Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 35, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 June 1927 — Page 4

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The Final Reason If any added reason were needed for the adoption of the City Manager form of government, the final act of the machine politicians furnish it. Instead of openly advancing argument or frankly fighting,. they waited until the morning of election to scatter on every doorstep a "warning’’ against the change in government. The act is in keeping with the history of the machine. It is the only way the machine knows how to fight. It is the only method of which it has knowledge—the stealthy, slinking, secret poisoning of public opinion. The beast, as machine politics was once named by the famous Judge Lindsey, in "this city is half polecat and half weasel. Advocates of the City Manager plan have placed their cause before the people openly and frankly. They have appealed for support on the basis of argument. They have come into the open and have been unashamed. They have not hidden their identity. They have not asked their interest. They have not skulked. Every citizen knows who they are. Every one understands their reasons. Every one knows that they have a sincere and unselfish desire to aid this city. But these others— They scatter their poison in the dark hours of night when no one may know and no one may trace It to its source. They try to frighten by false bugaboos. They understand that they can line up their own evil and selfish and grafting cohorts, all the law breakers and protected crime, all the sharers of priviand the favorites in the giving of jobs and racts. They want the timid citizens to join with them and are afraid to openly champion their own cause. They have no courage to face the citizenry and claim any virtue for themselves or for the system. It is the same old Beast. It is the scavenger of politics which tried to scare the people of this city. If you have not voted, go quickly to your voting place and register your defiance to the machine which tries to rule by stealth and fraud and secret manipulations. Decent citizens can have no choice. They will stand with those who do not fear the light. They will not support these lovers of darkness. War On In Washington The rest of the country will watch with interest an experiment being tried in Washington. Two thousand citizens there signed up Sunday as amateur prohibition sleuths, paying one dollar each for membership in the Citizens Service Association for Law and Order. Their purpose is to report any evidences of bootlegging they may discover to the police, and then to see that "the police do something about it. ‘‘We won’t enter private homes or search hip pockets, but we will drive bootleggers out of town,” said the Rev. Dr. Abernethy at the mass meeting at which the movement was launched. This represents progress in tho direction of Intelligence. The original promoters of the C. S. A. for L. and O. seemed to have in mind a membership that would not object to telling tales on its neighbors. A snooper in every block appeared to be its motto. But now it is made clear that only the dealers in bootleg goods are to be hounded, not the consumers. This is better, although it may take a lot of pleasure out of the new venture for some members. There naturally must be some members of the temperament who get great joy out of spoiling other people's fun. Things surely arc bad in Washington. The Rev. Dr. Abernethy declared a bootlegger has been doing business very near his study and he frequently has had to throw empty whisky bottles of! liis church lawn. And the Rev. Dr. Diffenderfer alleged ‘‘bootleggers are selling their wares in our high schools. There is considerable drinking and flask-toting among the young students and school dances are notoriously wet.’’ That certainly is bad—worse than anything we recall from the days before prohibition. • A New Cause for War % Propaganda dangerous propaganda, circulated outside Its ow'n geographic limits, is given as the of Russia against Great Britain and the rest |of the world. “ War—it seems incredible—looms. And all because of the Russian propaganda. We believe history will be searched in vain for a previous instance of war declared to check propaganda. There have been wars to check geographic aggressions; wars over boundaries, wars for colonial possessions, wars to shake off super-imposed governments, wars to curb growing imperialism. There have been religious wars, race wars and wars for a more democratic form of government. There have been personal and sentimental wars, and traditional wars carried on by kings and princes for diversion and loot. There have been little wars between “civilized” and “subject” peoples, and big wars between rival powers. There have been wars made by diplomats and wars produced for political purposes to divert attention from home troubles. But a war to check propaganda? What does it mean? If Thomas Jefferson should write to the Marquis de Lafayette saying that he believed the republican form of government better than the rule of a Bourbon kin?, would that be propaganda? If a current historian should write that the last war carried on by Britain against China was for the sole purpose of perpetuating the infamous opium trade, would that be propaganda dangerous to the British? If an East Indian in a loin cloth should preach to hW fellow countrymen urging that they wear no clothes except of their own weaving, is that propaganda? And a cause for war? If the British use the cables out of Shanghai to circulate fake stories of atrocities by the Chinese, is that propaganda? Is propaganda a thing that can be suppressed by force? Is it a thing that should be handled by violence? Is there such a thing as the proper answer Uto. words being words? Is there such a thing as interWtional freedom of speefh?

No Thunder Claps At Geneva The bolt out of the blue—the clap of thunder that startled a world—was entirely missing from the opening ceremony of the second naval arms limitation conference at Geneva yesterday. Everything came off strictly according to forecasts. Just why this was so is best explained by describing the difference between the Geneva conference and the first or Washington conference of 192 . In 1921 the United States was by way of becoming the mightiest naval power on earth. So, when it offered to scrap $200,000,000 worth of fighting craft and forego first place among naval powers, the world gasped, sat up and took notice. Nothing like it had ever been heard of before. Today, 1927, the United States has fallen so far behind Britain and Japan in effective sea power, particularly in cruiser strength and naval bases, that if anybody is to make a startling sacrifice it must be one of the others—not us. And they are not built that way. Hence the absence of fireworks. The Washington conference, as planned in this country, was to limit all categories of naval craft. It finished by putting a limit only on battleships and aircraft carriers. And thereafter, while the United States stuck to both the spirit and the letter of the agreement, Britain, Japan, France and Italy, the other four powers concerned, at once took the money they otherwise would have spent on capital ships aVI began on large cruiser and submarine programs. Right now were we to try to catch up with Britain and Japan—that is to say, were we to establish American naval power on the 5-5-3 ratio established six years ago—it would cosf us over SSOO 000,000. We should have to build twenty-one cruisers, an airplane carrier, nineteen 2,000-ton submarines, and seventeen 1,000-toji submarines. This is based upon what Eritain already has built, building or authorized. The nearest approath to a sensation yesterday’s session afforded was when Ambassador Gibson, head of the American delegation, told Britain and Japan j the United States would reduce its naval strength to any figure acceptable to the other governments. An equal flash came when he expressed America’s willingness to do away with the submarine altogether if and when ctar other nation did the same. But these offers depend more upon other nations than upon ourselves, an altogether different story from our proposition of 1921. However, the conference is young yet and much can—though probably won’t—happen. So far as the United States is concerned, we will be lucky if the party winds up without our having to dig down for that $590,000,000 referred to above to pay for some new ships. In short while they call it a naval limitation conference, it may turn out to be. for us, a naval augmen- 1 tation conference. Today’s Best Thought A St. Louis policeman asked Charles A Lindbergh why he did not accept some of the offers, totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars, reported made to him. And young Lindbprgh replied: , “Money isn’t everything.” President Coolidge rides 64 miles to and from his office in Rapid City where he transacts business until mid-afternoon. After his vacation he can go back to Washington and take a well earned rest. The state game warden is geing to show the President where he can find Some of their wives wish they could be as certain about the Elks as the game warden. t Indiarla Folk Then i and Now (Chicago Tribune) Attorney General Gilliom's stand against Intolerant repression and dictatorial fanaticism in Indiana is winning support, some of it outspoken and some of it with reservations for the protection of citizens who agree with Mr. Gilliom but are timid in the open. It is the latter aspect which is significant. Mr. Bennett, who went to Indianapolis for the Tribune, found that the courts are reluctant to take hold of many liquor cases, fearing what the AntiSaloon League would do if displeased with the disposition of the cases. The attitude of the courts does not need much more illustration than that given by the Supreme Court of the State, which has withheld a verdict in the contempt case of the Rev. Mr. Shumaker for nearly a year. Mr. Shumaker is superintendent of the league in Indiana and he approxiv mates being the actual government of the State. The league and the Klan have done something hardly explicable to Indiana character. Stevenson of the Klan is in the penitentiary and he seems to have authority of a sort even there. It seems to be based on general dread of consequences. Shumaker is still at the top of the heap and there is no question of his authority. ..It also is based on fear of consequences. Meredith Nicholson. oAe of Indiana's favorite writers and a writer to whom Indiana was invaluable, says of this change of character: “We are living in an atmosphere of suspicion and timidity. Our good, old, clean Indiana —the Indiana of James Whitcomb Rii e y_is gone and I do not know when it will be restored to us.” Indiana had a distinctive place in the American family. The characteristics of Indiana folk in many respects were their own peculiarity. They were a pleasant dependable type of Americans representing a wholesome social order distinguished for admirable qualities. One thought of Indiana folk as old New England folk are thought of. They had their distinguishing ways, but the distinction was in amiability, neighborliness, savvy, honest dealings in the truest social sense, tolerance, and common sense. They were home lovers and they liked their neighbors. They were good Americans and they could give the other fellow elbow room: They could grin when they couldn’t agree. They had their but they did not want to burn the fellow who had different ones. They preferred to go fishing. They shouldered their muskets when there was need and when the need was over they went back to their homes. They had much more pleasure in shaking hands than in gouging eyes. They did hot quarrel with a man’s religion and if they thought his habits were disreputable they said he was a loafer or a bum, btit if the bum had an occasional day’s work in him they were willing to give him credit for that. Indiana was once a picture of American life pleasing to everybody. How a few fanatics were able to distort these qualities into the fear, suspicion, intolerance and narrow mindedness which seem now to prevail is a mystery. Shumaker and his inquisitors and Stevenson and his black caps made a lemon of as good ap apple as America ever saw. Indiana will get rid of this when it gets rid of the cause. The cause i* apparent enough. 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TRACY SAYS Will Our Grcjidchildrcn Be Flying Unheard of Distances?

Commander Byrd waits only on the weather to hop off for Paris and ireturn. Fifty years ago such an undertaking was among the bright but impossible dreams of romance. Fifty years hence, what will the situation be? Will our grandchildren be flying unheard of distances at unheard of rates of speed? Or will aviation be dying for lack of oil? Byrd in Test Byrd’s impending flight is of more importance to the future of aviation than was that of Lindbergh or Chamberlin. It will test the type of machine j without which there is no hope for I trans-oceanic flying. Asa German manufacturer of aircraft points out, these one and two-man trips are spectacular, bui of little value when it comes to practical development. We shall either cross the ocean >m big multi-motored planes or not ctoss it at all. Radio Farming Admiral Bullard, chairman of the Federal Radio Commission, says that radio waves can be made to serve the farmer as well as to entertain him. He says that crops exposed to the influence of these waves show a surprising growth. Marconi seems to have done more than he realized when l)c discovered wireless. Disarmament Basis Naval disarmament involves two propositions. First, there is the question of limiting all nations, and, second, there is the question of limiting each nation in compaiison to others. The fact that England might be allowed to build as many ships as the United States, or that Japan might be allowed to build ships in the ratio of three to five as compared with England, would mean nothing without some kind of general restraint. The all-important basis of disarmament is to set a mark beyond which no nation can go. That is why American delegates to the present conference at Geneva have made such drastic proposals. They suggest first that neither England nor the frnited States shall maintain cruiser topnage of more than CCO.OOO. which would represent a tonnage of 180,000 for Japan. Second, they suggest a destroys tonnage of 250,000 for Endland and the United States, with 150,000 for Japan. Doctor’s Pay The lord chief justice of North Ireland declares that doctors should not charge the rich more than they do the poor. This is contrary to the prevailing view. Most doctors not only ratr their, charges by the patient's ability to pay, but boast of it. The lord chief justice says that a doctor does not do any more for a rich patient than for a poor patient, or if he does, it is wrong, and that the poor patient suffers just as much and has just as great a right lo get well. Doctors reply that they are able to attend the poor free of charge, or at small cost, by collecting larger fees from the rich. $250,000 Verdict A recent New York case tVirows vivid light on this question. A prominent surgeon was made blind some years ago in a subway accident, and has just been awarded a verdict of $250,000. Who believes' that the jury would have given him that much if he had not proved his income was $150,000 a year before he lost his sight? Fixing Prices' Some things cost the same regardless of what a person is able to pay. It makes no difference whether a passenger has a million, or only the nickel that is required when he rides on a subway train. Henry Ford and his chauffeur pay the same price for a daily newspaper. When the tax collector comes around, however, there is a different story to tell. This is true, also, when a lawyer, doctor or book agent comes around. The price of many things is determined by one’s ability to pay, and it ought to be. Present Way Best Doctors may seem to take an arbitrary stand when they base their fees on a person's wealth, but they would be rilore arbitrary if they made, a flat rate. No matter how long the flat rate might be, many people would find themselves unable to pay it, especially for major operations. If the lord chief justice of North Ireland had his way thousands of persons would die and thousands of ; children would grow up cripples or j defectives/

Stage Verdict LYRIC—A show filled with dancing. KElTH'S—Elizabeth Patterson walks away with £The Butter and Egg Man.” A complete triumph for Miss " Patterson in a mighty small part, but she controls the play. ENGLISH’S—"Grounds for Divorce,” a play that Berkell should never have read or even heard about. PALACE—One outstanding new feature Loretta Gray add company.

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We Arc Introduced to the Idea That All Butter and Egg Men Are Most Wonderful Individuals •'—— By Walter D. Ilirkmai:' ‘

Find the most wonderfully wise guys in the world. Where? Yes, in the eye of the guy \\ho writes the plays. Can't spell the name of the Ohio town but there was a training camp there of much importance. The individual who wrote “The Butter and Egg Man” takes a “sap

of more or less tender years from that town and plants him in the office of a theatrical money getter. In the first act our hero signs the check for a “bad” show. In the second act we see the result of the signing of that check. Result everythnig looks blue and terrible. But before the ending of the second act another check is? signed and it is not by our hero

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but by another "butter and egg man.” Into the third act we go. and we see our very own good hero using the same tricks against those who tried to take away all the butter, and eggs from him in the first act. I am trying to tell you about “The Butter and Egg Man” as being presented at Keith's this week. The story Is corking good human bunk theater. It is good theater. It is a laugh, and even more than a laugh—it is a human riot. Have always liked this play be- ; cause it is human hokum of the , theater. There is wise cracking talk about certain things on Broadway and the laugh is that even on Main ] Street we know what the author means. As to the acting of this play. The j gem of the comedy rests in the j hands of Elizabeth Patterson every- i time she appears. Even with the champagne bottle in the second act, j second scene, she has that artistry, of comedy who commands. Wise j lines she has, that is true, but iUis j the wly that this “charm” woman dresses up every word which counts. We remember Miss Patterson for what she did as Mendall Harper in “A Very Good Young Man.” I think lam right. She is as magnificent in “The Butter and Egg Man,” as she was in the memory of an undertaker husband’s wife. I must say that Elliott Nugent at no time came up to what I expected he would do, in this show. I can l not forget his terrible dropping of what he was smoking nor could I i forget his authorship of certain | lines when the telephone would not work. Your performance. Nugent, 1 last night was not in keeping with j the artistry that you possess. I Satisfactory at times was Aldrich Bowker. Always good was John Storey, Vivian Tobin was sweet ! when she had a chance. Judith I Lowry did splendidly in a role | she should never have played. I Others in the cast there are who J help out in the laughs, especially | Adelaide Chase | I like “The Butter and Egg Man" I because it is good theater and I like i this Stuart Walker production be- ! cause it has Elizabeth Patterson as Sumy,” the wife of the wise Lelin. Asa play and because of Miss Patterson, you have in “The Butter and Egg Man” one of the sweetest comedy buys of the season at Keith’s! HERE IS ONE PLAY THAT IS NOT BERKELL STOCK You have every right in the world to not agree with my idea. But to my way of thinking, Charles Berkell should never have given the command that caused the production of “Grounds For Divorce.” Here is one show, regardless of its merits or his faults, that this com-

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pany should never have producod I say this after liking many things, in fact a lot of them, that Berkell has produced, but his pres-

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;my wildest mements, can never suspect Larry Sullivan playing the role of a “Felix Roget.” And Sul.'i- . van. I am not crawling under cover i when I say these words, I heard enough from those who buy tickets. I Jean Oliver struggles to do some- ! thing with the role of Denise, the I wife of the divorce lawyer, but she j never starts. Milton Byron is as ! terribly miscast as Sullivan. No fault of these men. The show just does not fit the cast. And for Robert St. Calir being an Italianwell? As far as I am concerned I will I never remember with any pleasure i that the Berkell Players appeared in i "Grounds for Divorce.” At English's all week. MUCH DANCING ON , VIEW AT THE LYRIC ! There is much "hoofing" on the | Lyric bill. Meaning that the show is loaded down with dancing and then some more dancing. Indianapolis talent is represented this week in the revue of Gerj trude Hacker, a dance instructor of this city. By presenting her pu--1 pils of the dance in a revue on the ! vaudeville stage Miss Hacker acj complishes two things—sho shotfs j what she can accomplish with her i dancers and also prove that it is I not a long jump from the dance ; studio to the stage, i Jue Su Tai is a Chinese singer i who has a good vocal opening by I singing a song on how “green” she was when she first came from China to America. This gives her a chance to get chummy with her audience. She speaks beautiful English, and even finds time to do an American jazz song in Chinese. “Sunbeams” is a dance revue which features Henri and Beryl.

To the Editor: About one-third of the people do not go to the polls to vote, and this condition is getting worse every year. The reason is that they know their vote will not count for any better government. Then the proposition would seem to be to make It worth while for every person to cast his or her vote positively and decidedly in the interest of good government. Looking in that direction I announce five fundamental propositions: 1. Instead of voting to put people into office for a term of years with a very remote chance of removing them if they do not prove satisfactory. vote once a year to decide whether they shall remain or go out. • 2. I contend that administering the duties of our government is as much a business or profession as is manufacturing, merchandising, banking or the law, and that It is all wrong to change our officer* each few years or make it possible for them to be changed if they are serving the people well. Therefore, make it possible for an elected officer to remain as long as he is satisfactory, by the annual decision of the peo-

The act is not heavy on scenery, but the dance numbers are well done. An acrobatic dance number by a woman is one of the high lights of this act. i Norman Telma becomes eccentric upon a billiard table in his own | way. Allen Reno has the English ; idea of entertainment and he is one of the few comedians of this class ' who actually “sell” this form of eni tertainment on the American variety stage. He comes mighty near ' stopping the show. The bill includes "Frolics of 1927.” and Charlie Chase in a movie comedy. "Forgotten Sweeties.” At the Lyric all week. EASY TO PICK WINNER AT PALACE Merit always counts, but it is more easy at times to discover it. And it is a soft job to discover merit on the present bill at the Falace. I must qualify that statement. If I had never seen < many times) a sketch called “The Lucky Stiff," 1 would not have decided as I do at this time. * ! “The Lucky Stiff” has served its I time in vaudeville as a drawing I card. In its day it was a novelty of 1 human acting. It is to those who have never seen it. But I have seen this sketch many times. It is still [ good, but I believe that its day of commanding interest has gone. And so now I will go with pleasure to the “iron toed" Loretta Gray and company. Here is an act that is dressed with real showmanship. Not too many people present, but just enough. It has class and speed, especially when Miss Gray proves beyond any doubt that she has “iron toes.” Here is an act that will keep you in your seat interested every second of time. A real dance novelty. We need more of such acts. Vernon is a ventriloquist who has the bad taste to impersonate the “hair lip” and the “stuttering guy.” Please, Vernon, give us healthy dummies at least. The Four Villeroms have what I call a human balancing act. Bert Fitzgibbons does the announcing, such as it is. Robison and Pierce prove that “Crossed Wires" may be crossed for a comedy purpose. The movie. “Drums of the Desert,” with Warner Baxter. At the Palace today and Wednesday. Other theaters today offer: “The Prince of Head Waiters” at the Indiana, “Rubber Heels” at the Apollo. “Resurrection” at the Circle, “The Sea Tiger” at the Ohio, and movies at the Isis.

ent organization does not exalt itself in such a farce comedy of manners. I know at least one show that should have been given in its place. And that is “The Bird of Pa rad is e.” "Grounds is one of those "nasty nice” things of the theater which requires a lot of those/nasty nice” things of talk and action on the part of the cast. I in

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pie. and get the benefit of his accumulated experience. 3. It must be admitted that the longer a good man serves and works and practices in a given line of profession. the more proficient he will become. Therefore I am in favor of promotions from lower offices to the higher ones as the higher become vacant by resignations, removals or deaths. As an example: Why not start with our elected councilmen, who are to serve as long as they are not removed by the people at the annual election. Then as a vacancy occurs in a higher office in the city, the councilman with the longest service record will automatically advance to fill that position, and so on up until he may become the mayor. By this plan only councilmen would be elected by the popular vote of the people. In a like manner the State Legislatures and national Congress should be handled, electing only to the State House of Representatives. Promotions would then follow up to the State Senate, to the House of Representatives in Congress and on to the national Senate. 4. As to the few people who would be elected by the votes of the people by this plan, I would rjeommend that pre-election activiles of

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Why the Weather?

By Chari** Fitzhtigh Talman Authority on Meteorology

NOWACKS WEATHER PLANT Toward the close of the nineteenth century a plant of the peaj| family, known botanically as precptorius, acquit ed a great deal of notoriety in Europe as a “weather plant.” The species in question is sometimes called the “paternoster pea,” on account of the use of its poisonous seeds in making rosaries, i An Austrian named Nowack claimed to be able to predict from the varying positions assumed by the leaves and branches of this plant a variety of mundane events, including not only storms and weather changes, but also earthquakes and the occurrence of firedamp in coal mines. As he could not monopolize his method of prediction by patenting the plant, he patented a special case for holding it. He took his vegetable wonder to London, where he succeeded in interesting the Prince of Wales, through whom he secured a letter of introduction to the authorities at Kew Gardens. Nowack and his plant received a considerable amount of serious attention from the public and the newspapers until the absurdity of his claims was exposed In a Kew Bulletin prepared by Prof. Francis Oliver. Some people wete kind enough to say that it was the wretched English weather that had caused the plant to prophesy wrongly. Nowack is said to have sacrificed a fortune in his efforts to get his fantastic notions accepted by the world at large. All rights reserved by Science Service Inc.

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You can set an answer to any question of fact or information by writ in* to Tho Indianapolis Times W ashinffton Bureau. 1322 New York Ave.. Washinston. P C. inclosing ,2 cento in stamps for reply Medical, legal and marital advice cannot be given nor can extended research he undertaken. All other questions will receive a personal reply. Unsigned requests cannot be answered. All letters are confidential Is the word “canceled” spelled correctly with one or two “I s?" Either spelling is correct, but the one “1” is preferred. When do the bonds of the third Liberty Loan mature? Sept. 15, 1928. How much damage was done by the earthquake in New York in 1925? New York Sity was shaken by an earthquake at 9:23 p. m. Feb. 28. 1925. While these tremors were felt all over the city and at many places along the Atlantic coast, no damage was done in the city of New York. Can you give me a budget for a family of four on an income of S2OO a month? A tentative suggestion is to divide the income about as follows: Food. SSB; shelter, SSO; clothing. $36; operating expenses, $18; advancement sl9; savings S2O. The bulletin on "Budgeting" issued by our Washington Bureau can be obtained for fivtvg cents in stamps or coin and detailed suggestions. On what day of the week dis March 4. 1896. fall? Wednesday. Who was lhe first President's wife to occupy the White House and tho only uoman who was the mother of one President and the wife of another? Mrs. John Adams. Is the word “Taps” singular or plural? Plural.

Brain Teasers

The first five of the questions today deal with sport. Answers tn all the questions will be found on page 12: 1. What baseball player Is known as "Big Train" 2. Who won the women's United States tennis championship in 1926? 3. Who is national open golf champion? 4. What college won the national track and field championship in 1926? 5. What race horse is reputed to have, had the highest winnings? 6. What Cabinet members appointed by Harding are still in the Coolidge Cabinet? 7. In the human body, what is the function of the larynx? 8. What comet wall sooon be ible in the sky? 9. What is coral? 10. What is the origin of the name of Nevada State? 11. How many square miles in Indianapolis? 12. How far docs the city extend north and south?

Ia candidate be limited to an an- | nouncement of his policies if elected, which might be circulated by mall, passed out by hand, or ouJblished as an advertisement. My theory la that any person Who is good cnaugh to represent the people in government will have established a good enough reputation in his business or profession, and be well enough known throughout his district that a teremndous campaign need not be necessary to acquaint the voters with his merits, or deceive the public as to his merits. A law like this would effectually shut out the Interests who now, too often, force elections with money and control the elected. 5. I believe our present election methods are wrong. There is never an election now a days that we do not hear charges of dishonesty. Besides our elections are tremendously expensive. Why not vote by mail? See to it that the voters’ names anM addresses are registered, as they are™ now. Also give each a voting number. Then when election time comes, the voter can sit down in his office or home, prepare his ballc/ and commit it to the mail. The United States mail is more reliable 1 than some election boards are. J. H. EVER ITT.