The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-03
DEMOCRATS MUST MAKE DECISION

DEMOCRATS MUST MAKE DECISION
This newspaper quoted from The Green
vile. s. c., News few days ago an edi-
torial which was Strkingly significant. In
this article which was captioned, New
Deal Versus Democracy the opinion was
EXPRESSED that the new deal or Roosevelt
party is not the Democratic party; that
the intention and aim of the President and
his supporters is to build a personal, one
man party with Roosevelt as its head. In
luuhering this aim all possible steps are
being taken to force out of the party which
is now miSIabeled Democratic, all real
Democrats. This is the explanation of the
purge" movement and the campaign to
compel the election of only those congress
men and senators who are known to be
Roosevelt robots.
After presenting an unanSwerable state
meat Of the case the Greenville News
summed up the argument by saying that
there is the absolute necessity for the citi-
zens of the country to choose between the
Democratic and new deal parties.
The Greenville newspaper did not fail
10 point out that Roosevelt seized the Dem
ocratc party organization and machinery
and is using it for his own purposes; and
that he will not surrender this control until
forced to do so by the people.
The Greenviile News quoted similar
views of The Texas Weekly and could
nave quoted other expressions from num-
ber of southern newspapers whose demoC-
racy cannot be questioned. including The
Charleston News and Courier Of its own
State
I'm late issue. discussing what is to be
done to save the country from Roosevelt
and the raw deal, The Texas Weekly con-
cludes with this paragraph:
What is to be done: Well, so far Texas is
concerned. what we think should be done is for
ordinary citizens to prepare to participate in the
precinct primaries in 1910, with the object of
seeing to it that the Texas delegation to the next
Democratic national convention will not only
oppose the nomination of new dealer, but will
walk out of the convention if dealer is
nominated Real Texas Democrats have place
IN such a party"
new deal party, says The Weekly; and no
more have the Democrats of any other
State This statement applies with special
emphasis to southern Democrats.
Democrats should arouse themselves, not
only to the true meaning and menace OF
Roosevelt'S One-man party, but instead OF
waiting to be thrown out of their own
party By the raw dealers, they should get
busy and throw the latter into outer dark
ness. a fit place for consignment of the ag-
gregation Of radicals now masquerading in
TIE purl0ined garb of Democrats and using
the democratic organization to further
their evil ends.
Southern Democrats are being awakened
and thousands are thinking along the
course indicated by The LGreenville News
and The Texas Weekly. Anyone Tho will
investigate will find right here explanation
IN a large measure of the victory OF Sen
afor Smith in South Carolina. AT any rate
thousands of South Carolina Democrats
who voted for Smith hold to these views,
and when the day of absolute reckoning
comes for the alleged new deal, 1t is GER
tain that other thousands, with their eyes
opened at last, will take their stand with
their fellow citizens.
: Thousands of South Carolina voters sup
pprted Johnston for personal reasons
some voted for him b1indly; some were
caught in the net of radical subserviency
to Roosevelt If the Johnston following
can be made to see and understand the
true character of the raw deal movement