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Poor Old Humpty t “All the king's horse* and all the king's men, Couldn't Put Humpty Dumpty together again.” And when the king’s horses and the king’s men come into Indiana to endeavor to save Senator James Watson from what appears to be inevitable defeat, they will find the old nursery rhyme true as ever. It is announced that cabinet members, the Vice-President and all the big guns in the Hoover administration will invade the state to tell the people he has represented for so many decades why he should again be given office. That it is necessary to send these high dignitaries to help what has been advertised as the idol of his party is in itself a confession. It means than Watson senses retribution in the way of defeat—retribution! for his long record of double-crossing his friends, retribution for his service to the forces of special privilege and betrayal of the common good. The Watson illusion has been dissipated. The people know him at last. For years, the apology for Watson was that he is a likable old fakir, who was not expected to be consistent, but that his lack of money proved his honesty. Then came the exposure that during the tariff hearings a representative of a sugar company had given him some stock in return for his note —no money changing hands. If the higher tariff for which Watson was fighting increased the value of the stock, Watson would take the profits. If it went down, as it did go down in price, Watson would get back his note and lose nothing. His vote might make him money. It could cost him nothing. Watson admitted the facts. He tried to laugh it away. He said that he got worthless stock for a worthless note and that it was “fifty-fifty.” So, when the cabinet members come to Indiana, the people will expect them to defend this Watson official morality as a permanent part of the Hoover policy or to repudiate is as a peccadillo of one who didn t know any better. Perhaps they may do the impossible. They may restore old Humpty to his previous condition. It is quite obvious that it was impossible to get any one with influence in Indiana to make the attempt.

Self Convicted

instead of doing his duty by trying to head off the cash bonus demand of the American Legion, the President is busy trying to protect himself from a threatened legion condemnation for using the army against the bonus marchers. No official spokesman of the administration will be allowed by the President to risk losing votes by appealing to the legion convention against ihe cash bonus proposal. If Secretary of War Hurley speaks, he will deny that he is representing the President, but he will attempt to justify the President and the war department for ordering out the troops against unarmed men, w’omen, and children. Such is the setting for the statements issued by the White House this morning for President and Attorney-General Mitchell. The document drawn up by the attorney-general reads like the brief of a defense attorney for a client, in this case the President. The brief consists of some truths, but more half truths and untruths. The brief tries again to prove—as the President and several of his assistants have been trying to prove without succcess since July 28—that the bonus marchers were dominated by criminals and Communists who were not veterans, that the troops were not guilty of violence, and that the use of troops prevented a serious threat to the peace of the capital and to institutions of government. All these statements are untrue. The fact that they are untrue is proved not only by hundreds of reliable press reports by eyewitnesses, but also by the record of the department of justice and the contradictory Mitchell brief itself. “Indictments have been returned by the grand jury against a number of the alleged rioters," says the attorney-general. Actually, three men were indicted, and they have not yet been tried. All three of them have good war records —all three were wounded, in fact, and one holds the Distinguished Service Cross; none is alleged to be a criminal or a Communist. Os forty-seven men arrested as radicals or Communists, all had to be released, because of lack of evidence. The attorney-general’s brief itself admits that there was no disorder at the Communist camp—a small separate camp organized by the radicals, driven out of the bonus army by the veterans themselves. The brief itself admits that the only real check made by the veterans’ bureau showed that threequarters of the bonus marchers* were veterans and that of the remaining quarter “it is possible some ... were ex-service men and could not be identified, because of meager information.” The attorney-general's effort to show that many had police records is discounted, because he includes those arrested for being members of the bonus army and of unemployment demonstrations, not criminals. That the veterans were peaceful men, with no thought of violence, is proved conclusively by the unchallenged fact that they were unarmed and that they killed no one—even though two of their own veteran members were shot to death. That the city and the nation were not endangered by these veterans is proved by the testimony of General Glassford, police chief, who refused to call for troops—and whose statement- is distorted by the at-torney-general. That the troops were guilty of mass violence •gainst thousands of citizens, as well as against the veterans, is proved by news photographs arid reels, which no amount of official whitewash can wipe out.

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The White House documents issued today prove one of two things: 1. The President and his aids are guilty of loosing on the country thousands of dangerous criminals trying to overthrow the government, Instead of convicting and Imprisoning these criminals when they voluntarily gathered unarmed in Washington, ready for capture. 2. The President and his aids in the cruel use of troops against unarmed citizens are guilty of the official hysteria and violence which provokes the spirit of revolution. We believe the latter is true. But in either case, the public will await with grave interest the promised congressional investigation, now made certain by these self-convicting documents from the White House. Making Jobs The decision of President Hoover to go ahead with construction of more public works, though it comes late in the season, is a welcome one. It win be a long time before the government safely can lay aside its task of providing work for unemployed persons, no matter how rapidly business may improve. Perhaps it may be necessary, in the next session of congress, to authorize even greater expansion of the federal public works program. Hundreds of thousands of jobless men never again will fit into the normal industrial machinery, yet will need to have means of earning a living. The administration's attitude in case this proves to be necessary is worth speculating upon and is hard to predict. This spring, in the face of appalling records of unemployment, President Hoover was opposed to increasing the public works program of the federal government, even to the modest extent provided in the relief bill. As late as July he was condemning this policy as extremely undesirable. Now, in September, he sees the publip works program as a valuable weapon against unemployment, and speaks proudly of total construction commenced during his administration. Those deeply concerned about the social dangers of idleness and want, and who are convinced that the government can make important contributions toward their alleviation, will hope that this new point of view on the part of the President prevails during the coming winter. In election years, strange shifts of sentiment sometimes take place before November and after. But as President Hoover himself once said, human misery should not, at any time, be made the plaything of politics.

Repudiation That Pays Cancellation or revision of the war debts by the United States would be folly—unless the United States gets something in return. That something could and should be a reduction of armaments by the debtor nations. But if militaristic Europe can't see it that, waythen let it repudiate the debts. Indeed, if repudiation comes, it may turn out to be a comfortable thing for us—and the next best thing to armaments reduction as a preserver of world peace. Three years ago a friend lent a pest, who had bothered him in various ways, a dollar. “And I think he has repudiated," says the creditor, “for he never has mentioned the dollar since. But neither has he bothered me with requests for other loans or favors. As I think of it, it strikes me that I made a pretty good investment after all.” Judging by the ease with which the United States wins the Walker cup periodically, there ought to be some agitation toward changing the name to the Walkaw'ay trophy. A “ghost” was shot recently in a Canadian cemetery. Which may mean that the cemetery now will be haunted by the ghost’s ghost. Illinois Wesleyan college has announced it will -accept farm produce in payment of fees. That may be all right to pay the faculty members with, but we'll bet the football team will demand cash.. Kissing shortens life, according to some of our doctors. But is it really shorter, or does it just seem shorter? In Scotland, a tax collector was chased for two miles by a cow. Now they’re thinking of making the cow the national animal. A writer tells us that Russian women now enjoy complete equality with the men. American women never would stand for such a backward step.

Just Every Day Sense

By Mrs. Walter Ferguson

I BELIEVE in being cheerful, but not so cheerful as Kathleen Norris, who has a very large following of readers. To them she dispenses brightness, encouragement and optimism. Mrs. Norris belie\ es that our civilization is the finest in the world. “With all our faults,” she writes, “our children have better breaks than any other nation’s children; better shoes, better meals, better schools, more games, more physical care.” I This may be true. It is a pretty generalization, at any rate. Yet still being far from perfection, it is not wise for us to rest on our laurels. ! Though we may be gladsome, we can not settle down with a clear conscience into any rotarian rut, soothing ourselves with the pleasant formula, All Is well.” , _ For all is not well. Thousands of children are starving to death in America in 1932. Hordes of boys under 21 are roaming like nomads from one end of the country to the other, and their number is increasing monthly. “Even in hard times,” says Mrs. Norris, again, our people—the great mass of factory, office and laboring people—have better homes, more comfort and 100 times the luxury that the people of the old world have.” a a a BUT shall we be content with this? Can we forget that seven millions of men are out of work right now, that thousands of farmers* wives have no running water, no sanitary comforts in their homes, and that scores of other thousands of city dwellers live a bitter hand-to-mouth existence, like rabbits in a warren? Our maternity death rate in one of the highest on earth. Our decent, industrious old people have no security for their helpless age. Masses of our citizens who know a few luxuries gladly would exchange them for security for the future, for the sweet knowledge that tomorrow would be safe for them and theirs. I am aware that it is easier to vilify than to plan, easier to complain than to accomplish. But I think the Pollyanna mood is dangerous and to be distrusted. We dare not be satisfied until justice, and a livelihood have been secured for every Wn, woman and child in the land. If this means never, then so be it,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

M. E. Tracy Says:

The Country Is Having All It Can Do to Take Care of Those in Actual Need, Without Paying the Bonus to Those Who.Do Not Need It at the Present Time . TyEW YORK, Sept. 12.—There seems little doubt that the national convention of the American Legion, now opening at Portland, Ore., will go on record as favoring immediate payment of the bonus. Though such action is opposed by some of the Legion’s ablest leaders, more than one thousand of the 1,465 delegates have been committed to it. A profound change in sentiment toward the bonus has taken place among Legion members since last year. This change can be traced partly to the continuance of hard times, partly, to politics, and partly to bungling by the administration at Washington, especially in connection with the bonus marchers. As an academic proposition there can be no quarrel with the idea that this government owes its veterans a great debt, but circumstances require it to be considered from a more practical standpoint at this time. The country is having all it can do to take care of those in actual need. Asa matter of common knowledge, it is not able to take care of them as it should. tt tt Many Not in Need PAYMENT of the bonus would make no distinction between veterans who need money and those who do not. That is its weak point. It would mean cash for thousands who can get along without it. That they may deserve it as a matter of gratitude and appreciation is beside the mark. The public treasury can not stand the strain of providing more than is absolutely necessary. Any cash or credit the government can *spare must be used for purposes of immediate relief, or activities which promise to bring about recovery. Hundreds of thousands of veterans are in distress. More are getting along all right. The latter could not accept a cash payment under existing conditions without impairing or reducing the public credit.

Danger in Paper THE Patman bill has created an illusionment, particularly among those whose wishes it serves. The issuance of paper money with which to pay the bonus does not eliminate or diminish the government’s obligation. Paper money is simply a demand note which the government must meet whenever the holder presents it. In the final analysis, it is more dangerous than bonds or treasury certificates which mature on a fixed date. If this government ivere forced to pay the bonus, it would be safer to authorize bonds than issue paper money. When a certain point has been reached, it takes a comparatively small amount of paper money to demoralize government credit. That point can not be determined by any system of bookkeeping yet devised. It goes back to what people believe regarding credit and stability. a # Government Also Hurt ONE finds it easy to understand the veterans’ attitude. Whether they reached the battle front, they went through two years of futile, uninteresting grind, at low pay. While they drew S3O a month, their neighbors, friends and acquaintances, who had been rejected- as too old, or unfit, were drawing SB, 10 or sls a day. Thousands of veterans came home to find their jobs gone. All had to spend more or less time readjusting. themselves to private life. Some never succeeded in accomplishing the feat. The government has tried to he generous to those veterans who were actually injured. Indeed, it has leaned backwax-d for their benefit. It has not been able to provide work for those whom the depression threw out of employment, for the seame reason that it has not been able to provide work for millions of other people. The government has been hit by hard times, just the same as every other institution and activity have been hit. Its income and resources are impaired. It can not do what it could under normal conditions. Depression already has driven it to war measures and war taxes for revenue. Veterans should not ignore this aspect of the situation.

% T ?s9£ Y ?$ ‘ WORLD WAR \ ANNIVERSARY

ST. MIHIEL DRIVE BEGINS Sept. 12.

ON Sept. 12 1918, the First American arhiy, acting as a unit for the first time in the war, attacked the St. Mihiel salient and advanced more than five miles on a thirty-five-mile front. St. Mihiel and several other; towns were taken during the ad-* | vance, preceded by one of the heaviest artillery bombardments of | the war. More than 10.000 Germans and several hundred Austrians were taken prisoners. An entire train full of ammunition and machine guns was taken by the rapidly advancing Americans, as it was getting ready to leave the salient. The Austrian prisoners captured were part of a division sent to the sector early in the year to replace German veterans, who were sent to the zone of the spring offensives. British forces in Picardy resumed the offensive, making important gains, and gaining another foothold in the vaunted Hindenburg line.

Daily Thoughts

Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.—Proverbs 4:8. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.—Shakespeare.

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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE Blood Reveals Many Bodily Secrets

BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association and of Hygeia, the Health Magazine. IF there is any one feature of the human body that is distinctive and personal, it is the character of the blood. Every one knows of the special tests that can be performed to determine the presence of disease, such as the Wassermann test, blood counting, and determination of the red coloring matter. Few people know, however, about the more delicate reactions, such as are involved when the fluid matter of the blood of one person is mixed with the red cells of the blood of another. Under.such circumstances, sometimes the mixing takes place without harm, but in other cases the red cells may be clumped together .in what is called agglutination 1 or in other instances they may be dissolved, described by the word “lysis.”

IT SEEMS TO ME BY n BROUN D

THE most hopeful indications of American economic recuperation never are noted in any of the many bulletins which come from President Hoover and his associates. Indeed, these signs of returning sanity often are viewed with alarm by the engineers and firemen of the present administration. It seems to me that the crimson promise of anew and better day is contained chiefly in such happenings as the gathering of the B. E. F. in Washington and the activities of the striking farmers in lowa and Nebraska. It is quite true that the members of the ragged Anacostia expedition were restless men who wanted something and thought it was a bonus. The President himself gave unconscious support to the truly fundamental nature of the demonstration when he declared that many of the men were not veterans at all, but disgruntled radicals. As it happens, the report of Mr. Herbert Hoover was factually awry, and yet in a blundering and roundabout way the preserver of the faith did manage to stumble upon a truth. u a Making Good a Doom THERE was once a prophet in a play by Dunsany who was moved to make a prediction of events to come out of a scheming head and not from an inspired heart. But the gods made good his prediction, evep though it happened to be synthetic and insincere. They set the rule that a prophet could not lie, even though that might have been his endeavor. And so, perhaps, it is with Presidents. Mr. Hoover's nightmarish account of dangerous rebels pounding upon the gate possibly can become the actuality of another day. There is no accuracy in the estimate that neither* the veterans of the marshlands nor the farmers of the western plains have any clear

Millions of Them Literally millions of “snapshots” will be taken by the family cameras at the beach, on the auto trip and wherever Americans go to seek recreation and health this summer. Snapshots of the baby—snapshots of cousin Mary—snapshots of the girl—and snapshots of the boy. It’s lots more fun taking pictures if you know something about photography, and still more fun if you develop and print your own. Our Washington bureau has ready for you one of its bulletins on AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY, that contains elementary instructions for beginners, and covers developing, fixing, washing, printing, toning and general instructions on the photographic art. You will find it interesting and instructive. Fill out the coupon below and send for it. CLIP COUPON HERE Dept. 193, Washington Bureau, The Indianapolis Times, 1322 New York avenue, Washington, D. C. I want a copy of the bulletin AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY and inclose herewith 5 cents in coin or loose, uncancelled United States postage stamps, to cover return postage and handling costs. Name Street and No City. State * I am a reader of The Indianapolis Times. (Code No.)

. There are, furthermore, tests which, involve precipitation, which means that blood which looks clear suddenly becomes thick an' 1 cloudy because of a reaction that has taken place, due to some change. These delicate tests with the blood now form the basis of numerous important actions for diagnosis of disease, for the determination of whether it is safe to do a blood transfusion, for determining the race from which an individual springs, and, finally, although it is not yet fully established, for determining paternity. Thus, although it is not yet possible to say that a certain ( man is the father of a certain child, it has become possible in some instances to show that a certain man could not be the father of a certain child. The method also is of value in certain cases of crime, in showing whether blood stains are human blood stains or whether they are those of a chicken, a rabbit, a. monkey, or of some other species.

conception of what they are about. The so-called “holiday” was doomed to the same failure which met the efforts of the wholesale lobby around the doors of congress. As far as the specific intent was concerned, both movements deserved to fail. In neither case was there any leadership which could see beyond the temporary and ineffective bensfits. Both were bootstrap demonstrations. And yet with any luck good will come out of these rather pitiful and muddling attempts to mold anew soe’ety. There was no waste of effort, in spite of the misconception of necessary objectives. In Washington and in lowa the Amercian public in mass formation began to protest against the existing order, which must grow and deepen unless we are all mice, instead of men. The most shameful fact of the depression has been the patience of those who have ’been the hardest hit. I am afraid that we never will get down to the root work of true relief until that necessary job is forced upon us by the pressure of the dispossessed and the discontented. a a a Somebody Must Tell Them THERE is no present leadership sensitive enough to foresee the miseries and the absolute essentials of tomorrow. We haven't yet caught up with today. Nor with yesterday, for that matter. . Distinctly these mass movements have been of constructive nature. The surface results are negligible. This does not become on the instant a better world merely because certain little pigs did not go to market. Pickets may puncture the tires of a truck and leave the problem of more equitable distribution still unsolved. But thdk shining and the gleaming point of this shindy and some others is that Americans are beginning to

It has been shown by numerous investigators in all parts of the world that many of these qualities of the blood are inherited. The investigators have examined specimens of blood taken from all members of various families and from people of various races. Asa result of these studies, it is possible to say definitely that blood groups are inherited and that they follow the Mendelian laws of heredity as dominants in most instances. Use of these tests to determine paternity already has been admitted by the courts in some countries. The most recent case occurred in Dublin on Jan. 25, 1932, when a farmer successfully appealed against a decision that had been made against him after a state pathologist, three doctors, and legal representatives were present at a test of the blood of the farmer and of the child in question, which proved that the man could not be the father of the child.

Ideals and opinions expressed in this column are those of one of America’s most inter* estinjt writers and are presented without regard to their agreement or disagreement with the editorial attitude of this paper.—The Editor.

realize the potentialities of cooperation. They can not be sold forever upon Herbert Hoover's “rugged individualism" as soon as they learn the quickening pulse and power which comes to all when three or more are gathered together. The American public no longer is ready to starve separately. I talked the other day with a man who had heard a speech by a famous radical leader. Not to be too furtive, the speech was delivered by Norman Thomas. And I asked my friend what he thought about it. “No so much,” he said. “It was just idealism. As far as I could make out, he was saying that this country needs a change of heart.” n a a Old Hearts for New OF late it has become fashionable along the edges of the extreme left and the extreme right to be pretty contemptuous of anything which can be tagged undei/ the label “reform.” Reactionaries and revolutionists sometimes join in the old parrot cry, “You can’t change human nature.” But who says so? Pontius Pilate, maybe, and perhaps the King of Babylon just before the hanging gardens came tumbling down around his ears. Human nature has changed from colonel to drummer boy a score of times and will again. And the possibility of a change of heart in America is surely no dream. Page Bishops Cannon and Clarence True Wilson if you think so. A nation which finally has switched about and decided that man has a right to beer will be breaking no psychological precedent if it goes on to decree that the same rule goes for bread. (CoDYrieht. 1932. bv The Times)

People’s Voice

Editor Times—lt is not my desire to flatter a capitalist paper, yet I have, and I do commend your editorial page and its writers. But where the editor stands, we sometimes question. He may say it’s none of our business, and he may be right. In 1928 I am informed the editor was for Hoover; not long ago he was strong for A1 Smith; may we ask, Is it now Hoover again? Since Aug. 12, the editor at different times has given praise to Hoover and his acceptance speech, making such statements as: “President Hoover’6 acceptance speech impressed us as an exceedingly well written and, on the whole, frank statement of his conservative position.” And, further ‘‘Reading the President’s appeal for re-election, we get the impression of a sincere conservative, sobered by past mistakes and by vast responsibility.” And once more: “While disagreeing with President Hoover on many of the policies enumerated in his speech of acceptance, we are glad to note a quality of positiveness in that speech —a quality that is new, refreshing, and reassuring.” Now, Mr. Editor, some of the above sounds pretty fair toward Mr. Hoover, and no doubt voters

-SEPT. 12, 1932

SCIENCE BY DAVID DIETZ

Study of Stars Is One That Should Be Interesting to Every One. MODERN man buys his civilization with a great price. The business man who spends the majority of each day in his office has traded the sun and the wind and the hills and the trees for his mahogany desk, swivel-chair, telephone and filing cabinet. But the wise man makes an effort to recapture that clcse communion with nature which has the rich possession of his ancestors who tilled the farms and sailed the vessels of pioneer America. Particularly, he gets acquainted with the stars. The great thinker, Carlyle, once exclaimed. “Why did no one teach me the constellation when I was a child?” Carlyle realized that he missed something in not knowing the stars and constellations by name. Yet that knowledge is easily acquired. And once acquired, it adds anew richness to the great outdoors. It makes intimate friends out of those twinkling, dancing points of light we call stars. Around each constellation, and around each of the brighter stars, there have grown wonderful legend?, some of them older than written history, wonderful tales of ancient gods and heroes. The constellations were traced out in the sky a long, long time ago. Nobody knows how long ago. As far back as records of history take us. we find the heavens divided into the constellations. All of the ancient nations indulged in the practice of devising constellations.. The system which we use today has come down to us from the Greeks by the way of the Romans.

First Catalog THE first complete description or catalog of the constellations which we know of was made by a Greek scientist who lived in the year 370 B. C. His name was Eudoxus. He was one of the most brilliant of Greek scholars. Besides being t an astronomer he was a mathematician, a physician and a student of government affairs. Eudoxus described forty-five constellations in his catalog. We know this, although the original catalog was lost. The reason we know it is because just 100 years later a Greek physicians who happened also to be a poet, wrote a poem entitled “Phainomena.” That is a Greek word which can be translated as “appearances,” or “phenomena.” The poet-physician was named Aratus. In his poem, Aratus recounted the system of constellations as cataloged by Eudoxus. This poem was translated into Latin several times, once by Cicero, whose acquaintance the reader undoubtedly made during his high school class in Latin. In about 130 B. C. there lived a famous astronomer and mathematician in Alexandria, Egypt. His name was Ptolemy. He wrote a book known as the Almagest, which was used as a textbook of astronomy and mathematics for succeeding centuries until far into the middle ages. In this work Ptolemy added three new comstellations to those of Eudoxus, making a total oi forty-eight. Only slight changes have been made in the constellations from the days of Ptolemy to the present, in so far as the stars of our northern hemisphere are concerned.

Herschel’s Committee OF course, once astronomers began to journey south of the equator to study the stars of the southern hemisphere, new constellations had to be mapped out in that portion of the heavens. Some questions also afose as to the exact boundaries between the constellations in the northern, hemisphere. These questions would be of little concern to the laymen, but were important to the astronomer who wished a uniform system for designating smaller stars which were visible only in the telescope. Finally, in 1840, the British Association for the Advancement of Science appointed to a committee headed by the great astronomer, Sir John Herschel, to define the constellations and set their exact boundaries. Asa result of the committee's recommendations, eighty-seven constellations now are officially recognized in the northern and southern hemispheres. It is a simple task to get acquainted with the more important constellations of the northern hemisphere. One needs only a cloudless night and an hour of leisure to make a beginning. Books giving the configurations of the constellations are inexpensive. They are, of course, available at the public library. Star maps can be purchased at prices ranging from SI to $5. depending upon their elaborateness. With a book of constellations or a map. the simpler constellations are learned easily in an evening.

will join with you in saying that his speech was “exceedingly well written,” but so was his 1928 acceptance speech. And how can the editor say that: “We are glad to note a quality of positiveness in that speech—a quality that is new, refreshing and reassuring.” How are we at this time to have faith, or any reassurance from this man that he will rot fail us, as he so failed to live up to his speech and promises made in 1928? - At that time he said we would have chicken in our pot, cars in the garage, poverty to be abolished, employment for all with a living wage, recreation and anew day. Now, Mr. Editor, here is what we have: Jowl in the pot (and not much of that), stale bread at the breadline, skim milk for babies, unemployment and poverty throughout the natibn. And when we dare protest against these conditions, we receive the policemen's club, armored tanks, machine-gun bullets, saber and bayonet stabs. Are we to be "impressed" that this man is “sincere,” and that he has “sobered by past mistakes,” when he becomes a brute and a tyrant, as in the case of the bonus army at Washington? And let me ask. is there any one nervy enough to ask that we vote for this man—which means ttie continuance of our present conditions? 8. A. KELSON.