Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-11-07
THIS is DAY

state in the union today the
voters will assemble at the poll
ing places and there register their
approval or disapproval of the can
didates seeking office. There will
be many disappointed candidates
tonight and also many happy ones,
and whatever the result of the vot-
ing may be the vast majority of
citizens will accept the verdict
cheerfully and grid up their loins
for a new trial of strength in 1924
if they do not like the results in
1922.
In the old days, before the Aus
tralian ballot was adopted and re
p%eater" voting was a %favorite dodge
of city gang leaders, the message
that went out from gang %headquar-
tiers on election morning to their
ward leaders was vote early and
often" The first part of that adj
vice still holds good. Vote early"
Every year thousands of votes are
lost because some voter puts Oft
the duty of casting his ballot to
the last possible moment. Then he
either forgets it until too late, or
some unexpected call on his time
and attention prevents him from
going to the polls. So it is good
advice to the voter to urge him to
cast his ballot the first thing in
the morning before he attends to
any other business if that be at all
practical. His vote deposited he
can attend to other business of the
day secure that his will is register
ed in this election.
Shortly after dark tonight the
voters of Montana will have some
rotion how the election has gone
in the country, especially in the far
eastern states where time is in our
favor by several hours, and where
ballot voting machines make the re-
suits quickly obtainable in the
larger cities. Where the figures
are close of course it may take
several days to learn the results
in ONE states. Particular interest
will be directed toward the state
of Ohio where Senator Pomerene
is seeking reelection against Rep
resentative Fess the administration
candidate for the United States
senate. AS Ohio is the pres
ident's home state it is con-
ceded in advance by the re-
publicans that the election
Of a democratic senator in Ohio
would be a disaster to the Harding
administration. To prevent it a
great amount of money has been
spent in Ohio by the republicans
TO carry the senatorial election.
Every member of the republican
cabinet except two has been stump
ing the state of Ohio for the re-
publicans, and many others also.
There is also considerable public
interest taken in the senatorial
election in New ersey. This is the
only state in which the president
has directly participated by max
ing a public speech asking the vot-
ers to return Senator Frelinghuy-
sen, who is opposed on the demo
cratic ticket by Gov. Edwards.
This raises the administration sup
port issue. 1t is however doubtful
how much effect that may have on
the election because in New Jer-
sey the wet and dry issue seems to
have taken paramount place. The
republican candidate is pledged to
the support of the Volstead act
without amendment, and favors the
inclusion of light wines and beers
as being Notwithstanding beverages
under the enforcement act. This
issue is said to have swau1ped all
the others in the New Jersey fight,
In California also the prohibit
ton issue is up, but it takes a sec
ondary place. The fact is that the
grape wne of California are
getting prices for their grapes thai
would have been deemed fabulous
in the days before prohibition II
those days the wine makers OF Cal
ifornia were their only buyers
Now the whole United States art
eager purchasers. Every family
wants grapes to make homemade
wine with in violation OF the law
and from Maine to California are
from Florida to Spokane they are
busy pressing the juice out OF
grapes and letting it ferment bach
Of kitchen stoves. The first thing
the venerable Noah did after hi
left the ark was to plant him a vine
yard the Bible tells us, We also
learn from the same sacred author