The Pensacola journal., 1920-04-06
CAST YOUR BALLOT.

There has been much said and written in the past
few months in regard to the NAL administration of
city affairs.
1t is not the place OF any man Or newspaper to
point out to the voters the candidate for whom they
should cast their baots-that decision is should
be- sacred obligation of every man.
But it is the duty of The Journal. and OF every
to urge upon the voters of Pensacola
their duty to themselves, their children and their
community. to go to the polls and cast their vote
Too long it has been the custom with certain
Indifferent class of to sit smugly in shop
office refusing to go to the polls to express their
political convictions then when late it has
come to pass that these have been the
loudest in their condemnation OF those who have
failed in their duty to the public.
There ought to be law compelling men and
women to vote. And there should be law that
every man and woman who does vote should have
had compulsory education in order to fit him for
the duties of the franchise. just children must
have compulsory education, in order to meet the
problems that will come to them in later life. AS
out. to the good of the commonwealth, and the
day will come when it will take something more
than mark Of alien illiterates. to give them an
equal right with and familiar with
the principles of freedom.
But that day will not come until the men Of
America who for generations have been selling their
vote for a mess OF pottage" realize their obliga-
ton to their community and the nation, and cast
their ballots for those things that stand for good
government There other ways to sell a vote
than to take money price for it. Any business man
OF Pensacola who remains in his office today and
refuses to go to the polls and lend his influence to
good government is worthy of ostracism from the
community.
Liberty How many crimes have been committed
ir thy name, said famous French women, years
gone, she was led to the guillotine. And as one
hears the pater Of patriotic patitudes that fall from
the lips OF some men. and then. almost in the
breath. hear these boast that they seldom vote
that city politics is "a dirty game" wonder what
they look upon the patriotic duty of a man and
CITIZEN.
There has been much criticism of the city govern
ment of Pensacola Are you one of those who have
criticised? II so. go to the polls today, and show
by your vote where you stand. There has been
much criticism of the faction opposed the present
city administration. Are you one of those who
have criticised the opponents of the administration
Then, go to the polls today and show by your vote
where you stand
city government is nothing more than COM
posite of the men of a community 1t is within
your power to put good men in office 1t is within
your power to support the who are in office.
in shop office and telling other people how the
city government ought to be run
Ii you do not vote. your laxity and the laxity of
others such as you. may mean the future of Pensa-
cola If you refuse to cast your ballot YOU are no
different in principle from the man who sells his
vote. In all probability, you are worse for usually
the man who sells his vote in an illiterate and
usually the man who refuses to vote is a member
>of the Holier- -Than-Thou order of citizen.