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Barnburners Once Big Politicians
NEW YORK—(UPI)—What have the Barnburners, Coodles, Locofocos, Hunkers, Copperheads and Blue Light Federalists in common?
They're the names of political parties that have existed in the United States. And, according to Encyclopedia International, they're only a smattering, because the nation has had more than 30 political parties.
The Barnburners was a nick-name given to the progressive faction of the Democratic Party in New York from about 1844 to 1852. Among other things, the Barnburners were influential in the fight against extending slavery into the country's territories.
THE HUNKERS were a conservative group generally opposed to legislation forbidding extension of slavery into the territories.
owed their existence to the War of 1812, an event the Federalists opposed and the Coodies supported.
The Blue Light Federalists and the Coodies
According to Encylopedia International, in 1813 Stephen Decatur made several attempts on dark nights to escape from the blockaded port of New London, Conn. He could not do so, however, because of signals of flashing blue lights which were transmitted from shore to warn the British blockaders. The people flashing the blue lights were anti-war, and they received the name, Blue Light Federalists.
THE NAME COODIES came about because of one of the leaders of the pro-war faction, Gulian C. Verplanck. To satirize him, Verplanck's political opponents made up a fictitious character—Abimelach Coody.
Neil Stone, Shawnee Mission freshman, said he was arrested only because he was a civil rights worker.
KU Student Faced Fine. Jail In South
Stone said, "There were seven of us working in an office to outline the voting precincts and call up the Negroes who were not registered. One day some police walked in and one of them bumped into me. I was informed by the officer that I had just assaulted him and we were all under arrest.
Six weeks in jail or a $500 fine was the choice given a KU student who went to Hattiesburg, Miss., last summer to aid in the voter registration drive.
"WE WERE TAKEN to a judge and then bound over for jury trial," Stone said.
"One of our group was a Negro lawyer and he defended us to the all white jury. We were found guilty and we decided to take the six-week jail sentence. It was the principle of the thing more than lack of money for the fine. Several groups offered to pay the fine but we turned down the offer."
While there, he wrote letters to several civil rights organizations asking them what they were doing about the problems in their areas. He wrote to the Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, and the Congress of Racial Equality.
Stone said he was well treated while in jail.
STONE DECIDED TO go to Mississippi after an incident he witnessed in Alabama early in the summer.
"I saw a Ku-Klux-Klan demonstration in southern Alabama. The
police were standing by giving their approval. This disturbed me and I made several telephone calls to friends of mine and to a man in Kansas City who wishes to remain anonymous. My friends joined me that night in Hattiesburg," Stone said.
STONE SAID HE personally didn't encounter any physical violence but there was a lot of harassment from the people of Hattesburg. He said a few Negroes were apathetic.
"We were given instructions to take a Frontier cab, which is for Negroes since they can't ride in the other cabs; and we went to the home of a Negro minister," Stone said. "There we stayed with twenty-one other civil rights workers."
Stone said his job was primarily to outline the precincts and check into Negro voter registrations. Those Negroes who were not registered were contacted on the telephone and asked to register. If any of these people had any problems getting to the polls then transportation was furnished.
Stone said the main problem confronting the Negro was the literacy test.
"There were two literacy tests, one for the white person and one for the Negro. The test given to the whites was a simple nursery rhyme and the test for Negroes was harder. I had to look up some of the work words in a dictionary. Since we had a sample of the test we would sit down with the Negro and have him learn it." Stone said.
"When we took these people to the polls, we were met with indifference," Stone said. "One woman was amazed that a Negro could be intelligent enough to pass the literacy test."
Official Bulletin
TODAY
Catholic Mass, 5 p.m., St. Lawrence
Catholic Church,
Friday Flicks, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Fraser
Friday Flicks, 7 and 9.30 p.m., Fraser Theater
teacher.
Friday Night Services, 7:30 p.m.
Japanese Symphony To Perform Here
The Japanese Philharmonic Symphony, on its first American tour, will open the KU Concert Course Thursday night.
The symphony was founded in 1956 under conductor Akeo Watanabe. Watanabe has since received the Order of the Finnish Lion for his promotion of Finland's music and the title "Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters" from the French government.
In Tokyo, the symphony appears weekly on radio and television. Eight of the orchestra's recordings of modern American music have been termed "among the best."
At KU, the orchestra will perform "American Festival Overture" by Schuman; "Essay for Strings" by Tosiro Mayuzumi; Violin Concerto in E Minor by Mendelssohn and Symphony No. 2 in D Major by Sibelius.
Science-Adventure Film Series, 8 p.m.
Room. Kansas Union "Time and
Eternity"
ine concert begins at 8:20 p.m. in Hoch. Students will be admitted with ID's.
SUA Homecoming Dance, 8 p.m. Ballroom, Kansas Union, Inc. "Son" and "Charlie"
Jewish Community Center, 917 Highland Dr.
Catholic Mass. 8 am. St. Lawrence Chapel Rd. Rord rd. 9-30 and 11
Fragrant, Theater
United Campus Christian Fellowship,
1943044
Oread Morning Worship 10:45 am
Catholic Masses 6:45 a.m. 5 p.m.
St. Lucy College Rd. Rd. Roncourt Rd.
4-5 and 7-8 p.m.
Foreigners Worry About GOP Chances
Episcopal Evening Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
WASHINGTON —(UPI)— When the United States sneezes, the rest of the world feels a cold coming on.
"Strip Tease," "At Sea," and "Charlie,"
8:20 p.m., Experimental Theatre.
Carillon Recital, 3 p.m., Albert Gerken.
U.C.C.F. Sunday Evening Fellowship,
5:15 p.m., Westminster Center, 1204
Oread.
Pep Club to Sell Mums
That statement, from a newspaper in India, finds a firmer foundation today in the intense interest the world is giving to the battle between President Johnson and Sen. Barry M. Goldwater.
The Jav Janes, upperclass women's
pep club, will sell mums again this
year for the Homecoming game.
The mums will cost $1.50.
A representative from Jay Janes will set up the mum sales for each organized living group on campus. The last order will be taken Wednesday, Nov. 4. The mums will be delivered to each house at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, the day of the game.
In the nuclear age, the occupant of the White House has become a matter of supreme importance to hundreds of millions of foreigners who once paid little if any attention to American politics.
By Stewart Hensley
With the United States and Russia capable of incinerating the Northern Hemisphere and perhaps rendering the rest of the world uninhabitable, power shifts in the Kremlin and Washington can be a life and death matter for the remotest peasant.
THE SOVIET HIERARCHY cloaks its power struggles in deepest secrecy. The United States washes its political linen in public.
Mums will also be on sale at the Memorial Stadium for those who did not place an advance order.
For the first time since World War II, Americans and foreigners alike foresee the possibility of a major shift in U.S. international policy if the Republicans win.
Goldwater has offered "a choice, not an echo." Rightly or wrongly, the overwhelming reaction abroad is in favor of an "echo"—a dash of the Kennedy-Johnson policy rather than a move toward what most foreigners considered a tougher, more dangerous attitude.
The complexities of the American political system tend to be oversimplified in transmission overseas.
THE ONLY ISSUE—as most of the foreign press sees it—is what Democratic critics call Goldwater's "irresponsibility" toward world issues. Many foreigners find it hard to believe the GOP candidate's "harder line" finds favor with a large group of voters.
Some major U.S. allies in Europe—Italy, Britain and the Scandinavian countries—have socialist governments. The others have large socialist parties, proud of their fight against the Communists.
Goldwater's image overseas also has suffered because of his repeated attacks on "socialism."
Goldwater's vote against the limited nuclear test ban treaty and the impression he would attempt to turn the clock back on the civil rights issue also have contributed to his unpopularity in foreign countries.
Election-year frustration—a condition occurring frequently in KU students under 21—can be relieved Monday in a mock election sponsored by the Current Events committee of the All Student Council.
THE LONDON TIMES said "the thought that Goldwater had even the faintest chance of reaching the White House would be enough to shake faith in the maturity and stability of American politics."
Despite Goldwater's pledge to try to end the chaos in the western alliance, the London Mail said his foreign policy would "break up NATO and undermine Anglo-American relations."
Goldwater also has drawn sharp Communist fire — and ironically enough on much the same grounds.
Students may express their preferences in the presidential, vice-presidential and Kansas gubernatorial races from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the rotunda of Strong Hall.
Students will be provided with ballots by members of the Student Opinion Poll committee of the ASC. Voting booths will be available for use. The votes will be counted and the results announced Tuesday in the Daily Kansan.
ALL STUDENTS, including foreign students, are eligible to vote. Only Kansas residents, however, may vote for the state's governor.
Mock Election Relieves Ineligible's Frustration
KU students have voted consistently Republican in mock elections and straw votes in the past 20 years.
Pravda said the senator wants to wage nuclear war in Cuba and Vietnam and that he is "an extremist" who would lose the support of U.S. allies unless they want to see the world plunged into nuclear war.
In 1960 Richard M. Nixon won a straw vote taken among undergraduates in political science classes. Of 758 votes cast, 479 went to the Republican presidential nominee.
VOTES TAKEN by the Daily Kansan in 1952 and 1956 showed students favored Dwight D. Eisenhower. The 1944 and 1948 polls conducted on campus by the paper and by the Forums Board, which was once an ASC committee, were not so successful in predicting the eventual winner of the national election.
Both times students favored Thomas E. Dewey, the unsuccessful Republican candidate.
Students also voted in 1948 in favor of amending the Kansas constitution to permit the sale of liquor in the state.
THIS YEAR'S MOCK ELECTION will promote interest in the national elections, Bill Porter, Topeka sophomore and president of the KU Collegiate Young Republicans, said.
"This is an important national election," Porter said, "and an important election on the Kansas scene. The mock election will give students an opportunity to express their preferences."
Many KU students have already indicated their preferences in national and state elections. Campaign buttons and bumper stickers decorate students and their cars. Several windows in residence halls exhibit
posters and decorations urging support of both national political parties.
Hashinger and Joseph R. Pearson residence halls are also holding mock elections this weekend. The results at J.R.P. will be announced Sunday in the Intelligentsia, the hall paper. The results at Hashinger will be kept secret until Monday.
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