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NOW FOR THE FAIR DIRECTOR
TIIK clcrtien of .lelm Frederick Lewis ns
prosi'lenr of tlie Beard of Ulrccters e
the SiMiul-lVntennlnl lhibltlen Associa
tion Is n remiiHMidnble ! ' reorunnlzii reerunnlzii reorunnlzii
tlen. TIip Micainw left 1J lle rcslsnatlen
Of lner Moen' liu lievn tilled l'y n rltls'ii
t vrcesiUzrd ability itnd mlmiul-tratlve
tnpnritj .
it 1 explained, however, that till rhelre
is apart from the search for n direeter gen
eral of the fair, or rhief commissioner, ns
he will probably be called. When he H
found, that official Is expected te Infuse
Hew vigor Inte the enterprise and further
directorate adjustments will perhaps take
place.
The present arrangement will, it Is hoped,
tlmulatc the quest for an administrative
chief of the type obviously needed te meet
the high responsibilities of the major prob preb
lems which he will be called upon te face.
The fair undertaking waits upon the dis
covery of this hitherto elusive individual.
In several Instances men already suggested
have for various reasons been unable te
mbracc n magnificent opportunity.
Nevertheless the right cnptnln can be pro
cured, and it is n satisfaction te observe
tht the reorganized directorate proposes te
rccaaM the Held with new energy and a
determination net te be baffled by difficulties
which in the end can be surmounted.
The machinery of the fair enterprise has
been somewhat measured in its movements,
but tangible administrative progress is under
Way. uud within the next few months is
virtually certain te be much accelerated.
WOMEN IN THE LEGISLATURE
MRS. SPEISKR. Mrs. de Yeung and Mrs.
Pitts, nominated te the State Legislature
from the First, Seventeenth and Twenty
first Districts respectively, will probably de
8 women have done in the Legislatures of
ether States. Their natural interest in hu
manity and humanitarian legislation will
obliterate any sense of factional obligations
which they may carry wltli them te Harris
burs. alius lar it nas sermm niu iui- ..
?1emcn in public offices te share the cynl
tflsni with which men are accustomed te
frtgard laws intended te improve the general
'eclfll enviienment in the I'nited States.
Pennsylvania needs watchers at Harris
burg te 'safeguard laws enacted after hard
'truggles for the benefit of women and dill
?dren in indiistrj. At this writing it is
assured of three at least.
i DIER'S BETRAYAL OF TRUST
fnHERK was never a better illustration of
JL the fact that business is done en geed
talth than is contained in the disclosures of
the methods of E. I J. Ii"r & Ce. This
Irm failed a few months nge. with liablli
les of mere than ..000,000 which investors
lad trusted them with.
Here was a firm of brokers with e'.abo e'.abe
liately fitted offices in the financial district
lUffering te de business for customers. They
Jet the business. The accountant wiie lias
"Teen examining their books reports that
.sjihclf groes income from January 1. 10-1.
Se January 10, U)'J2, when they failed, was
I '1402,000. and that their net income was
Vibeut $20,000. Yet with only this net in
terne the expenses of the firm nmeunted te
"Ibeut $2,000,000.
v,' The lavish mnnner in which the firm was
(pending money gave the customers the im
pression that a profitable business was In
progress, when, if we may nccept the evi
dence of the accountant, the money that
was spent for expenses was net profits, but
money ictt te dp investeu.
y This sort of tiling cnuiu net nave gene
along if brokers usually were nor In the
' habit of dealing honestly with their cus-
; temers. THc Dler firm, perhaps because of
aheer business incompetence, and perhaps
ffer ether reasons, was able te continue In
. business simply becausa their customers
trusted In their geed faith.
A SQUARE IN GALA GARB
INSTINCT with local flavor and nor for
tified by the weight of custom is the
annual flower market te be held tomorrow In
Rlttenheuse S'l"re. Ter nine years the ex.
hlblt of spring blooms In the most attrae
tlte environment has been a charming event
in the Philadelphia calendar.
TTie geographical proportions of this com
unity are se large ami parochial sentiments
In this consolidation of towns se strong that
Rlttenheuse Square in festal nrray appeals
forcibly ns a neighborhood exhibit.
, "It Is deserving, however, of a wider claim
upon popular attention. Phlladclphlans
who have raisbed the flower market In the
past would de well te repair this Inattcn-
tlen tomorrow.
if The cnunri. one of the most tneefnllv
designed of which any municipality, net
aren excepting Paris, can beast, will be
Mkiwrtlculturall.v resplendent. In addition te
e5f'th fayly colored booths, offering net only
viit'T w"'', t,ut eoiDie maruet products and
'k' epen-nlr cafe appurtenances, plastic art
f will he receenlzed in the statuarv exhlhlt
distributed in appropriate settings en the
lawns and amid the shrubbery.
Special prizes have been offered by Jehn
Frederick Lewis for the three best sketches
of the scene in such nspectn as may appeal
te the artistic cye and brush.
The Stay flower market ! of a type
which If encountered by travelers abroad
would call forth encomiums of foreign
Ii,' taste and regard for the pleasant courtesies
WiM "f of metropolitan life, It is needless te go
; 'Vq far. A journey te Ilittenheuse Square,
. adorned ns Penn is unlikely te have con-
' calved it, will suffice.
b!$S& UNMATCHED PARTY LOYALTY
t.irtiliiuA'iiu ei uie ein .incKsenmn
lief that a dead Democrat Ja better
JUpubliaan ia contained Un the
uitfnpfl partlaaaa fr the
lllPiMlP!psjSi
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nomination In the Second District for the
State Senate of James 11. McQrane, who en
Primary Day was net alive te acknowledge
the honor.
Net even the tomb lias terrors for fearless
Democrats. All things considered, this en
thusiasm for the mortuary aspects of politics
Is net surprising as emanating from spokes
men of the national minority party.
It would be heartless te suggest that the
voters for Mr. McOrane who, by the way,
secured the nomination were ns dead as
their candidate.
Mere generous Is the Implication that
Philadelphia Democrats, numerically Insig
nificant as they nrc, are unmatched In party
loyalty. Fer them the grave has evidently
long since let its sting.
THE END OF BOSS RULE
IN PENNSYLVANIA
The Voters Have Taken Affairs Inte
Their Own Hands and Ordered
a Heusecleanlng
GIF
Tl,
ictery of the Republican of Pennsyl
vania ever n disrupted and discredited politi
cal mnchine.
The voters have been patient and long
suffering, but it was evident thnt they were
only waiting for an opportunity te ussert
themselves.
They showed their temper in the presi
dential election of 1012, when they polled
441,000 rotes for Theodere Itoesevelt against
the candidate nominated by the head of the
Pennsylvania machine in conjunction with
the bosses of ether State machines. Itoose Iteose Itoese
velt had a majority of 171,000 ever the
machine candidate.
Hut the mnchine did net profit by the
lcen. Its leaders in this State get to te
pother en the night before Hie last day fur
illing nomination petitions and selected
Geerge E. Alter as their candidate and
foisted him upon the voters He was an
unwilling candidate; but the mnchine knew
that he was a safe one
Glfferd Plnchet had been In the running
fcr weeks. He was openly nsked te become
a candldnte by a large group of representa
tive men and women and he had consented.
He assumed that the purpose of the pri
mary elections was te give the Republican
voters an opportunity te decide for them
selves who their candidate was te be.
The machine leaders ncted as though they
assumed that the only function of the pri
mary was te ratify the choice of the mnchine.
The result has proved that Mr. Plnchet
was fight and that the machine lenders
were wrong,
It also proved that, when nn alternative
between machine rule nnd tins rule of a
majority of the people is clearly offered, the
people cliC'Ose the right thing.
The issue was se clearly drawn that ther
could be no mistaking it. This newspaper
began te call attention te it mero than
two years age. It was the first newspaper
In the Commonwealth te call attention te the
Capitel Hill combination which had begun
te threaten the solidarity of the State or
ganization. This combinntlen was made te
protect the interests of various men who
feared disclosures en the pretense that it
was te protect the Republican organization.
rl hen came the disclosure of the Beldleman
check of $5000 paid te the Lieutenant Gov Gov
ereor by Charles A. Snyder ns Audtier Gen
eral in disregard of the law, and the pub
lication of Snyder's statement thnt if he hail
it te de eer again he would have given
Ueidlemiin $10,000.
Then there was the discovery of the
Brindle defalcation of $sfMin and its belit
tling by Snjdcr, who said that half a mil
lion dollars had been taken from the State
Treasury and put back again without any
less te the State.
And there was also the creation by the
Legislature of the office of Deputy State
Treasury for Kephart, the retiring treasurer,
who was forbidden by law te succeed him
self. The intelligent voters said te themselves
that if Kephart had te be taken cute of nnd
kept in the Treasurer's office, it was time
thnt something was done te clean house in
Harrlsburg.
The appointment of Crew te the Senate bv
Governer Sproul when it was known that
Crew was ill and could net take his seat, an
appointment notoriously unfit, had Its share
in arousing the voters te the low estate te
which the Republican organization had
fallen.
Pinchot premised "te clean up the mess
In Harrlsburg. "The voters believed that he
would keep his premise. They knew that
there was a "mess" that needed cleaning up.
They knew that the men responsible for the
conditions could net be trusted te de the
cleaning.
The people have defeated the county ma
chines controlled by Snjdcr nnd Kephart and
Sproul. They have made the defeat of the
machine controlled by Eyre In West Chester
se overwhelming that Eyre himself has been
defeated for membership in the State Com
mittee. The majority for Pinchot is se large
in the rural counties that the gang ma
jorities in Philadelphia nnd Pittsburgh are
net big enough te overcome it
There Is net n Stntc boss anywhere In
sight, and there Is net a county boss who
opposed Pinchot who has net b'en shorn of
his power or se materially weakened that
his complete overthrew should be compara
tively easy in succeeding campaigns.
The observers In ether States who have
thought that Pennsylvania was content with
machine rule hnve net been aware of the
political history of this Commens rnlth.
There has never bren content lure. fl, .
tive opposition leadership hns hem lacking.
That has been all. Such leadership appeared
this year. It was backed by the renllj influ
ential newspapers. And it has triumphed.
AVe are te hiuc a new deal in 1'cnnsjl
vania, a fair deal and a square deal, and it
foreshadows a new deal in the ether dojs dejs
rldden States.
PRESIDENTIAL TACT AND GRACE
THE Leviathan remains the Leviathan.
Evidence that President Harding's repu
tation for tact Is well founded Is exhibited
In the "beau geste" whereby he has per
suaded the Shipping Beard te respect n
glamoureus name Identifying an Illustrious
vessel.
The rechrlstenlng of the Leviathan In
honor of the present Chief Magistrate bore
particular and sincerely Intended reference
te the President's active interest in the
restoration of the American flag upon the
high seas The Ship Subtly Bill, deigned
te develop and protect that structure of
American maritime recovery resulting from
the war, Is a special nnd deserving object
of Mr. Ilnri'us's bellcltude,
In the re.nainlnT,ef the splendid American
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passenger llnara afte,r ths Presidents of the
United States It was regarded as fitting te
transform the Leviathan, new undergoing
reconditioning, Inte the President Harding.
The matter was net one In which the public
could gracefully take n hand, even though
the old appellation Imaginatively typified
the epic achievements of the greatest wnr
transport In history.
But Mr. Harding, who nlene under the
delicate conditions was entitled te act first,
has admirably realized the historic proprie
ties. In a felicitous request, with which
the Shipping Beard has promptly compiled,
he hns outlined the nppenllng reasons for
the retention of n significant name.
One of the handsome "State" class of
Shipping Beard vessels new' becomes the
President Harding, while the second largest
of the world's ships, the former Vnterlnnd,
displays the continuity of Its prestige se
valoretislv wen. Ne happier solution of n
problem in the amenities could linvc been
dcvlfcd.
THE BOSSES GO DOWN AND OUT
OP THE Vnre machine in Philadelphia
there are left only mourners nnd refugees
embittered te the bone. The ee-cnlled Capi Capi
eol Hill organization is a shabby ruin. Yet
these were the two crowds of. political ad
venturers which tossed coins for the right
te seize the City Government and control the
resources nnd the legislative policies of the
State! The force that they never learned te
believe In the force of unorganized public
opinion broke them for geed.
Ne election ever held in Pennsylvania was
mere significant than this Republican pri
mary, nnd none revealed mere vividly the
nlmest pitiful limitations and the Intellec
tual helplessness of the average boss. Fer
it Is fnlr te believe thnt Vare. Leslie, Eyre,
linker. Sproul, Beldleman, Snyder. Kephart
and nil the ether members of the organiza
tion's general staff were really astounded by
their defeat. Such men have no fnlth in the
voting public, nnd public opinion, ns It Is
generally understood, hns no plnce In their
estimates. Meney nnd "the boys" and the
bell-pullers nnd the gang machinery were
supposed te be unbeatable fncters In nny
political campaign.. They were all present
In this Instance. But they were without
power te turn aside the wave of resentment
thnt swept Alter under.
The cumulative disgust of years found ex
pression in the nntl-Vare nnd anti-Leslie
vote at the primary. And we knew new that
there is a limit te the toleration of the
laziest-minded voter, a limit thnt the gangs
in this State ventured long age te pass.
Fer the vote en Tuesday wns dispassionate.
There was no flaming campaign slogan, no
novel issue, no effort te stampede the elec
tors by the mere force of a dynamic per
sonality or an emotlennl bnttlecry. If there
had been, the Waterloo of Vare and Leslie
ns State bosses would have meant far less
than it does.
The vote for Plnchet, cast as It was with
out the aid of an experienced werklug or
ganization, was n voluntary offering. It
wn in reality an expression of free opinion.
It was net bought or herded. That Is why
the result of the Pennsylvania primary must
seem ns significant te the bosses in Maine
and Texas as It does te the bosses here.
It came naturally enough nfter the overturn
In Indiana te prove that a new political
consciousness is swiftly developing In the
United States nnd that gangs, as we have
known them. hne about run their course.
Hew much of the political Inspiration of
the moment Is due te women Is net ,et clear.
But it is te the credit of the women voters
in Pennsylvania flint they were the first te
crystallize Plnchet sentiment, the first te
make open war upon lenders In their own
party whom they distrusted, nnd the first
te make "Principle First:" the rallying cry
of the campnlgn. A little while nge the
Vare City Committee wns laughing at the
women voters nnd finding it difficult te treat
them with common ceuitcs. Such Is the
vision of the old-school gangster. If they
had been blind nnd asleep, the organization
leaders could net have been at a disadvan
tage greater than ihat ni which their ig
norance of political realities left them. They
de net new knew what caused their defeat.
They probably will never knew.
And they will net come back. Boses
never de, after n general defeat. Organiza
tions such as hnve ruled in Pennsylvania are
corroded by every political vice, weakened
by every sort of Internal mennness, Deser
tions nnd treason began at the first sign of
misfortune en Tuesday. New there are only
iflge and panic and n stampede for shelter
and furious outcries against the lenders who
fnilcd. The journalistic apologists for gang gang
eom, the camp followers and the high-hatted
grafters may try with weuls te soften the
force of the extraordinary blew for the
mourners. The fact will remain ns plain ns
day that Pennsylvania has quietly turned
ever a new leaf and kicked Its " political
enemies nut of the way. The losers will fight
guerrilla fashion, of course. They will de
some sniping at Harrlsburg. But ns nn
actual force Jn political affairs the Old
Crowd Is as geed as burled.
The millions te be spent en State reads
will be honestly used. There will be no
golden overflow te the pockets of the contractor-politicians
who sought new and
richer fields nfter they had made themselves
Intolerable even In Pittsburgh and Philadel
phia. Thnt, however, Is net the most Im
portant thing.
Pennsylvania has get In line for a mere
decent political system In the United States.
That is what matters tnet.
., ., Mew many visitors te
Air Lines the Se,,ul-fntennlul
Inevitable will arrive In Phlhi-
, delphlii by airplane?
The number mny he much Inrger than we
new imagine possible. BuMen has already
established herself ns nn airport through
official action of the Massachusetts (icneral
Court and the Federal Government. It is
inconceivable that we should long lag 'be-
hind.
Arthur Brisbane, depre-
Sometimes eating noise, noted that
Different en the Sun In Danu's
Newadajs days reporters worked
ten ynids away from
the btereetjpmg room, nut new Munsey has
stepped all the noise and "the Sun Is a
wonderful newspaper." Still, in these davs,
the stereotyping never overflowed into the
editorial rooms.
Secretary Hoever's
Story Only speech, which may be
Partly Told considered as nn ex
planatien of Secre
tary Hughes note declining participation In
The Hngue parley, gives rise te the thought
thnt if Russia is considered ns a link in
the commerce of the world the 1 per cent of
our experts she assimilated represents but n
fraction of our real lntcreat in her stability.
Senater Leslie has
Maximum learned thnt In the
and Minimum matter of polling Al
legheny County's vote
rer tnc gang it is no longer a case or un,
Max! Tim women snw tn thnt. ITn Mini
I " I II I. -! I .-. I I
THE HORSE CAR MAGNATES
Mltttn'a Predecessors Wera an Inter
esting Let They Wera Originally
Butchers, Qrecara and Ounkard
Preachers And Mostly They
Were Full Beards
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
THOMAS E. MITTEN'S program for city
ownership of nil surface, subway and
elevated transit tracks marks a great ad
vance In street railway operation, whether or
net nnj thing comes of it.
The fnct serves te recall semething1 about
the little haiidful of men, Mr. Mitten's
predecessors, who might properly he known
ns the fathers of street railways in Phila
delphia. All of them hnve passed nvvay.
They were net the pleneenS in the busi
ness. They were the financiers, operators
nnd consnlldnters of lines, who follevvcd en
the heels of the original projectors and pro
moters. They constructed the foundation; upon
which the present remarkable structure of
Interlocking steel tracks has been built.
THE Celkets, father and son, are still re
membered by the elder residents of
Chestnut street In West Philadelphia.
The elder Colket roe from n railroad
street workman te the management rtnd
principal ownership of the Chestnut and
Walnut street line. That was sixty
years nge.
It was known ns the Philadelphia City
Street Railroad forty years since.
W. W. Colket, the son, succeeded te the
presidency of the old horse car line, but lest
control of the rnnaVwhcn the line was leased
te the West PhiiSdclphla Passenger Rail
way Company.
He fought the preposition and the lease
would net have been consummated had the
Colket estate been able te vete Its holdings
as n unit.
ALEXANDER MACK FOX wns the man
who ns president of the Second nnd
Third Street Passenger Railway Company
brought it te its highest efficiency as n horse
car read,
He wns the son and grandson of a Dunk
nrd preacher, nnd came of n long line of
Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry. He married
Mary Hall, who was nn Episcopalian, and
then adopted the faith of his wife.
He started life ns a grocer en North
Second street, wer fehrewd nnd thrifty and
n natural financier.
Appreciating the possibilities of horse enr
traffic he begnn investing In street railway
stock out of his grocery store earnings.
Fer twenty years he was both n director
nnd president of the Second nnd Third
Street Railwn.v Company. Fer years he was
also a director of the I nlen Traction Com
pany nnd of the Frnnkferd nnd Seuthwark.
He was n steckllv built man. with chin
whlkers Dunknrd fashion, nnd he always
were a little blnck bow ns n necktie.
It Is a peculiar coincidence thnt the earlier
street car mngnntes all were beards, with
the excepllen of P. A. B. Widcner nnd
William L. Elklns. They had mustaches.
HENRY GEIGER was another of these
bewhlskered street car presidents. Ills
wns n straight chin whisker. W. W. Colket
hed a regular Anrenic full beard nnd mus
tnche. Se. tee, had Chnrles J. Hnrrah.
while E. B. Edwards sported flowing burn
sides. Henry Gelger wns at the bend of the Fifth
nnd Sixth Street lines for yenrs. He wns
n Pennsylvania Dutchman and ns far-seeing
ii they make them.
Like Alexander Fex he rnr ' grocery lie
fore he get into the street railway business.
One peculiarity was that he was nlmest
totally lacking in the phlegmatic hahfls of
the Pennsylvania German, He became
easily "rattled." or flurried.
While still engaged In the grecerv busi
ness n became a Dunknrd prencher; rather
wns elected n preacher by his congregation,
and tradition says, he could preach a geed
sermon.
I - mm
EH. EDWARDS, president of the Ridge
Avenue Line, was Themns E. Mitten's
prototype In the matter of five-cent fares.
There nrc very few living new who re
member Mr. Edwards' tight for a five-cent
fate, ene cent below Ihat charged en ether
lines.
He was a peculiar man but of fine figure,
ensy presence, nnd suave nnd courteous
manner. Mr. Edwards wns the first presi
dent of the Ridge Avenue Line nnd in com cem com
binnteon with William S. Grant owned
nearly nil of Its stock.
The antithesis of Henry Gelger, Mr. Ed
wnrds took particular undo in his dress,
which was always of fashionable cut and
fine tcuuie. He loved fast horses nnd was
what wns known te the world of his day as
a "geed liver."
A man of ultlvated tastes, he was peculiar
In two respects; he looked personally after
the horses en his line, nnd took his meals
at n restnurant nnd lived in n furnished
apartment ever the dispatcher's quarters at
the street railway depot.
CHARLES J. HARRAH, who was the
most efficient president of the People's
Railway Company, mnde n fortune building
street railways in Brazil nnd then returnee)
home te invest it In Philadelphia street
railways.
He wns a tall, genial man, with a sweep
ing beard nnd heavy mustache. He lived
for yeai'h in a marble mansion nt Brend and
I'eplnr streets. He had one son nnd. ns In
the case of Themns i:. Mitten, made him
his personal asslhtant.
Fend of display, he rode about town In an
elegant brougham.
AVith his nillwnv experience he was nble
te lift the People's Company out of a
slough of debt into which it had been cabt
by its earlier management.
He was the first eflicinl te prohibit nny
pnssengpr holding in Ills hand either a lighted
or unllglited cigar.
Opposed te live-cent fares, he "fired" In
a short time ever 1.7) conductors en his line
for dishonesty,
PETER A. B WIDENER was the best
known of all the earlier street rnlln-nv
mngnntes in Philadelphia.
He became i atienally known when, with
AVilljflin L Elklns, he offered "Bes"
Tweed, then the Czar of New Yerk, $1,000,
000 for the pilvilcge of laying horse tracks
en lireadwnv.
Tweed's teply was that he wns; willing
te tnke the mene.v, but did net enre te be
tern te pieces by n mob,
AA'Idener for vcnrR wns president of the
Market ureer branch nnd his partner,
Elklns. picsideiit of the Continental, or
Eighteenth and Twentieth stieat branch of
the Cnleii Uallwnv Cempnny.
Peter ,. B, AA'Idener started In life ns a
butcher, while AVllliain L. Elkius rondo his
first money in butter and eggs. Beth men
ultimately built vast fortunes out of their
street railway connections and ether great
enterprises,
AVheu Mr. Widcner took held of the
Market street linn It wns nlmest swamped
with financial embarrassments. Under his
exceptional management the debts were can
celed and the read brought te a high stnte
of efficiency.
NO NOTICE of the early street railway
manipulators would be complete without
the name of AVIlllnm H. Kemble. He wns
one of the associates, earlier in their career
both of P. A. B. AVldcncr and AVillinm I,!
Elkius.
Kemble nnd AVidener were the shrewdest
political manipulators In the interest of their
projects thnt Phllndejpt In pcrheps ever saw.
AV. L. Elklns left that sort of work te
his colleagues, largely due te the attention
he was compelled te bestow upon his great
petroleum operations elsewhere In the Stnte.
Anether f tin presidents of the earlier
horse linen un Jehn S. Morten, predecessor
of Mr. AVidener In the Market Rtreet rend.
He became Inteiested in spiritualism ns rep
resented by the notorious mediums, Mr, nnd
Mrs, Bliss, who were exposed at their
Ogden street house as fakers, It is said
that Mr. Morten was) one of their most
willing victims. r, ,
It wns it mighty lnierwtiur ftfeuji of men.
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphia en Subjects They
Knew Best
E. LAWRENCE FELL
On Personal Registration
PROBABLY the greatest single thing that
personal registration In Pennsylvania,
and especially in Philadelphia, has accom
plished Is the wiping out of the se-called
"phantom" vote, according te E. Lawrence
Fell, chnirman of the Registration Commis
sion for the City of Philadelphia.
"The 'phantom' vote no longer, exists In
Philadelphia," snid Mr. Fell, "nnd the per per
sennl registration law has done this. It hns
also new become se serious n matter te try
te vote en the name of another person thnt
it simply isn't worth the risk te try it. If
n voter is challenged he is required te sign
his name In what is called the 'second Jioek
in order that the signature may be compared
with the original In the registration book.
If he does this and the name Is net his own.
the mnn attempting te vote hns committed
forgery ns well ns a violation of the election
laws. A felony is net eny te 'settle,' and
the result has been thnt very little of this
is tried new,
AA'emcn a Great Help
"The Registration Commissioners have
found, since the granting of the franchise
te women, that they Hre a great help in
registration, and we hnve nppelnted n large
number of them as teglstrnrs in the various
voting divisions. Thev are exceedingly re
liable and they take their duties very ear
nestly nnd seriously.
"As n rule, they wtlte n better hand than
the men. This In itself is a decided ad
vantage; but mere Important than this,
they nre iar less likely te deviate from the
strict ietter of the law because of previous
friendships, There hnve been practically no
cases where women have offended in this
way, nnd In every respect we have found
thnt they are eminently satisfactory as elec
tion registrars.
"The women will also go te far greater
treuble te learn the election law nnd te learn
the details of their duties than men will, nud
nre leps likely tn depend upon the knowledge
of 'the ether fellow' In the pursuit of their
duties. The women as a whole are also
careful te register. I believe thnt every col
ored woman In the City of Philadelphia has
registered. They hnve taken advantage of
tills new privilege te a greater extent than
the women of any ether class.
Citizens and Their Rights
"It hns been our eperience, although 1
am sorry te nay it, that the citizen who is
most careful of his rights ns nu elector is
invariably the natunili.ed citizen. This,
however, Is net btrnuge if ,wm consider the
matter. AVhen a man will take the time nnd
the trouble te become naturalized, he is very
tipt te use the comparatively small nmeunt
of time that It requires te register nnd te
vote.
"We had ene instance in one of the down
town wards, although this wns the case of
a man horn In this country of foreign par
ents. His registration had been challenged
ami he could net prove thnt he hud been
born in the United States, as he had re
cently moved te Philadelphia from Brook
lyn. In order le register the mnn paid his
own expenbes te Brooklyn nnd brought back
nn elder sister, who swore as te the date and
place of his birth in thnt idly. Se, in order
te clear up his registration title, he paid
his own fnre and expenses te Brooklyn nnd
back, his sister's fnre both ways and her
expenses while here, amounting In nil te a
considerable number of dollars and the less
of several days in time.
Changes in Act Suggested
"The registration law in PennsjUnnln has
corrected a let of crying evil, but there are
a lew uinin nmi'u uui i-Au-ricuce as com
missioners has shown uh might still be Im
proved. AVe believe that it would be well te
have the registration dny.s closer together.
At present the books nre out of our posses
sion nbeut n month nt each registration
period, and this means that they are In the
custody of the registrars between the dif
ferent registration days, which Is usually
two weeks.
"This offers a temptation te chnnge or te
add te these books between registration days
nnd this should be removed. In lnimv ether
States it Is the custom te have the registra
tion days immediately fellow each ether
nnd we have recommended te the Legisla
ture thnt the registration davs here be
Thursday, Friday und Saturday for one
week only.
"The commission also has been Impressed
.with the. fact thnt there Is no Identification
of Individuals who present themselves in tins
"HE OUGHTER PRONOUNCE IT 'PUNCH-OT'
City Hall before the commission for regis
tration. In the voting divisions the elector
is known te the committeemen' nnd te ethers
in the division, se thnt the nintter of Identi
fication is certain; but under the present
net nn elector can come In without having
filed nny petition or hnving given any notice
of his application prier te his nppearnnre
before the commission, nnd tills has led te
some serious errors.
"Fer exnmple, there hnve been cases
where the citizen was refused by the local
Registration Beard and bus come before us
nnd been registered because there was no
way of checking up the fnct that he had been
rejected by the benrd in his division. The
net should be amended by requiring n peti
tion te be filed setting forth the rensnu for
application. Copies of this petition should
be served en nil the registrars In his illu
sion, nnd nfter the applicntlen hns been posted
in the office of the commission for nt least
two days n public hearing should be held, nt
which the petitioner should be required te
appear personally. The public posting of the
petition gives the voters of the division nn
opportunity te examine it nnd te npenr if
they desire nnd object te the registration.
The "Ixst" Tnv, Receipt
"We nlse nre convinced that the custom
of making nn affidavit te a let tax receipt
by citizens when thev come te register is
growing te be a habit, but te what extent
it Is being abused the commission is unable
definitely te state. About 15.000 of these
affidavits nre executed nt each registration
period. An Investigation linn shown thnr
some of these who register mnke it n hnbit
of making this affidavit annuallv. thus com
mitting perjury te save the nnneynnce nnd
the expense of purchnslng a tnx receipt.
"This should he chnnged se that no nffi
dnvlt, of having lest n tnx receipt, can be
mnde In future, but thnt the Uecelver of
Tnxes be requested te Issue n duplicate re
celpt upon nppllcntien. nnd, if possible 11
fee of ten rents or se should be chnrged for
"The commission nlse is net convinced
that the net te simplify registration i cither
n wise or n safe prevision, as It offers mnnv
opportunities for negligence. It s possible
nfter the elector hns signed the registration
book for the registrars i neglect te cepv
the registration of the previous venr nccti nccti
II,yi,er f? '" rl,0"S' the description se
that the elec or may be deprived of his vole
because he does net fit the description as
recorded Registration should be ns "nsv
as Is compatible with safety, but we believe
method, which icqulres the elector te remain
and me Kis description and party enroll.
n.ui 11 mum in. nupr n iptlirn tn t . 1J
ineni, properly lined out,"
What De Yeu Knew?
QUIZ
"neuncCe!r' the n!lme Mnnn be pre.
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k wb'e ,'ft,1n'7n "em"n myhoieBy:-
n vvnai 19 replevin'
7. AVhat are talesmen?
S Hew many Inches are In a meter-
. AVhera Is Tlmhuctoe? m ter'
0, AVhat is fondant"
Answers te Yesterday's Quiz
1. Podium was discovered hy Dav in ism
ltplH found in commen1 san1,1'
2' mAn '" ,h0 World
e urn r.i-uisu is tne name of
a society
i. i'iw.' i-'-'innuvia n it -
lis.. eel 111 iiuiy in aPh
wan entail-
T3enlte Mussolini, nn -,ii,: J. .".. '
4. The name should be pronounced .?"'
syilr" "'lth n"ent Wece-ft
6. Defea'H ' Iloblnsen Crusoe" -,- .
mbllshed ,n the CghVeenthc'entSry!
R. Rubllmlnnl means subconscious
7. The name of the month of May 1, rt.
lived from the French "Mai e,
the Latin "mnlus," perhana nvure.m
.Mala, .laughter of Atlasmee? 0Cf
the Ked .Mercury by Jupiter In riL.i
cal mythology "luier in classl-
5, Ola Bull wan a celebrated N(fi
vlc.lnlst. la.fielys,.f.,tJK,ll.N0,?0sf1,1'
3. The "huinplesH" camel H the name uiv.
te the Houth American pack Snh,..r
the lam.,, u.ilch . 0,P tf, -
10. A piible is n fictitious narrative, u..,i
te typify moral or spiritual relation.
A Parabola In a plmie uurve VeVml?!
V.' fiie. nterm'tlci Of a cm,?, I.?.V.".eLl
SHORT CUTS
New pants the Kephart.
Larry Is new taking the air.
Beker knew when his cake was deum
Chirrup! Tree toads aie back en till
Jeb.
'Tls a red darnatlen Snyder's wcariJ
new.
Gee whiz ! Anether check for Beldls-
After the clinch, eh. 'twas all right (
rmcuet.
After election n ringing speech i nVl
ject te repeal.
Tomorrow Rlttenheuse Square will tit
it witn uevvcrs.
Criticism nt last get under the hldsl
et tarnt tinkcis.
McCumbcr claims his bill contains mefl
siieucis mnn nicies.
Plnchet presented Sproul with a Dtli-
were pencil; or wns It n prune.'
Only momentarily was our attention di
verted from the mnrble tournament.
The bosses new mnv hide their dimin
ished heads with their diminished vetei.
That wns some jamboree en Tudiy,
judging by the length of the hangover.
Interest In the Democratic nemlnw
dwindles with the result of the prliaarl'i
After the tiff his upper lip's stiff. W
mignt ns well call him new Uovcrner bin.
Pennsylvania Democrats sre optlmte
They sny the real battle is yet te be fought
"PkLchet Carries Bucks by 4000."
Which Is a whole jet better thnn passlill
them.
Oregon has had nn earthquake, but Ijl
California it is merely an unconflreMl
rumor.
TTncle Sam has apparently madn iipMl
mind net te nttend nny Old Heme wml
celebrations,
Ner brlnir able te cet whnt he wiatlJ
Llevd Geerge begins te show a wlllinin'fl
te lake what he can get,
?Vl,n- T ..,1- A.nH ,!.-..., nlfA n tUCi'l
, lull l.nil,, il.ii'l inn nn . h'- - .
n-dunl for is any effort te curb the free
unlimited coinage of phrases,
Wli.h ll.n n.ll,. llin Oil AVOMI
come te sen.e agreement Uncle Sam i
probably be willing te ratify It.
Congresswemnn Robertsen hits till
devil invented the primary. That expW".
the amount of hell raised In It.
ri.m .., rinKitivA Pnrnnenn cur-
rency would he te drop a bunch of incnWj
wrenches into the printing presws.
Careful parngraphers will find n uajal
slznlllcnnce in the fact that Stilln)t"l
yacht Modesty has had her name changed.
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ennen 10 pin, mi 11 mii- "" i,ii
nnd eh, A'are has that little doggone et
gene?
WV leek tn vain for the remark ej
some woman lender that without the WJjj,
cuii werK or 111c mi-ii in ins- i'" -
would have been different.
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much smoke nrener v applied tniS"1 "
killed off nil the mosquitoes.
L. G. Nutt hns been nppelntMl A
elate Federal Prohibition Dlrectur let
Stale of Illinois. There seems 10 un v.
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