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'JUDGE FINLETTER IN LINE
J1 UDtiK nXl.irrmrs refusal te reduce
the ball of the mui-i-d dope peddlers
insures their nppeur'iii'V for trial.
It also puts him m harmony with .Judge
Menaghun, of the -nme court, who erigi
nally fixed the bail high enough te force any J
Deniisman who migui come m me rein-t ei
the men te assume personal respeiiMbi.ity
for their continued presence within reach
when needed.
Jtldje Fin'etter very properly said that he
i would net review the commitment of a .ludge
of even jurisdiction, for If he reviewed It
' "whnt is there te prevent another Quarter
' Sessions Judge reviewing uij decisions next
month?"
New that the Judges are in harmony, the
'work of clearing up the dope gang can go
ahead without interruption.
DR. PENNDIAN IS RIGHT
ALTIIOlViII the TnivprMty (if IVnn-yl-vutiia
hnt been fofipelli in refu-i' :ul :ul
mlssien te Lt)00 :uplli imt- t hi- fall. Acrinii
Provest Penniiniin'" dei I.trnrien 1" fstvnr ui
an open deer for nil wli Mptre t n celli'S''
education tiinds ns the fnnnulnrlen of a
found principle.
He has looked beyond the immedl.tte pres
ent into the future ami 1m fen-ldered the
possible results of denial of i-ilueimenal op
portunities te youth Making them. Sueh
denial, unless baed en defctiMible tenens.
Is likely te create the impre.--ien that the
colleges are maintained for the privileged
few and te arouse the hostility which privi
lege always arouses in a democratic com
munity. Higher education must be democratic if
It is te continue. It i Imperative that the
way should be kept open for the peer boy
or the boy from the home of the uneducated
te acquire nil the education for whi h he
has the desire. Only in this way can the
life of the Natien be kept s-weet. If the
roots of the educated men se down through
all the strata of society te the luwe-t, no
winds of demagogic or anarchistic pas-Ien
can upturn them. They will bind all -trat.t
together, for the educnted in their own
live? will prove that there is no barrier be
yond which ability and desire are forbidden
te pass.
Fortunately, the college" and universi
ties are ftill democratic. The peer boy of
parts is en an equal footing with the rich
boy. Snobbery is frowned upon and the
boys are judged en their Individual merits
and net en their wenlth or nme-tr.. Tlii
must continue, net only for the benefit of
the boys seeking aa education, but for the
afety of us all.
GOOD BUSINESS!
THE announcement of the I'etin-) Ivania
Itailread Cempanv that it- tint- are -e
'congested with freight that it will be com
pelled te put an embargo next week en the
handling of everything save feed and coal
is merely new proof of the returning pros
perity of which there have been numerous
ln-tances during the last month.
The Pennsylvania System is carrying a
much freight as it carried in 10-0 when
business was booming. It i- net the usual
autumn rush of grain te market, though
that Is en. The pressure of ordinary com
mercial freight is se heavy that it has
brought nbeut a shortage of ears for carry
ing the crops. This is why there has te be
an embargo en everything el-e for a week
in order te enable the read te clear it line.-
The conditions are rucli. us we have -aid
before, as te justify buines men !n ma!: -lng
commitments for the future with the
confident certainty that thy will be able
te fulfill them at a profit te themselves and
te everybody else.
CITY LAWYERS AND CROOKS
rnlinitn should hnve been no occasion for
J. City Solicitor Smyth te forbid his as
sistants te appear in court as counsel for
men or women whom another department
of Government wis prosecuting.
The young lawjers in his ellice ought te
have had sufficient sen-e f their public re
sponsibility te refrain from tnk.ng retain
ers from persons urresud by the police in
the course of their duty of cieunlnj; out the
vicious gangs.
These assistants nre part of the fle em
inent. The appearance of the Mayer, if
he were a lawjer. a the teim-el for n man
chnrged by the police with conducting a
vicious resort would net differ in kind from
the appearance of As-ihtunt City Snlli Iw.rs
In n similar m!e, although It would differ
lightly In degree.
If the law is te be enforced and if the
vicious nre te be punished, there must le
harmonious co-operation among till brunches
of the local Government. And if a lawyer
wishes te engage in the bu-lness of defend
ing persons accused of crime, he should
sepurale himself from whatever department
of the devernment he may be connected
with. He cannot serve two masters.
GROSS BUNGLING
r1 UKGINS te leek us if the authorities
had been deliberately negligent in their
Inquiry into the New UriniNwick double
murder that happened two weeks age.
Ne autopsy was held en the bodies of the
victims. A superficial examination vvns
made and It was reported that the woman
had been killed by a bullet and that there
were three bullet wounds In her head and
cratches en her face that might hnve been
made by the finger-nails of her assailant.
The grave wm opened yesterday and the
body was mere carefully examined. It is
low reported that the wemnn's threat was
cut from ear te ear the Jugular vein, the
carotid artery and the windpipe were
severed.
The physician who examined the body In
tk int place and made the original report
Cya that he was tela net te make an
astemit, but merely te report en the cause
of death. lie did net eren seek te recover
the bullets te ascertain their precise char
acter be that the kind of weapon used might
be known.
This la the kind of examination that
might have been made If it was the purpose
te cover up the crime.
New there will be curiosity te knew about
the condition of the body of the man, which
is te be examined. We have been told he
was killed by a single bullet fired Inte the
back of his hend. Hut we de net knew nny
mere.
Se much has been disclosed by the autopsy
en the body of the woman thrtt the authori
ties will find themselves compelled te see
the thing through.
If iuellleicncy Instead of deliberate pur
pose is responsible for failure te discover
vital , facts, it is time that some efficient
agent's were set te work.
NEW FRANKLIN FIELD
AS AN ASSET TO PENN
Opening of Splendid Stadium SugBests
the Healthy Validity of Athletic
Distinction tis a College Facter
TN THK latest of his numerous nutebl--1-
egrnphie.s, Anuteln France rejoices that
he was bem before the era of "games," In
particular athletic contests, highly organ
ized and Imperious in their command of
popular emotions.
The iUn-trleus Frenchman Is an acknowl
edged repository of wi-dnm, and yet it mny
be questioned whether his acuity would ever
teach him te comprehend these enthusiasms
primarily responsible for the construction
of se monumental n arena as that in which
the football season at (lie University of
I'eiin-vlvanln will be inaugurated this after
noon. The bewilderment of M. France is net
entire! exceptional and it is in theory
highly respected In certain quarters. Savants
and earnest educators are seldom denied
hearings for their elegies upon the alleged
demise of scholarship Ideals nnd the nscend
nncy of athletic standards in modern uni
versities. Distress signals are especially prevalent
in autumn. There nre members of the
public who strive sincerely te be alarmed.
Much ink is spilled in an effort te analyze
the harmful Agencies ( a 0OHege education.
The youth of the country are pictured as
light-minded, unbalanced, frivolous heirs
of a race of sober students te whom a point
-cored in a debate en Neo-l'latenlsm meant
much and a touchdown was an object of
utter unconcern.
At about the time of year when such
Illustrations nre most mournfully presented
the problem of nrcommedntine vat crowds
at football contests is considered anew.
Ardent and impatient throngs clamor for
entrance te the arenns.
Harvard's stadium, huge n- it K has
been found Inadequate te blg-gume demands.
The cnpnclty of the Yale bowl is a dis
appointment. Until this year, which
brought the erection of the mnjetic new
stands and colonnade-, Franklin Field was
regarded as paltry in proportions.
Fmphnsls upon what has been called the
inconsequential a-pei t of college life is truly
terrific. "Intellectuals." whee voices have
perhaps but lately been raised in pretest,
hnve been known te join the stampede, nnd
se-cnlled "cloistered" professors have been
caught grabbing their hut-, ru-l.lng from
their desks and cheering wild y the liome lieme
teum victory or descending te the depths of
spiritual agony nt the sight of n fumble.
Much melancholy nenscn-e. has been ut
tered about the damaging effects f athletic
"domination" in American universities.
It has net been noted that the scholastic
prestige of Harvard, an Institution of some
standing, has ben lowered since the annual
gridiron defeat by Yale ceased te be a
mournful tradition. Ner has the University
of Pennsylvania a higher status nor a mere
distinguished faculty than In the Ui'ty days
when It was the monarch of the football
field.
The Implications hem should net, of
course, he strained. Nevertheless It is a
fact, whether te be deplored or 'auded, that
athlettc dlt!nrtien is an asset for any
university In this country. It Is en agency
of considerable power in the enlistment of
public geed will. Without buch favor the
possibilities of degeneration even In the
academic field nre net te he discounted.
After all, Is It reprehensible te admit ex
isting conditions, and are they actually ns
humiliating as alarmists have proclaimed
them? Successful teams and sufficient ac
commodations for their admirers hnve net,
se far as Is known, wrecked any American
college.
Appreciation of th splendid re-equipment
of Franklin Field need net' be rn'f-hcnrted.
An irrri -lng work, n credit te the Ur Iver
sity nid a benefaction te Its r anv thou
sands of loyal friends In this city, has been
iw'.ftly nnd brilliantly HCcetnp'.!'ed.
Of ceurse, Philadelphia ardently hope
for a winning team this year amid the new
and impressive surroundings.
NO "SOLDIER VOTE"
THOSrc little mn who were afraid te vote
for the pr I'ect'en of the interests of
the country at large en the Ix.nus question
must be hat ng themselves as they study the
verdict of t'.e people en the Senators nnd
Henreseiitutives who voted against the
bonus.
Net a man who took the large view has
thus far suffered at the polls. In New
Jer-ey this week Senater Frelinghuysen,
who voted against the bonus nnd supported
the President'- veto, has been reneminnteil
b an overwhelming majority. There wan
no "soldier vote." se f.ir as a cnieful nn
iilysls of the returns indbntes. The voters
were apparently satisfied with what the
Senater has done in Washington and ro re ro
nerninnted him en his record.
The explanation is simple. Soldiers nre
no different from ether citizens, except per
haps they are better than the average. Men
who are unselfish enough te risk their lives
for their country can be trusted te vote
wisely for the future of their country.
WHAT HALTS THE TURK
IT HAS been noted in Constantinople that
never perhaps In history have friend and
fee touched elbows se closely without the
firing of a single shot as have the Hrltlsh
nnd Turks In the violated neutral zone. It
mnv he added, seldom In history hns tha
threat of a war of unpredictable possibili
ties followed se closely upon the heels of a
devastating major conflict of nations.
Uritaln is exceedingly loath te provoke
hostilities, nnd of this pregnant fact the
ICeinnliHts are acutely aware. All their
actions thus far have capitnll.ed the existing
critical conditions te the utmost advantage.
There are, however, significant sugges sugges
tienH of a temporary abandonment of this
policy in the rCPOft of conciliatory note
from Kemal ttr General lTarlngten, accem
EVENING PUBLIC
panied with n premise te halt the Otteman
advance.
If this is actually stepped new, it Is in
response te the kind of argument te which
the Turk has always been prompt te react
superior ferce.
Itnpld increases are being made te the
British fleet In the Straits and the Sea of
Marmora. Guns en the great armada as
sembled there are reported te have a firing
reach of twenty miles. There can be llttle
question that discharges from these power
ful weapons of war would exert an em
barrassing influence upon the Turkish land
contingents en the Asiatic slde of the in
vaded territory.
Fortunately, the Hrltlsh Admiralty hns
had time te collect some of Its important
naval units from Malta and ether Mntiens.
Knowledge of this may account for the
rumored dlspntch of an ultimatum per
emptorily demanding the withdrawal of
Kenml's troops from the Chnnak zene.
It is evident, also, thnt France is think
ing soberly of her rash sponsorship of Otto Otte
man ambitions In the Near East. General
Pelle, high commissioner f the republic, has
notified the Nationalist leader thnt his Gov
ernment will net be able te restrain the
English if they nre attacked.
This Is n plain indication of newly aroused
rre-llrltlsh sympathies and of the begin
nings of n program of unity. It Is the
only policy which the Turk will respect or
which can temeve the explosive elements
from a potentially intliitmnnble situation.
THE RICHES OF THE STATE
Willi. V. these who hnve followed the mat
ter are avvaie that tin value of the
real and personal prepertj owned by the
Commenwenlth has increased In recent years,
few wcte prepared for the revelation con
tained in the report of the recent Inventory
made by the Secretary of the Interior.
When the State property was inventoried
under Governer Tcner in 1011 It amounted
te .4." 1.000,000. The new Inventory shows
that it is worth $100,000,000 at the present
time, or nearly twice the value eight years
age. Ne account has been taken of the
value of the new Stnte highways, en which
nearly $."0,000,0(10 hns been spent. The
total is made up of the value of the State
forests and of the land and buildings of
public institutions nnd the equipment of
them.
The Library nnd Museum In nnrrisburg,
for example, are appraised at $521S,000.
The Capitel nnd Capitel Park nre worth
SIH, ."110.000. The new Seuth Office Building
1- wet th Sl.s-OO.000. And se It gees with
ether values in llarrlsburg which have
been 1m reused by the Investment of money
since HIM. '
The value of the forests, which la new
Jl'J.i'.OO.OOO, nlse Is greater than it was
eight vears age, for the reason thnt the
forest area has been enlarged and the old
area has been made worth mere by Intelli
gent forestry service.
The tangible assets of the Commenwenlth
hnve necn lncn used by an average of nearly
50. 000, 000 a year, a fnct worth the serious
consideration of the men who hnve paid the
taxe". If the nsets of nny private enter
prise had increned te n similar extent
during the same period the owners would be
justified In feeling pretty well satisfied with
the showing.
SHORT CUTS
"Off ngen, en ngen"
At Bryrt Mawr was probably written at
u horse hev. Itryn
MnvvT hns demen-trated hew youth may
take n tumble te itself. If it isn't always
done gracefully, it is. at lenst. Invariably
accompanied by a plucky comeback.
Wnrtifrrr Jilt nrhitvei a tpill
fir surf thnt .'(; int chuffed her;
Se chcn .in A- i IN iletcn hr dart net frercn
Hut join in hearty laughter.
"Let Geerge de it" Is temporarily the
motto of Grecian monarchists.
After a showdown many a pekr fnce
becomes suffused with n four flush.
It begins te appear as though the Depe
Ring Is te be provided with a keeper.
Halsuli the bandit, hns surrendered.
Anether book of the past bound in Morocco.
The same Wllhelm who ousted Bis
marck did most te put the mark out of biz.
Even his enemies begin te ndmlt that
President Harding is measuring up te his
Jeb.
Idn Rubinstein, dancer, says artists
should net be judged like ether people.
Alibi Ike said it foist.
Vcnizeles might feel honored by the call
of his countrymen If he felt dead sure that
they knew whnt they want
Nowadays Jehn Barleycorn never feels
safe "in Tera'T-d '.lr's territory unless he is
en one of Mr. lai-licr'si"-
It has at least been conclusively demon
strated bv the New Brun-virk. N. J., au
thorities that -omebedy bungled.
With fourteen thousand matriculants
at Penn there ought te be lets of vocal
power at games In the new -taiHurn.
It in becoming the experience of the
Vice Secletv in New Yeik police courts that
if Sumner comes a fall'M net ftrbehlnd.
The time has come, Mnstapha said, te
boil some ether things, sicl. as treaties senlcd
with eenling wax nnd cnbhnges and kings.
Th world gasps srlth horror at the
blnt at Hpezla, and vt the event would
have been tame nnd r Tti.enplace during the
big war.
An nluminus el Ilirvard, returning te
college nt sevent)-" snys he means te
-tudv as long us h" - That explains his
return without pre . k- us necesalty.
Parcel pest ra' ii going up. It will
mean te the nvet . man from five te
twentv-tive cents i i nth, nnd te the Gov
ernment a matter . I -wt.OOfUWOji year.
New Yerk dispatch says a genernl
5)uMn'es revival Is rellected by Increasing
nctivit In ttie paper ministry, inn. isn i
the way it works In the Berlin and Moscow
mints.
The bombing planes which theoretically
sank the battleship Arkansas also blew up
the contentions of these who held the navy
invincible against nlr attack.
Atlnntn (Ga 1 rann elopes en his seventy-seventh
birthday with sixty-four-year-old
'widow, lie wuys he'll live another twenty
enrs and wnnu a home of hH own. Why
net? Optimism lives forever.
Tinden meter driver has broken a rec
ord by covering fis."i miles in twenty-four
hours. We tii. 1 eurself somehow mere In
trigued tif ye i will permit the use of an
entirely new 'ocutien) by the thought of a
snail or n tortoise traveling twenty-four
miles In 20S4 heunt.
The American Society
Weird for the Control of Can
cer seeks te glve a solar
plexus te a "solar essence" by ismiing a
wurnlng e the public. The promoters of
this "cure-nil." made in Germany, tell the
credulous that it will "revive dead trees,
destroy submarines, care cancer, preserve
melons and extract geld from clay." There
Is one little bit of truth In the premise.
There was never a fake( however erode, that
couldn't extract geld Vem human clay.
LEkGER-PHIEADELPHIAV SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER
SPEECH. SAFETY VALVE
Orators In Hyd Park, Londen, Prove
That England Knew Ita Value
All Kinds and Conditions
of Cranks
Br GEORGE NOX McOAIN
Londen, England,
ENGLAND, unquestionably, Is the land
of the free.
Pre-eminently is it the land of free
speech.
I never fully appreciated it until after
many yenrB I revisited the oratorical exer
cise in Ilyde Park.
Parliament isn't the national forum of
the British nation. Net for a moment.
It's at the marble-arch entrance te Hyde
Park.
Nothing Hke It exists anywhere else In the
world.
Politics, religion, finances, sex questions
and prohibition and antl-prohlbltien are
always en tap.
This fact alone doesn't count In the free
speech category, however.
It's what Is said and by whom.
I INTRODUCE a man with a square of
red tied te an old umbrella with numerous
Strings.
He had nnethcr square of red for a hand
kerchief. At his feet was n bundle of Communists'
literature for distribution.
The subject of lila address was the l.GOO,
000 unemployed of England.
He spoke nt them as well as for them.
It was In n way that would net have
been tolerated in Philadelphia possibly In
Chicago.
Net if the police authorities knew of It.
His rostrum was a soap box actually,
net metaphorically.
He was typically communistic or
Bolshevistic.
ON HIS head wag a battered Panama.
A used omnibus ticket was stuck In the
band.
About sixty years of ape, he had a
patriarchal beard and long disheveled hair.
He was cellnrless, with a dirty muffler
wrapped cester fashion around his neck.
His shoes were heavy nnd unpolished.
Baggy breeches, well worn, and a woolen
Jersey tern in several places made up hli
attire.
He spoke in n mere or less Bing-song
voice.
Every once in n while he would empha
size a word by yelling It with startling
suddenness.
TTmEQUENTLY witty, he was also often
-T profane.
Here nre samples of his oratorical out eut
bursts: "If you people (the unemployed) at
tended te your business you wouldn't be
living with the wife, three kids nnd a
metlier-in-lnw In one room.
"Ne! You'd be residing in a mansion
nenr Hyde Park.
"Yeu wouldn't be starving; you'd be
having a geed time drinking champagne,
while the teffs would be running te Par
liament te find out whnt te de nbeut it.
"The teffs nre nfrald of you, but you
haven't the brains te knew It.
"Whnt kind of n Government hnve we?
"Rather, whnt kind would we have If It
wnsn't for Lloyd Geerge, that geed Samari
tan from Wales like hell !
"Anil Lloyd Geerge running the Govern
ment for you nnd King Geerge; a King that
hnsn't n drop of British bleed In his veins."
"Yeu can have till the things I've told
you nbeut If you only knew hew te go
nbeut It."
There was a let mere along the same line.
NO LESS than seven ether orators were
nt work In the semi -circular space.
Nearest the iron gates was n well-dressed
man en a small platform.
In geld letters en a little sign hung from
the tailing were the words "Christian
Science."
Next, seventy-five feet distant, two
scholarly looking Hindus, with cafc-au-lalt
complexions and snowy turbans, were
preparing te speak.
Their gilt sign bore the title "Islam in
England."
Continuing nreund the semicircle the next
candidate of appeal was n geed-looking
young American.
He was n clever talker and very persua
sive. Behind him were three ether young men,
evidently his moral supporters.
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints," rend hl,s designntlve placard.
It was the Mermen propaganda.
A BIG, bleed-colored banner, supported en
n cress bnr between two poles, hung
beside the next prencher.
Net mere than fifty yards separated each
spenker in the somi-clrcle.
Yet they did net seem te pny any atten
tion te each ether.
Each had his own circle of listeners.
These crowds were well dressed, respect
ful, eager, as a rule, nnd interested.
The man with the red banner was a very
dark Brahmin.
''Humanitarian Atheism" was his sub
ject, and he discoursed of the "Great Con
troller of Nature" and the law of kindness
unil self-respect.
Anether llrah'vin, whose clothes bore the
evidence of genteel poverty, came next.
He spoke in excellent English.
Neither platform, sign nor banner was nt
his command.
Right in the center of his circle he Btned
en the ground nnd talked in a loud tone.
lie seemed te hnve n grouch against the
Christian religion, from all I gathered.
mllE last but one of this convocation of
orators nnd nciir-oraters and cranks
was a Scotchman.
He was the best dressed of the let.
A brnld-trlmmed morning coat and n
rather gaudy necktie, together with a rough
Scotch b-r-r-r te his speech, made him a
marked mun.
It took a few minutes, because of his
vague wanderings, nnd rolling "r's," te get
his t-rift.
I lis crowd was respectful but cold.
Ne wonder; he wan talking prohibition.
There were a number of women among
his auditors.
They were net sympathetic strange te
say.
One of them nt my elbow spotted me na
a Yankee.
"Of course, you knew he gets paid for
this," she snld rather disdainfully,
"Indeed?" I replied noncemlttally.
"Yes. He's like that 'Pussyfoot' John John Jehn
eon veu peeple sent ever te us. He's In It
for what there's In It for him." Then she
concluded :
'Hut I need net be wasting my breath
en jeu, sir, I fancy you've seen enough of
this prohibition business where you come
frem.1'
I
TURNED te the right, where the Inst of
the Demesthenic rivals steed.
..ret.,. T t ... riimH,1nn" lilltuf t,fefA ,!,.
rostrum of a rather nlco-lneklng, middle
aged, grnv-hnlrcd nnd bewhlskered mnn.
He spoke slowly, emphatically nnd nrgu
inentHtfvely against prohibition and Mrs.
Aster's Lecal Option Bill.
I didn't knew thnt there was se much
"hooch," dope, insanity. Inw-brcaklng and
general' cusstdness in the whele world as
there l In the United States till I heard this
""'as for figures in the way of statlsticsT
no had them te give away as well as te
I? 'all he said about the evils of prohibition
Is half true, there'll be a pre-rum rebellion
nt home before I can get back.
Before he finished I was mere than ever
convinced of what I said several weeks uge,
tint prohibition in the United Stntes has
the liquor Interests of Greut Britain scared
WlAlwi I am confirmed In the belief that
England Is the lund of the unafraid when
It comes te letting a manor woman have
his say unmolested out In the open.
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Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians en Subjects They
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CLAUDE L. ROTH
On the State Election Laws
ONE of the chief causes of the indifference
of the average citizen te participation
in polities Is the complexity of the election
laws, according te Claude L. Reth, solicitor
te the Sheriff, who hns mndc n special study
of these laws.
"It cannot be denied." said Mr. Reth,
"that these laws nre difficult for the ordi
nary citizen te understand. At every bes bes
slen of the Legislature vnrieus bills te
amend these laws arc Introduced, and these
proposed measures mny generally be divided
into two classes: first, these intended te
simplify the procedure for prnctlcnl pur
poses, nnd, second, these te prevent or
furnish new varieties of fraud or irregulari
ties. "As a rule, the political leaders are op
posed te additional regulations; first, because
we new hnve mere than can be btrictly en
forced, and, second, because the existing
regulations tend te lncrenbe the expenses
of the organization. On the ether hand, the
advocates of reform oppose any repeal of
existing afeguurds because they feel that
the evils they are Intended te prevent would
become greater. ...
"Between the two sides very few radical
chnnges have been niade In the election laws
Blnce the Uniform Primaries and the Per
sonal Registration Acta of 1000 were uassed,
except that essential details were changed
in succeeding Legislatures until they were
re-enacted in revised form in 191J and
again in 1010 te conform te changed con
ditions. .
Beth Sides Oppose Change
"Perhaps the greatest single cause of dis
satisfaction Is the requirement that every
voter shall be re-reglstered annunlly. and
that in cities of the first, second and third
clnsses registration can only be made en the
personal application of the voter, except in
a few special cases.
"Numerous plans hnve been suggested te
riiake registration automatically renewable
se long as there Is no chnnge of residence,
but till such plans have been objected te en
the ground thnt the Stnte Constitution re
quires thnt If twenty-two years of age or
t pwnrd, the voter must hnve paid within
two years n Stnte or county tax which shall
have been assessed nt least two months nnd
paid nt least one month before the election
and that there Is no Practical way in the
cities te ascertain this without compelling
the voter te exbiblt n proper tax receipt te
some official authorized te register the voters
annually, because such tnx mny be upon
real estate, occupation, n poll tnx or en
mortgages, and there Is no uniformity with
regard te the collection of these throughout
the State.
Removing the Tax Qualification
"It seems Itnpossible te obtain relief from
(be Imrdens imposed upon citizenship until
tie constitutional requirement of tax payment
as n qualification for voting Is removed.
This can only be done by a cons Itutlennl
amendment, which must be passed by two
successTve sessions of the Legislature nnd
nnpreveu at the polls, thus taking about five
years te consummate.
"Mtheugh such n plan has been advocated
i,v many prominent persons nnd bills have
been Introduced for that purpose, It has
never met with general approval, probably
because the elimination of the nbsessers' list
nf tiixnbles would necessitate drastic chnnges
?n ether laws having no direct connection
ivttt, elections, such ns thnse regulating the
jury system niid In Philadelphia the appor apper
t eminent of Ceundlmcn, both of which are
based upon the assessors list of taxable,.
'The worst feature of the law requiring
tax pavment is that the tax must have been
nssessed at least two months before the elec
Hen This period usually expires before any
of tiie personal registration days in any of
the cities occurs, and then If a citizen who
considered himself n qualified elector, but
who docs net have real estate or mortgages
In his own name upon which tnxes have been
nssessed egnlnst him, finds thnt his name
bus been emitted from the assessors' lists of
tnxnblcs In the district In which he lives, he
has no way of qualifying himself te register
unless he hns n poll tax receipt from the
nrevleus year or can persuade some court te
r,., vi. r,nma tn thn flsaessera' lists at least
one month before the election.
"The low grunting this was passed te old
him in such a situation, but the act has
been bold te be unconstitutional except In
cases where an assessor, upon personal ap
plication of the citizen, hnd willfully refused
te place his name upon the assessors' lists
mere thnn two months before the election.
"The Constitution of 1700 required pay
ment of a Htate or county tax assessed at
least six months before the election as a
condition precedent te the right te vote,
and the Supreme Court, in 1816, decided
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that the tax prevision was mandatory, and
that until such assessment was made no
citizen could acquire the right te vete.
"The authority of this decision has never
been changed except te the extent that the
adoption of the present Constitution in 1874
reduced the period of such assessment te
two months.
"Ne chnnge in our fundamental law can
be proposed which should meet with mere
popular support than the abolition of the
tax requirement for voting. When this step
Is taken it will be easy te simplify the elec
tion Inws generally se thnt every person
with common intelligence can understand
and perform hl.s duties ns n citizen without
absolute dependence upon the few men
trained nnd active in politics who make it
their business te be informed of the numer
ous chnnges in the election lnws.
Women Becoming Interested
"Since peliticnl leaden nnturnlly desire
te keep voters dependent upon ward and
division lenders for guidance in election
matters, it is net likely that any organiza
tion in power will initiate nny movement
te abolish the tax requirement.
"Women residing outside of Philadelphia
are becoming very much interested in this
matter, however, since the tax qualification
has worked a peculiar "hardship upon female
voters in consequence of the fnct that In
ether counties of the Stnte thnn Philadel
phia occupation taxes nre new nssessed
against women who nre enrolled ns electors,
nnd these tnxes greatly exceed the amount
of the poll tax payable by a woman In Phil
adelphia County.
"The result of this hns been that mnny
peer women residing elsewhere In the Stnte
are encouraged te abstain from voting in
order te avoid the payment of such taxes.
Therefore the women's organizations will
prebnbly find It necessary te inaugurate n
State-wide enmpnign te secure the abolition
of the tnx qualification if they desire te
hnve ns much influence in political affairs
as the men.
The Registration Figures
"The most important part of political
campaigning is in getting the voters regis
tered se that they can vote. According te
the last annual report of the Registration
( ommlssien for Philadelphia, the total num
ber of persons registered In tlje fall of 11)21
for the municipal elections was only 43L',
100, although the total number of persons
assessed as voters in the city was "flS.OSM
"That this apathy was net due te the fact
that only county officials were te be elected
Is shown by the figures of 1020, when there
was a presidential election. In the fall of
10110 only -150.017 voters registered out of
Monir "Rrh,s'""t ,e ""8.0S1, entl only
418,017 voted for the presidential candi
dates. I his prcsents n problem In Amerl
ennism in addition te any arising from the
foreign birth of naturalized citizens or the
effects en nny radical propaganda."
Coeling Their Ambition
from th Tolrde nirnle.
Fer the next forty-two yenrs Germany
will he paying her Indemnity. In the years
te come, as each annual payment fall's due,
t will recall te each German citizen's mind
the fact that lis country lest the last wnt
and will Interfere with his natural Incllna Incllna
tlen te start another.
Teday'H Anniversaries
inn Martin Luther maintained his
ninety-five prepositions nt Wittenberg,
1770 Geerge Whltelield, the founder of
the Cnlvinistle Methodists, died at Nevvburv Nevvburv
liert. Mass. Hum in Pnitlnn,! rw. i... ,,-
1714. "' B"-,uuer -'
Trm'u'1 1AfInrs,1''l l'ri Roberts, fn fn
rneus British soldier, born at Cawnpere, In.
dla. Died in France November 11, 1014.
181)1 General Boulanger, former War
Minister of France, and subsequent leader
of a party Unit threatened te overthrew th .
Government, committed suicide at Brussels
181)7 The railway from Moscow te Arch."
nngel was completed.
1011 By the breaking nf n pulp mill iin.
at Austin, Pa., the town was virtual y v i n J
out and mere than ene hundred lives were
Teday'H Birthdays
t Pr' M,,",,.nn"ry Vn('C'rncl!t'. "resident of
Lafayette College, horn at Rochester Vt
forty-seven years age. ' ' l,
The Rt. Rev. Jeseph G. Andersen, Cath
olio Bishop of Bosten, born in Bosten llftv
seven yeurs age. "'
Wilten Lackaye, long n prominent actor
of the American stngu, born in i.mi,nV,
County. Virginia, llfty-elght years ugn.
David Irlilay, president of Michigan Agrl
culura College, born at Celemn, Mich.,
forty-six years age, iu"-u,
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QUIZ
1. What are the colors and design of I
flag of Cxccho-Slevakl.T
2. What kind of a musical lnatremiat I
the guzlee or ruzla?
I. Who la the here of the Odvuavf 1
4. What Is the origin of the term, "A I
ei Bureau ana paicnes r
B. In what way docs a crocodile differ I
an alllKater?
6. Hew many spectators did the Fltvi
Coliseum at Reme accommodate
7. Whnt States border en the flmut Lak
8. Which Is the elder language, Frenckl
ingnan
9. Among what class of persons did
word hokum originate 7
ID. what la a garnishee?
Answers te Yesterday's Qu!
1. A quetzal Is an American tropical '
noted for Its brilliant nlumare
found especially In Quatemalt,
which country it is me national I
DO I.
2. Mohammed VI Is the present
.Sultan In ConstantlneDls.
3. Popes who rclfrned In the nineteenth!
tury were Plus VII, Lee XII, I
VIII. Gregery XVI, Plus IX ana 1
XIII.
4. Tret In weighing- goods Is an allewus
rermeriy made te purcnassrs in cm
fensatlen for waste due te transport
ion.
5. Trcpang is nn East Indian sea slur, I
esteemed table delicacy In China.
8. Michael Faraday was a noted Enili
chemist nnd physicist, the dliceviMl
or muRnete-ciectricity. ills aaiee ani
IIIU-ISUY.
7. Francis II was the last Emperor of j
IIelv ltemnn Kmrjlre. Twe yean I
fnrn the extinction nf the shlde
Helv Reman EmDlre bv NaBtflU"
Francis assumed the title of Erapetw
of Austria, evor which country M
ruled until his death In 183S. Ha Wl
born In 170S. .
I. Edinburgh, both because of Its "
lien, vvitti nn ncropeus en wnien w
caBtle Is situated, and became Of RJ
reputation for learning ana cuawi
cnllcd "The Athens of tlia .Nerm."
O Thft Ta.irlfl nr I.Tiapnrlfll lu ft nflllM I
mnimnletirrt nf thn Knanlsh Klnffl. tel
by Philip II in the sixteenth MntmTj
twenty-seven mueB nerinwen
Madrid It Is one of the largert ba
lngs In the world. '
10. The Territory of Hawaii has a VW
tlen, nccerdlng te the 1320 canal
255. OIL'. The population et uw u
or rsevada was 77,407.
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Noblesse Oblige
50 LOKQ at Hener held U$ endmt MH
letcfil nlnea, utU
Be long we tiand e deoier, Eurof,
place
The stricken fields of France still blieafr1
open wounds, . ,j
The livid scars In Flanders have net wm
In Ne Man's Land the pines still W".
the sounds ....
Of crashing waves 'gainst walli tint nw
yield.
The smoldering ruins of humble bem
The graves of heroes still unknown,
The skeleton cathedral domes,
The drooping weed en sculptured iteMj.
Still testify of priceless sacrifice teTJBW
Still signalize the meanness of unriH"
might.
A hundred thousand sturdy eons of &
land's best, lM
With backs against a spattered wall "
Hcl1 1 , x m tliea
An many thousand cresses plead rw
W'hereV'Nterday they proudly font
And thousands mere, yes, mUlleni J
Frem school and shop, from hut ana
Frem factories' xerge, im" -
Fest followed en, in turn v "Y'"
Till every blade of grass seems dreaci
And every placid stream a crimson floeo.
Along thn Semme, at Ypres, Ami
On AlpinThelghts, in submerged wintry W
Fair youth kept tryst with death, Bl
UOU KIlOWB Hli IUU evv- - M,
That justice might be sure, democrat
They counted net their lives ns fjJJ'aJ
They scorned te benst of wbattMy -m
They never doubted triumph nr, a
They knew that right could no w -m
Fer lieigium, ltniy, mir "-
France, , . rtrij I
Men leuped te die as maidens """
tinned I '
And yet-grent Ged, forgive !-m tt f
what the); ' ""....n. even neW-1
ur nillieus tiiie inim """;Vilu.rinl"l,i
Ah If deep lines of cure and w lie"D!w all
llud net been stumped for ou m T;
Great Ged forgive, great Ged riw ,
If ever unce we think of geld m
If in our selfishness we let y JM
oemo tuie ei puny Bu, ".i," v.rfi"
Francis Bourne Uphara, in the A i
Times.
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