. Review of reviews and world's work. or and Common Council, with nearly500 citizens, of Ripon, Wisconsin, have peti-tioned Washington to have the $75,000appropriated for their post-office buildingdiverted to purposes of national defense,preferably aviation equipment. This is notonly a patriotic act; it is good other towns might well follow theexample. T»« ,^^ There is not much to be said Political abrjut a prjlitical campaign that* has not yet begun except in apreliminary way. The elections in Novem-ber will br decided by the independent voteof the country; and the Progressi


. Review of reviews and world's work. or and Common Council, with nearly500 citizens, of Ripon, Wisconsin, have peti-tioned Washington to have the $75,000appropriated for their post-office buildingdiverted to purposes of national defense,preferably aviation equipment. This is notonly a patriotic act; it is good other towns might well follow theexample. T»« ,^^ There is not much to be said Political abrjut a prjlitical campaign that* has not yet begun except in apreliminary way. The elections in Novem-ber will br decided by the independent voteof the country; and the Progressives of fouryears ago have now become to a great ex-tent independrnt«. Both candidates willt .... ;vK»d grounds inr appraling for Pro-? and mdr|K-n«lrnt siipiN*rt. NeitherWilvm nor Hughes \% a narrow ^>th are of the inf and reforming type. I he Wilvm .i< ration i* not div-tinctively partisan. Thrre is no spirit of nar-row in the drpartmrntal work,and the Cabinrt officers have been carr)inj5. Bain News Service, Xow YorkA NEW SXAPSHOT PHOTOGRAPH OF MR. HUGHES,TAKEN IN NEW YORK LAST MONTH on their respective branches of the publicservice with as high a degree of devotion tothe country- and as great freedom fromscandals or from hint of impropriety as anyprevious administration in the history of thecountry. There is every reason to believethat Governor Hughes, if elected, wouldmaintain the highest administrative stand-ards. The campaign will not be fought inthis particular domain. Just how it will beshaped remains to be seen. But it will beconcerned with large issues of public policy,and withtimes. national leadership in critical UanageraChoaen Mr. Wilson and Mr. Hughesare alike fortunate in theirchoice of campaign Democratic chairman is Mr. V^anceMcCormicIc, of Pennsylvania, who made anotable success s<»ine years ago as mayorof Marrisburg, and who was the unsuccess-ful Democratic nonunre for Governoragainst Brumbaugh in the


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