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Philadelphia, Tueidar, NoTembtr 2, 1910 a roun-YKAn imioorasi i"on rilllVUKLI'HIA Thlnn on which I lie itro'ple expoct Hie new admlnlslrntlon to concentrate Ita attention! The, Delaware river brtdoe. A dnidock bio cnouvh to accommodate fie & ,larueat amps. velopment vf the rapid transit sjsIcim. conRntion non. a btilldlna tor the Free Library, aii An Musmm, Enlargement of the mater supplv. TTomet to accommodate the population. F J AFTER THE SHOUTING I TF YOU wagered money on n losing cnndl- dato you may have some reason to grieve r , irhen tho returns aro in. Otherwise, you ' aecd vrry not nt nil. The country is bigger I than any man or any party. It draws its inspiration strndily from the hearts and minds ot the millions of good-humored, in telligent, courageous and generous people Who make up its-citizenship. It will go nlor.g innjpiificcntly, no matter who wins. He will be a wise man and a good citizen t"whfA remembers this today. The next Prebi v .dent will have a hard four years. lie will have to face enormous and perplexing tasks without precedents to guide him. lie' will have to turn often enough to look for guid ance to the people, to benefit by the wisdom that is never absent from collective opinion in the United States, llcsolvc to get behind hini, no matter who he may be. And make that resolution now before the returns arc in. J FIGHTING THUGGERY v "TIDWIN S. VAUK is shocked at the J-J rumors that anything like a repetition of Frog Hollow tactics is to be attempted in dowjntown Philadelphia today. This mental attitude is instructive to tho Moore administration, which is determined that the contest in the First Councilmatiio district hall be conducted in a fair and orderly fashion. The police will be on the lookout, for cunmen and imnortcd times. f Now that Sir. Vnrc has expressed his repugnance to such persons, it is ulmcult to say why plans to increase the vigilance of the law should be distasteful to him. If the downtown machine regrets Frog Hollow 4nd pangs on that theme nre not unimag- jiKi4JjuruiuubH lur uie uiujiuiuit:i's ui uic new, city administration are really in order. When the Vares announce uch gratitude thelr'sinccrity will be absolutely unimpeach able. SEVEN-CENT RIDES v pONFUSlOX, dcloys and occasional flares t v-,nf bad tomtier wore inevitable with the I 'I tHlknill.Altnn lf . 1. a i...n nA.tt A v. .1 ffli.M. Jllllinjuiuvii ul utu t;t i u-llili. uuti iuui rldcs-for-a -quarter schedules on the lines of the P. It. T. Trolleymen will now have to spend a good part of their precious time tV counting coppers. When every one rides with u strip ticket life on the street cars L will bo less complex than it was yesterday. But if the seven -cent fore stands, it will continue to involve added inconvenience for the conductors and the general public. Tho crush and confusion apparent at ag,y'"places yesterday were reminiscent of the trouble that occurred in Camden when I the Public Service Co. experimented with a fantastic zone -fare scheme that would have (required n trained mathematician in the fplaco of the fore-taker on every street car. Here the good psychology of the Mitten plan M apparent. A nickel is a convenient coin. It is uo trouble to recognize it in a hurry. It is ready in almost every pocket. It is not greatly prized. Innumerable people who or dinarily rido short distances would never grumblo nt giving up a five-cent piece to save n few minutes of valuable time. But t hese same people are likely to remember that waimng is a most wholesome form of physical exercise when they nro asked to '".my a rate of fare that leuves only a bit of inconsequential wreckage out of a good, bright silver dime. COMMUNITY SPIRIT RESIDENTS of the Cobbs Creek boule 'vnrd community are to be congratulated oa their persistence. At a recent muBS-mect-ing the latest attempt of the Council to defy public sentiment was countered by a resolu- r'"H ! l"c "wi ui " new uruinunce 'Introduced to permit tho P. It. T. to lay loublo trncKs on the already traffic-burdened street opposite the park area between Mar ket and Spruce streets. T1)0 whole subject was thrashed out some Utrvtft nim rPhft lnvni nnlnml ah aa.1I vuu Hfcv. .,v ...uw. iviuvii Ull curiiur ordinance. That the objcctionablo plan has cropped up ngain has not discouraged a group of cltuens who thoroughly understand theifiltuntion, know what they want and aro resolved to get it. A question that might be adjudged im- rochlal thus assumes a larger aud more ccn- raL municipal interest. Dwellers in other parts of the town are inclined to wonder Why so unpopular u project should be re ived. If the transit company and the Council ,hav no inoro satisfactory replies to such inquiry than thoy had in the past they may Unpleasantly learn how a "minor" question can grow into one of embarrassing propor tions, Even in littlo things tho way of au tocracy Is sometimes hard. HOG ISLAND TERMS A aScORDING to Howard B. French, tho ft-" ahlnnlnir board has exnrcsseil n will nv. lis to consider plans for the leasing of nog uana. uraiuury uubiucbs hcubo woum seem Jjustlfy this change of viewpoint. Plans to '; the great piaut outrignc nave awouencd suaiiy no practical jniercst. unc two I recently received were ridiculously low were naturally rejected. leasing scheme, by which tho govern r rnuld not surrender ncrmancntlr nil I ghts might be found exceedingly worth wbllo in some future emergency. Under this arrangement, moreover, tho present timidity of capital might be overcome Certainly it would bo wisdom to face tho Hog Island problem realistically. The worst that could happen to tho colossal shipyard would bo a prolonged period of inactivity. Terms' that will retain or renew some life in the plant must in the long run be preforablo to those which, however ideal, arc unappcal lug. Mr. French intimates that Philadelphia capital 'is making new efforts to mnke use of tho vast resources and equipment of tho yard. If tho government is inclined to be skeptical over nebulous reports of n solu tion of tho difficulty, that maybe natural, but is a poor reason for making all terms dls couraglngly inflexible. In addition, it is almost inevitable that tho post-election period will see n new in itiative in large-scale business. The present counsel in the Hog Island situation is patience. WHAT TO WATCH FOR IN THE ELECTION RETURNS The Size of Harding's Plurality Will Depend on the Vote In a Group t of "Doubtful States" A CCOIIDIN'G to the best forecast obtain - able, the point tot.be decided nt the polls today is not the election of Senator Harding to the presidency but tho sizo of his majority. The spokesmen of both national commit tees arc, of course, insisting that their can didate will be elected. The Republicans urider-othcr circumstances would be Insisting on it in public even though they admitted in private that- Senator Harding did not have a chance of victory. So the Demo crats, who know that Cox is defented, are doing only what their opponcnto would be doing under similar circumstances. It is part of the routine of politics. It deceives no one save those who wish to be deceived. Tho New York World printed on Sunday tho result of canvass of opinion of the Re publican and Democratic editors in the dif ferent 'states. These editors' co-operated with the World in 4ts efforts to discover just what tho prospects were, and they gave their personal estimate of tho strength of Harding and Cox in their states. Tho can vass shows that Cox is certain of tho elec toral vote of little more than the solid South. It is admitted that Senator Harding will carry all the states which gave their electoral vote to Judge Hughes In 1010. There is difference of opinion about his ability to carry some of the normally Republican states that supported Wilson then, but not about many of them. Take Ohio, for example, which Wilson carried bv 1)0,000. The Democrats are claiming it' for Cox-by from .10,000 to 75,000. But the Republicans insist that Harding will have from 00,000 to 200,000 plurality. Both Democrats and Republicans nre substantially agreed that Mr. Willis will be elected to tho Senate by tho Republicans. Ohio may be regarded as doubtful because both candidates aro Ohioans and because on different oc casions each has carried the state. The re turns should be watched carefully when they begin to come in tonight for indications of the way the people voted. A comparison of the relative strength of the two candidates in typical election districts will make it possi ble to estimate the majority for tho success ful man long before the complete figures nre received. California returns will be interesting also, for Wilson carried that state four years ago. Ills plurality was small, but it was enough. Senator Johnson gave Hughes no help, but .this year he is supporting Harding. The real contest there this year is over the re election to the Senate of Mr. Phelan. Ho has not had the united support of the Demo crats. When n card was issued n few days ago containing the President's picture and n plea to support Wilson and the League of Nations by voting for Phelan the sup porters of the sitting senntor repudiated it. Mr. Phelan did not say a word in support of Cox till the Inst month in the campaign. Kentucky, Missouri and Utah are really doubtful states. The estimates for Cox in Kentucky start as low as 2000 plurality. If hib supporters do not think he Is stronger thnn that, Harding has a chance to win. Tho closeness of the state is indicated by tho expectation of the Republicans to defeat Senator Beckham for re-election. Wilson curried the state by 28,000, but the Demo cratic strength has fallen off in tho last four years. Missouri is claimed by both parties. But Senntor Reed has bolted Cox and is oppos ing the election of Brcckenrldge Long to the Senate. Long is a Wilson supporter. Sen ator Spencer is running for re-election on ids record.' Tho chances favor his hucccss. If Snenecr wins then Harding ought also to carry the 6tatc. The Missouri returns will be full of interest as they come in. And Utah, where Reed Smoot is becking to be returned to the Scnntc, is deserving of nttention tonight. Tho Republicans in the state arc hoping to poll n plurality of 10, 000, but the Democrat think that Cox will have 12,000 inoro votes than Harding. Uney nre confident that they will defeat Smoot, whate er the presidential result may be. Tho cot respondents of eastern newspapers in the state admitted last week, however, that the Democrats would be victorious. In New Hampshire, where Wilson won by .P)G votes four years ago, it is admitted by both Republicans and Democrats that Harding's plurality today will be from fiOOO to 12,000. Tho re-election of Senator Moses, however, is in doubt. If Harding polls 12,000 votes more than Cox tho re election of Moses is likely. In Iowa the fate of Senator Cummins is dependent on similar conditions. He is likely to run behind Harding, whoso plurality is put at nnywhero from 00,000 to 100,000. If it reaches the latter figuro or anything like it Cummins will pull through. There is no uncertainty in Wisconsin or Illinois over the Republican presidential ticket. Wis consin is bitterly opposed to Wilson and his plans for the League of Nations. There is no Democratic stato organization there worthy of tho name. The fight is between tho La Follctte and the anti-La Follettc wings of tho Republicans. Senator Leu root, running for re-election, is opposed by Mr. Thompson, a La Follctto follower, and by Dr. Relnsch, former minister to China, u Democrat. Even with the Republican strength divided between two candidates, no one expects Dr. Reinsch to bo elected. The success of Thompson will s(rengthen La Fol lettc in the state and in the Senate, The Wisconsin result will be interesting for its disclosure of the extent to which La Fol lette radicalism has spread in the state of its origin. While Illinois is regarded as safely Re publican, there is uncertainty over the elec tion of n Republican governor. The Re publican candidate in a creature of Mayor Thompson, of Chicago, end is opposed by the Chicago Tribune nnd other powerful in fluences which would rather have Jim Ham Lewis, tho Democratic candidate, elected than to have the power of Mayor Thompson extended from Chicago to tho state capital. As In Iowa, the senatorial fight in Indiana Is moro-uncertain than the presidential con test.t Harding is likely to get n eofo plur ality. If he polls a very largo vote he will carry Senator Watson through with hlra. Watson, however, by his course in tho Chicago convention, offended many In-, diana Republicans who wished General Wood to be nominated, and Thomas Taggart, with his powerful Democratic machine, has been doing his best to keep this bad feeling alive, so that it may increase his own strength in tho senatorial fight. The success of Lcn root, Cummins and Watson seems to be de pendent on the ability of Harding to iiull them through. If there is to be a Repub lican landslide today they are certain of election. The Democrats have been making a hard fight on Senntor Wadsworth in New York, but they started wrong by nominating a weak candidate in the person of Lieutenant Governor Walker. Wadsworth will lose tho votes of soino Republican suffragists, but the political observers say that this loss wjll be raoro than compensated for by tho Demo cratic votes which, will be polled for him by electors who object to Walker. In Connecticut the contest is over the re turn of Senntor Brnndcgcc. Ho is opposed by a League of Nations Democrat, but the regular Republican strength is with him as the organization candidate. Ills party, which indorsed tho league in its convention, re-1 nominated him because of its liking for his abilities and for his loyalty to the interests of the state. While his election could not be interpreted as an indorsement of his irre concilable nttitudo on the league, his defeat would be a condemnation of It. The fight on him docs not endanger Harding's pros pects, for Harding is likely to have a safe plurality. Whllft the crowds which will await tho election returns tonight will be Interested chiefly in the general outcome, there will be some who will think it worth while to look for indications of the verdict on those special features of the contest wo have indicated. And it is in those features that signs of the temper of tho voting public can bp found. GUERRILLA POLITICS IRRESPONSIBLE guerrillas In both po- Htlcal parties have for weeks been making an altogether shameful use of the subtler agencies of propaganda. Ycggmcn and bur glars arc chivalrous gentlemen beside the nameless thugs who, from a safe place in the dark, fling poisoned rumors at defenseless opponents. Yotir routine criminal faces a known risk. Slanderers who work from n safe ambush do greater damage nnd run no risk at nil. Mr. Harding and the men who have had charge of his campaign had no means of dealing with the paid liars who functioned with extraordinary energy during the clos ing weeks of tho fight. Vile slanders, aimed at a man's forebears, can not be debated in public even to prove tho cruel falsity of n manufactured lie. Lincoln was dead and the world at large was breathless with a sudden sense of his immeasurable greatness nnd tho bitterest among those who had been his ene mies wcro overwhelmed nnd humbled nnd sorrowful when wolves in nn opposing fac tion started rumors quite as groundless nnd even more base thnn those that have been circulated as anti-Republican propaganda in the last few weeks. Truth doe3 not easily overtake a lie. Generations of testimony and reseat'eh revealed the monstrous injus tice of tho libel for which ignorant and brutal antagonists of Lincoln's party were re sponsible. Yet even now that ancient false hood shows its face for n moment in the current of historical discussion. Right minded people who hope for government by generous and enlightened opinion nnd for nn ultimnte victory of reason over rant in American affairs have been sickened by much that they have had to listen to .since the campaign for tho presidency began to take form. Mr. Wilsou has not been spared. Atro cious slanders circulated by whispers or by guarded innuendo have been aimed at the White House and nt a man who served his country till he fell under the weight of un exampled burdens. Few Presidents escaped the attacks of malignnnt bigots who lurk always in tho background of every party beyond the control of responsible mnnagcrs nnd lenders. The lunatic fringe that Roose velt spoke about has had to be reckoned with in every campaign. Newspapers know this. Yet many of them went to extraordinary pains to mnke it appear thnt tho incredibly bad taste of Colonel George Harvey, revealed in n cartoon that outraged decent sentiment everywhere in the United States, proved Senator Harding and his associates to be somehow irreligious, cynlcnl and con temptuous of the cherished beliefs and tra ditions of Clristian people. Colonel Harvey has ever been nn embarrassment to his po litical friends. He must vent his hatreds or perish. Why n candldnto who-has nothing in common with him should be pilloried for one of his characteristic performances is more than fair-minded men can understand. The Republican partisans are by no means 'freo ft-ora blamo. Often enough they havo offended as shamefully as their opponents. c in this country have only to look toward Europe to perceive the infinite folly nnd peril of deliberately created religious hatreds that divide nations and sow devastating sus picions nnd dislike among friends. Yet, not long ago, thero was issued what purported to be a reprint from a religious journal which blandly described the ways in which a Democratic victory at tho polls would mean the predominance of Catholic influenco in Washington and pave the way for nn effort to establish the'lomporal power of tho Pope In the United States. Copies of this as tonishing bit of campaign literature were mailed in vast quantities to fraternal orders everywhere in the United States. Tho ro ligious journal credited with the artlclo is a myth. It does not exist. The article in question was written by some propagandist. Hero was an insult to tho mind of tho country nnd gross misrepresentation of a vast class of Americans who havo proved in every emergency, in peaco and in war, that their religious convictions havo never colored their political beliefs or dlmlulshcd by n shadow their loyalty to tho ideals and prin ciples on which our government Tests. Tho worst of it is that such efforts to divide America, to creato hatreds and suspicions out of the thin air can, liko the lies circu lated to wreck the reputations of individual candidates, be traced, to the cheaper and meaner jobsters who 'would go to any end in tho hunt for offices for themselves or their friends. The difficulty of dealing with scoundrels of this sort is apparent. Until they are hustled out into the daylight and branded and finally ignored by the great and fair minded public many able men will shrink from politics and successive Presidents will have reason to know what Washington felt when be said that he would rather be in his grave than endure further the vilification of conscienceless enemies. The one joyous paragraph Democratic newspapers would like to print tomorrow is, "Well, wo are surprised!" But if tho un likely happened what they probably would gay instead is. "We told you sol" Naturally every, lady will demand a ballot equal to sample, , , t QUICK AND THE DEAD Undertakers Played a Mean Trlyk on Thorn, Doctors Say,' In Getting Pay for Burying Paupers' Dissectors Need ny GEORGE NOX McCAIN THIS Is a chapter on the "Quick and tho Dead." , Incidentally it illustrates the wide di versity of matters thnt the coming Legis lature will havo to deal with. After all a Legislature is a sort of junk shop into which all sorts of subjecta are thrown for legal adjustment and disposition by statute. From off the battlefields of Franco In tho last two years there has come n humaniz ing and benevolent breath that might not have been felt for years had it not been, oddly cnough, for the world war. Tho need, and the work, of rehabilitating tho victims of the titanic struggle drew at tention to the victims of our industrial nrmy that every year aro counted by the thousnnds in the accident lists of great industries. We arc building up and restoring the shot torn nnd crippled of tho Argouno nnd tho Mcusc, nnd this suggested the same work for the injured nnd crippled In our Industrial army nt home, n As n result tho last Legislature appro priated $100,000 for the two years for the restoration to usefulness of persons In in dustrial accidents, who n few years ago would havo been reicgntcd to the human scrap pile. Congress recently passed n law appro priating $80,000 for thesamo purpose: for the vocational training of injured working people. But there's n string to it. It is with the proviso that our state ap propriates a like amount. The federal net further stipulates that the entire fund shall be administered under federal supervision. There Is going to be a fight in the Legis lature on this subject. Our lawmakers will undoubtedly object to the plan of the state adopting tho federal bill and turning over its functions to the Washington authorities. IT IS a pretty well -known fact, though not usually discussed outside the medical profession, that bodies of unclaimed pauper dead In this stato are used for dissecting purposes in tho medical colleges. Prior to last year the law provided that these bodies should go to the State Ana tomical Board, which saw to their distribu tion as described. But this gruesome ar rangement was knocked in the head by the Legislature of 1010. As a result there is a dearth of cadavers in every medical college In the state. The shortage has become so acute that it is Im possible to supply the demand. Some insti tutions, it is understood, have been com pelled practically to abandon the gentle art of dissection in their medical departments. What with the nnti-vivis?ctionlsts keeping nn eagle eye on anatomists, nnd legitimate subjects for the dissecting knife nowhere in sight, physicians nnd surgeons in embryo nro most emphatically "up against it," STRANGE to say tho undertakers are blamed. A combination of the undertakers of the state had passed an act in 1010 appropriat ing $50 for the burial of each pauper. It was a mighty clever thing, nnd quite profit able as a side line for n profession uhich dates back to the Pharnohs and then some. There Is good reason to belicvo that tho gentlemen who nre of the fneulty of our leading medlrnl coliege.s regard it as a low down trick of the undertakers. Particularly as the undertaker, in the final drama of human life, follows the phy sician in sequence of events. The natural solution would be that the State AnatomlcaJ Board pay the undertaken! the $50 a head, or body, and let it go nt that. This would be not only n costly but an unheard-of proceeding. But remedial meas ures uro under way and there arc prospects of a "stiff" fight at the coming session at Harrisburg. Dr. Addincll Hewson, of this city, is secretary of the State Anatomical Board. He is, I am Informed, preparing a bill for prebentntiou that will nail the lid on the game. It will repeal the present statute nnd re store the old order of things, which com pels the state to make disposition of the unclaimed pauper dead by turning them over to the medical schools of the common wealth, THE interests of hotel men in prcpro hibltinn days was closely Identified with spectacular politics. lly spcctncular politics is meant the hip-hlp-hurrny of 3tnte or national campaigns or conventions the parades, the red-fire boys and all the hilarious turmoil to tho music of a band. Unless conditions change coming .genera tions of voters will know nothing of tho excitement, exuberance and effervescence that their daddies knew nt county or state conventions with torchlight parades under tho splutter of Roman caudles nnd "whoosh" of rockets. It is in this connection that hotel men in every county scat, and hi Harrisburg particularly, are hit the hardest. A big political meeting in a city or county scat meant hundreds and sometimes thou sands of dollars to hotel proprietors. Bars wcro filled to overflowing nnd cot beds in corridors were at a premium. But the scepter has departed from Israel. The bars nre empty and cot beds arc gather ing dust In top-floor storerooms. And it is all because the political system has changed. The whang-banging style of conducting a campaign has departed to WUl'IU uiu WUUUUIUU H. IIIUlll. WELLINGTON JONES, of Harrisburg, who remembers every national cam paign back to that of Hayes and Wheeler. nayH that Ohio is a cinch for Harding and Coolldge. Mr. Jones is best known as the man who never grows old. He is as robust and opti mistic as he was1 when Hartranft ran for Governor. A few weeks ago ho was up in Altoona at the annual athletic carnival held by the Pennsylvania Railroad men who had gath ered there from every division of the great system cast and west. As he described it, in Walter Scott's immortal lines, " 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array," But the marshaled brawn and sinew, skill nnd prowess of the sinewy athletes was not what caught "Welly" Jones' eye. It was a special tralnload of contestants and rooters from Ohio who camo to cheer and cop off whatever laurels might be hung up In their particular line. And every man woro a Harding badge the size of a bread-and-butter plate. "There wcro hundreds of them," said Mr. Jones, "and, belicvo me, they walked off with the honors. They had a special section in tho seating arrangement where their badges made 'cm look liko a tulip bed down on Lew Sadler's Cumberland county estate. "I had n talk with n number of them. If there is half as much enthusiasm in Ohio ns tlioso fellows displayed in Altoona Harding nnd Coolldge will win in n walk with hands down and a respiration of thirty o tho minute. "They told mo that tho railroad men Aro solid for the Republican ticket, and that the Cox campaign is a flivver with flat tires and n busted radiator." Here's hoping Mr. Jones is right. Tho Devil and Bad Roads From the Deacon, Leonardtonn, Md, Mr. T. S. Kirks, who has been hauling gravel with his two-ton truck op tho Sev enth district roads, attempted Jo cross the Manor road last Monday and went down so deep that hn had tP put n cord of wood in the holo before he could get out. When he succeeded in getting tho wood from (ho holo aonie of tho ends wcro burned. Simnn.lUnn is that the devil has been using t to I -'scorch" some of our county commissioners. "NO USB), BUT WHAT ELSE IS-THEBE TO DO?" MMiiikiimmmiii , m m M ' 1 31 9 l,i i I r-T7TT H U ! 8 K gift 1 8 ' I! I I JIM rMm I9IB TnTtril Hi! !ii Buff Hit fPllilllll I ' in .HA'''V'r- ' II M NOW MY IDEA IS THIS! . Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects Know Best MRS. E. E. MELICK On the Future of Women In Politics WOMEN of today arc looking forward. The troubles nnd problems of obtaining cqunl suffrage ure forgotten. They have the vote. They arc looking into the future, studying the broadest nnd best uses of their new privileges. Such is the belief of Mrs. Elmer E. Mr-lick, prominent society and club woman of Philadelphia, who led the flying squadron of the Republican women's committee on its successful cnmpaigu tour of tho state these last two weeks. "The duty of women today is to enter locnl politics." she said, in nn Interview nt the Crozcr Building, where the Republican women have their headquarters. "They should take part wherever they can, accept office whenever asked. They should not hes itate. It will not bo especially plcnsant nt first, but no woman can nfford to shirk her duty. She has the vote und she must accept the duties that go with it. Wp nre nowhcie ready for big politics as yet. We must have hchooling in locnl politics first. We must work shoulder to shoulder with tho men, learn ftom them and help them. Women Well Organized "The Republican women of Pennsylvania are splendidly organized, nnd tho orgauiza-' tion is going to stand. Its purpose will ho to instruct its members in the policies of the Republican party in the mechanism nnd personnel of Republicanism. "We women nre going to watch everlast ingly tho men who nre elected to sec that they carry out their promises. We want to know if they make good. Another time we shall have part in the primaries und bhnll be better fitted to speak concerning men nomi nated. "The majority of the women in Pennsyl vania will vote this year, I believe. But many of them nave only become interested in the guinc this last week. I am convinced that our 'flying-squadron' speeches und newspaper articles have educated women, havo made them think for themselves and sep that their duty Ts to vote. Wo miibt change civic conditions. It is not war con ditions wo nro interested in, but our homo surroundings. Women want something sta bilized, they want to know how they stand in their own community. They want to better educational facilities and civic affairs of various sorts. Housing, food prices, labor conditions, nlHhese things aro of Importance to women in tho community. Tho field before the woman citizen ,of today is a broud one her duties nro vast and important. Men Want Women's Aid "Tho best men in the stato are asking for our help. Only tho scalawags are ufraid of us. Iu our flylug tour of tho state we met with the greatest courtesy, enthusiasm and praise. We wunt to keep on helping ithe men. Women are toduy voting for principle rather thatrindlviduals in most cases, and, I believe, their votes nro going to help better tho government. "I am so thrilled, bo interested in our new opportunities. I should liko to bee every woman enthused to the highest pitch nnd happily working f6r the best interests of iter community. Why, ue lire merely bo ginning our work with this election. Voting today simply btnrts our ball rolling. The real actual work remains to be done in watching, helping and planning better things." As an example of how the women of the stato regard politics and suffrage, Mrs. Mellck told some of tho experiences during tho flying squadron's tour. "At Gettys burg," she said, ."tho meeting was scheduled for 2:30 o'clock. Country women by the dozens were thero nt 1 o'clock iu order not to miss anything. Wo did not get thero till 4 o'clock, nnd tho hall full of people waited all that time. It was a most enthusiastic meeting. In many cities thero nero dclega tlons from every ward In tho county. In Columbia our meeting had not been sched uled, but ns soon as Republican lenders there learned wo were on tho way they sent their committee members throughout tho town to ring doorbells nnd invito peoplo to attend. Tho houso was simply crowded iu n short time, nnd wo held a rousing meeting. I havo never been such interest nnd pen. Women wcro eager ta learn all they could about politics. Men were appreciative nud helpful. Expects Intelligent Vote "Of course, there will bo women who have not learned the technicalities of voting, and They there will be some who will vote one way or another simply becnuse their husbands or fnthciM vote that way. But I think the women's vote will be largely intelligent, I nm sure It is going to bo most important in its effect on returns throughout the country. Throughout our tour we emphasized the Im portance of voting a straight Republican ticket. Some one in astonishment nuked mc If I would vote for Penroso when I knew he stood strongly ngahiHt suffrage. My answer was thnt many of our women were ngninst suffrage. Could I hold out agalust one man becnusc of thnt? Besides, we have the vote, and tho struggles of the past nro forgotten. We had no pnit in llu primaries. Our part now is to stand by our party. After election we enn study personnel nud seo thnt our men live up to the high standards of Republicanism." Rhymes for the Poesies WHEN at the polls jou go to but And hnvc jour ballot neat and pat, Be very, vcrj careful thnt You do not step upou it. A ballot is so large and smooth A voter must be most uncouth Who goes to sleep Inside n booth And grubs it for n blanket. The woman suffragists, dear souls. At lost hnvc reached their longed-for goals; And (ienrginnn nt tho polls Declares they need a dusting. Would judges rude, rough men perforce Throw out n ballot, bans renfbrse, If (absent-mindedly, of course) She marked it with a lip-stick? No, ma'rm! The dress must wnit. Thnt's whut ! The right idea you hnvo not got. Your ticket may be, cut. but not Be cut up for n pattern ! D. McGinuis. As to Human Nature I'rom the Nawr York World The question hns been raised nt the Uni versity of Cnllfornlu whether pretty girl stu dents can obtain high marks by exercising feminine wiles on impressionable professors. Is human nature different nt the University of California from what it is elsewhere? . What Do You Knoiv? - QUIZ 1. What nro ortolans? -'. "Wlmt Is the right of pilmogeiiituie? a. What Is Itarma? i. How lonp was tho longest period during which the Hepublienn party was ever In power? !i How lnnp wan tho longest period durlnir which tho Democratic party was ever in power? 6. Who wrote "The Uncommercial Trav eler"? 7. Of wlint rlty was Velasquez, the great painter, a nntlvo? 8. What was the year of tho "Glorious Rev olution" in Hnglnnd? 0. Who was Fredcilo Cuvlcr.' 10. Whcro Is the Romaic le.nguago i.polcou.' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 Sir lHaao Newton was bom In tho first linlf of tho seventeenth cenlurv nnd dleo In tho seccpd quarter of the'eli'ht ccnth century. Ills dates nro 1C42-1727, L Stedman was iicnihmt.il for Vice Presi dent by the Socialist party. ?,. Tho Unman empire was oneo t-old nt auc tion by tho prctorlau guard .rullnnlus Hnlvlus Vldlua was tho pun-hnser. 4. This dlsgiuccfui event oicurrcd In lid A D. J. A dienniy plico of music In ttomotlmc. tinned n nocturne. Tho name Is als-j applied to ft nlght-sccno In painting. 6. Thieo noted i.ovuls bv Balzac aro "Pero aorlot," "Kugcnlo aramict" nnd "Cou. sin I'ons.' 7. Floreneo Nlgiitlngalo served as nurse at .Scut tul dutliis tho C'llmuin war ISBI 18.16, a Nlrvunn, Is HucUlhlnUc beatitude that Is, tho extinction or individuality nnd ab Rotptloii Into tho supremo spirit ,i, Lisbon is tho capital of Portugal 10. The famous statuo of the '.'Wingod Vic tory" was found In the island of Samo thrace in the Aegean sea,, SHORTCUTS Let 'cr go, Gallagher 1 Every ballot has its billet. Do your earnest voting early. Maw now nccompnnics Vox Pop. Pay your cloction bets with apples. Tomorrow we'll all achieve normalcy. Slander's sllmo bemircs the slanderer. Conductors earned the extra two-cent fare yesterday. i . The ballots today will reflect all politi- cal X-igcncles. "No cross, no crown," thp defeated candidate will murmur. t- In nny case a good American will be ' elected President today. The traffic jam, heaven preserve us, is more or less of n pickle. Every Eve should boost the apple and every Adam back her up. Sadler and Linn, Sadler and Linn, to simply ignore them were surely n sin. What a catastrophe it would be if elec tion officials were to go on strike for shorter hours ! Prince Paul wants it understood that he takes his conditional kingship condi tionally. President and Mrs. Wilson have moiled their votes. A sweet and abiding trust in Burleson. Rapid transit isn't ns rapid as it might bo if the conductors didn't havo to make change in pennies. The "I-told-you-isos" nro n lap ahesd in Cuba. The Cubans held their presiden tial election -yesterday. A man no longer has assurance th'at if ho goes around to tho polls at 10 or 11 a. m. there will be no crowd there. Arc Chicago girls growing immodest? A dispatch from tho Windy City says some of them are showing their cars. Louisiana's efforts to closo tho gin neries have no connection with country-wide efforts to close the groggcrics. The exigencies of the Avar did tho rail roads one good turn : They mado the public think more of service than of rates. There aro other tilings in the world besides tho presidential election, but today Undo Sam is willing to forget them. It may be that voters in the First dis trict arc helping to elect a President today, but that, of course, is merely n side issue. The Kansas City man who first eloped with his stepmother und then with his step father's stepdaughter ought to watch his btep. Incidentnlly the .JJ.OOO.OOO Philadel phia asks the right to borrow will go to Philadelphia worklugmen nnd will bo spent in Philadelphia. From Bologna, Italy, comes word that Cocchi, murderer of Ruth Cruger, has started a hunger strike anil will apical for a shorter sentence. Supererogation. If he persists in ills hunger strike he'll make it shorter. Two young men who are hiking from Boston, Mass,, to Pent-ncoln, Fla., aro baid to prowi thereby their allegiance to the Republican ticket. We ion't exactly "get it," but prcsumo that If they were Demo crats they would be marching in tho direc tion of Salt river. East Sido New York kiddles have lost their Toy Man. For years ho whittled wonderful animals for tho children who visited tho littlo garden where he und his old wife snt. But when she died he draped her shawl over her chair Iu tho house thev had occupied together for forty-two year's und deliberately joined iter. It is hard to coiidoiio the act of n suicide, but, harder to find words of ceuauro, for 'an old, 0d msn who suddenly grows Ionelj : Li m m il - l& !;' tuU 1 F t M h I m I.,, I w 41 ? J I Ml V V m m i tifra w y is 2L$i na (
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