Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1911-09-06
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EVERY MAN SHOULD VOTE.

EVERY MAN SHOULD VOTE.
The suffragaus OF Alexandria will
be called upon tomorrow to vote Tor
their choice for United States Senators
for Virginia, and it is hoped every
man who has qualified viii perform
his duties by casting his ballot for
two of the four candidates.
Jhers has been no commotion IN
Alexandra over the issues which have
hsen sprung in the present campaign,
:and this fact may cause some to be-
come spathetic but voting is as much
the duty OF good citizen as anything
else. enjoined upon him by the COM
munity in which he lives, and no man
should go fishing" on election day.
at times in the history of state there
are calls to arms, and on such occa-
lions should men upon whom the re-
sponsibly for protection rests 60 hsh-
log" they would justly incur the con-
tempt OF their fellow citizens. When
political issues are in evidence II Is IN
cumbent upon all to vote according TO
their honest convictions.
j While many Wel!-meaning people IN
the state, for reasons best known to
themselves, prefer to make changes 10
the Senate, majority OF the people
of Alexandrian desire the retention OF
the present incumbents from Virginia.
MANY reasons could be adduced Tor
their preference which it is unneces-
,.ary to mention now. 1t should not
be forgotten, however, that the Two
Virginia Senators have never failed to
do all in their power for any citizen
of this city as we'll as for those from
any other section Of the state they
represent. They are approachabie to
all and listen with close attention to
any appeals made to them. The har-
Dor Improvements now in progress at
Alexandria are the fruits of the labors
of Senator Martin, and had Senator
Suanson been in the upper house OF
Congress at the time he would un-
doubtedly have wed with his col
league in furthering the measures.
1t is a well-known fact that additional
appropriations will be necessary to
finish all the contemplated improve
,nents. and that the matter should
not be taken out of the hands OF the
present senator should be apparent to
all.
The proposed Memorial Bridge and
Mount Vernon Avenue, which means
SO much to Alexandria, have been
net schemes OF Senator Martin, and
he has worked early and late in the
furthsrance OF those measures. 1t
- tho concensus OF opinion, not only
in Alexandria but everywhere else,
that when these movements eventually
crvstalize they will show the handi-
work Of Virginia's senior Senator.
That Senator Swanson will be an able
lieutenant in the work goes without
saying.
State pride should also be in evi.
dence at this time. The colleagues
of Senator Martin, representing the
national democratic organization, saw
in him an able leader and have laid
upon him the responsibility OF being the
standard bearer in the upper house
OF Congress at time when the pros
poets OF electing democratic Presi-
dent are brighter than at any period
during the past twenty years. There
is no purpose on the part OF the
Gazette to minimize the abilities nor
the Congressional labors of the two
Virginians who are striving to secure
the shoes of the present senators,
but that We should let we'll enough
alone is the conviction not only of
the Gazette but OF large majority OF
the people who read the paper daily.
It must be apparent to all who have
devoted any time to the investigation
- tho ,asnes which have been raised
against the present senators by their
opponents that nothing serious has
been brought out The opposition
speakers have turned the present
senators over and over in attempts
to find vulnerable spot and have been
as much disappointed as have been
their bearers.
GROWING NERVOUSNESS.