The Washington herald., 1917-04-21
FAVORED
IN HERALD CANVASS
Proportion 7 to 2 in Votes with Advo-
Gates in Patriotic Fervor.

/ The District of Columbia favors con-
scription by a ratio of to 2. according
to the ballots cast in the Herald's poll
yesterday
The ballots in favor of conscription
came from persons not only in the Dis
trict. but in parts of Virginia: but IT was
noticeable that the proponents of uni
versal service in nearly all cases failed TO
outline their reasons, merely relying on
the general public knowledge of the sub
ject to suffice.
| Andrew Law. OF Haymarket. Va, a
concsrtption advocate. said: England
gave her best blood and then had to con-
script her slackers. The United States
ought to have universal service"
Said George w. Stone, OF 1894 Seventh
street northwest: Count me in for con-
scription. I have given two of my boys
One is in the army and the other Is In
the navy They will help the cause
along. 1t win be a long time until can
fill their places in my busEess."
II have a son somewhere in France" :"
wrote another conscriptionist, with the
British expeditionary force. He's been
there two years"
An anti-conscriptionist wrote across his
ballot: Absolutely NO NO NO NO!"
Another wrote, Until volunteers prove
Inadequate
One man on his ballot. said he had
talked to no one who is in favor OF con-
scription, thus indicating that those who
oppose conscripuon are not shouting their
sentiments.
Widow Opposes Measure,
The longest argument against said:
Il am not in favor of conscription. 1
| Will tell you why. / am a widow and
an invalid. 1 have two boys that have
been everything to me. Since have been
sick. one has been my constant nurse
| and companion for ten years until the
last year. when have been able to l.ave
my bed. The other son has been farmer
| gardener, cook and anything that had
| to be done on a small place. He has been
BG5tns to 60 to school at the same time
When the time comes when these boys
will be needed worse than they are now,
| they Will not have to be conscIipted."
A man wrote: 'I am opposed to con-
scription because 1t is contrary to the
freedom which is the essence of demo-
cratic America A country which goes
to war to crush PrussianIsm abroad
should not begin by establishing Prus-
sianism at home"
Fayoring ConscriptIon.
J. T. Shsdrick, Colonial Beach, Va.
T. c. Moore, 457 G street northwest.
Edward W. Dom. jr., sos Seventeenth
street northwest
James w. King. 146 Eleventh street
southeast
Irwin Wilson. 11ss Potomac avenue
southeast.
A. J. Freeman. 45s Massachusetts,
avenue northwest.
Thaddeus J. Sullivan. sos q street
southwest
George W. Stone. 1895 Seventh street
southwest
william A. Wright the Northumber-
land.
Pc. Pickett. 4s4 Massachusetts, ave-
niue northwest
R. LeGrand Johnson.
Elijah E Knott Chevy Chase apart
ment
John Hammond. 41s v street north
E. T. Bingham. 425 Twelfth street
northwest.
walter T. Trittipoe, 1924 Eleventh
street northwest
R. T. Edwards. 40 Maryland Build
ing.
Ralph HoaEland, 1909 Irving street
northeast.
John A Markls a1o Fifth street
William H. Dennis. 1907 K street
Robert F. Hill. 1885 vernon street
northwest.
Andrew Low. Hsymarket, Va.
Henry C. Lon, 211s F street north
west.
N. Duval Bracht. NJ. D., 6o9 Twenty
second street northwest
George v. Rose. So Rhode Island ave-
nue. northwest
NJ H. Carroll
H. q. Warner, 1919 Lamont street
i northwest.
Thomas Leonard. 134S K street
northwest.
! L. R. Elgin, Vienna, Va.