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January 1, 1926 LOS'I' AND FOUND WiLMETTE :m PAINTING AND OI!;CORATING LIFE "We are almost constantly engaged men, not with jury service, but with LOST ,, I Suggests Plan to Obtain 100 Pe1~ Cent Voting Here 5 I I "The breakdown of justice will be a law-a law to perform for us the passed by some of the police, the function the voter fails to perform. and collie mixed "Through these Ia ws, we have state'.s attorney, the jurors, the law, the THOMAS DECORATING CO. brown and black body; white neck, drifted away from a Republic, or rep- lawyers, but no , one body has more collar, breast, feet and u ~ of tail. resentative form of government; to a power to remedy our breakdown than Name "Bounce." ~32 · ..; rr-, ~ nwood estimate your interior and exave. Tel. Wil. 1374. 24LTN14 -ltc democracy, the 'l.Cry thing the makers the present number of judges under the terior painting. Phones Univ. of our Constitution sought to avoid. Constitutiot} and law as it exists. WILL THE PERBO:-: wH~> riCKED 6237 and Wit. 2378. 29L49-tfc "I believe in the laws and the rules up the Japanese coin !Jll r<:;e in the: "I feel safe to discuss some of these VIllage Haturday please phone Willaws, as I trained with the crowd that of evidence that through centuries n:ette 3378. Purse wa-:; Iii tl ·~ girl'~ have been built up with the sole view helped pass them. Xmas gift. 24Ll4-ltc A. P. HILLS . "Among the first steps away from to secure just judgments . 21 PAINTER AND DECORATOR "'I believe in the jury system and in representative ljOvernment was the Estimates gi Vl' ll upon application the habeas corpus; both principles won ANTIQUE F fiNITURE HEPA[HlNG 1422 Wilm tte Ave. Tel. Wil. 271 8 Civil Service law. We gradually took and refinishing-, upholst er· ing·, Jrtat2!lL13-tfc a way the selection and discharge f with the spilling of blood and with tresses r... · nPwNl, cahinf·t wo!·k . Fred ~ - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;,;;,.;~..; --~ employ~;; by our representatives. And great sacrifi~es. 1\'i tto, 22H Ce ntral Ave. Phone Wil. :u Ht;SIS~SS SERVICE that was a move necessitated by our "The misuse of these principals by 2430. :!7L:!l-tf~ poor selection of representatives. judges with one-track minds, brings Dr . Elmt-r E. Lamp rt "Then .we raised hue and cry to wipe the law into disrepute. The · ::tw HOPRI~ AND WI'NDOW Ci..EANI~G; OH.THODOXTJST llooJ·-waxing; furniture poli~Ling-. Chicago (Jtfiee- F'it' lll Allnt· x I :uilding out party lines to prevent bad men doesn't punish the innocent and 1ree l'hon·· \Vilm(·tte 3428. :!7LT9-tfc \Yinnf't ka <mice being borne into public life on party the guilty. 'The misapplication of the \Vinnctka. Trust & Savings Bank Bldg. issues. Now we let them be borne in law by human forces does this. Phon·.: \Vinn. 1:!11 "The technicalitits wrongfully used 31LTX14-tfc on any old issue. 11.\I'I'Y ;-.:E\\~ YI·~AH TIJ Al.L to the advantage of the criminal will 27 Percent Pick Candidates lL\ \' I ·~ Yl)l..l{ PL-\.:--;o T(':'\EI> FOn aa lht· X1·W YPar . I 'ric1 ·s !'l'dll('!·<l fot· "·Kext we wipe out nominations by fade a\\·ay when public sentiment, ex.I a 11 ua r~ ·. 1~ \\" . Fo ~ tl't' , fi2:i l'ar 1.: I·'()H. SALE PE!>I(~HEED POLICE representatives in Convention. And pressed in votes, \\·ill back the judge .\\·· ·.. \\'ilnu ·tt· ·. l'hnnt· \Vil. !H))..-:\1. pup , 11 " · ··t· ks old. l'hon Univ. 27 per cent of us, mostly office holders friendly to the people's intere;sts. 2 ~ LT :s 1 3 - t f I . 201i7-J. :~3LT:\'1-l-ltp "I feel free to make ·ome suggesand those dependent on protection in unlawful pursuits, select the candi- tions in Yiew of the fact that since I have bern in Cook countY, it has been dates. "None of these la\\'S resulting au- mv lot to cool mv heels· around some tomaticalh· in ideal elections, \\'e made polling place. at almost every election. the ma . ter stroke. \Ve took to our- hecau~e somehoch· a~kc:d me to. and I :-.eh·cs the pO\\·cr to pass upon ques - couldn't refuse. Wants All to. Help tions of public policy. \\·e qot the refn endum. \\·e took et\\'a\·, in :-.omc is"Let this forum or Potawotomie Hoyt King Declares Cause of Bad f{cpuhlica1b; 0 per cent oi the total uc, the last ~hr<.!d oi rc~.; ponsibility of po\\'-\\' 0\\. or \\'hat you may call this Government Lies in Low Vote l.(lllll\r Yutc oi CcH1k count y l'kCt l·d <Jttr tile represrntatin·. .\n<l the pr:1fc . _ community ~athering. not lay anr ex~ 11 .7 rt tf. . . . I -. innal Yoters pa~s or d c i eat tJUbl ic tra burdl'n on an\' indi,·idual. Let's Percentages . . () a COI11Jnnatt u n Ul Jt ; L<kr~. tttlder 10 J'1 ( 1011 ha,·c an election 1n \\"ilmcttc: where t!Hl:-.t· condition-.. \\ llo can figun.· on ! .. \c\~· que::. ~t. t . \\~ each orl!"anization here \\·ill do its part. 1 1 Ilo_ \ t Kin~.!". l't\·ir IL<t .l tr, \ ', ,H, i l a . . cJc.lin:rillg <)per cvnt ni ou~ \'()tin~ t tlc \\·ere nn yt· ctSC(Ilttr~l!"cc. "Let l'ach church publicly. and in its hn·n an \·ln·ti.,n ,,t'Jicial ltnc ·;llld in --tr (' tll.!th . ran ll<lllll' tllv tickt·t . t ' 1 H~J \\'Oimen. ,·otc, aPe- tor C\'~r~· printed matter. announce each primary Chi cago f()r many _n·ars, , ( ' a\·e tht· ]Jrin"I t' · · mac \\'10 c ocsn t YOte, t\ : O tcmalc s tail _ ~-o ,t · :-. ait < t1yze t 111-. ·count y Yute: t0 . t and t: ach l'lection and urge it~ members ci pal addrL" " oi t ltt· ~· \tning a t t i. v "\\.t· l·· t,·t· in l'ook .11 1 I·. \O e. 1h ' . 1 0 f .. 1 t l' 1 11 · 1 · · " c u · ,t c ' s "\\·e have one nwre Ia\\' to l)laY Ul). to Ynte. \\ 1 1 1 11 ct e '()rum, ll' rcet' tltl\' at t 1c "C'It -tntt'tt·stt·d citizl'lb "ltCl ~thYay" 11 " 1' 1· 1 1 · Fir , t Congrcg;ttitlttal c h urrl~. The "ccent 1, . ."'\.ustra ta, w uc 1 s 10\\'S an Cites the Remedy 11 1 · 1 · ,·ott· . · ,. rageon·r a 20-_,·ear 1)eriod of a · I'Orttm wa . . ca L'l tor t lc purpo::.e vt *l 'ulol i C' (·ntplo:-···:-:. F· ··kral, Stat· ·, "Lt:t the Rotary club, the Optimists, cnC11t1raging a 1()() per cent Yote in the · Count.\·. :-;all. 1 >bt ., <'ity .... . . GO,OIJO 75 per cent ,. tc, pa ssed a law to the Chamber of Commerce, the Ameri,·illagl· at all l'ivctimh, and rcprc:-.cnta- '. I · itJl,. ·r .: or th. · ir fantiliL·:-:, 1~2 punish the non-voter. In thi - countrY can A::.sociation of Engineers, the tin·-.. of J)f'lCtic 11 · · 11 r ·. · -~ Yot··s ··:u·h · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .120,000 that \\·oulcl he one more law for non-- Countrr club, tltl' American Legion, · . · ( ol ) cl organtz~~IOI:s \"tl\l · t's rlo · pt · tlllt·li\ 011 IH'Ott ·Ction m the vt!lagc attended .. ).fr. Ktn_l~ :-. itt unla\\·rul pun;uits ........ GO,OOO enforcement, or worse, usc as a club. pcr~onally or by mail announce each addre~s wa:-. on the subJect ":\ I· u!l --Load the Statutes primary and each election and pledge Vote, a Prerequisite to Stiffening 210,000 "And so \\"C have gone on loading tts members to Yote. Ofliual Back Bones." The acldre~..... ·Tht · out:::; who 'vant t 0 be in, not the :-tatutes in : tead of loading the bal"Let each citizen be asked through . added. all local publications to hang out the comnH·ntec l upun m a pre\'ious issue "And this is the minorit,· that knows lot boxes. rJt· \\·11.~n:r·n: Lrn:, follows: \\'hat it \Yants and " ·ill ·condemn to "Kow, all these were good la,,·s. flag on general primary and election '·Thi:-~ community mc<:ting i:-~ a forum defeat the official who does 11 t do ( lnh· thcv would not automaticallv re- days. '\-\nd let the co-operation of the in ,, hich j.., represented even· church its bidding. :i e\'c the -voter from the painful necesand e\·ny organized club an(l society Deplorably Low Percentage s:ty of voting. \Vhat we need is Cl1amher of Commerce be sought in in \\'ilnH' ttL·. ft maY he likened to a '·'In this county, "·ith a total of ::-omething that will make the voter decorating the business sections with po\\' -\\·,,,,. (If thC' Pota\\·otomies that registered and unregistered voters of want to vote. and that is a hard nut to their standards on general primary and election da\'S. u:-ed to he hl'lcl under the big elms of 1,700,000, we elect ticket;; as follo\\·s: " rack. "A. k our local newspapers to pub~ til;.._ ,·illage . Gov. Small Cook county primary "\Ve can function under present 1 !ish from \\'eek to week. after the pri"\\· .. . · ,... Jllt·t. .~()T to break news of 1924 20i 510 :'\\·s, codes and officials. \Vhat we . · vote, ..... -t, t IH ' I'X1 ··,.n,.,. ()t organtze<1 cnme and State's Attorne\· CrO\\·e, cook need is 100 per cent efficiency or some- mary or election, the poll lists by prethe hr· akdn\\'n of autlwritv. \Ve admit county primar·y vote, 1924 204,679 t-l1ing approaching it, in admiMistering cincts. "Report to the paper the names of tlw l'xi ~ tencc of r<tmpant c~ime and the Sheriff Hoffman, cook countv the laws. failwc to cope with it. primar~· vote. 1922 - 1-Ui.94R "\\'e need a better selection or a persons refusing to vote and their "\Vc arc NOT met to place the Judge" of Superior court. elected hacking up \Yith our vote of men in sta tf'd reasons. "C rge public officials to refuse to blame on any one particular official June, 1922: highest. 10J,QS~ nfiice who dare to do right. or \Yould <,r "·thlic ho<h·. lowest. R5.897 1 arc to do right if \\'C \\'anted them to, recognize as citizens persons not found "\\'e are NOT met to endorse or "This fnilur 0 of th(' vot('r to function ' ··td enough to get out and reelect on the voting lists. "All these things \\'ill create a deOJl"" , . "'~'tl or measures. i"' not n C'onl.;: Countv weaknf'~s. Noh' ·hem to office. sire to Q"et honorahle mention on the "\Y<' an· met to seck the source of this tahulation, which gives the place, Laziness Our Trouble our br,.··l·do\\·n in authority and discuss hpt· io.;;o..;ut·, ytoar, voting per Cf'nt, an<l numitot voting-: "Laziness is our trouble-voters too poll bo~ks. "These methods and other" are worth a remedy. Greater N0w York, Tamman~- v. Rt"- lazy and too busv to vote. The news"\\'e ~f't · k to renlt'(h· In· a movement, ·mhlil'nn f'nrt~·. 1!'l2:i. 3fi,..( . l,!'lfiO.OO. ··at;crs, to keep- us from going from trying. Tf \\'f' c_;mnot get something all :\nwriran citizen" .of ·all parties and l'nitt'(1 ~t:ltt·~. Pt·f'~iclvntial ElPction, the frying pan into the fire, force the approaching a 100 oer cent vo~P. we 1 ···'4 . :-,or;, ~7.S70,000. oi all cr<'<'ds c~111 join in. \Vc eek to ("hicat:·o, Tmpronfl 'TraC'tion Ques- n ' nnmination from year to year. of may ah;mdon all efforts to get relief rt'\'i\'t' intrr<'"t in th<: ballot and save tir111. 1!1~-t. 33r~ . l,lOO,ono. ;tting- judges. 1!' it wise to continue by revised codes and amended constitlw ouhlic official from the temptation f"··ok ('onnty, Ap1·il Primary, 1922, · n? Isn't it time, in view of the con- tutions. "A full vot" is not necessarilv a remto Yield to tl1e minority. ~ 7 r; · l,:!:-~r>,ooo. ditions. to sort out these judges and "P f H dl f y 1- · N b f'ook C'ount~·. XovPmht'l' Election, .. 1.1111.11 ate . edv of exi,tin'!' {'vii". hut it is a prrro .. a ey o a e, m ovem er 1 1 ~~·? 2 . fiOC"'r, sr~o.ooo. re~utstte ancl n <"'""'an· fi ro;t "tep and Ha1 per's Magazine. furnished a text fllinoi!-:. Ynh· on X<:w ConstitutioP. The lazy judge; there;.._ nn ct, th~titlltf' mf"thncl." for us. He says that, 1 n:::!, 33 r;. 2,215.~44. The easy-going judge: 'In the much larger number of "Forty years ago our voting perThe iudge \\·ho uniformly con trues DE~TH TAKES FATHER matters that have NOT been made c<·ntage in this country was 80 percent. tl11' tec-hnicalities of the law to favor party issues, the representative feels Kow \\'e have the lowe st voting pPr- rr=mina 1": Tohn F Hicks of 241 ).[elrose avefree to do what is most likelv to se- centage of any country in the world, The judge \Yho hy frC'(]uent contin- n~e. Kenilworth. w~s called to Trencure hi s re-C'Iection. The tet11ptation except China. Great Britain in its tt;lp"PS n0rmits the wearing out of ton, Ohio. thi' \H'ek h<'cause of the to yield to the wishes of a minoritv, last election, cast an 82 percent vote. wit·H'"""" · fkath of his father. The elder Mr. whi-ch knows what it wants and ·is France. Belguim, Germany. the Sc:tn~ T"" iurlrre "·ho permit" time of the Hick wa" taken ill Christmas Eve prf'oared to penalize those who do not din avian countries, and Switzerlann, all "011,... ·n h". t;1 ken up with horse play and passed awav Sundav, December follow its hidfting-, is very great indeed.' cast an average vote of over 7 percrnt. h,..~, .. l'"'" 1..,\\'Y('r<; · 27. , Nine Percent f:'ech Sheriff "Is law enforc-env·nt in Gn·at Thn ;11dge "·h~ sits br\ck and puts -o"';\/hat i" this minority Professor Britain measured bv its 82 per cent no F,.;. "., tll~tllhf'r. or time taken ttp 1f rs. 1L C. Hecht and her little Hr~dlrv refers to? · vote and ours in Cook Countv lw its 27 witn ~"'""""~t \\·itnr~;c:r": "<\ t ·our countv <md ~;tate primarv in per cent vote at the primary that Th~ iwlrr" ,,·ho docs not limit timP daughter have returned to their home 1922 tnPrP ,, .... rP. c::~<"+ ;., Conk Cm!ntv selects? rif hnTPro:: ;., nrnlix. unnecessarv a'1ri at 1()42 Green,vood ayenue after at~ t(·nding a family reunion at the home for hnth n~rties 417.291 votes. or 27 Cites Remedv c-nnfu.::itHT arrrm,,~"nt · per Cf'nt of the tot a 1 countv vote: 17 "'rhis is whv the breakdown. 'rh~ i11rl,....,. whn ", nth,.r worrlo::. so 0f her father and mother, Capt. and 111_. ,..,.......+ 1"\f thr tot;~.l cn11nt~· vnt<> '"'"ff' "Now what is 1he remedy? roncluc-t" hi.:; rnt1rt ~~ to disl!U<>t busy Mrs. George Sn,vder. SINCE DEC. 24-SHEPHERD dog; 5 yrs. old; $25 Reward m securing a remedy l>y enactment or waste oi ume. Let the ------------------------------------- I ·