The Cordova daily times., 1922-07-28

august bench to draw their robes closer around them and make room for the first representative of the sex that has begun to taste the fruits of complete emancipation and participa- tion in the affairs of government.
 This woman is Judge Florence E. Allen of the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, with much credit able work upon the bench to her credit. Miss Allen, however, is not making her campaign upon the basis of sex, but on merit, and while she ex- poets the almost solid support of Ohio women she counts also upon receiving the votes of thousands of men. Upon her committee appear the names of former Judge Frederick A. Henry, of the Appellate Court, and William L. David, one of the leaders of the Cleve- land bar.
 q believe it is just as important that moral standards exist and actively function in public as in private life The question we should ask is not whether the people concerned in any proposed transaction are rich or poor, powerful or weak. or whether personal animus exists, but whether the thing proposed is right. The test of action in government on all basic matters should be moral test.'
 ELABORATE PLATFORM PLANKS
 Thus Judge Allen, first and only woman Common Pleas Judge in the United States, elaborated one of the "planks" in the platform upon which she will seek the support of Ohio vOt- CTS this fall.
 Six things, Miss Allen said, consti- tuted her creed for the guidance Of public officials. These are:
 1. Law enforcement.
 9 Justice for all.
 8. Business methods applied to the courts.
 4. Efficient work by public servants.
 5. Respect for law, order and the courts.
 6. Moral standards must actively function in government.
 "I believe" she continued, "what- ever laws we have should be enforced whether these laws are good and bad If a law is defective or inadequate, then it ought to be enforced in order that it's defects may become apparent I am against lax enforcement as it breeds contempt for the law WOULD DISREGARD RICHES Justice should be administered without regard to personality or con- diton ofthe parties before the court, but wholly upon merit. It ought not to make any difference whether the parties concerned are rich or poor, black or white. No other considera- tion should have weight with the court but the merits of the case.
 q believe that business methods should be applied to the business of the courts. By this I mean that we should have efficient business admin istration in our court system. The re port of the Cleveland Foundation sur vey, which was approved in it's main findings by the Cleveland Bar Asso- citation shows that efficient business methods in many instances are not fol lowed in our administration of jus tice. Steps should be taken at once to the end that our courts may be placed upon firm foundation, calcu- lated to inspire the respect of all
 "I believe in respect for law. Un- less the community does have respect for the law we cannot have law en- forcement, nor can we protect indiv- idual rights through the law. The thing which differentiates us from Russia is the orderly adjustment of controversies through established tri- bunals Unless respect for law and order and the courts exists we cannot administer justice property. "One reason why injustice is some times done through our courts is be- cause of our lack of respect for law and order and our unwillingness to CO., operate in the enforcement of the law"
 GRADUATES WITH HONoRS
 Graduated at Western Reserve Uni versity, Cleveland, with honors, in 1904, Judge Allen has blazed paths for her sex "where highways never ran" From 1906 to 1910 she divided her time between teaching school and ,,ow,po,,ar crorly int firna fn ia 1yn