Show POLITICS A New Trend Political observers were taco face fa e to face with the question is la there a anew anew anew new political trend in the wind In Florida year 30 old year old George Smathers Smothers defeated Sen Claude Pepper time one-time new dealer bywell by bywell well wen over in the democratic primary Critics of ot the Fair Deal especially the revolting southerners southern southern- ers called It a victory over alarmIng alarm alarm- Ing tog creeping socialism big government gov unbalanced budgets and the welfare state The winner however told Republicans Republicans Re publicans to take no comfort from his bis victory lie He said The people of Florida In this election proved they were unwilling to depart from the well established and basic principles of the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic party They do not wish to venture off oU down the side roads of extremism or dangerous tation Nor are they interested in turning turning turn turn- ing the clock back to isolationism and the nothing do-nothing attitude of the Republican party Meanwhile the people of Texas elected the first Republican congressman congressman con con- gressman in 24 years when Ben Den H. H Hi Gull Guill year old Pampa broker and former schoolteacher defeated 10 Democrats It was a sudden sudden- death election to fill the term of Gene Worley who had resigned re reo signed to become a federal judge GulU Gull said he was going to Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington as 88 one small protest and added If I go up there thereas as one small protest maybe the powers that be wont won't think they have bave the whole country in the bag Maybe some of those big shots will take a look at this little segment of Texas and take warning |