of Wash
ington in 1888 on the tobacco situation
when most of the congressman said
it was too late to do anything.
Still Want Extra Session.
Some of the tobacco men here in
the State are still of the opinion that
Governor Ehringhaus should call a
special session of the General Assem-
bly, and seek the enactment of State
pact tobacco control bill, similar to
the one already enacted in Virginia
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-03-18
ATTEND FUNERAL IN
ELON LAST SUNDAY

Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Yarbrough,
John Westbrook and Mr.. and Mrs.
C. H. Gilliland Sunday attended the
funeral services of Mrs. Marlborough
father, ]. D. Oldham, in Elon College.
Mr.. Oldham was IS years old, and
passed away Friday at his residence
at Elon College. Funeral services
were conducted Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock at the home with interment
in Magnolia cemetery, Elon.
Rev. Sam M. Rankin of Greensboro
was in charge Of the services.
A special selection, "Safe in the
Arms Of Jesus" was sung by Miss
Helen Chamblee, accompanied by
Prof. Steere of Elon College.
Pallbearers were: c. M. Cannon, E.
A. Shoffner, J. w. Taylor, DR.. J. A.
Hunter, R. L. Morgan and w. B. Ter
re11
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1936-03-18
REG|STRAT|ONFO
CONFERENCE URGED
Young People from Is to %
To Attend All-Day SEES
sions Friday

Registration is now under way for
the fourth annual Vance County
Young Peoples Conference, to be held
in three sessions Friday of this week
at the First Presbyterian church.
Leaders of young people in the city
and county, and representatives of the
North Carolina Sunday School Asso-
citation will appear On the program.
The first session will be held in the
forenoon, with another in the after
noon. and a banquet session at $50
p. NJ, at which time Rev. L. r. Med
lin, pastor of the First Methodist Pro
testant church, of Henderson, will be
the chife speaker. .-...s
Attendance is restricted to young
people of Is to % years, inclusive,
teachers and other leaders Of youth
and pastors and Sunday school super
intendents. A registration fee of go
cents covers all sessions and the ban
quet meeting in the evening, and also
the banquet session alone. Those at
tending the other sessions but not the
banquet will be charged Is cents.
There will be no other charges, it is
stated.
Each delegate must secure registra-
ton blanks from the representative
Of his or her church, and when pro-
perly filled in may be exchanged for
credentials. Miss Ann Watson is reg
istration chairman.
High school students attending will
be excused from their work for the
day.
The general chairman for the coun-
ty is Jimmy Cooper and Miss Frances
Harrison is secretary. Prof. w. D.
Payne, principal of the Henderson
high school, is county director, and
Miss Ann Watson is registration
chairman; J. H. Hicks, publicity
chairman; Miss Mabel Parham, ban
quet chairman.