The Colville examiner. [volume] (Colville, Wash.) 1907-1948, 1920-10-16

told something OF the lie ana cnafac-
ter and work of Mr.. Fleming in Spo-
kane in the interest of the mass of
the people, and said that if his home
city was quite likely to give him a
big plurality at the election, it was
evidence that the people of Spokane
knew a good man when they had one.
Mr.. Tustin then covered the subject
of the League of Nations, quoting
the arguments for the league by the
leading republicans two years ago,
and showing the gradual change of
position in order to effect political
victory now.
5000 RexaH stores throughout the
United States, representing every
part of the u. S. are taking a straw
vote among their customers and for
warding it daily by telegraph to the
United Drug Co., Boston, where bull
letins are issued daily. The last bull
letin received in Colville dated Oct.
9, gave the following summary of
votes: Male, Harding, 301,195, Cox
202,977, total 504,172. Female, Har-
ding 102,433, Cox 60,822, total 1884,
315. The combined electoral vote,
Harding 345, Cox 1856, total 531; 266
electoral votes are required to elect.
On Thursday Cox gained little, 7
or 8 electoral votes and the women's
vote in the state of Maryland caused
the gain. Thursdays vote in Grover
Graham's Rexall store was 152 for
Harding and 80 for Cox or total
of PAP.
The big vote of the Rexall stores
is in the east, where it is said that
the democratic vote is composed of
the working classes who do not
take time from their work to go to
a drugstore to vote, but who on
election day are given the required
time to vote at the polls.
Col VIM M. Inglis of Seattle will
speak at the courthouse tonight un-
der the direction of the republican
committee.
The University of California has
what is believed to be the largest
student political club in the United
States. 1t has 1900 members, is for
Cox and the League of Nations, has
an organization that functions IN
every department, sends out speakers,
literature, goes after funds and chal-
lenges any other college political club
to debate the issues of the campaign.
e. A. Martin is president, Helen Mac
Gregor, Madeline eMuldoon and Arthur
Lasher are vice presidents.
The MEMBERS of the club are proud
of letter just received from Cover
nor Cox which says: "Only by or
ganized effort directed by bodies such
as yours can the intelligent opinion
of young America exercise the infu-
ence which it should have upon gov
ernmental policies and in the election
of public officials. The young people
in our institutions of learning should
not only participate, they should
lead"
Let us pause in the heat of a poll
teal campaign and consider George
Washington, the first president of
the United States, father of his coun-
try, idol and inspiration of the youth
of America, the man whom all
Americans speak with reverence and
pardonable pride.
In a letter to Thomas Jefferson
under date of July 6, 1897, he wrote:
"I had no conception that parties
would or even could go to- the length
| have been witness to; nor did
believe until lately, that it was with
in the bounds of possibility that
every act of my administration
would be tortured and the grossest
and most insiduous misrepresenta-
lions of them be made-and that too
in such exaggerated and indecent
terms as could scarcely be applied to
Nero-a notorious defaulter-or
even to a common pickpocket."
Can you not recall, you who read
this, that Theodore Roosevelt came
in for this same 'calumny and can
you not today hear republican ora
tors reviling the president of these
United States just as Washington
was reviled. Washington was even
accused of being untrue to the cause
of the revolution. Can you not dis
Germ in the TRADES on the president
the same line of attack, the same alb
solute dishonesty of purpose, the
same exhibition of utter depravity.
1t won't hurt you to read again the
words of Washington and pause
moment and give them weight in
the light of what is occurring in
this presidential campaign.