Show i. i I ABOVE THE THEBy a J I ii AIOO LOO II I I D By LYTLE DULL HULL HULLT IT T SELDOM pa pays to crow too I soon The Democrats searched i the dictionary for tor words word of scorn to I I heap upon the behavior of ot the delegates delegates dele dele- gates at tho Republican convent conven Lion tion But Dut when the so so called U liberals liberals lib of that party part opened their attack upon the south they for the time being at least leet turned an otherwise other wise respectable convention into a cheap spectacle It was dirty polI pol pol- 1 I at its III triumphant best bet it was the sort of politics this country may expect if a left winger is II ever everi i elected President Incidentally the reputations of som some of those who I engineered this exhibition have definitely not been enhanced Few Americans admire a cheap sport port It probably would not be an exaggeration ex ex- exaggeration I to say that regardless of I the entertainment afforded the public pub lie lic by these conventions 80 00 per cent of 11 the American people would like to have an ACTUAL opportunity to select elect the men who are to stand for election to the presidency and vice presidency It sounds sound all aU right to talk about primaries but in reality just how much did you have to do with the selection of ot the nominees Had you authorized the trade your delegate made with another DIdou Did you ou instruct your delegation to tog toI 1 I switch to some other candidate Did you have any say In the choice of the men who may some day succeed to the Presidency Senators Presidency Senators Nixon and Sparkman I Under the emotional stress tress and andI excitement of these often hysterical I meetings nearly any sort ort of person per per- son Ion could be nominated and we the i people who own this thI country should I not be subjected to even the slightest slight est risk of this thI sort I I This writer does doe not pretend to have invented a system which will give to us u. citizens the right to choose our nominees but there are many persons in political life who know well how to Improve upon the present undemocratic and unsound method I We believe that a constitutional amendment designed to give to the k I people the actual right to select the themen I men who are to be the heads of state would pass overwhelmingly I |