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Show A Busy Voter. John Weaver, the reform mayor of Philadelphia, was recently congratulated congratu-lated by u delegation of clergymen on tho clean administration that ho tins given tho Quaker city. In tho course of his leply, Muyor Weaver Bald: "1 am glad to tell you that things with us havo Improved. Take, for Instance, In-stance, tho mnttor of elections. A Plilladolphlnn, somo years ago, was running for n small ofllce, und on election day ho went from poll to poll cheering his supporters on. "As ho loft a cortalu poll a shabby shab-by Individual approached and shook him by tho hand " 'I trust, sir,' snld tho candidate, 'that you nro ono of my supporters,' "'Ono?' chuckled tho shnbby Individual. Indi-vidual. 'Why, bless your heart, I'm soven of 'em.' " |