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Show SCRATCHES OFF CROOKED NAMES Philadelphia, June S. In the course of his speech to the graduating class of Swarthmore college today, Dr. David Da-vid Starr Jordan, president of Lc-land Lc-land Stanford. Jr., university devoted part of his address lo politics. Dr. Jordan said "Some years ago, when Mr Roosevelt Roose-velt and I were boys together, lie told me a story of his experience with a Now York politician This man was a Democrat who was working vigorously but secretly for the election of a Republican. Re-publican. Mr. Roosevelt was surprised surpris-ed at this, but the politician explained' explain-ed' 'Voij are n very young man, Mr-Roosevelt, Mr-Roosevelt, but when yon are old as I aui, von will know, that there Is no polities in politics.' 'In other words," continued Dr. Jordan, "when If is a question of putting put-ting ones hand in the public's purse, tho thin disguise of party partisanship partisan-ship is laid off. "As a good Republican of lont; standing as well as I know how, the straight ticket, the only stralcht ticket tick-et I can vote Is one with the crooked names scratched off. Bui If by chance my choice lies between crooked crook-ed names I give my preference to the Democrat, that my own party may be relieved from I he dlsgraco of his election elec-tion " |