Judge — November 3, 1928 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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JUDGE Ausociate Editors, Riebant J. Walab, Let’s Go N spite of the greatly enhanced popularity of golf, a record-breaking vote is on the cards for next Tuesday. We haven't much patience with efforts to harry the citizenry to the polling places by scolding ind pointing the finger of shame at them or by such ultimate absurdities of paternalism as refusing to let aman drive off at the first tee until he swears that he has already cast his ballot. But resist ching to this one text—that anybody who doesn't at this election is likely to regret it. For not in neration has an election been so well worth the Seldom h. sof individu we cant the personal in terests or prejudic Seldom have there ‘nso many districts in’ which each person can feel that his or her si he the feather to tip the scale. Precedents, predic well be overthrown by the nt sentiment. Unprecedented indicate that for the first time women going to exercise their france 11 millions of young people are take their first votes count, Is been so engs le vote might tions and straw votes may heaving up of a vast sil registrations generally are that seve and I set to There will probably be ballots than there were four Latest summaries indicate that the num Uy doubtful States is greater than ever Many congressional contests are uncommonly close, at least six million more years ago. ber of re ind more of them than usual are at cross purposes with the presidential battle. sonalities are to the fore. carnival of ticket-splitting. The mugwumps in the saddle. A hundred bosses are riding for a fall. Therefore, let's go to the polls, neither as a drab duty nor in fiery zeal to save the nation, but as part of the joy of living in a republic that is still young ind elastic and boisterous. Issues conflict and per There should be a high Our Other Election xt week, as Phil Simms neatly puts it, “the United States will elect two presidents—one for the United States and for Nicaragua. The Nicaraguan election, due November 4, in some ways will be almost as important to us as our own, to take place two ¢ Uncle Sam’s prestige is in gua but throughout Latin absolutely boss of the Officers of our army and navy, not to mention the good old marines, will be watching one er, For election. we ar Nicaragu il Rew, Jock Shuttleworth every ballot box. They are there because we have ranteed an honest election, with a fair field and no fi ybody. ‘That is some promise, con sidering our twenty-year record of interference in t uan_ polities or to nd our persistence in getting nd keeping him there despite yparent desire of his people for some other Our marines withdrew in 19) after nded again in 1926, and ever phrase of one of their officers, have “had the situation well in hand—by the tail.” After next Sunday we'll have to find a nice new excuse for keeping them there. But no doubt that can be managed somehow. + * * CLEVELAND trust n who recently died established a fund of $1,000, with instructions that a small part of the income each year is to be given to the needy, but that the rest is to be invested in gov- ernment bonds until the principal amounts to two million dollars, after which the entire income is to go to charity. The es that it will take about two hundred 3 ars before the fund zrows to such proportions. ‘But it is highly probable that two hundred and fifty years from now there won't be any paupers at all. “It has long been said, he poor we have always with us,” and indeed we have always had them, but in ever-decreasing num Of late such men as Herbert Hoover and Irv ing Fisher have been saying authoritatively that the progress of w times ons are th is such that within our own life poverty may be utterly abolished in this country. Nobody ought to leave any moni whatever, tied up for more than tw the some for any purpose generations, and est form of public bequest is that which gives responsible group, such as the Community Trust, latitude to use the funds where they will do the mnost good, Addendum » this page, while affirming the politi- T wo weeks cal neutrality of Jupce itself, told how individual members of the Jupa decision writes At that time editor who to complete the intends to vote for zroup will vote. was reserved by the associate this page. Now, merel record, it should be stated that he Smith, —k. I. W, comicbooks.com