The Dickinson press., 1892-10-22

AT HOMES WILL REST THE RESULT.
Ten States So Close That As.;;!rc:ful Nn.crs
May Cause the Loss of Any Of Them.
The Australian issllot Must BE Studied
and Voters Prepared to Use 1t.
Especial Correspondence
NEW York. Oct. 17.-Onc thing the
voters of the United States ought to un-
derstand very clearly. That is that the
neglect of a few people to vote at the com
ing election may change the result and
change the entire business condition of
the country. Therear are ten states in the
country i'll which u change of from 800
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 Il change of q few hundred votes
from IL side to the other would change
the result. There are others in which a
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 IL Change i'll Administration Would
DO.
This is a 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 a general change in the policy of
this government. The chances are
ninety-nine out of 100 that if the Demo-
Gratis succeed in e~lecting their president
they will by the same stroke obtain a
majority in the house and senate as we'll
as control of the presidential chair.
That has not happened before for over
thirty years. When the Republicans
got into power i'll 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
Il condition of the people of the gov
eminent of the country generally is so
patent that nobody can doubt that pros
perity has attended "tle protective
tariff experience of the United States.
There is not a man in the United States
who can doubt hat the election of a
Democratic president, a Democratic
house and a Democratic senate would
mean Il reversal of the tariff conditions
under which this wonderful prosperity
has come.
Your Neglect May Change tho Result.
Every voter of the country who does
not want to see this splendid condition
of IL country ~destroyed-a condition
which every nation of the world has
recognized as II of superior results
ought to recognize the fact that on his
vote and the vote of his neighbor may
depend the question of a change in the
administration or 10 change in the add
ministration. In the state of Connecti-
cut in the last presidential election the
Democratic plurality was 2,e1G votes.
In the state of Nevada the margin of
plurality was only 1915 votes. In In
diana the Republican plurality was only
2,3lS votes. Out of an O num-
Der of votes cast in West Virginia the
plurality was but 52G votes. In a num-
Der of other states the plurality was but
a few thousand. In many of the states
a change Of l or 9 per cent. from one
side to the other would have changed
the result. In some Of the states the
neglect Of less than 1 per cent. of the
Republican voters to go to the polls
would change the result. This brings
us to a point which is very important
for every voter to remember.
Farmers and Workingmcn Should BE Sure
to Vote.
In nearly every II 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 Il falling off
of the farmer vote. The farmer does
not like the Australian ballot. He looks
upon it as a device of the city schemers
and as Il 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 u%nraveling its mysteries.
The honest farmers and the honest
workingmen form a very large element
of the Republican party. Hence a 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 a falling off il
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 al
they did before. If the honest farmer.
and honest workingmen in the Repub
lican party are not careful to do thei:
full duty this time-regardless of TIN
fact that they do not like this new
tangled way of voting-they are liabl
to wake up on the morning after tn
election and find that their state ha
gone the wrong way; that by staying
away from the polls they have cause'
that change.
a Solemn Duty of Every Republican.
1t is the duty of every Republica,
voter to begin to-day, now, and make
study of the new voting system of hi
state, and not only to study it for hin
self, but to instruct his neighbor and hi
neighbours neighbors in it. 1t is also hi
duty to go to the polls and vote on elee
ton day, whether he likes this new fan
gled way of voting Or not, and also t
see that his neighbor and his neighbor
neighbors do the same thing.
If he does it, if you do it, the contil
4 ued prosperity of this country under il
!, present and splendid system is assured