The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-24

TAKEN 10 the ponce Stat1On IL was about
10 o'clock at night. The dealers and other
BAIL The players were released upon their
own recognizance to appear in court at 2
o'clock the next afternoon.
my Cod walled the motor car agent to
Clarke, when the former had reached the
hotel. 1T means the loss of thousands Of
dollars TO me, maybe. I'm supposed to be
on my way to Denver at o'clock In the
morning. And / can't have my chief back
In Detroit know about this. And i simply
must be in Denver tomorrow night"
"Oh, that's all right" soothed Clarke, go
on to Denver. They don't know me down
there at police headquarters and they won't
remember you Besides il will mean merely
ten dollar fine This is old stuff. To-
inorrow's my day off. I'll go down to the
court and answer to your name. They'll fine
me ten bucks and it will be all over Good
luckg
The agent thanked Clarke fervently
slipped twenty dollars into his hand and
went to bed He departed from Cheyenne
the next morning after again thanking the
clerk. The clerk appeared in court. But
the old deck had been reshuffled The po-
1itical powers that he In Cheyenne had de-
cided to make an example of all gamblers
caught in this particular raid
Clarke pleaded guilty and had the fine
in his hand ready to pay the moment 1t was
announced. The judge glared at him for
an instant and waved condemnatory hand.
Twenty days in the county jail grunted
the court; this business of you gay blades
from the East making a gambling hell of
Cheyenne has got to be stopped Take him
away"
Long ago the so called Regular Republic
cans In Wisconsin decided that just so long
as Senator Robert M. La Toilette was alive
able to play politics they were out Of
luck. 1t would be unfair to say that they
witnessed his decline in health as the dawn
OF new political day in their State. 1t is
not to be said that they rejoiced in his ILL
ness. However. they did know, and do
know, that with Bob La Toilette able to
function, Bob La Toilette is boss of the State.
Because of the Senator's Ill health his
political machine has not prospered. 1t has
hardly held its own in some sections of the
State Because Of this degeneration Of tho
sturdy La Toilette machine the Non-Parti-
san League was permitted to come into Wis
constn this year and help out the senior
Senator in his fight to place Jim Thompson
of La Crosse in Irving L. Lenroots seat
the United States Senate.
Arthur Townley and his efficient Non
Partisan League machine came into the
Badger State and anchored itself. 1t was
not able to defeat Lenroot in the primaries,
but so strong is 1t throughout the legislative
districts that the La Toilette leaders are
finding themselves elbowed out of the road.
Now the astute La Toilette finds himself
face to face with a machine that is just
ready to relegate him and his organization
to the scrap heap as II Is to ruin any other
political faction. And the regulars who
had begun to perk up and revive old hopes
when the La Toilette grip appeared to be
weakening. are bemoanng the presence OF
an even more ruthless boss-Arthur Town
ley.
Women will vote IN the West In relatively
greater numbers than here in the East.
Suffrage was granted the women folk of
some Western States while still the South
ern Legislatures We're referring woman suf-
frage bills to committees on lunacy. But
there are fewer of what we know as female
politicians. The women align themselves with
their men folk at the polls. This because
Of the lack of the diversifcation of interests
that obtains here in the East. In the West