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ions inténded for publi-. Idressi of the suthor, not rour îles. Sncbmaterlal nooa t. Lbe in time for ABSENTrEE VOTIN The primary election to be hbeld on April 12 is much too important for an' voter,1to neglect or to i deliberately refrain -from, exerciinig him rigbit of, franchise, even thog ema eotide the -onfines. of the. county on the date of election. 'He May stili vote by making application to the. County Clerk, County building, Chicago, in. person if in the county, or by mail if outside, .flot less than 5 dayrs previous to April 12. There is much talk that the primâary plan o! nominating candidates for public office bas not resulted in the choice of better qualified candi- dates, as the voters had been led to believe, be- fort the law was adopted. Not aIl of the blme cani, however, be attached to the law itself. The voters must 1bear a large sbare of the responsi- bility because of their lack of interest in the ýpri- ¶mary election. Too many f ail to express their choice of candidates, feeling that if bad candidates succeed in the primary they cgn be defeated in the 1. ensuing election. Such reasoning i .s a fatal mis- take, and as a logical resuit a great many very bad candidates win in the eleçtions as welI as in the primaries, and thus bad government is estab- lished or continued. The citizen who really wants to insure that the best qualified men and wornen are to run the aH airs of bis governinent wiIl not 'neglect to vote in the primary. Even then bis problem 15 flot easy of solution, for tuany men and women with- out even a hint of fitness for the offices tbey seek enter the primiaies, and it often transpires that whomsoever the voter casts bis ballot for is bound to be a badchoice. That is true in respect of some offices in the -coming primarye, butt there is nothing that can, be doue -about it. The, ineffi- dient are bound to receive nominations. and sub- sequent election. The plain truth is that so long as the primary law remains as it is, and voters are compelled to permit a party label to be attached to them, the Primary will not ineasure un to the expectations The office is one of the most important wbich the viflers -o! the district will be called upon to fil, and for tIhat reason great care should be ex- ercised in seleëting the candidates at tbe primary. Mr. Bid wiîk 'wag thé Republican candidate iu 1934. Arthur Huebsch o! Urookfield, then senator, Ail coumbunlcation cationa muet Lear t ueoeaaarily for Pub mut reaci the edi, the current iuu... We try desperately to keep up with Mr. Stalin's Moscow crew wbo are sbootiug the abundaut life into the comrades o! çommunism wbo stick their necks out, but at times it seems impossible. We can only report that a dozen or more are to join the parade to the stone,.wal, but by the time you read this there will probably be bal! a, bundred more-,. that the ballots should have been recounted and the winner declared. In 1936 Mr. Bidwill won the Republican nomin- ation for state auditor, but was overwhelmed in the second: Roosevelt landslide. In that cam- paign.hi, bld for eleetion was-based Iargely ,upôn the "rotten deal" he had received at the hands o! the senate. In dications ire that bis peetcn vass for the nomination is being conducted along the same Une. While there is no disputing the fact that Mr. .lidwill was unfairlY and even i11eýwàlly unseated. vote rs are advised that thnt fat 'loes neot con- stituite acceptable qualificatiot"sr f"ý. the office of state, senator. Personal affronts, or personal ruges areflot convincing evidence of political sagacity, or, o! the ability to render a bigb qualitv of serviçe to, the district. Mr. Bidwill should con-, fine himself to effective proof of' stat.esmanship. Mr. Foster is.completing his. e igbhb ear .as representative, forezoin .g practically,,certain re- nomination :te stand for the nomination to the upuer bouse. :His record, bas been' a creditable one, and. bis lonz, service bas eive'n hin a, c1ear insight into the' workings of the assemblv. He knows bis way about. and stands well witb the lower bouse. Experience ini any'- une of public service, and especially in legislation. sbould re- ceive the most careful consideration o! voters. ýOn the lJemocratic side Ralpb E. Sinsheimer of Winnetka, is seekinz the nomination over Charles F. Baumrucker o! River Forest, the present sena-, tor, who is said to bave the backing of the regu- lar Demnocratic party organization. lHe bas flot made an impressive record, altbough he'bas sup- ported and. worked ardently for sopie very good measures. Mr.,Sinshieimer bas, o! course, had no opportuhity te show bis stature as a legislator, but should prove to be a decided improvemerit. HARMONY RUEs When Henry A. Gardner _O!,.Winnetka was^ elected New TIrier. tôwnshilj committeemnan on the1 Republican ticket two years ago, lie stated that bis major efforts would be directed te re-' storing barmony in the Republican ranks. How, welI he bas succeedecf is evidencedlÇ-Iy the fact that he is a candidate for reelection in the April 12 primary witbôut ntpnnsitiôn. andta *khé. -h- Boys àt Duluth, Minn., built a snow rabbit 27 feet high * Tbey sbould send it to the P'resident. He is about out of white rabbits. A new kid has appeared in school at Paterson,. N.J. He is Conrad Moeller, aged 80. Acknowledged witb no end of tbanks is the following letter, dated Colorado Springs, Colo- rado, Marcb 14, 1938: "!Thougbt the enclosed would be of interest to VOn.. Tbe fact that there is1 a -Towne named Wil- mette wjitbin tbe corporate limits of Denver. Colorado, ought to awvaken interest lu the Cham- ber of Commerce. Tbink o! the; possibilities for Wilmette Day, or any, local dedicatory ceremonies wben tbe 'Queen, of tbe Day"or wielder of the first trowel of plaster is named Wilmnette Towne. "Frank S. Poizin.". Enclosed was a. clipping, frôrn tbe. society -page o! tbe Denver Post, -containing the,:picture of a very peisonable socialite named- Miss Wilmette Towne, witb tbe information tba thte young lady was. on ber way to. Scarsdale, N. Y.. to he a bridesma id. .Inter.esting? And how!:We 'iimmediately con- ticted tbe Chamber.-of. Commerce, the Rotary club, the OPtibist club and otber organizations. secking th1eir cooperation . i catçhing tbe yoing lady on the rebound, tbrowing tbe gates of the village wide open and making.ber guest of bon or for as long as sbe migbt wisb -to linger. Witb ,,police and bandshe shall be escorted down' Green Bay road to view tbe last undeveloped portion of the original Ouilmette reservation; to tbe lake front site of the Ouilmette cabin,. and to the vil- lage hall, wbere she cati view a Portrait of Archange Quilmette, Pottawatoniie Indian wife of the French explorer wbose name sbe bears. By ail means, Miss Wilmette Tomne. corne to Wil- mette toivn before terrninating your eastern jauint. A feature o! a recent radio program was a boy 20 years old who, while flot dumb, bas neyer spoken a word. Wbcn he wants to say sometbing he sings it. Now a Soutb Carolina -woman bas undertaken to teach hlm to talk. Bet you he'll talk,. ail rigbt. He'l ba.ve to--in self defense. Tbe prize,. a hand-paintedorange wood 'tooth- pick, for tbe best joke of the week goes. to a Vox Popper wbo, discussing tbe nasty TVA mess;. said that the President's "so-called browbeating of Dr. Arthur E. Morgan was, as 17 see it, a wise moire to avert the spen ding of the people's monev%