The La Jara chronicle. (La Jara, Conejos County, Colo.) 1896-19??, 1904-10-28

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:. ,ar,i,o Col, ~ sna,.,,a,ion
M ITnitad Stotes censns Of 1900 gives
,ba +ntaI male nopnlation of the United
states in 1900 between the ages of IL
"a 90 INCLUSIVE as . o5o sol. In other
words in round numbers. three million
voters These Young men being at that
NO. nj that time are nil now eligible 10
cast their first vote for President. In
addition. many thousand young men as
emirrants have become citizens of the
United States since that time OF course
4 number have also died. 1t may not be
very far wrong to conclude that there are
safely between three and three and
half. million first voters now in the Unit
ed States.
n, oor-so .bere ia no accurate wny of
.,o,ying inst how these votes are pro-
r,,sd "a tho different States. It is doubt
L. +r,e thar tho safely Democratic
Statos and tho safely Republican States
s,a,.o something Of n similar ouota. and
q, 49, ox+a,t 81 course the votes in
,ba .Iec+oraI college would not be influ-
.ncod other wov but how about the
ogol.t ~ tho 6rst voters in the doubtful
S,otssS past experience shows that in
1or or ono marty or the other from ]
=, nor cont nov cbnnga the results
S,5 rnorL defeat or victory for either
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pahks' VINO represent .lie slea: u.s. ISL,
i've puS,nesS iehe ue ~
oS lne
etha',oh nh1 "s -a
III II snouid 50 happen 'ha' wv IAN
ines OF disuhcuoh snoulu seem ~
equal claim TO any young man anu a. ~
,,.hioh ono he r,;,bt cast his LOT with he
would naturally look into the history OF
hotb families intelliyently. diligently and
shoroughIv His pride and self-interest
would compel him to cast his lot with
tho one that showed the highest self
resnect the greatest personal and ma
.;onoI nride tho hest ability for doing
,binps that ourht to be done. calculated
10 haneft mankind: and above all, the
ono that looked 10 the future with hope
and asniration. with a view of meeting
oil now conditions nobly and complete
Iv as they might arise.
II is the dntv of every Young Ameri.
can IN perform this duty thoroughly in
connection with the two great political
norties that are asking his first vote on
the issues of the present campaign. He
will find the work not only instructive,
but if he investigates the records thor
oughly, there cannot ve a shadow of n
doubt in his mind, after he has finished
the investigation, as to which way his
duty may lie. lie should divest himself
of hereditary bias and inclinations, he
should attempt TO lift himself out of his
immediate or present surroundings and
divorce himself, for the nonce, from all
social or family ties and investigate the
thing for himself.
p...,,1 ~ III. wax.
MI. -, 40 - tho n.o;,b+i.st
.ha. ~ ,a,o-a+;ons of n-ocrass and tho
,,Iaoa -, bis ancestors have made in
,1,,,,h,s. 80, H., 10 ba epters mon II
,,.nn,,,i,' i,o 40, nn,, s+u,,;t;es his own
,'1ar''1ra "a !, ;an,s aarr, a, n.rti,,I
ssii,,-n -, III ~, ,;,. h,, ba raiIs most
,,'i.anet lI,'o -, l,,ra M 70 ono ~ Tho
bigbast onnortunities over vouchsa fed IN
,,ankin5 IL ia NOW too late in this pro-
cressiye age TO allow personal preference
or any inclinotion Of our ancestors or
,mmeiiate forefothers to influence us in
a work which will affect the destinies
Of mankind I, ;s sacred privilege and
an act which affects nearly hundred
,,iI,;o,, neonle la there NOT cause for
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