The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
New Yorkers Strong for Cox Ticket
But Much Confused BY Candidates
Names---No WHsonite Is Popular

The all stag table at the extreme
right of the top row in the little
club had received the news Of Gov.
Cox's nomination with divided
cquinimityf Speculation was pop
ping upon the voting strength or
those who had passed out Of the
house of matrimony through the
window of divorce. THE divorce
vote is not to be sneezed at" in
sisted Walter J. Kingsley, Of the
Keith forces 1.-TWO million votes,
tween the sexes"
will a grass widow vote for
man who has been q grass wid-
owerT reelected Winfield r. Shee-
han. the newly elected vice presi-
dent OF tn Fox Film forces. Wont
they be inclined to use suffrage as a
means to release the revenge that
they have stored In their inatures?"
The figures and facts with regard
to the extent of divorce in the Unit
ed States within the last twenty
years is that 40,22s separations are
granted TO husbands and 676,l7s 10
wives. showing that chivalry proba-
bly, runs on the basis of 66 "a per
three men as like as not being the
proverbial gentleman" This makes
a total of 1.016.407 couples parted by
law or the equivalent OF 2,032.sl4 In
dividuals. Undoubtedly this list mas
been cut down by death at least
IS per cent OF the separated Of two
decades. However, the entire popu-
lar vote for President Wilson four
years ago was s.129.26s and his plu-
rality was but 5s1.941. Enough peo-
pie have been divorced In the United
States TO populate either Cuba or
Albania.
Former State Senator George W.
Plunkitt. once power in Tam
many Hall thinks that the Demo-
Gratis are going to have a much
: easier time getting together a ma
| tional campaign fund than the Re-
publicans. His argument is based
on the multiplicity OF candidates in
| the Republican primaries all over
| the country, not only the closed
Presidential contest but the aspi-
| rants for the various governorships
and United States Senatorships.
What we saw in the way of ex-
penditures by the managers for
Wood. Lowden and the other can
didates for President. was but
fraction of their party's total fnan-
cial outlay" he said. II should say
| that 5000. 900, 900 is a very low esti-
mate of the grand whole"
He called attention to the gen.
eral feeling throughout the coun-
try that a Republican nomination
was equivalent to an election. hsv-
| ing caused as many as ten or more
candidates running for one NOM
ination in the primaries. His con-
clusion:
1T has cost a lot of money. funds
that in the old days went into the
keeping of political bosses and
which was spent where il was most
needed. Many of the wealthy who
used to be big givers are now run
ming for once themselves"
] Henry Collins Brown. an author
| with a most inQuiring mind. has
uncovered some new and curiously
| interesting facts about New York.
| He says that a passenger train ar
rives every fifty-two seconds; there
J is a wedding every thirteen min
utes: a baby is born every six min
utes: four transient visitors arrive
erected every fifty-one minutes;
four new business firms start up
every forty-two minutes; a ship
leaves it's harbor every forty-eiEht
minutes, and 100000 people pass the
! busiest points along Broadway each
day. He contends that New York
is just like your own home town,
only bigger. and the vast majority
of its people are a decent. likeable
sort. But there are also others.
! Copyright. 1870. BY Public Ledger Co..