Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-11-28
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elected q president a, ,hC las, general
election, according 10 q dispatch. fac
long list coming from the various
states gives total vote ef slightly
less than II 600 ,N0o
Nineteen states were reported be.
hind the vote Of 1890. South Calolina
mus, have thought voting a hopeless
procedure. According te the tepoft
published in the Chicago Tribune only
eight per cent Of the voters OF that
state vent to the polls.
The rouhle lies in the growing sus-
pleion that elections are planned in
corner and that whatever the Amefi.
can people want they are not likely
% get Either that or the short vote
indicates a lethargy and indifference
Both views are adhered 10 BY those
who are always anxious TO poll a
heavy ballot.
Whatever be the reason Il Is evls
dent thar the appeals Of party loaders
for a lafge vote fell upon deaf ears.
The vote should have been at least
100000 larger
Charlie Chaplin, movie comedian
who has lived tn single hlessedness
ever since his divene some years ago
Is married again. this time 20 lAla
Grey, movie star.
Charlie vowed that he would never
again take the yows Of matfimens.
The daily press had him engaged to
half dozen popular screen stars. but
he fooled them all,
la b8a xaaf.,.a Il. al. f,.laH
the press, fer there appeared TO he
not the slightest hint that he had
been seriously enamoured by Miss
Gfey's charms. The news came like
a Hash and was recorded In streamef
headlines.
II Methodist or Episcopal bishop
Of renown were to be married he
would receive only casual mention In
the papers. Probably because most
of them are already married and,
dishelieving In divorce, attract less
attention than movies stars,
Apparently the general public Is not
prepared TO receive the verdict In the
Leopold and Loeb ease ns u criterion
of what shall be done with muir
derrrs.
The newly organized Anti.crlme
council in Chicago, endeavoring TO
stop the vast number OF murders In
that city asks that murderers be
hanged. They believe Il viii throw n
scare into the 100000 criminals IN
Chicago.
Law enforcement all down the line
TO the police courts Is lax The only
way TO prevent crime IL TO enforce the
law or reform the criminals. The
last Is most difficult. Once In a rut of
crime and criminal finds that so
ciety Is down on him. He is CLASH.
fled as crook. lie Is not wanted In
legitimate business circles, because
men cannot trust him. He is not
wanted In most Of the churches, be-
cause the saints fear TO be tainted.
He is consequently driven TO the SO
eiety of his own kind where he has
little interest In reforming his char
aeter. Many "A criminal has been dis
missed from prison with high re.
solves 10 reform, only to be kicked
out Of every respectable class Of SO
ciety and forced on the downward
scale.
II society would stop the crimin-
ality In this free America II will have
to reform It's tactics and hold out the
helping hand instead of giving Grim
inals the swift kick.
Streets of the Twin Cities are soon
TO be paved with Ford cars instead
Of brick and cement. The commits.
sioners and aldermen profess not TO
know of the plan, but as the public
begins 10 recognize the necessity Of
some such change In the summer sea.
son, they will probably be impressed
with the praeticability Of the plan,
Women still want TO marry in spite
Of the high cost Of living and the
love Of young woman for a free and
unhampered existance.
A report from Paris says that
streets were blocked by kissing maid
ems who were intent on securing hus.
bands. American tourists will find
more cause than ever for touring
Paris when the young and pretty
women are paradlng
SO far nothing of the kind has been
reported In this country, giving all
the more reason why eligible men
should migrate to France where there
is all manner Of personal liberty.
President Coolidge Is reported to be
averse 10 calling a special session Of
congress next summer. Whether he
feels that such congress could ae-
complish nothing, and does not want
to be bothered, Is not indicated In
the report.