The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1920-10-30
NOW TOR THE
FINAL BLOW!

FINAL BLOW!
1t only requires that the sentiment
for America first. nov sweeping the
country be recorded in votes on cleo
ton day to insure the final Danish
ment of the cloud of internationalism
hat has been lowering over the ma
ton. If everyone of the millions of
men and wo zen who have not hest
tated to express their indignation at
the turn our international relations
have taken the last two years will but
go to the polls on the End of Novem-
didate whose election means a re-
versal of those relations, the result
of the contest will be assured.
Unfortunately every election finds
7 lot of people who belittle their In
dividual influence upon the outcome.
They are too prone to say, What
does ny vote count? 1t can have no
possible effect on the result where
millions of ballots are cast" Then
they take advantage of the holiday
and go hunting with no further
thought of their duty as citizens.
Over-confidence was what lost the last
election to the Republicans, and re-
turned a man to the White House
Hose ad linis rat on put an unneces
sary financial burden upon the Ameri-
can people of billions of dollars. Could
that amount be definitely fixed and
pro-rated among the Stacker voters of
the 1916 election the result would be
as ounding.
1t is not an exaggerated estimate
that ten billion dollars could have
been saved the people by an efficient
prosecution of the war, such as a Re-
publican administration would have
assured r. is equally certain that
hall a million more Republican votes
in 1916, evenly distributed owe the
whelming victory for Justice Hughes.
Nobody will deny that those votes
could have been secured if every Re-
publican in the country had done his
duty and cast a ballot for the Republi-
cal nominee. A simple arithmetical
calculation, therefore. fixes the cost
to the nation of each of those citizens
slackers at $4,000. In other words,
voters who preferred a pleasant holt
day to the trouble of visiting a vot-
ing booth were each and every n
responsible for a tax of that amount
upon their fellow citizens.
The contest this year has not been
co dahofohlo in ifc oufaOrnn &c that of
four years ago., but the issues that 1t
will decide are quite as momentous.
and the cost to the country, should
the party of patriotism lose, will be
justaas heavy, if not heavier. A suftl-
cient number of Stacker voters can
throw away victory even at the
eleventh hour, and it behooves us now
to realize the consequences of such
a disaster and provide against it.
The soldiers in the trenches fought
for the preservation of American in
dependence. And think of the sac
rihces with which that fight was car
ried on. We at home, in this year OF
peace, have an opportunity to strike
just as effective a blow against forces
that seek to disrupt our institutions
a. our armies in the field in 1918. By
simply visiting a polling place in per-
feet safety. and marking and deposit
ing a ballot we can strike as effective
ly against un-Americanism as any
American soldier did in long days of
painful campaigning in France. One
good American vote on November End
will accomplish as much as hundreds
of bullets achieved in the trying days
of 1918.
The first duty on election day of
every American with pride of country
at heart will be to visit his voting
booth and do his bit in the final as
sault against the forces Of destruc-
ton.