The Washington times., 1916-04-10
kerrigan and RawIinson as Rival
Candidates for Mayor Stag
ger Suffragists.
BOTH PICTURE PLAY IDOLS
Fair Feminine BaIloters Would
Elect Either II 'Tother Dear
: charmer Would Withdraw.

There are n few thousand CALI
fornla motion picture patrons-fair
young girls with a vote-who are
placed in a most awful duandnry.
j. Warren Kerrigan and Herbert
Rawlinson are both candidates TOT
the important rOst of mayor OF Uni
! versity City. Cal.
Two OF the matinee idolest OF the
photoplay matinee idols are tnns
rushed forward as solicitors Of the
suffrage OF their fair constituents
and tho fair constituents are placed
IN a most rerplcxlng situation
thereby
This sounds very much Ike press
agent story. But, as has been re-
pcatodly pointed out in the photo
play columns Of The Times. the mo-
tion picture press agents don't ever
seem to sense the real stories IN
their trade And this is a real story.
Rawlinson Mayor Now.
Herbert Rawlinson is the present
mayor of Universal City. He has
held the officc for year. 1t Is a
more or less honorary position. Put
ut the same time 1t is a real Job
as mayor, because Universal City
is a real town. having political
identity. a pcstoffice and thonsancs
OF inhabitants.
Herbert has fulfilled all the duties
of mayor to the satisfaction of all
concerned. He has been on hand to
hani the keys of the city to distin-
Ruished visitors and to sign city ordi-
nauces. manage the police and fire
departments. etc. OF course this
city where the business OF caring for
the town Is looked after by the Uni
versal company.
But IL was too much work for
Rawllnson when II is considered that
he iS leading man in a picture pro-
ducing company. too. And Rawlin-
son doesn't want the job any longer.
So when the election of a new
mayor was announced and he was
renominated for the job, he prompt
ly declined and nominated Kerrigan.
Organized for Kerrigan.
He said there were many reasons
why Kerrigan would make a better
mayor. the principal one being that
Kerrigan hadn't been a mayor yet
anu l1dl, IL ScClllCu
ought to be the paramount reason.
Mayor Rawlinson declares that IL
leading men of the Universal COM
panies are to be made mayors he
thinks they all ought to be COM
PEELED to take the job. He asks.
plalntively, that with so many lead
ing men lying around loose why
should they pick on him?
Rawlinsons nomination to sue
coed himself, however, was made In
spite of his declining to run. And
Eerrigan's nomination by Rawlin-
son was made to stock because Raw
linson proceeded to organize a ma
chine to elect his candidate. Kerrl-
ganizaion OF a Rawlinson machine.
But Alas and Alack.
Now II happens that woman has 4
vote i'm California. And the women
of Universal City outnumber the
men. The result will be that the
women are to be the real factors in
the election ana neither the Kerri-
gan machinc-run by Rawlinson-nor
the Rawlison machine, given motive
power by Eerrigan-can possibly fig
ure out what the woman voter is
going to do.
The woman voter is also in a most
terrible dilemma.
Next to Francis X. Bushman and
Henry B. Walthall, there are prob
ably no two men in motion pictures
who have so wrapped the feminine
heart in films as have Rawlinson and
Kerrigan. Miss Voter cannot decide
which of them she likes the best and
she simply can't vote for one and
throw down the other.
The election is to be held the lat
Ter mart of this month,