The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-11-01
THE SUPREME PUNISHMENT.

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Princess Hermine, going to becom
Mrs. Hohenzollern, is beginning t.
worry the former kaiser and futur
husband says the Idaho Statesman.
She wants the house remodeled
Above all, she is going to be comfort
able. The Doom. residence may bt
a castle and all that, but it must bt
her idea of a castle before she'll be.
come its mistress.
And she insists the former German
emperor must arrange to have the
bells of the countryside ring when
she is married to him. That would
be very simple if Wilhelm were still
at Potsdam, but it isn't so simple at
Doom. Why should the Dutch people
celebrate the wedding of this German
exile?
But that isn't all. The lady from
Reuss says she cannot suffer Doom
for more than, say, four or five months
a yea If the lord Of the castle can
not go with her to her old home or
to Baden Baden or the REVERB or
wherever it is one goes when one
doesn't stay home i'll Europe. that's
his hard luck. She's going anyway.
Some Of us were worried when we
heard that Mr.. H~ohenzollern was 60
ing to have a new and beautiful wife
instead of tbs punishments we'd like
to give him, but perhaps God In his
infinite wisdom knew better. Perhaps
being tied to the kind of a woman
who would marry that kind of a nan
Is the supreme punishment for Will
helm.
The Star-Mirror has had a number
Of inquiries from Interested parties as
to. whether Andrew Gump, the peoples
candidate for Congress, will appear In
Moscow during the campaign. We
are unable to give any definite IN
formation as yet, as Andrews cam
paign managers state that they fear
he will BE. unable to fill all the re-
quested dates. They wish the people :
to know, however, that ii he should :
not be able to reach Moscow, he is t
nevertheless the friend of all the '
and if he is elected will have
Congress pass a law making Idaho a
state, the first in the union. S
On this basis he is certain to secure D
good vote in Latah county. His =
campaign managers also suggest, as a q
inducement to Latah county "
voters, that he will tender the posi-
ion of private secretary to either p
larry Thatcher or Judge Morgareidge, q
ifter the election. fl
"a IA "a h
Enthusiasts in a number OF cities y.
the country are consider h,
ng. the idea of elections by mall, IN
leu of the precinct polling place, 1T to
I believed that this would besa most :"
satisfactory way of voting, so far as r,
uraI residents and scattered voters w
re concerned. The busy man would tn
robab1y appreciate the system, also. q,
III
is claimed that a fraud proof and %
proof" mail ballot is now poss-
lie. The ballot is. untouched by any M
ne excepting the voter and the mail -
.arriers and the counting isndone by an
ltomatic machinery. It is not i'm tiv
nor improbable, that within
few years, some states will adopt 10 =.
le postal voting system. Even in j
e small town it wouldtbe an adyant- j.
re-, allowing the mar who spends his Bu
ME on the street telling how the WIS
,vernment should run to mark his of
Hot at home in the evening, and SIP,
not be compelled to- waste any I
ne. n
"a IA IA ~ the
Politics has long beer noted for its ton
fity, we have gathered from those Geo
70 have been In the game for years, p a
d we were impressed this morning vts]
len our friend, Judge Hodgins, wee
ndsd us a purported copy Of the IN
publican state platform; which, up AZ.
investigation, proved to contain a T,