The Washington times., 1924-11-03
CABIN
REGIS TER
VOTES
Many Ballots Go Out by
Mail From Voteless
Washington
By NOAMIE EDWARDS.

~ there are, nevertheless. a
good many votes going out
Of Washington by mail or In per-
son to swell the total tomorrow
for some candidate.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
sent their votes back to Massachu.
sets one day last week, thus adding
two more for the extension OF their
stay in the White House. They
are fortunate in being from q State
which viii accept q. ballot by mail.
Some Of the Cabinet Members are
not so fortunate, but q careful poll
reveals that most Of the ministers
and their wives-where there are
wives--will be at the required spot
to vote the Republican ticket to-
morrow.
The Secretary OF State. Mr..
Hughes. leaves tonight for New
York to cast his ballot, Mrs. Hughes
remaining in Washington. The
Secretary Of the Treasury, Mr.. Mel
lon, Is in Pittsburgh, where he Is
registered. Presumably Miss Ailsa
Mellon, his daughter, will not bother
TO exercise the franchise, as she ID
IN New York with Miss Alice Syl-
vester, where they plan to be for
a week or two longer. The Score
tary of War and Mrs. Weeks are
both. IN town, so, II they have voted,
1t has been by mail-if New Hamp-
shire permits that.
The Secretary Of the Navy and
Mrs. Wilbur and their daughter,
Miss Edna Wilbur, are tout o.
luck for voting-for California
laws will not permit civilian to
vote by mail and the "Sunshine
State" is a long way off even by
airplane. SO the Secretary and his
family win feel really like the vote
less citizens of the District when
the world and his wife and their
sons and daughters elsewhere are
voting tomorrow. i
Secretary Wilbur has just re.
turned from a speaking trip. IN
New England.
The Attorney General and Mrs.
Stone are in New York for their
voting. The Postmaster General
and Mrs. New are back home in
Indiana for theirs. TIE Secretary
Of the Interior. Doctor Work, Will
remain in Denve, until after the
elections. The Secretary OF Com
merce and Mrs. Hoover are in Call.
forrlia, so they will have no trouble
registering their political prefer
ences; and the Secretary Of Labor
and Mrs. Davis are leaving tonight
for Pittsburgh to vote and will re.
turn to Washington tomorrow night.
The Acting Secretary Of Agricul-
ture, Mr.. Gore, win ne at his homo
In West Virginia to vote against
his fellow-statesman, John w. Davis.
There will be little interest in
anything tomorrow night but the
election returns. The President and
Mrs. Coolidge win have as their
guests at a radio party Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Stearns, Of Boston, who
will arrive tomorrow morning. Mr..
and Mrs. John w. Davis will Ills
ten-in" in their home at Locust
Valley, Long Island, and Senator
and Mrs. Robert M. La Toilette will
hear in their home Ut Madison,
Wis.,, how the Progressive Ilatta-
lions Jared in battle against the
Old Guard.
Three Parties Woo Muse
Of Poetry-With Indifferent Success.
Whatever the result tomorrow
OF the Presidential election. the cam
paigns wagod by the respective par
ties have had elements of interest.
For those of poetic inclinations there
appears to be little to comfort in
the quality of poetry spread abroad
to garner in votes.
Judging from the lyrical output
in support of the three major
political groups "rarin'" for the
White House this year, our best
poetic ia Int has not been enlisted.
The Independent Progressives, how
ever, appear to have the edge on
the Republicans and Democrats.
Their stuff has bit better
meter and a bit more Of punch.
And they have even gone so far
as to compose music for their prize
song, whereas, the best their op.
ponents have done is to arrange
words to old, familiar tunes.
The La Folletistas have done
that, too, but their ability to in.
In song. And so they have an
original one entitled, "You Bet. La
Toilette, We're All Set" with
words and music written by Ida
Hoyt Treadway and dedicated to
Senator Robert M. La Toilette. Zoe
Beckley will send you copy OF
1t, IL you ask her. She is at the
La Toilette headquarters here.
The chorus begins:
la Toilette. you can bet, we're
all set,
TO elect the one man the nation
needs"