FOUR ; . A. OCEAN CITY SENTINEL, OCEAN CITY. N. J., THURSDAY. JUNE 22, 1922

Ocean City Sentinel % 1 : 1 „ , Printed nnd Publtehad Ev.ry Ttiuradar _ — ^ _| ocean city printing and publishing co. P. J. EVAXfi. Ertilor I.EWIS L. BARRETT, (tefwrnl BulMnn Mannmr Thin Comiuinr thn rlrh! In rryrct «nr adv.rti.lnkf ^ ^ ' Job work promptly*,™, bj cxporirand hnndr. THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1922 ^aterri El Ihr Pom OftY* .1 Own C\Ut. N. J.. M wcond cl«» Mnll nullrr. SMALL TOWN POLITICS. Five politiclanK. leading luminaries In ttao fl moment of Peunaylvanlaa republicanism, were In secret conclave met. It was an unofficial meeting, as all political meetings of real Importance and significance are. of which not even thl- sleuths of the public press had the remotest suspicion. Subsequently, as a sort of raison .d'etre, the Information was Riven forth to the effect. that one of the Ave tyid on fhju- particular day reached the sixtieth milestone on the highway of life, and his friends were eelebratinc the occasion with a smalt dinner. Upon the surface It wss a very Innocent and Informal affair: just five men at play, having for the once thrown aside all the cares and anxieties of political leadership, and the burdens of state ruie and dotnfnution A politician's birthday, it would appear. Is a movable event, and may fall at any period of -the year, according to the exigencies of the political altuatlon. ^ Moreover, public meetings and caucuses proclaimed with a fanfare of * trumpets, and accompanied with- a pyrotechnic display of oratory-" do not in common parlance, amount to u "hill of beans": the real work is done In secret cabal, backroom conventions, and Urthday parties. In every sphere of political 'campaigning, from the humble office of a town crier, to that of the presidency of the United Stales. Thus it was later discovered that the aforementioned birthday party was not as guUelesyjj^lmaglned; for by the time coffee and cigars were served. * the old "machine" had ground- into everlasting oblivion the political ambi- : Hons of half a doxen persons, had selected a governor for Ihe slate, together with the senators and congressmen for a period of ten years, Qaltc a strenuous birthday party. In addition a lilt had been compiled of persons who were to be nomi- 1 nated. and rewarded with minor honors, one with a' mayorality. another with 1 a seat on the council of his city, and a third with a county offlco. providing 1 of course they proved tractable henchmen, and useful In the gubernatorial ' and senatorial "contests, lending and bending every energy to secure the return of the birthday party nomlpeea. In their respective constituencies. 1 The same year, when the state would be called upon to elect a new 1 governor, it happened that a certain county In IL would be called upon to 1 elect a person to a .very desirable and lucrative office. The names of two very faitbfdL party henchmen were mentioned. Four ' of the birthday party celebrants were evenly divided concerning the two,. ' half of the number advocating strenuously the claims of one residing in the 1 county seat, and the remaining two championing the cause of the other, who 1 resided in the smallest electorate in the county. The deciding vote therefore fell to the host, who by thesjray. was in his ' day unquestionably the gifcteat political power in the state and one of the few greatest In the country, a positive gbnlu* In the art of political intriguery. 1 an uncrowned cxar. utterly unscrupulous and as cold-blooded as a fish. The manner in which this gentleman delievered his decision Is worthy of eonMderation as an example of superfine political sagacity. 1 "There's not a man in the county who 'deserves the job more than -Fred B : . We owe it him. He has kept the wheels well greased for year- . ' but we simply could not put it across. If' we could be certain he would 1 carry the SOLID VOTE OF HIS OWN CONSTITUENCY, with our pull In < other sections of the county. It might be dotle. THE PEOPLE OF THAT I LITTLE BURG ARE SO INFERNALLY DIVIDED AMONG THEMSELVES BECAUSE SO INFERNALLY FRIENDLY. THEY'LL NEVER GET AJTY > THING. We ran Bob P- for Connty Treasurer, and I'H be handed if ' four more candidates did not bob up and split the vote Into a negligible quantity. THE ODD FELLOWS THOUGHT IT INCUMBENT OF THEM TO i RUN A MAN: THE MOOSE AND THE EAGLES FELT THEY COULD NOT ' ALLOW SUCH AN INDIGNITY TO THEIR PRIDE AND PRESTIGE TO PASS UNCHALLENGED, CONSEQUENTLY RAN TWO MORE CANPI I DATES. Fred would not have the ghost of a chance, for already five ha v. i tentatively announced their candidature for'the office. The job goes to the

The thought has been forcing itself more and more to the fore within the last two weeks, that the above narrated Incident hna more than an accidental bearjng and application to the altuatlon rapidly developing in Ocean 1 City. Romora are in circulation of three or four persons, who are aspiring for i the honor of representing Ocean City on the Board of County Commissionera. and of almrlefl of back parlor conventions being held. If there Is more than a substratum of truth In the rumens whispered i around. Ocean City has about as much chance of securing a Commissioner upon the County Board aa It has of furnishing a king for the province of « Libania. If Ocean City docs not concentrate all lis voting power behind one candidate. and only one. the last hope of securing a ('oEM^asloner tor the city In defeated. ™ Aa « matter of fact, taking Into consideration the relative voting strength of Ocean City, as compared with other electorates in the county, the result would he doubtful even with a solid vote. That Ocean City should have direct representation upon the County Board of Commissioners Is conceded by all. Pride in our city demands as mnch. That Ocean City will have direct representation upon the County Board of Commissioner* comes within the bounds of possibility and" probabil- * Ity. odly upon certain co millions. Firstly: Ocean City cannot afford to put more than one candidate Into the field, behind whom there must be the solid vote of the electorate nnd undivided alleglan c. Now at the first reading there appears to be neither rhyme nor reason In the assertion quoted, that a community can be too hopelessly divided in itself because so friendly, to secure the return of one of its members to a public office. Yet it is not difficult to comprehend how such a situation might arise. John Brown. John Smith and John Jones have thtown their hats Into j the ring, challenging all comers to dispute their right and fitnpsa for a certain public office. j In a large city, or in a smaller, witkwa comparatively large transient population, typically cosmopolitan in character. the above-named Johns would be politely ignored, and their ambitions allovredMo die a painless death from starvation, or (hey would bo politely bat frankly informed, that their political dreams urc destined to remain forever of the stuff dreams are made. Furthermore, if the nAed arose, sufficient moral influence and force would be brought to bear upon thetn to make them 'see It wp»- expedient for " them to quietly withdraw th.hr candidature.!, and not JJj their obstinacy Injure the community. "" , t On tin* either hand, in comparatively small c&mpMinliiea. where everybody knowa everjbody. and everybody is Jack and Bill to everybody, and where everybody lives upon terms of the closest Intimacy and friendship with -everybody, smllment Invariably usurps the place and prerogatives of Everybody dreads overmmi? to ogehd the susceptibilities of everybody to be frank and IruthfuL Ekoeybody commVnds a small following of friends upon whom he has certain claims for support Minor considerations of social friendship, business dealings, club affillatlotUL atpLwhat not. blind men to the greater duty of seeking the' greatest good «r th\ greatest number. No ties of business or social convention should bd allowed to hinder the progress and welfare of the community. Secondly: Not only In order to secure a seat for one of our own upon the Board of County Commissioners must Ocean ("Ity pledge a solid vote! behind on* person, but that person must be sufficient popular and Influential In other sections of the connty. to command a certain amount of 'suffrage from' such communities: In other words, the person must have something more thfiu his private ambitions to commi-nd him to the county. He must have behind him a fairly good teeord for service rendered to the county: must have identified himself with various movements of beneflb-and Interest to the vounty: and must be a person respected nnd estggpied In the, county for his commercial Integrity, moral character and trustworthlnea*. Thirdly: Having secured ihe consent of such a person, or the nearest approach to one of the character, to submit his name as a candidate for election, the electorate must pledge to him absolute allegiance and support. We use the word*, "secure the consent of such a person to submit his ■ ' J L |

jfxtuiW as a candidate," advisedly and with good reason: for this is one or; I ; ens Ion when, the office should si ek the man. and not the man ihe office. This | is one instance v In n the candidate should be selected by the people, and not lie one forced Upon the people, whether by a clique, or by bis private . ' ambitions. ** • >Thla done, and the danger of having tfic voting strength of the electorate ' dissipated into a negllguhl.- quantity by half a dozen candidates, will be Petty considerations must not be allowed to stand in} ihe way Of the' 'city's advantage, and gain: nor the secret ambitions of our dearest friend. As members of the Society for the Promotion of Greek Danrfn)h or as ytnemtiers of the Jnz$-Itow Club; the prospect of putting one of our number public office might lie alluring. We should remepib' r. Iiewever, that the office was created for ihe aerPlco of the community, by the community. and for the community, and cot for the boosting of a coterie or clique. As a matter of fact there is not a aoylety in exlatotim' meriting political . preferment as kuctv nor Is there q "pladt for one hi a democracy. In matins of administration and. governmSur wV are all citizens, no matter what buttons we may wear in the lapel of our coats. We may not havp any special liking for the person chosen. He may be a social or business rival, and more successful than we pre: petty sentiment* v of the ilk should not be allowed to stand in the path of civic duty and re- » s'ponslbility. "* , If we an sincerely determined that Ocean Cfty shall fill one seat on tt>e Board oi County Commissioners, there is no other alternative. ' , Fourthly . VThore la a duty also obligatory' Upon all who aspire for public . office and bono! political preferment, and social prestige through political ; preferment, anil the exercise of power, offers many allurements, it Is com There Is a wonderful fascination which few mortals can resist, in leanf lug-bark In the rhalr. feet fwrvlicd high upon desk or table, the aroma of a good cigar permeating the room, and a good dinner swelling our vests to j . uldermanic proportions, and 'dream dreams of sitting in regal state upon a I public body, to the wonderment and the envy of the gaping multitude. There are moments when the unctuous and oRy worship of cringing sycophants f -seenJ* desirable. , ' There <ore momenta when the unregenerale heart secretly agrees with, , Lucifer, that it Is "better to reign-in hell than to serve in heaven." A [ The writer might Indeed be sorely tempted to accept, from the altera , the bankrupt throne -of Russia, if Messrs. Lenin ami. Trotsky conveniently , It is presumed, however, that every candidate for public office is actuated purely and solely by Ihe highest motives, seeking only the opportunity «b . serve the community of which he Is an integral part. That being sb. occasions arise when lie can bosh serve the community . by refusing to become a candidate for public office. lV> particular this may be true In the cqming election for County Commissioners. Unless a condi- . date Is absolutely certain' ol the undivided support o(4he electorate, he will , gullty'of wrong, morally criminal, in persisting In^prflaecutlng his candi- , dature. and,t hereby making it impossible for the city to secure a representaI lion on the Board. . It is granted him. of course, that the people made an unwise choice. In preferring another, and revealed a lamentable want of sagacity and Intelli- . gence; nevertheless It does not lesson the obligation incumbent upon hint, to , stifle personal Interest and accept the verdict of the people. There la a borough weCt of Pittsburgh, in which1 n certain individual lias . entered the lists for the office of burgess, regularly for lite last twenty years. The largest poll he has ever drawn was 52 votes: but bis 52 voles upon that ' } occasion was the .means of throwing a good man out of officc'and putting a p rnaosl into office. _ He would have serv/d his constituency better nnd nobler had he kept , name from the rfSIot. Now the question confronting the citizens of Ocean City Is obvious: how can we make sure of V seal upon the Board of County Commissioners T It is not for a poor scribe to suggest plans of campaign to wiser heads. 1 We do venture a suggestion, however, with the hope thst it' might form the ^ basis of agreement. Three or four things are evident. Ocean City should have the privilege of sending one member to the Board of County Commissioners. Ocean City , cannot afford to run more than one candidate. To command the solid vote \ ol the community, the one candidate must be the choice ol the people. The ' - prospective candidate should be finally a person of Influence In- the county. I It Is i-uggeslcd therefore that at an early date a meeting of fifty men and twenty-five women, representing all sections and classes In the electorate ' should be arranged. Let there be a frank and straightforward discussion of the situation. A i roster of five or s ix names should be submitted, -including those who have • already openly or tacitly made known their candidature, i A series ul secret ballots should be conducted, eliminating after each . ballot the name receiving the lowest number of votes, until ultimately one . ' person has received two-thirds or more of the votes cast. The final name should be then submitted, and an effort made to secure the pledged support of the entire mertlng- , The plan has Its disadvantages and fallings, of course, as all plans of human making have. Nevertheless It will be an effort to secure a measure i of unanimity and co-operation to a desirable end. In the procesr of elimination the seventy-five persons composing the ■ novel Hoard of Arbitration, should lirst and foremostly strike out all persons . who are obviously the nominees of a particular society or club. To command the solid vote of the electorate, the prospective candidate | most.be a person without strings dangling at his heels; otherwise they might r trip him. ' If it became known that he was the nominee of a particular so[wcicty or organization, as It would Inevitably become known, the mere fact would arouse sufficient antagonism In rival organizations to defeat the end | ■ aimed at. . In the end. of course, the seventy-five could not prevent any private individual from defying their mandate, and proclaiming his candidature; but j they could. If truly representative of the community, bjr their undivided support and allegiance ti '.lie people's choice, (and the suggested plan seems the only way of determining what is the people's choice. Bhort of the actual elecr tloni. make It. to say the least, unwise on his part to persist in the endeavor , to Kive other sections of the county, an easy monopoly of the seat* upon the ft Board of County Commissioners. p t |

SEE . BEETHOVEN, THEN HIS SONATA IS 13m I I I IP'j N Rm \ •' fm ^ 'iiii ■ ^ »1 Thij remarkable photograph of the great coihpoicr is. from a painting, symbolic of ni» masterpiece, the Fassionafc Sonata. lVaw ,1 the lids of your eyes close together, glimpse through the eyelathcs and you will ate Beethoven. Open the eyes wide- and you will see what >r was in the mind of the musician when he wrote his delightful harmony. j . .

VISIT 10 WASHINGTON GRADUATES RECEIVED AT THE §TE HOUSE: MEETS PRESIDENT HARDING: - 1 ' HEAR DEBATE IN SENATE '' AND CONGRESS 1 * . , ' : wST Of T xiaWS* 'iSvo^y-: ' - boon no royally treated and so much j t - feted as elas '22 of the ttcer.n «Tt.v lllseh School. .. . , A series of festiiltie- i-onMRnm.il ' 1 lag In a visit to Washington. Lie c.ipr M 9ron -^Wofr'mirr"r"th"- 'o^thlr I celved?*ncvbrthelei>fc virtue Is not :il- f ways rewarded, and very few people \ * i 1 The program eelebratinc their ;r.nd v uatlnn began on Frldav, In n I Ion-' * ' Party, given at the home of Ml - < Maud lleaton at 'South Renville. ' Wonderful preparations In,! i- n I(jmade 'for the entertainment of tliejj j. young people, and the gnosis have-s 'I their hostess, fiuf' cirrulallm; tales i'l e. which mate nil Who lirnr green w|th!« s envy of the chicken dinner served. \ Then came the visit to We lilngton j 1 TxauJing together with the grnduat j /the cliaperonage of Mrs. Alice Min e t Millan. the party arrived ai W.ishln- i f ton about 2 o'clock, and .'-pent most oi ' of the Capitol. i Tuesday evening was spent Ittspe.-t- - inc the Congressional Library. '■ . Wednesday morning two large bus ( > . ,ses were waiting for the student.-, and j ' ' ' under the leadership of Mr. Harilson.j' " a guide: they left on a IJJ*teseeiri': 1 tour, and visited the llurolfu ol, Kn ' . graving and Pilnting. »!e/e th-y XB- " money and- (ostugc stamps: the PanV< American Union: the Lincoln Memo-1 ' l rial, the National Museum ami the- - White House, where members of both < j qlass—s shook hands with President j iHardlng. During the arternoon they1" were met by the Hon. Isaar Bar ha ' rarh. who took them through the . House of Repiesety at I ves Offlrv Bull . ding; through an underground pass age Into the Capitol Ilulldlnc. where ' they were shown through the various committee rooms, and were taken into t the gallery 4>vcr the House of Reptesentatlvcp and heard part of a debate going on at that time. After leaving '.the House they were escorted to the | Supreme Court room, and then were . taken charge of. by Senator Walter K , Edge and were taken to the Senate Chamber, where they also listened to n debate. ' After visiting the Capitol Building ' they took the busses and went to Ar- ■ lington. where they spent the rest of , the afternoon traveling through this beautiful cemetery nnd admiring tv 'custln-l.ee Mansion, the Memorial 1 Amphitheatre, the Arlington House.' f and many other spots of historic In- , In the evening a moonlight sail on one ol the large excursion boats was ; 1 * P The Ocean City Building and !.oan Association meets on the B' SECOND SATURDAY of every month at 408 Eighth Street. Have f you secured any of . the FULL j p PAID stock bearing interest at the rate of 6 per cent, per annum? p j See R. Howard Thorn; the Secres tary, who will explain. Adv. | -

. enjoyed.. The l«' , v-r' ntj m>^. deck and watched the country d.igc ■ the lower deck. i Thursday ntornln' In climbing to the fop of the Washington ' Monument ' and ildink down in ihj'nvi i- hdoVlrglnla ami t raveled thiou.:h cltr s wer^g'ilTc-ntertaineil at n iaftwcl!" |, it t v . given in their honor, by Mi William Weeks at flic lintel DISTINGUISHED SURGEON H^-Rf — Thomas II. Powick, M.D.. of Easton. Pa., has taken use of his lather's apartroents. 3225 Ashury Avenue, to which he has brought his family for part of the summer. /— Dr. Powick spent his summers hqjm his boyhood with his parents, , until he_jwM commissioned as Captain in the FieldV Hospital Service of the Rainbow Division, ami went to France where he spent nearly two years at the front. On his return, at the close 6f the war, he began the practice of mcdicene at Easton, anil established "Powiek's Hospital," which enjoys the en vi table reputation for its 1 1 successful surgery. He is the youngest child of the Rev". Dr. and Mrs. Wm. Powick, of the Philadelphia Confer- , encc. HOUSE PARTY. j Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stetzerr gave a delightful house party at ih-h lioni,s:tr. Ashury ^avenue, over a recent (inc! tided" a visit to the Theatre on the Boardwalk, pnd nil the delhthts of M r. and' Mrs. Ilranon Douglas, of ; U-.duhon; Mr. and Mrs. IS. Buiih. ot liCais Mav Court House; Mr. and Mrs. \ Haney Lloyd Chattln. of Or. an City" SENTINEL ADS BRING RESULTS

POSt OFFICE NEWS Office is opened on weekdays V|5 A. M., closes, 8.00 P. M. Mufloy. order "department opened from fbOO A. M. until fi.OO P. M. Closing time of outgoing mails for Philadelphia. Camden and points beyond: \_ G.15 A. M. S.45 A. M. 12 Noon 1 P. M. 3.45 P. M. I S.OO P. M. Atlantic City and Pieaaantville: . 6.15 A. M. 42 Noon *•. 3.45 P. M. 8.00 P. M. .M ill* alia-. Vineland and iiridgeton r- 6.15 A. M. ~J 8A5 A. M.V— / J * 3.45 P. M. 8.00 P. M. Cape' May, Wildwood, Cape May f Court House, Sea isle, Avalon. Per- - monl and Stone Harbor: 6.15 A. M. 8.45 A. M. 12 Noon 8.00 P. M. Time of delivery of mails through lock boxes: 8.45 A. M.; !U0 A. M.; 12.00noon; 3.30 P. M.; 4.15 P. M.; ami 6.15 P. M. There are two deliveries of mail by carriers, one in the morning and the 1 other, in the afternoon, with the exception of the business sec ti sit. whjph , has three deliveries, morning, flhqyfand i afternoon. ADV ERTISEMENTS ACCEPTED For All Philadelphia Papers At Standard Rates F. I.EROY HOWE " Advertising y Masse y and Edwards Building , Telephone 4601

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« ; . ■ j ( PPIN'T BE LONELY ^ ( JOIN THE CROWD WHO DAILY SMILE H k • AS THBY "Twitch the Switch" for Silent Service and the "Matchless" Night Atlantic City Electric Company, n SPECIAL NOTICE ! Sha»h and Window Frames for Sale R?.. ',=r. a,'..,. ' — ' ' yT] rv"r ';" . . fe ■ .4 - OCEAN CITY STORAGE CO. WAREHOUSE AND SHOW ROOMS Cor. Sixth and West Avenue, Ocean City, N. J. Furniture, Rugs, Pianos Bought and Sold qffices WEEK-END BARGAIN SALES philaueiphia: 7ij s^ c«d» s. - pi-« it-kn sou V n nZZl TF o- OCEA*CITr: Fw«»-'. !«*«.., SUCKMkSL * thiamine Uur kxoods and Compare rrtce* rtw 372-M ^ ^ — — — —i — — — — — —