Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-18
MEALS FOR SUFFRAGE
HE TELLS WOMEN
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tinued. what l do not approve of
and never will is seeing large sum of
money going out (whack- -whack) and
no record coming pack where it went
Why, L had to account for the wash
ing of my towels (another whack) yet
hundreds OF dollars appropriated for
parks and Fairgrounds simply disap-
peared. Where did it go? (more
whacks.) That's the question:! That's
why l vetoed the bill for more parks.
But they are good things, tine things
when they are gotten In the right
way"
Doctor is for Suffrage
To the gratircauon of his inter-
viewer, Dr. Meals expressed himself
. is tuIIy In favor of sunrage.
"Ihere are a number OIL women in
this city with more brains tnan lots
of the men" he said. and think they
wouIu nelp matters with the vote.
am not so sure but what you will
can get most anything you want IL
YOU go about it right. smile, look at
tracuNe ana all That
but wo 40 not want to get by
ceaxing what should be given IN JUS
ucs,' lnterJected his interviewer.
We'll, no! But then no militant
tactics or methods or that sort! You
property
you own. 1t is not fair otherwise.
would not like 1t myself"
His q. Il. Tor Advertising
He is strongly in favor OF the Munic-
ipal improvement celebration, he SAID,
and considers 1T a really great tnlng
Tor harrlspurg. Then he touched
upon the recent disturbance regard
ing the printed posJerstamps by Clty
Forester Mueller.
why should Harvey Taylor OBJ
! Ject! r ne askeu, III Is the ueSL thing
Chat can happen to a city to adver-
tlse it anywhere and everywhere and
all the time. Why, l personally au-
vertlsed the merits OF HARRISBURG as
far away as South America"
AS to the newly-created position OF
| City oresUer, ne was uncertain.
1T has got to be trIeu ouu' ne said.
1t Is new thing ana must WORK IL
self out TO prove IL the idea is Il good
one or not
Cracks the Newspapers
DIR. Meals says he ueueves in the
| power OF the press IN more ways than
one. lie Deneves the printed ac-
counts OF evll deeds, the detailed de-
scrpLlons OF muruer and crime only
! Ienu to lntlame the Inauguration OF the
wicked and bring within the limits of
the city the PROFESSIONAL wronguoers.
| liquor adverusementsY Z" ne asked,
and yet pupnsn THESE other things
which start the ball of crime rolling ?
is IL taIr or CONSISTENT"
Wants Church Peoples Aid
Should ne become Mayor again, he
wants the home people, the church
| people and the honest everyday citi-
zens of Harrlspurg To back MIN up In
MS crusade against vice and crime, he
said.
There is power in the churches,
great power" ne announced. There
| is q street over there back OF the
Capitol where it was not safe for man
or woman to walk alone day or night.
And what happened? The coIoreq
population builr church there ana
now there is scarcely one arrest a
week"
| In speaking of the new silent cur
J few law, Dr. Meals said that in mis-
opinion adequate ponce protection was
better.
why, it's cruel to make the kids go
in early on hot night like this for in
stance. Where they ought to be is
down here by the river in the park and
kept in order by the police. If you
want to make a stunteu, undeveloped,
crooked natured man just restrict the
boy-hold him in too tight and you
| lose him"
He Hopes for the Best
! He has ideas, mas DR.. Meals, big
ideas and let us hope if he carries
the ticket that they will become more
than ideas. He is still a bit old fash
ioned and tried to give Father Adams
excuse about better women making
better men but then, as he believes
lin suffrage, perhaps he really means