Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-06-01
corrupt or unfair n lot Of the time. "
inst takes time and attention nv"

corrupt or unfair a lot Of the time "
inst takes time and attention ana
human sympathy"
amen. Amen - shouted the crowa,
making fun of the evangehCai noIs
upon which Mallorys voice ""'
You see" persisted the eX-reformer
You highbrows figure that the people
vote on the issues-that you luSt nHo rio
the issues before them, and they MAKE
up their mind. and go out ana rNore hore
according to their Judgment Thers
amt ten per cent of en- ..o,,aI Notes onai
way. They are influenced ny PStr,S,Sinn PErSomin,
reasons-by the man in the dlLlsIo'
that represents one side or another-
they like him or they don't IKE nun
they've got confidence in MN or nov.
And that's the way the votes is pulled IN
that wins -, ,sio,,ca
again. It was funny conversation tils
with the excited Mallory monologulns
like phonograph, and the group OF on d,
lockers most of whom knew the man ~
timately, laughing, jeering or apptonl,s
according to the fashion OF bolsterous'
fun-loving Americans of their type. Jer-
nv. sensible of the ludiCrous element IN
the situation. was none the less eager
enough to get the popular point ol n!o"
ard he continued to listen attentiNely.
You people are going to lose Went
on Mallory. because you haven't got
any organization at the bottom eXcept
where you're using Penrose men. lney II
get out the vote, according 10 tneiI
custom but take it in this ward. There
lust two crowds here-the RepubllCanS
and the reformers. Whoever has got the
City Committee gets the Republican
vCtes-thats the Wares TINS tlme-dnu
there amt no ground workers mere 10
get out the reform vote because they
was all allowed to starve to death by
the Blankenberg Administration.
You're pretty hard on Blankenoerg'
"Oh. Blankenberg was right" admit
ted Mallory But he wasn't practlcal /:
You got to be right and practical + too, II
you're going to do any good. me re-
about as much harm as these felloWs
that don't aim at all but Just muddle
along takin' what they can get away
with and leaving what they can
That's the stuff, Jimmie. mana II 70
him. straight :" jeered a youth IN the
crowd, obviously under the voting age
With this last observation. however,
Mallory appeared to have run down ana
stood waiting. and his audience with him,
to see If Jerry would not attempt soihs
sort of extended response. That young
man did not. merely eXclalmlng IN tnat
frank terse way of his which was max
ing him more friends every uay a'iio's
the common people:
MALLORY, there may be an answer
to all that you have said but ! won az
tempt to argue with you now. you've
| Interested and perhaps instructed me
I'd like your address" =.
Mallory gave it and Jerry wrote II
down. The crowd. seeing its entertain,
! ment at an end was filtering away until
| the two men stood quite alone--a sudden
privacy which tempted Jerry into one
| more question.
so you think we'll not win tomor-
| row?"
Not a chance"
| Why"
well. to my mind, there's several
good reasons, besides those we've been
| taIIin' about For one thing. n lot OF
these reformers that are bowling the
| Ioudest amt registered. They cant
vote. Armstrong, the leader of your
ticket, isn't registered"
| Jerry blushed for Armstrong. but he
also biushed for himself, his father and
| his brother; not one of the three
| Archers had taken the trouble at the