Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1892-10-29
DON'T NEGLECT TT.
VOTERS SHOULD FULLY REALIZE
THEIR DUTY ON ELECTION DAY.

VOTERS SHOULD FULLY REALIZE
THEIR DUTY ON ELECTION DAY.
The Neglect to Vote May Change Results
in Dozen States-Twelve States with
Margins of II Mere Handful of Votes.
Important Suggestions.
Especial Correspondence
WASHINGTON, Oct. 17.-There is d.
feeling here that some of the voters Of
the country are liable to neglect then.
duty at the coming election. The apathy
which has been SO apparent on both
sides probably causes this feeling. This
is a matter Of such vital i'm mportance that
the voters of the country cannot give It
too much thought. A change in the
7 administration, it is conceded, means a
general change il the policy of this gov
ernment. The chances are ninety-nine
out of lC0 that if the Democrats succeed
in electing their president they will by
the same stroke obtain a a1najority i'll tie
house and senate as well as control Of
the presidential chair. That has not
happened before for over thirty years.
/ Ylen the Republicans got into power
in 1859 they changed the general policy
Of the government from low tariff to
the protective tariff. 1t is not necessary
in this correction to go into the details
Of 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 ssthe 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 It country.
under the sun which has not recognized
and wondered at and co1nplinleilte, OR
wonderful growth and prosperity during
the past thirty years.
There is not a man in the United
States who can doubt that the election
Of Democratic president, a Democratic
house and 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. Il is the prin-
cipal plank in their platform. The
voters of the country who do not want
te see this splendid condition Of our
country destroyed-a condition which,
. every nation Of the world has recognized
: as one Of superior results-ought to rec
ognize the fact that on his vote and the
vote of his neighbor may depend the
question Of a change in the administra-
tion or no 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 615 votes. In Indiana the Repub>
lican plurality was only 2,343 votes lu,
| New Hampshire the plurality was 2.2s2
votes; in West Virginia the Democratic
/ plurality was but 526 votes. In num-
Der of other states the plurality was but
i few thousand. In many Of the states
! a change Of or 2 per cent. from one.
s side to the other would have changed
5 the result In some of the states ths
r 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
9 for every voter to remember.
t The Australian Eallot.
In nearly every one of the cIose' states
a the Australian ballot OF scnct l,,;.,G5 l,,;:.,G pat
termed upon Tint has been adopted sluce
e the last presidential election. The ex-
S perience which has accompanied the use
! of this system in the state elections has
/ shown in nearly every case falling off
t Of the farmer vote. Tie farmer does
t not like the Australian ballot. He looks
i upon it rs a device of the city schenlers,
and as a troublesome, uncomfortable
n method which his fathers did not use,
e and which he thinks he should not be
9 compelled to use. The result is that it
9 has kept thousands and thousands of
d farmers away from the polls. Not only
0 this, but the workingmen do not like to
: be compelled to call upon others to help
l. them out in unraveling its mysteries.
d Experience in all elections in which the
l. Australian ballot or anything like it has
s been tried shows falling off in the Re
o publican vote. This is accounted for by
l. the fact already indicated, that the hon
d est farmers and workingmen Of the
country do not turn out and vote under
o this new far ed arrangement as they
i did before.
Plain Words to Farmers and Workingmen.
IF the honest tanners and honest work
ingmen in tie Republican party are not
careful to DC their full duty this time
s regal ]less Of to feet that they do not
like Il us new i,.i.l,, Il way Of voting
t they .4fe La :; Ike up on the morn
II ing after tbn election and find that their
i state has gone the wrong way; that by
D staying away from the polls they have
< caused that change. It is the duty Of
v every Republican voter to begin today
N now, and make study of the new vot
II ing system Of his state, and not only tt
study it for himself, but to instruct hi
to neighbor and his neighbor' s neighbors IL
W it. 1t is also his duty to go to the poll
n and vote on election day, whether n
Of likes this new tangled way Of voting O
II not, and also to see that his neighbor ant
Id his neighbor's neighbors do the SAM
to thing.
e. The neglect of few people to vote g.
the coming election may change the re
le suit and the entire business condition o
es the countr,. There are ten states il
a the country in which change of from
-, 1D0 IA 4 Gntj VOTES wo11l1 ehaDpp th