Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-07-21
To the Young Voter.

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Names brightest young men are con-
sidering seriously for the first time.
At no period in the countrys history
has the first vote" class been SO we'll
posted on the nations affairs, so thor
oughly competent to cast it's vote in
diligently, as in the year 1910, and at
no time has it meant so much that
they should vote right.
1t is en- age of progress and con-
sideration. Men are no longer con-
trolled by precedent but by measure
ment Of probable results.
| 1t is the day of getting into the
game and doing things. The ad-
vancement of other centuries is ac-
tolerated, like the velocity of falling
bodies. with every cycle. Every
generation has brought its heritage OF
good and of bad it's bequest of
lcowardice and of courage. But in
every generation we find greater
percentage of good and courage.
The young man who casts his first
vote this year is not bounded by the
narrow horizon of his grandfather.
His education is broader, clearer,
more judicial. There is a new stand
ard for the measurement of men and
measures. The old were sturdy and
sane; the new adds practically OBJ
tanned from clearer vision.
| The young men who are starting to-
day wish to start right. regardless of
what father has done. If father was
a Republican or Democrat simply
political persuasion. the boy who is
now advancing to the polls wishes to
know why.
The boy of today wishes his vote
to count. and count right.
s,Ann that is why he is reading avidly
today. and listening well-and weigh
| ing the solution.
Columns might be written setting
forth the points to be considered by
the young man who is entering the
political arena, but few he may put
down as vital.
First. look at the record of the par
ties with one Of which you must align
yourself. Consider the character
and ability Of the men who are at the
head of these parties at the present
time, and those who have been at the
head within your reading memory.
No doubt in your mind are well
fixed the cardinal truths of history
the record of those brave and wise
men who have made this the greatest
nation on earth.
| And when you have thought well on
these things. turn to the party that is
opposed for comparison.
i A striking indication of the prevail
/ ing tendency was noted and freely
commented on by men of all parties
who visited both the Republican and
Democratic State conventions i'm Au-
gusta this summer. Gallery visitors
at the Democratic convention remark
ed on the gathering of gray and bald
heads. indicating the age from which
the blood of the party is drawn AT
the Republican convention the same
visitors were struck by the contrast
of heavily matched and dark haired
heads that made up the assemblage.
| Young man. you can draw your own
inference. Do you wish to cast your
lot with men of progress or retro
gression? EIecting your own associ-
ates. would you choose to stand with
such men as Taft. Roosevelt, Hughes
and scores of others of the great law
makers and justices of the present
time. or the men whom you can call
to mind that are opposed to them ?
1t is point that may decide the
measure of your prosperity and your
worth to the country.
| Consider the men Of your own State
or community, Count the solid men
1.-THE Strong. reliable men in whom you
could :; repose utmost contidence-in
the Democratic party. and then note
how many times their number you find
who are pledged to the principles of
the Republican party. 1t is matter
worthy of your time and careful at
tention. now and in the future.
| Sometimes a young man. with an
exalted idea of good fellowship. casts
his vote for nominee who is popu-
lar as a good fellow That is d mis-
take. for the nominee thinks no more
of you and you have lowered your self
respect. Good fellowship is enjoy
able but vote is sacred thing and
should be governed by principle alone.
Consider well and then vote.
The President.
Everybody at Eastport and from ad-