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WIND ETKA WEEKLY TALK, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918 Winnetka Weekly Talk ISSUED FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK x by The Lake Shore Publishing Company 1222 Central Ave, Wilmette, Ill. Business Telephone. ..... Wilmette 1921 Editorial Telephone. ..... Wilmette 1920 Winnetka Office Telephone... Winn. 388 SUBSCRIPTION......... $1.00 A YEAR Strictly in advance Address all communications to the! Winnetka Weekly Talk, Wilmette, Ill Anonymous communications will be passed to the waste basket. The same applies to rejected manuscript unless return postage is enclosed. Articles for publication should reach this office by Tuesday afternoon to insure appear- ance in current issue. Resolutions of condolence, cards of thanks, obituary poetry, notices of entertainments or other affairs where an admittance charge will be made or a collection taken, will be charged for at regular advertising rates. accepts and reciprocates with "no questions asked". Unfortunately, however, other circ- umstafices suggest a rift in the lute of this. governmental harmony, a dis- position here and there to insist upon the prerogative of the legislator to re- fuse sto give the vote which is asked for the security of a desired bill be- cause he disapproves of its nature. Yet more unfortunately, this tenden- cy to stand up for personal opinion or personal interest is most surely manifest when the legislation asked for happens to threaten a pet pre- { office, a fact which tells its own story judice of the political prestige of the | individual legislator. Recent history of the doings of the members of Congress suggests that Kntered in the postoffice at Winnetka, Illinois, as mail matter of the second! elass, under the act of March 3, 1879. | FRIDAY, JULY 19,1918 > Anonymous Letters 1 Anonymous letters, stinging, villi- | fying, slandering and backbiting let- | " ; al . ters, fall into editorial waste baskets They are messengers of personal grud every day. the skulking 7 o tools of the slandering, generally perfectly misinformed persons, penn- 1 ed under the guise of "a word to the wise" or "in the interest of the com- munity welfare" though ever leaving in their wake all the evidence of the | proverbial "stab in the back". Such to the board. "Square | letters have been addressed | members of the local draft This time the authors Deal" "Red Worker". Again there is the evidence S are and Cross statements At- tacks are made upon registrants and, of misinformation, and are made without basis in fact. indirectly, upon the members of the accused of "Work or Fight" order; members of the Board, Board. Registrants are attempting to evade the they suggest, are acting unfairly in the matter of classifications, and the application of that order. In every instance where such anonymous communications have been received by the board was evidenced the utter lack of informa- the that tion concerning the victims of secret attacks respite the fact the records of the Board are open to the public and detailed information the concerning any registrant in district can be obtained, upon re- quest, at the headquarters. Mr. Pope's letter in reply to the attackers means of was the only getting back to those persons the correct information in the cases in question. They appreciated that a personal reply would not only nullify their heckling misstatements but at the same time reveal their own iden- tity, hence the signatures were omit- ted. Perhaps they have learned a lesson or, perhaps they will continue their dark with the ulterior motives in view. maneuverings same The President and The People Congress, The Congress of the United States has blithely passed the appropria- tion bill by which twenty-one billions of dollars are made available to the government for the prosecution of the war. So agreed were they upon the wisdom of the measure that a | roll call was not necessary for the twelve billion dollar appropriation | for the army. It is lovely to see the perfection of harmony which one might | | ol think | exists between the executive and the | branches of the legislative govern- g ment. It suggests that degree oF) mutual confidence between the law | 53 ; aki py makers and the chief executive w' ich land of the very flattering unanimity of the members of both houses with the re- | quests of the president and.the heads | of the departments of the army and | the navy is due more to a lack of | particular concern as to the amount | | of money which is spent in war | activities, since it does not affect the men unfavorably personally, than to appreciation of the actual needs » | represented. When the president | asked for favorable action on the] Anthony amendment there was al very pronounced disposition on the part of certain Senators to stand pat for their own disapproval of tie | principle of the enfranchisement of | | OR | }i { women, even though they willingly | subscribed to the financial program |{| {which imposes upon the unrepresent- ||| ed women a program of taxation which is in many instances uncom- | fortably heavy. One highest legislative body in the nation suspects that even in the there is a decided difference in the appreciation of the value of votes dollars. The County Ticket = | Politics, local, county and national, assume an unusual importance at 1 this time when it is necessary to] 1 1 conserve in every possible way both | | money and men, necessary to secure officials who can and will discharge | the duties of their offices Seal and economically. Cook county is offered an auspic ious beginning in the county ticket | which has been named by the . | Brundage group of Republicans, upon | . a which have been placed the names of | men who have been unusually wisely | for | | | selected, men who will stand nomination at the primaries in Sep- tember. Particularly well chosen are Henry C. Beitler for Sheriff, Edwin A. Olson for County Judge, and Perkins B. Bass for Member of the Board of Review. Henry Beitler is a resident of the He was for eight years a judge of the Twenty-fifth ward of Chicago. Municipal court, after having served for three years in the General As- sembly. His record in public office has always been most commendable, a record which will be continued if he is nominated, as he should be, and elected to the office for which he has been chosen. A. Olson, nomination for county judge, is less | well known, for he has held no pub- | Edwin candidate for lic office. He is, however, a capable lawyer, being at the present time general counsel of the Scandia Life Insurance company. He is a man of excellent reputation for honesty and | fair dealing, capable of discharging office of a the work of the county judge, and -he has no compromising He strength to the republican ticket at the the general election in November if political affiliations. will add i Mr. a ZZ Err Arr rar, he is secured for position upon it through success at the September primaries. Voters of the north shore should see that he is given a full support in this community. It is not necessary to emphasize of Perkins B. Bass, of Evanston, for membership upon the the fitness Board of Review. It is the first time north shore has been for that a man chosen an important county of capacity for the work and con- fidence of the strength which he will lend to the ticket. The north shore will need no urging to stand back of Bass for member of the Board of Review, neither the men nor the women, for both are eligible to vote for this office. It should be made a i matter of pride to give Mr. Bass such an endorsement as will put him upon | the ticket in September and send him . 'RUBBER- = DOES A SAILOR EAT? READ THIS AND SEE Does a bluejacket eat? Give his partial list of stores re- ceived at the Great Lakes station by the Commissary Department for the month of June the "once over" and then answer the question. 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