Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-05
GLASGOW PHONES
NOT SUCCESSFUL
Special cablegram to The Star.

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GLASGOW, August 4-The committee of
the Civic Federation of America. headed by
NJ. E. ingalls, of Ohio, will find II necessary
to revise Its reports upon municipal owner
ship so far Glasgow is concerned. When
the committee visited Glasgow, among other
cities in search of intelligence regarding
| municipal ownership, the members of the
committee appeared greatly interested in
the workings of the municipal telephone
This telephone was established between
five and six years ago to compete with a
private company. 1t was found that the
municipal company not paying ven
ture and the town council decided to sell
the business to the post office at loss of
$4,000 rather than continue the under
taking. When the sale was decided upon
more than 100000 had been spent on the
equipment and a further expenditure of
$4,000 had been found to be necessary
The Glasgow Herald asserted that the
undertaking was mistake In the beginning
and that the citizens have cause for being
thankful that the loss is not more Tele-
phone experts say that the Glasgow expert
ments settle the question as to the prac-
tfcability of municipality successfully
operating a telephone exchange. 1t Is ad-
mitted that the naturalization of the tele-
phone under the management of the post
office department may become a success
but that the multiplication of telephone
In any city is doomed to failure
The lady graduates of Edinburgh Univer-
sity have sought in vain for judicial
declarator OF their right as members of the
university council to vote IN the election of
parliamentary representatives. Women are
now admitted to graduation honors and as
graduates they become members of the
general council of their alama mater The
members of council have the privilege of
electing a member of parliament. Parlia-
mont has declared that every person" of
full age and subject to no legal incapac-
ity'' entered upon the register of the gen
eral council shall be entitled to vote. Miss
Margaret Marin, NJ. A.. and some sister
graduates at the last general election APP
piled to the registrar for voting papers He
refused their request. In his view of cleo
ton law they We're not persons" and In
any event, being women, he told thenf that
they were legally incapacitated from vot-
ing. Burning with Indignation they rushed
In the court of session, demanding from the
university authorities $50 of compensation
for the expense and Inconvenience to which
they were put by their refusal OF voting
privileges, and seeking declaration from
the court that. instead OF trampling upon
tActi SicSeoi al ttSn III AutuTc eieCtlonS, the
registrar should be ordered under pains and
penalties to issue to them voting papers
That they were persons could not be dis
pnted To say that they were subject to
any legal incapacity, when they were of
full. age was seemingly ridiculous They
naively instructed their advocates seriously
TO suggest that in using in the the reform
act of 1858. upon which they based their
claim. the word person In deaiing with
university elections and the word man In
regard TO burgh and county elections par
Lament had In its deliberate contemplation
| the day that subsequently dawned when
women became entitled to enter the general
council as graduates. This idea was scout
ed by their opposing counsel and Lord
Salvesen has dismissed their plant with
note to the effect that they are not s.per-
sons" at least In the sense OF the statute
they were pleading, and even II they had