Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-15

six representatives. We need not expa-
tiate upon the varying political condi
tons in the two jurisdictions, but the
people of Delaware demand such fire.
uuent changes in their congressional rep
resentation that there are now a half
dozen ex-members floating about the
State. AS to the Philadelphians. there
are five ex-members for the entire six
districts: William S. Reyburn, son of
the late Mayor Reyburn, who preceded
Mr.. Graham in the Second District !.
James Rankin Young and Reuben o.
Moon, who preceded Mr.. Edmonds in the
Fourth District; Michael Donohue, who
preceded Mr.. Costello in the Fifth Dis
trict. and J. Washington Logue. who
was Mr.. Darrow's predecessor in the
Sixth District. OF these survivors of
the Philadelphia life tenure system, Mr..
Reyburn, although comparatively
young man, is inactive in politics; MIR.
Young, who is a Civil War veteran and
whose IS. NJ" letters to the Evening
Star endeared him to the reading public
OF quarter of a century ago, is living
quietly In Washington, from which view
point he can watch the progress of his
sons in the service, and Mr.. Moon is
practicing law at the old stand in Phila-
delphia. The Democratic survivors.
Donohue and Logue, are still capable Of
service, The former, who is resource
full fighter, declined to enter the list to
unhorse Costello this year, but Logue.
as is well known, ran on two tickets
for Congress against Darrow and for
Lieutenant Governor against Beidleman
and Scotland was nominated on each.
MoMEN are doing war service in
w many ways. The rich are giving
of their means. Those whose worldly
goods are limited are doing Red
Cross work. are knitting or yielding up
their loved ones. There are so many
making sacrifices In one way or another
that 1t Is difficult to mention special
cases. John Leonard, of the Orphans
Court, listens to what others may say,
! and then points with Nineteenth Ward
pride to Mrs. Mabel Norris, of 2439
North Fifth street. Mrs. Norris has a
| husband in France He Is serving In
| the ambulance corps. She did not like
the notion of being separated and had
herself enrolled as third class yeo-
man. There is some grit in that sort
of a woman. Down in the Third Ward
Mrs. Matilda T.. Graham is engaged ir
| College Settlement work. She has the
mother grit. She has given over to the
marine corps in France one son. Loya
! Y. Graham 3d-he comes from a promi.
nent Presbyterian family and hopes tc
be chaplain in the navy-and is watch
ing with a mothers love and expectancy
another son, Ralph Macdonald Graham
who has recently been admitted to the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. These
are modest Philadelphia illustrations Of
the service Philadelphia women are
doing in this war,
nUR Philadelphia bankers are no
~ always pondering over statistic'
and wondering what next to expect from
the many-sided gentleman who of1iciate!
here as the Comptroller of the Currency
They may gag little at the la,es
suggestion for legislation to guarante,
bank deposits, but they are all righ
on the war and doing full time. TIL,
Atlantic City speech of John II. MasoI
was enough to prove up loyalty suffi
cient for a dozen wars but now comes
the alert president. of the Corn Eek
change, Charles S. Calwell, with an ide;
and some real information. The bridges
along the shore road in New Jersey ar
not in good condition. The Governmen
needs those roads now, and certainl,
will continue to need them so long as tn
German submarine menace continues
The weakened condition of the bridge
may be up to Governor Edge of New