Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-11-03
DON'T NEGLECT 1T.
VOTERS SHOULD FULLY REALIZE
THEIR DUTY or ELECTION DAY.

'neht OoiY or ELECTION DAY.
The Neglect to Vote May Change Results
IN a Dozen states-TweIve states with
s,argins 81 a si5fs Hsnasa of Votes.
Important Suggestions.
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-There is a
feeling hero that some of the voters Of
the country are liable - Neglect their
duty at the GINNING election. The apathy
which has beSp so apparent on both
sides probably causes this feeling. This
IS a matter OF such Italimportance that
the voters of the conStry cannot give il
too much thought. ~ Change Ia the
administration, it is conceded, means a
general change in the p~olicS>of this eey-
eminent. The chances are nSuety-nino
out of 100 that if the Democrats succeed
In electing their president they WI by
the same stroke obtain a majority inSthe
house n senate as well as control Gf
the presidential chair. That has not
happened before for oVef thirty years.
When the Republicans got into power
M 1860 they changed the general policy
OF the government from q low tariff to
the protective tariff. 1t Is not necessary
IN this connection to go into the details
81 the wonderful prosperity which has
followed.
Everybody Recognizes Our Prosperity.
Everybody conversant with the his
tory of the country must realize that the
prosperous condition Of the people of the
government of the country generally is
so patent that nobody can doubt that
prosperity has attended ''fhe protective
tariff experience of the United States.
Our growth and prosperity in these
thirty years have been the marvel of the
civilized world. There is not a country
uader the sun which has not recognized
ard wondered at and co~mplimented our
wonderful growth and prosperity during
the past thirty years.
There Is not q man in the United
States who can doubt that the election
of a Democratic president, a Democratic
house and 4 Democratic senate would
mean a reversal Of the tariff conditions
under which this wonderful prosperity
has come. 1t is boldly asserted by the
Democrats themselves. 1t is the prin-
cipal plank in their platform. The
voters Of the country who do not want
to see this splendid condition Of our
country ~destroyed-a condition which
every nation of the world has recognized
as Il of superior results-ought to rec
ognize the fact that on his vote and the
vote of his neighbor may depend the
question Ola change in the administra-
ton or 40 change IN the administration.
Some Close States.
In the state of Connecticut in the last
presidential election the Democratic
plurality was 2,216 votes; in the state of
Nevada the margin of plurality was
only l ,6i5 votes. In Indiana the Repub-
lican plurality was only 2,34S votes. Iu
New Hampshire the plurality was 2,272
votes; in West Virginia the Democratic
plurality was but $50 votes. In a num-
Der of other states the plurality was but
a few thousand. In many Of the states
a change Of | or . per cent. from n
side to the other would have changed
the result. In some Of the states the
neglect of less than l per cent. Of the
Republican voters TO go to the polls
would change the fesalt, This brings
us TO a point which is very important
for every voter to remember.
The Australian Ballot.
In nearly every one of the close states
the Australian ballot or something pat
termed upon that has been adopted since
the last presidential election. The X
perience which has accompanied the use
of this system in the state elections has
shown in nearly every case a falling of
of the farmer vote. The farmer does
not like the Australian ballot. He looks
upon ii as 4 device of the city sehemers,
and as a troublesome, uncomfortable
method which his fathers did not use,
and which be thinks he should not be
compelled to use. The result is that it
has kept thousands and thousands of
farmers away from the polls. Not only
this, but the w~orkingmen do not like to
be compelled to call upon others to help
them out in ~unraveling its mysteries.
Experiences in all elections in which the
Australian ballot or anything like it has
been tried shows a falling off in the Re-
publican vote. This Is accounted for by
tbs fact already indicated, that the hon
est farmers and workingmen of the
country do not turn out and vote under
this new tangled arrangement as they
did before.
Plain Words to farmers and W~orkingmeh.
If the honest farmers and honest work
ingmen in the Republican party are not
careful to do their full duty this time
regardless Of the fact that they do not
like this new tangled way of voting
they are liable to wake UP on the morn
ing after the election and find that their
state has gone the wrong way; that by
staying away from the polls they have
caused that change. 1t is the duty of
every Republican voter to begin today,
now, and make a study of the new vot-
ing system of his state, and not only to
study it for himself. but TO instruct his
heighbor and his neighbours neighbors in
it. IL is also his duty to go to the polls
and vote on election day, whether he
likes this new tangled way of voting or
not, and also TO see that his neighbor and
his neighbours neighbors do the same
thing. 3
The neglect of a few people to vote at
the coming election may change the re-
sult and the entire business condition of
the country. There are ten states in
the country in which a change of from
100 to 1900 votes would change the
result in those states. There are five
states III the country in which less than
1900 voters remaining at home on cleo
ton day would change the result. There
ere states in which a change of a few
hundred votes from n side to the
other would change the result. There
are others in which a mere handful Of
voters negleciing their duty to go to the
polls would allow the opposing party to
carry the election in those states and
perhaps change the entire result Of the
presidential election.
Queer Facts, TLeye
A 81 bill costs 3 2-l0 mills,
Artificial quinine is made.
Michigan has lis salt firms.
Coreans wear paper clothes.
Teeth are pulled by electricity.