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Just before the election a non-partisan research council at Columbia University issued a survey report on Maine elections back to 1874 which seriously qualified the political saying "As Maine goes, so goes the Nation." By complex statistics the council showed that Maine's "off-year' voting erred by an average of 20 House seats as an index of the November election...
...purpose; that all the other State offices . . . are in his keeping; that he owns the Public Service Commission; that he dictates all appointments which have any bearing upon his own interests; that he controls the General Assembly. . . . "The duties of a Governor are becoming every year more and more complex, owing to the rapid changes in social ideas. A large part of his work is above politics. . . . The immediate aim is to free society of its major ills so that life on this earth may be made happier by the mitigation of fear. Often the means proposed for accomplishing...
...complex life, however, affords that much greater opportunity to the individual who has acquired the capacity to think. He will be sought after, for the people want to be led. There is so much loose talk, foggy thinking, agitation for reform, partisanship and prejudice that he who can demonstrate the qualities of discernment, sincerity and courage will soon take his place as a leader in the community. The people need guidance. The average person has neither the time, the inclination, nor the ability to form a fair judgment on the thousands of questions and candidates constantly before them. They must...
While Berliners were free to make merry all night long in the city's pleasure spots last week because the police had neglected to re-enact the curfew law, Germany's political aspect became even more complex. Observers pondered the following puzzling developments...
Last week the Interstate Commerce Commission made drastic changes in the U. S. railway rate system?a structure as vitally important as it is complex. Two reports, appearing simultaneously, revised the class rates* in the East and in the West, added some $52,000,000 to the future annual revenues of the railroads. The new rates go into effect...