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One midnight, Iast su mmer, in Spring. field, the mhachine bosses jammed tlirougb an amendment to the primary, law of Illinois. This amendment apies onIy to the country townships 0f Cook'County. It does flot apply to any other'county. in the state and it does flot appi>' to Chicago. Tbe amendment p rovides, that, begin. ning this year, tbe Township Commit- teemen of the country townships of, Cook County shall be voted for at the prirnary election instead of being se- lected by. the Precinct Committeemen Who previously were chosený in the, prim ary election. This seems harmiess enough. But the amendmé'nt also provides that *the T o w n s h i p Comniitteemen shahl herealter appoint'ail Precincf Co6mmit- teeenen. What This Meons l'o New Trier He.renfter the Township Comm~ittee- m aan of New Trier Township will be the party boss of the township. He will no longer be responsible to the *Precéincet Committeemen. The Pre cinet Gommitteemen will b. appointed by him and will b. re- sponsible to him4 If the Cook County machine eleots the. Township Committeemen, they will control the preocinats of our villages as th.>' have neyer.,before ýbeenà able to control them.> Why Did the Bosses 'Do t? It is significant that this amendment applies only to the country townshipsa of Cook Count>'. Thé language of the anîendment sounds ver>' impartial. It states "In counties containing a pop- ulation of 500,000 or more outside of cities containing a population of 200,W00 Or more" the Township Committeemen shaîl be chosen in the. primar>' election and shall appoint ail Precinet Commit- teemen. The only townships in the state of lli- nois thât meet this description are thse country townships of Cook Coanty. 0f these, New Trier, je one of the largest and most important politically. New Trier Township has, for years, ftougbt against the attempts of'the Ci- cago and Cook Count>' machines to dominate its villages. Having little hope of winning by direct methods, the machine politicians have resorted to his new -and" insidious et tempt to gan their 'ends. The: oni>' way to defeat. this Pew attack on Our villages is to eleot Township Committeemen of strong charactor, proved integrit>' and absolute f.reedoni from machine. control. Voté for Henry A. Gardnier If a machine politician is elected. to thei. Office ofCommitteeman lie ean tart at once to buiiId a poýitiçaI mach~ine in ever>' village in tbe township. Through the appointment of the Precinot Com. mitteeman, he will have means for doing this that bave nover before been available. New Trier Township must, theref or., have a Republican Township Commit- teemuin who can b. counted upon to, *b. independent of the. bosses and the. ma- chine. That is why we have prevailed upon Henry A. Gardiner to become a candi. date for this office. He possesses ever>' qualification~ for it in the highest degre. The prlmary ls April 14. Pia o 'vole on Ihal' day for Henr'y A. Gardner for Republicun Township Commiffeeman HENRY A MARCH 26, 1936