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the Texas con- Lowell Mellett.
vention. The New Dealers charge
that it was all the work of certain
Southern representatives of North
ern industrial and financial inter-
ests.
Their purpose, according to thi;
explanation, is the defeat of Roose-
velt and the election of a Repub-
lican President They could not, of
course, commit any Democratic con-
vention to such a purpose, but by
pressing their thumbs on certain
sore spots, such as the poll tax, the
abandoned two-thirds rule, States
rights and the like, they could make
1t seem that the Texas convention
was not deserting the Democratic
party. whereas in effect that is what
it actually was doing,
Electors Instructed.
The State convention named a list
of electors and instructed them
come November, to vote for any
other Democrat except the nominee
of the national convention, unless
the national convention adopts res
olutions similar to those of the
State convention. A few Southern
States following this course might
result In such a disorganization of
the Democratic party as to assure
the party's defeat at the polls, or, If
not that, the failure of either major
candidate to receive a majority of
electoral votes, making it necessary
for the House of Representatives to
name the President. The men who
have been working for some such
result as this are men who are hop
ing also to obtain Republican
House, which would mean the NAM
ing of a Republican President.
Intricate as it is, it might seem
TO be a foolproof scheme, but there
Is every reason to believe it will not
work. For one thing, the New Deal
group in Texas has named its own
delegates to the national convention
and established good enough tech
nical grounds to be seated, If the
national convention desires to seat
1t instead of the Roosevelt
delegation. For another reason, the
electors who cast the formal votes
IN November will cast them for
Roosevelt regardless of any strange
instructions they may receive from
the present busy manipulators. You
will be told why in the last para
graph of this piece.
Democrats Benefit South.
The South has never learned TO
look to the Republican party for its
prosperity. True, 1t has not re-
ceived, or at least some elements
have not received, all that has been
demanded from the Democratic
party. 1t has merely been able to
make more progress, industrially,
politically, socially. when the Demo-
cratic party has been in than when
the Democratic party has been out.
This is the simple ABC of politics
In the South. II the South is not
to remain forever in what it calls
q Colonial status, the South knows
1t must continue to look to the
Democratic party. So the South
wants Democratic President and,
in this year Of our Lord, 1t wants
a President named Roosevelt. No
one will seriously argue otherwise.
Take it from the Gallup Poll, or
take it from any average South
erner, people of the South when
they go to the polls in November,
expect to vote for and elect F. D. r.
once more.
If the busy boys who have been
working through the back counties
of the Southern States trying to
produce something different really
think they are going to succeed,
there is one other thing they should
be doing for their own safety or the
safety of the Roosevelt electors
they are seeking to name. They
should move in on Congress and
get that anti-lynching bill passed.