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Evening star., 1916-10-30
BUSINESS HIGH FOR WILSON.
Gives Him 361 Straw Votes to 323
for Hughes.

In a straw vote" taken at Business
High School by the stodents today.
President Wilson received SCI votes for
reelection as against 1913 received by
Charles Evans Hughes. republican can
didate for the presidency.
The vote was taken following a po
Htical rally in which a number of stu
dents spoke in behalf of their favorite
candidates. DIR. Colyer Meriwether, a
member of the faculty. was named by
Principal Allan Davis of the school to
have charge of the affair.
Kenneth Markward. James Willses
and Miss Anna Somerville spoke in IA
vor of the reelection of President VIII
son. Raynor Vaughan. Miss Evelyn
Bright and Morris Wolf were the
speakers supporting Candidate Hughes.
Evening star., 1916-10-30

banks in the south. Mr. Dufour assert
ed the south comprised 36.7 per cent of
the country's total farm land, 4S.7 per
cent of all farms and ss.4 per cent of
the country's total rural population.
In eight southern states-Texas, Ok
!ahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi, Ala
bama. Louisiana. Georgia and South
Carolina--63 per cent of all farmers
are tenants and Il per cent of all farm
operators in these eight states are
white" Mr.. Dufour declared.
In order to destroy this form of
feudal landlordism financial aid for the
small farmer is necessary. We con-
slider one of the missions of the farm
loan bank is to help the renter become
an owner. and nowhere in all America
can the purposes of this legislation de-
velop such manifold benefits as in the
south"
Evening star., 1916-10-30
PROPOSES MASS MEETING.
r. K. Campbell Would Assemble
Foreigners Who Seek Citizenship.

John R. Young, clerk of the District
Supreme Court. has received a circular
letter from Richard K Campbell. COM
missioner of naturalization, requesting
his support of movement for a mass
meeting of adult foreigners who are
candidates for citizenship. The time
for holding the meeting has not yet
been determined
Mr.. Campbell advises the clerk that
the purpose of the meeting is to bring
the public schools to the attention Of
such foreigners and to secure their at
tendance at these schools
Evening star., 1916-10-30
For High School Cadet Positions.

Oral examinations of candidates for
regimental and battalion positions in
the High School Cadets are to be held
tomorrow afternoon at 2:3O o'clock at
the Franklin School. The examining
board is to consist of Brig. Gen. c. H
Ourand. n. G. D. c., retired; Maj c.
Eugene Edwards. n. G. D. c.. retired.
and Wallace NJ. Yater, former colonel
of High School Cadets, and now acting
commandant
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Endowed With Vision.n

"One could readily have picked Mr..
Paul n. Warburg of the federal re-
serve board. Mr.. Samuel Untermyer,
who may or may not be slated for Chief
Justice to succeed Mr.. White. and Mr..
Cleveland H. Dodge, as a few of the
parts endowed with vision, statesman
like gifts and purified lucre, on the very
day when the speech was made-but 10.
another appeared against the light of
the horizon Immediately thereafter in
Evening star., 1916-10-30
MY Conception of the Presidency
BY CHARLES EVANS HUGHES.

struggle begins anew the industries of
every European country will go into
the world markets backed by the ef-
fective cooperation and intelligent
oversight of their government.
Our national policy requires that gov
ernment maintain a strict supervision
of business organization. This can be
done effectively and yet leave the gov
ernment free to encourage legitimate
and wholesome business enterprise. I
stand for such supervision and con-
troll of business, but demand also that
business great and small (and espe-
cially the small business) be treated
fairly and justly. Only under such
wages or compete with foreign manu-
facturers.
In this respect again the present ad
ministration holds policy entirely op-
posite. 1t has viewed business enter
prise with suspicion and has made the
government a brake to stop the wheels
or legitimate industrial progress. 1t
has treated the business men of this
country as though they were suspicious
characters. 1t has assumed that capi-
tai and labor are natural enemies In
TOUR years it has put this country fur
ther on the road to class war than has
been accomplished in a generation be-
fore The men who stand with me be-
lieve in the honesty of the American
working man. they believe no less in
the honesty of the American business
iheaH' anu tHeV De1eNe that the COM
mon good is to be found not in class
war. but in mutual justice and fair
dealing, not as between capital and la
Dor in the abstract, but as between men
and men.
Road Travelled for Four Years.
You know the road we have travelled
this last four years. Mr. Bryan and
Mr.. Daniels are it's monuments of ex-
ecutive efficiency. Our murdered and
forsaken citizens in Mexico reveal a
conception of American citizenship
plain enough to see, but a new one for
American patriotism to adopt; the
monument of class bitterness raised by
this administration throws sinister
shadow across our political horizon;
the unjust >accusation against business
men has left a bitter taste in our ma
tional life. If you prefer this path it is
plainly marked. And the end of it is
class war.
You ask what road I propose to
travel! These are the milestones
which mark it-an executive RESPONSE
Bile to the whole nation: cabinet
chosen from the >ablest Americans; a
foreign policy that stands courteously
put hrnly for American rights: a flag
that protects the American in his law
full rights wherever his legitimate
business may take him; preparation
Tor trade competition which shall pro-
tect all groups of American workmen
government oversight of business
winch VIII fearlessly eliminate abuses,
but Will act on the assumption that the
average business man is honest, and
hnaily, a domestic policy which looks
TO industrial peace. and to sound and
permanent prosperity based upon the
development of American trade and
the building up of American indus
tries.
We Americans are in one boat. You
cannot strike a blow at one eroun
without injury to all. Common Justice
and fair play will settle our difficulties
II suspicion and bitterness are let
alone. These are the principles by
which l propose to be guided.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
SEES 332 VOTES FOR HUGHES
m THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
Col. George Harvey Confidently Forecasts
Majority for Republican Nominee, With
out the States He Rates as Doubtful"

the person of Mr.. Bernard NJ. Baruch,
the greatest speculator on the stock
exchange, who was named for member
ship of the important general defense
board and whose advent to public life
was signalized by the hrompt change in
the betting odds, to the advantage of
Mr.. Wilson,"
Evening star., 1916-10-30
To Work With Farm Loan Board.

The executive committee of the Ma
tional Association of Commissioners of
Agriculture, meeting here SATURDAY.
took action providing for active CO.
operation with the farm loan board in
organizing loan associations.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
FORTY-EIGHT WOMEN SEEK
OFFICE ON NOVEMBER 7
Two Are Candidates for Congress
and Others Want State
Places.

NEW YORK, October 3O-Omcial lists
of candidates of recognized parties for
the congressional and state elections
coincident with the presidential voting
November show that there will be at
least two women running for Congress
and more than two score women in the
contest for state offices, ranging from
governor down.
In Montana Jeanette Rankin is the
regular republican nominee for Con-
gress and in Colorado Hattie X. How
ard is running on progressive ticket.
The Associated Press has just COM
piled all of the state tickets from every
state in the Union. and it appears from
these lists that there are exactly forty
six woman candidates for various state
oflces. This figure may be slightly re-
duced or increased by the fact that
some names which almost certainly
seem to be those OF women are in rare
cases also names of men, and it is pos
Slbie that some women have escaped
identification by the use of initials in
stead OF their full name, but the fig
ures given, if not precise are interest
ing, since they develop the following
facts:
OF the forty-six women seeking state
offices the majority (twenty-four) are
nominees of the socialist party
Woman Candidate for Governor.
Idaho is the only state in the United
States where a woman is candidate for
governor, Annie E. Triplow being the
socialist nominee for chief executive
there
There are thirteen other states
throughout the country where women
are seeking state offices, namely, Ari-
zona, Colorado, Connecticut, Montana,
Nevada. New Mexico, Rhode Island.
South Dakota, Utah, Washington, IL
l1nofs and Kansas
In Washington there are two woman
candidates prohibitionist and socialist,
for the office of lieutenant governor,
and two women of the same parties for
state treasurer
In Connecticut, Rhode Island, Arizona.
Colorado and Kansas there are woman
candidates for secretary of state Va
rious other Offices. principally as trus-
tees of state universities, or superin-
tendents of public instruction, are those
for which women have been named. In
only one or two rare instances does it
appear that the woman candidates are
now holding the office for which they
seek election.
Evening star., 1916-10-30
TALKS Of PROPOSED
PRAYER BOOK CHANGES
Rev. DR.. McKim Objects to Some
Suggestions Made by Protes-
tant Episcopal Convention.

Rev. DR.. Randolph H. Mckim. pastor
of the Church of the Epiphany, who
was a delegate to the recent conven-
ton at St. Louis of the Episcopal
Church, last night urged his congrega-
ton to consider deeply the changes
proposed at the convention for the
Episcopal Church prayerbook, announc-
ing that he opposes a number Of them.
"I think many of the changes pro-
posed" DR.. Mckim said, ARE good.
but, on the other hand. some of the
changes would completely alter the at
mosphere of the church. and would
compromise it's Protestant character"
Urges Study by Communicates.
The commission. in charge of the pro-
posed changes is to consider them until
the next convention, three years hence.
In the meanwhile. DIR. Mckim urged
that all communicates study the pro-
posed changes so as to be able to put
forth their views for the benefit of
the next convention.
DR.. McKim particularly opposes the
proposed reading of the Ten Command
ments once a month instead of every
week. I'm these days of murder and
suicide" he said, that would be seri-
GUS" He opposes the proposed chang
ing of the wording of the prayer book
this wording having been character
lied at the convention as "old fash
ioned." DR.. McKim believes that the
proposed changes would render this
wording "halting and difficult"
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Col. Harvey's Figures.

His prediction as published today is as
follows:
We predict that Mr.. Hughes will
carry these states:
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Objects to Mandatory Provision.

He deplored the making of prayers
for the dead mandatory. He believes
that the reading of these prayers
should be left to the discretion of the
clergy. and said that praying for the
dead implies the existence of purga-
tory. DR.. McKim said he objected to
the omission of old prayers and the
introduction of new prayers.
DR.. Mckim pointed out that he had
been ordained in the church fifty years
ago. and would regret any wholesale
change from the old prayerbook which
he and other old churchmen have been
taught to revere
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Wilson's Assault on Wall Street.

Speaking of an assault by Wilson on
Wall street. Col. Harvey said:
, we pass shamefacedly to the more
artful assault upon Wall street. There
was nothing new in this procedure, of
course; IL has been for long the last
refuge of desperate candidate. Broth
er Bryan, in fact, made business of it
for years. and does still, for all that
We know. in his prolonged absence
from the limelight; but Brother Bryan
was clumsy as well as honest He
never was compelled to separate the
good rich sheep who aided him from
the bad rich goats who opposed him.
What was easy and natural for him.
therefore, became a difficult task for
Mr.. Wilson-yet behold the skill and
delicacy with which 1t was performed,
Mr.. Wilson said:
"T do not like these words, Wall
street" Because there are some men
In Wall street who have vision, there
are some men who see things large and
see them true. there are some men with
1ne statesmanlike gifts, and l do not
like to include them. but the main i'm
pulse in Wall street is not given to il
by them. When / say wall street"
mean some parts of Wall street. and
leave you to select the parts
Evening star., 1916-10-30
Contrast of Candidates.

In connection with the election fore
cast. Col. Harvey published in the
. North American Review an article con-
trasting the presidential candidates.
Whether as our President a Ham
ilton is to be preferred to a Burr. a
Cleveland to a Blaine. or a sturdy,
faithful and true scion of fine old
. American stock to a -dreffle smart
man." said Col. Harvey, lis the ques-
. ton which the voters must decide on
November ~ He hkens Wilson to
Cass in 1s4s, and quotes James Russell
Lowelrs lines from the "Biglow Papers"
to bear this out. as follows:
+. ''Gineral c. is a dreffie smart man;
He's ben on all sides that gives places pelf;
But consistency still wuz part Of his plan
Hes ben true to one party-an' thet is him
So John p.
Robinson he
Sez he shall vote for Gineral c.
. Col Harvey proceeded to convict Pres
ident Wilson of inconsistency by quot
ing from his own speeches made during
the present campaign. He attacked
particularly the Presidents utterances
that Hughes was the nominee of the
when II was chronicled in the demo-
cratic press day after day before the
nomination was made that these same
bosses were doing all in their power
70 prevent the nomination of Hughes
Mr. Harvey gave a series of dispatches
published in the New York World and
the New York Times. supporting VIII
son. specifically stating that Hughes
was opposed by the bosses.
He said: 'Is it NOT extraordinary
that, In the face of >all this evidence
from his own journalistic household
and OF common knowledge of the fact,
as we saw stated somewhere at the
Time, that nobody wants Hughes-but
the people a President of the Jrnfted
States should utter paIpable a mis-
statement? Imagine Washington or
Lincoln or Cleveland doing such a
thing"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
MARCH A COLD MONTH.
Official Records show That Popular
Belief Was We'll Founded.

The month which passed into history
Friday at midnight was the coolest March
in burlington since 1855, according to the
meteorological summary compiled by Lo-
cal forecaster X. Hooper of the United
states weather bureau. The mean tenn
perature was POI degrees. the normal for
the month being 273 degrees, The mean
temperature for March of 1855 was 10 de-
Erees The highest last month was 5,
degrees on the 3lSt, and the lowest was
'Ve degrees below Zero ON the 18th. The
greatest dally range was 30 degrees, on
the Eth and the least daily range was
seven degrees on the 18th. The precipita-
toh Ualn and melted snow amounted 10
!'5l inches, the normal precipitation for
me month being 1;S5 inches The prevail
ING W'hd was from the north, the total
movement i,3iS miles, the average hour
~ velocity SO miles. and the maximum
'c'oci'y ~ miles per hour from the south
on the 10Th The month was made up of
i GEAR nine partly cloudy and 10 cloudy
uass' Precipitation in quantity sufficient
10 measure occurred ON II DAYS and the
'o'ai amount included 2i1 inches Of snow
Nhlch is much above the average for
"arch An aurora was noted on the 18th
ana solar halos on the 9th and 9Th.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
BRONZE TABLET
To he Dedicated by Sons of American
Revolution July 4.

Vermont Society Sons of the American
Revolution will dedicate a bronze tablet
on the Panton shore of Lake Champlain
next July at or near the spot where
Benedict Arnold ran ashore and sank the
shattered fragments of the American
fleet. following his engagement with the
British in October. l176. This occurred
after the first important naval engage
ment of the American Revolution, the
fight taking place near Nalcour island.
The British fleet being tie stronger, Ar
mold had difficulty and ellded the British
under cover of the night. He started for
Crown Point, but was eventually caught.
and then followed a running fight. Final =
~ Arnold ran his fleet close to the shore
and there set fire to it. He and his men
then set out across land to join others at
Crown Point. The society will ask AID
miral Dewey and Admiral Clark to be
guests of the occasion. The Rev. DR..
q. Glenn Atkins of Providence r. l., will
deliver an historical address, The ar
rangements for the observance are in the
hands of the committee on historic memo
rails. which consists of Walter H. Crock
EFT, chairman, Byron y. Clark and Harry
s. Howard,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
HORROR OF SERPENTS.

One who has seen young children play
ing with snakes. even with rattlcsnakes,
may we'll be skeptcal about an instnc-
tive horror of serpens Mothers in some
regions have found 1t advisable to de-
liherately teach their children To fear
snakes, in order to prevent them from
handling the dangerous species. In other
cases the fear probably comes from as
ISOLATION with those who had acquired
the serpent horror. On the other hand,
there are many boys and men, and some
women who seem to be quite devoid Of
any such horror. The argument that
one Unexpectedly brought into close
proximity to any kind of n snake lis
suddenly seized with a panic or horror
and fear" has very little weight, be-
causes it is universally so and the same
Is usually the case when one is brought
suddenly into close proximity with al
most any kind of an animal. Does wom-
ans proverbial fear of mouse indicate
an instinct engendered by ancestral resi-
dence in a region where such small ami
mails We're dangerous? Many beginners
in biology exhibit as much horror of a
worm or a caterpillar in proportion to
its size. as of n serpent. The "instinc-
tive horror of serpents" does not appear
to be established by satisfactory evil
denCe, -Junius Henderson in Science.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06
MYRIADS MANGLED IN WAR
Reading Public Has No Conception of
Struggles Anguish and NutiIntiOn.

When we read in the papers as we sit
at our comfortable breakfast tables that
the losses of the Germany army at Yer
dun are estimated Coy the other side at
$1,000 men in the first fortnight Of the
fighting we can have no conception of the
anguish and mutilation that such state
ments mean. About % per cent of the
total will be killed outright: their troubles
are over. though the grief of their rcla-
tives and friends will add enough to the
sum of the worlds suffering OF the
remaining 70 per cent. some few will he
prisoners of war, doomed to inactivity
and safety until the wars end The rest
are the wounded. And on the other side
the same classifications apply, except that
the number of prisoners may be slightly
larger In proportion to the total losses,
since this usually holds good when de-
fensive positions are overwhelmed.
From each side long trains roll back
to the base hospitals. where the shattered
humanity is sorted out patched up, dress
ed up as well as circumstances will per
nit and again piled into trains to be jolt
ed along endless miles of rails to some
hospital far removed from the war zone.
| Here the best skill that can he mustered
will set to work to restore the manned
and broken soldiers into physically com
petent men.
Marvellous work is being done by sur
geons in the large hospitals in restoring
men to Il condition of efficiency, and am
putations are much less numerous than
| in former wars because surgeons have
learned better how to save injured limbs.
Trench fighting is responsible for an eX-
| ~ n a
surgeons are quoted as saYn, that the
new metal helmets worn by the French
troops are saving thousands of lives. They
ward off light fragments of Shrapnel and
spent bullets and reduce the force OF
heavier missiles so that wounds resul,
instead of death,
Nevertheless the rivers Of anguish flow
steadily back from the battles; rivers OF
men, cut, torn. pierced. beaten, burned
suffocated; armless. legless, eyeless; mer
whose usefulness for the time is over
and who must be nursed, and patched
and coaXed back upon their feet witt
endless expenditure of money and service
and toll And % or so out of every hun
dred will, sooner or later. go back anC
face the whole thing over again. and h'
again rent and torn and pierced and burn
ed, while the air quivers and the eartt
is shaken and every beautiful and Twins
thing is blotted out by the hail of shells
France has inaugurated a system o
honor marks which entities the wounded
soldier to a stripe on his sleeve Tor cacl
wound. Already many of her veterans
have earned 50 many stripes that ne
sleeve was every made long enough t
hold them all. We read of men VIII
have suffered in one battle more thar
20 separate and distinct wounds. and ye
survived. Plenty of men have beer
wounded in three or more battles and ar,
still in service. -Leslie's Weekly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-04-06

cess to these markets is therefore essen
tial to our national existence.
An analysis of the reasons why we
should Immediately ally ourselves with
England then followed. We have no mer-
chant marine with which to transport our
goods abroad to pay our debts, and NJ
navy to protect our ships if we had them.
We are therefore dependent on Enelan
where The control OF the world markets
lie and we should make an alliance with
her as soon as possible, although not with
the idea of sending troops to help her in
the present war. The period of aggres-
sion has passed and control will hence
forth lie with the nation controlling the
world market
We must reverse our foreign policy be
cause in respect to the Philippines and
the Monroe doctrine it is dangerous AMI
cannot be enforced We must secure con-
troll of the countries intervening between
ourselves ana tho Panama canal which
binds the United States and Europe to
/ the east. and whore the slightest pres
sure, such as raising the toll ON vessels
of certain country, would place that ma
| ton at o tremendous DISADVANTAGES We
must also control the islands in the Gulf
| VI a" 49, ~ 'i''i ~ guar" me dp-
'rosches TO the canal and to insure our
o"" prosperity must ally with England
ana secure her assistance in these mat
'ri"' we cannot h"id the Philippines ~
VIC '"Pa"eSe care 10 take them from US
an" we CANNOT nack UP the Monroe doc
H'e II 1t Hl'erieres WIN the trade OF
,.a, w VI germany. hut we must CON
,,tar,'a,.ie o "nu e''Ir"' america Wher'
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take M with bor two ,,r,,i,l,,, - ,to,.i,l
Central Anoorico, o,d a.. ~, c,.t,,. ~,
deal with the sft,atior ,,,cords which
economic laws arc s,,roI,. nrctr, no,
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ne ro'' - r. I'M fratHerh of Wor-
es,ei' MASS III an Interesting address,
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