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ni a subunan village Iike Viluniete? 1ili w*s oiisiug*.A a ai-i14Uuaý ior itw1Uiii nvC 411111V UII.,L 1412 Elmwo Avenue, Wilmntte WeiI, I tbink I touched upon that last firont b'ythe opponents of the ordinance. of a party with the masquerade of "nio week wben 1 suggested that part of They and another group wishing to party." If the caucus, wiiich mnight.un- WiImtt. 99 Winnetka 1912 Wiltnette's indifferent reputation is due get into things decided on a contest. der normal circumstanc.cs nominate cail- ___________________________to indifférence on the part of nmanv vil- The Civic league group could hardly didates to the Iiking of the Philiips lagers toward civic questions;: tiat a back down after making nominations,, group, lean over backwvard ini being fine civic consciousness means the best. sa the flght was 4on. Now, the funny,, f ree f romn taint of suspicion of traffick- in civic services, thebsti ruaio th grotesque phases ta the situation ing on party lines, thgrn there. is a a'dgood wili and the best ira. saef rom the point of view of the innocent contst-that> is if Mr. Phillips is truc C O L M ~ adae h aplcatonofbystander wcre ýthat a harimonv niove- rohis warning. Thus we are, pretty much .1 talked with'a, man wbo has biredthcopnhekps eraoreg rows, that it had lain in the power of, a self -perpetuating poltclciug and trained thousands of people toa eti olwdb smtigciiaithé victorious malcontents to have had as they may bc, or we have another elec- wok n neo te ret eaî sorsthen the Ins are thrown out -itid.tlat the experience of a.harmony caucus, and tion hul labaloo;- The' savîng grace may of2 the :country.* Wbetber yo.u.arepoic.An ofinte ea fi naily that- the ,very su n vihbe that Mr. Phiilip s spoke out of turui, wealthy, WeIi-to-do, or pour, the técnësinakes a rneitl ta'h idnt epeet hLamns friedlyatmophee ofthî stoe mkesbackground iooms the unpYieasanit figure tecnetia ogtwsiineitl hth i ltrpeett~amns frienspoils poiitirs ofa partyscoraracter, pgeoniholed for a year and a half and trationi, lu ithat event, the innoicent by- >ou feel at borne. pelap vitn i iîmte * s e has not 1)en brouglit out. The stanirwner h111 fteVi asked this man how bais store came a littie larger before charges of- graft' pin s"swdan uY, sig aeeetdofcas~'speetta ta have this character. He said it may be heard. m.fying nothing.". night ini june. didn't just grow- like Topsy'. but bad At .present the principal plîinomena BtteeaehpflcvcsiisWa' oB oe been mapped out that way by its found- o f. Wiimette governmentai affairs are in the town. So Albert A.. McKeighani Is this good for WVilmette? If not, er andà was tbe. resuit of efforts applied inanifest in, honest. differences in opin- oetansxrotisaostre owîîat ill anyone do about it? The year after year. i'0". We don't ail agree on liow the (raît a plan for a. perpetuai harmnony time is too distant w~hen choices.are ta village should be plaiiied for the fu- caucus. S'o f ar as I -c , ~scrtain, this hc made, but usualiv there are those- He could remember tbirty years agotuc how it-sol ) oei ovi is his own.individual effort uinspoiisored wo il-scifcethnselves-. by. l)iIg wbhen ,the, character of this store was .îîould lie siuppled with. water, iîow,ý its hy n oganied group but approved set up as candidates,' only ta bc kinocked flo a otsanin a i i tda. ndspécial assessment Îiiproveinenits should hycIMTî IE mcnîcdi Slown. It is thue naturai assumption that tbirty years from now be said it wouid bc plan. d .and carried out. .Perhaps disinterested and that tiiere is on1e purethe iibatiktferdytth bc far .ahead of today. because the we dont alseceye to eye in ttîwse liard and wholesomne motive behind the plan lus and that their politicai saga,-city' at founder had estabiisbed flot only antesonhemte ofedaioa and the mnen \%,ho now are, starting toaîi tneismc -etr hnail - ideal but aiso a nwthod, of got ato ilîs" ornther tîigthat rf edton al u i . ffect. But already it lias hstm i uc btetal 'un growth ohr hng ha eqitorganize(l or independent groups. Thle befoloeda lngaste usnesMonley. Certainly many of us doli't knlovcorne a cropper. big question will have to do with, leader- sbould live~the serious probiemis of finance thatcon- M.Phlip aks ship at the liead of the ticket. The bea rt of the inetbod lies in hir- rn7oalofcas ràewulült Bck in jnune two mieetinigsý (small. No, there is stili another, matter of ing the rigbt kind of -young people. enivv theffi thei.r jobs with empt3' honors olies) .Werc held« in tfle Viliage hall admninistration policies. Fortunately 1both and siecpless nighits. t discus the plan and to attempt its for theý village and for liarmionvl, tlie "Do you know what Ne consider ofi Why Partisan :Elections? ýauùching. 'flic smallness of their size administration- has seen the liit enioulhI frst importance?" said ýtbis man. , "Tt lj In thèse general circunistaynces ,it 15inhdicated the usuaýl \Vilnette apathy to. deiav handiing th e Wiiniette Plan or- is the-attitude of tbe young people ta- ý little \vonder that mnaiy ani terested on ail things civic that do not promise diiiance uintii it could léarn somnething wards other people as developed in their person protests agailist partisanl gov- an' imînediate row. But the. significant about planning. Not so for.tuîate some ,home life. Jf tbey show that tbey re- ernment in any of our taxing bodies. thing about theni \va that thie Village of the tinkering. in prospect for other spect the rigbts of others and are inter- In.thieory it seenis that everyone \vOuld president and. the 'Village trustees werc parts of the m uncipal code-. Not so fo-r- ested in tbe welfare of others, they j welcome îion-partisan, harmonloius clec- conspictious for their absence.* How- tuniate the harsh things, said about the mak godsaes popean lte Oi~ tioîîs of officiaIs, with the resultatît ever, one of their appointees, Myles j. Wiimette Library tax. But, lastlv, the good managers if witb this attitude greater efficiency in, goverrnment. XVe Phillips, chairmnaî of the Zoning boaard waterNvorks issue* wilI iiot dowîî,. and tbe bae eaiintllgene."ibave seen how that. vorks iin the WVi' was present and, imnediately UliOfthie plent3- of, bad Wood bas been spillcd -Yoù put attitude ahead of intelli- met n e re colsse i pproval of, the plan and the ;appoint- over that, issue. On the..other iiand, the ~ençe?". I asked bu. * and ivith the Wilmette parks. 1I have-( ment of the first twvo coinmitteemnu-sapfxrdcin fteVlaewl lived here sonie time and I cauluot ru- der irsanputegthring upon make excellent campaigil material for "We do,- he replied: and smiled. caîl a political rowv in any elecioî of. notice that, irrespective of howv the plan the administrationi.> 'We can train intelligence, but we cari- the Wilmnette Park district or of icmgtwrkorhm the umiiaecn- 'inlteiiuainattistrewok no train. young people into the right New Trier High Schooi district; 0111Y cs§ establiied.miglit noîîiiîate for ' * gfr 'another élection, row,- dct- attitude sa successfully. Yo U see, we tWice in 'MY recollection have.:therc, thle.election ne'xt spring, ail opposition rimenta oWimette's, reputa tioii, more rrive too late on tbeý scene for that.- beeîî serions contests ini the WVilrntte ticket Wvould be placed iii- tlîe field. or less truie to fonm, but dépendent. And 1 got to tbinking how tu e * Scihol isticthemt ielecticandpin- Now, Mr. Phiilips wvas what mlighit tpon outstanding opposition leadership. lis.Suces n if dpedsmoet~tcpaltotemtd fsecigan- bc called one of tlîe leaders of the And nîo one wvould 'guess who that îaving thessrinhtatitude todsmoterondas. Thee conss caoed ytesiideuts grou.p tlat put the present Village ad- miighit le. 0f course if the p)resent i- iaving te right ttitude owards ohers scool elecionsrnistration presideOffice.stIf ioninoofficervfesncunry eetes iouldentnstorunno a ainaa forfrpres-- ban on ability to soltre, a tàbgb prob- of the parent-tcacher associ.ations and m~rgî entiae h rsn rs-ieii oemt rdywr u p emin calculus. And thecheerful at- the Womcn's clubs, andi, althoigi occa- dlent for election and on sotie occasions the possibilities of a. mess would be ail itude towards .customners is the reason sionlh¶llv t nicks a "çlud." vat'vhea er. - Affiliased wilh Saidr-Cri- Drag Co.-J. B. Seyler, Mgr. ]Ridg end Lake AV"u. Phono WiIrnstte31 V*IIIV I ' ss.I U subtra u l *r i I.ioJy. v r sey ri ca , to r 1 SiM p iy w îsh to __ __ __ __ __ __ __ About two years 'ago the Wiln'ette paint the picture as itan l hi.'s a delin, Day n e d auh- Civic icague undertook, on behaif of Hiow does the promise of an ideabr-tr osmyctrndasStr- harmony, to establisli a caucus ani to mony caucus now stack up? WelI, day f rom a two months' visit ini the sce that such caucus should nonîinate there are several angles to it. Let us west. Mrs. Day spent a short time on a non-partisan basis. That effort assume that the. caucus plans go for- .in Honolulu whilc ber daughter was died aboriing, with as vituperative a ward to the.point where.the caucus ac- visiting in Los' Angeles and Pasa- campaign as I have observed in a longl tua'ily. meets, to consider, candidates. dena.