Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-12-13

any candidate to fOndly hope tina
such bounty will fall to the lot o
even the most lucky individual il
the whole broad land, for someon,
viii be laying plan of action. anC
the first thing such candidates know
their lead will be overcome, theli
friends marshalled into another
camp and they will be stranded.
This is the time for action, fol
thought and for endeavor of many
kinds. The popular voting contest
of The Capital Journal is not a
lucky contest" nor one in which
any candidate can win without
votes. The most popular contestant
in the whole contest would be de-
feated if no attention were given
to the matter of securing votes.
! There is an inherent tendency in
every man and woman to make q
strong finish. No matter what is
startled, everyone desires to make q
good ending and the more flourish
that can be lent to any contest, be
| it a race, a campaign for public Of
fee or a quest for a splendid prize
like those, offered to the young la
dies of this territory by The Capital
| Journal voting contest, it makes no
| difference-all who are taking part
want to finish strong.
An analysis of the voting and the
positions of the candidates as shown
by the published list standing below,
show that some hair-raising finishes
may be expected Time and time
again have those who were seeming
| ly distanced forged to the front and
| in not a few cases have taken a de-
cided lead.
Town Pitted Against Town.
While the contest is so arranged
that each district will not win four
prizes, one district does not work
against another, with the exception
of the grand prize, the town in each
district that turns in the largest
number of votes for it's favorite will
have the satisfaction of seeing a
higher priced prize shipped within
its borders as a testimonial for its
resourcefulness and industry
In the city districts there is Il
pretty race for first place, and this
is more than true in THE other dis
| tricts. In all districts the prizes are
not cinched by any particular can
didates. First one will be in the
L
isfied to remain further down in the
list, and keep their votes in reserve.
but they are determined upon win
ming one of the grand prizes. A
great many who did not show any
| particular strength at the beginning
of the contest have made great gains
| the past few weeks, and an onlooker
may well conclude that the race lies
to the one who can show the great
est strength at the finish.
, News from the towns that have
made the cause of their candidates
their own incidates that this is re-
garded as something more than q
mere gift enterprise. The value Of
the prizes-some of them being
worth a years salary in an impor-
tant political Office which a man
might spend months of time to OBJ
tainr-has been a prime factor in
stimulating public interest But it
is in the personality of the candi-
dates that the interesta has CEN
tered.
What Figures Show.
In the city the voting figures show
that the efforts of those who are in
terested deeply enough to pitch in
to THE matter of securing votes
bring bountiful results. In all dis
tricts there are those who are in
the contest heart and soul and there
should be a considerable element of
pride in demonstrating that no mis-
take was made when your name was
suggested for an energetic and pop
ular candidate.
What one has done others Can cas-
lily do. In the territory outside 0f
the city few have reaped a splen-
did harvest of votes, but in many
communities nothing at all has been
done.
Large Vote Cast.
The changes shown in the stand
ing of candidates approach such a
beautiful level of great advance that
it looks as though the contestants
had held a mass meeting and con-
cluded by resolution that the thing
to do is to vote everything they
have. And they certainly have been
voting some the last few days.
Future subscriptions.
Contestants may find in some
cases friends who wish to help
them in the contest by subscribing
! for The Copital Journal, but are al
ready taking local paper which is
paid in advance and not desiring to
receive more than one local daily
in their home at the same time, the
contest department has arranged to
accept and issue votes on all such
subscriptions, the paper to start at
any future date that the subscriber
may designate.
Things TO Remember.
Do not forget to put your name on
every special subscription ballot.
Quite number of subscription ballots
have been thrown out In this office
for the reason that the name of the
contestant was not written on the
ballot.
Do not wait for others to get the
votes, but start today and make up
for any time you may have lost walt
ing for others to vote for you.