The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-11-04
A SOLEMN WARNING.
ON THE SHOULDERS OF THE STAY
AT HOMES WILL REST THE RESULT.

Ten States So Close That Neglectfui Voters
May Cause the Loss of Any of Them.
The Australian Ballot Must BE Studied
and Voters Prepared to Use 1t.
Especial Correspondence
NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-One thing the
voters of the United States ought to un-
derstand very clearly. That is that the
neglect of few people to vote at the COM
ing election may change the result and
change the entire business condition Of
the country. There are ten states in the
country in which a change Of from 300
to 1000 votes would change the result in
those states. There are five states in the
country in which less than 1900 voters
remaining at home on election day would
change the result. There are states in
which change of few hundred votes
from one side to the other would change
the result. There are others in which
mere handful of voters neglecting their
duty to go to the polls would allow the
opposing party to carry the election In
those states, and perhaps change the en-
tire result of the presidential election.
What a Change in Administration Would
Do.
This is matter of such vital impor-
lance that the voters of the country can
not give it too much thought. A change
in the administration, it is conceded,
means general change in the policy Of
this government. The chances are
ninety-nine out of 100 that if the Demo
Gratis succeed in electing their president
they will by the same stroke obtain
majority in the house and senate as well
as control of the presidential chair.
That has not happened before for over
thirty years. When the Republicans
got into power in 1860 they changed the
general policy of the government from
a low tariff to the protective tariff. tits
not necessary in this connection to go
into the details Of the wonderful pros
perity which has followed. Everybody
conversant with the history of the
country must realize that the prosper
GUS condition of the people Of the gov
eminent of the country generally is 80
patent that nobody can doubt that pros
perity has attended "the protective
tariff" experience of the United States.
There is not man in the United States
who can doubt that the election of q
Democratic president, a Democratic
house and Democratic senate would
mean a reversal of the tariff conditions
under which this wonderful prosperity
has come.
Your Neglect May Change the Result.
Every voter of the country who does
not want to see this splendid condition
of our country Destroyed condition
which every nation of the world has
recognized as one Of superior results
ought to recognize the fact that on his
vote and the vote of his neighbor may
depend the question of change in the
administration or no change in the adj
ministration. In the state of Connecti-
cut in the last presidential election the
Democratic plurality was 2,216 votes
plurality was only ,615 votes. In In
diana the Republican plurality was only
2,34S votes. Out of an enormous num-
Der of votes cast in West Virginia the
plurality was but 526 votes. In a num-
Der of other states the plurality was but
few thousand. In many of the states
q change of 1 or per cent. from one
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 result. This brings
us to point which is very important
for every voter to remember.
Farmers and workingmen Should BE Sure
to Vote.
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 ex-
perience which has accompanied the use
of this system in the state elections has
shown in nearly every case falling off
Of the farmer vote. The farmer does
not like the Australian ballot. He looks
upon it as device Of the city schemers
and as troublesome, uncomfortable
method which his fathers did not use,
and which he 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 workingmen do not like to
be'compelled to call upon others to help
them out in unraveling its mysteries.
The honest farmers and the honest
workingmen form very large element
of the Republican party. Hence bal
lot system which is not acceptable to
them, and which results in many Of
them staying away from the polls,
naturally reduces the Republican vote.
The experience in all elections in which
the Australian ballot or anything like
it has been tried shows falling of in
the Republican vote. This is accounted
for by the fact already indicated-that
the honest farmers and workingmen Of
the country do not turn out and vote un-
der this new tangled arrangement as
they did before. If the honest farmers
and honest workingmen in the Repub-
lican 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
70 wake up on the morning after the
election and find that their state has
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