Show t THE LODGE bill for the control of elections elec-tions Introduced in the House of Representatives sentatives a few days ago should be promptly killed Its purpose is not to purify elections but to perpetuate Republican Repub-lican control of Congress in spite of the 1 will of the people as expressed at the ballotbox The bill proposes t transfer a the election machinery from the states t the Republican administration at Washington Wash-ington United States judges are to appoint ap-point a registration and election officers the clerk of the U S court and the judge are to count the votes and issue the certificates cer-tificates and the name in the certificate shall bo entered upon the rolls of Congress With such a law in operation the Democrats Demo-crats who went to the polls would waste their time |