Show A VALUABLE VOTE H HYe 1 Ye We- otten often hear near the rne inquiring pleasantry What That you payin for far votes voles t to ay t As a matter matier of fact if it a candidate actually IJ li lur tvr rotes they they y are worth woith lie would be broke by election and owe ve a lot lot lotof of money besides l A vote is worth more than the amount Q of effort to cast it It tt is not much the fact that one vote has often decided an issue or eJe elected ted a candidate that renders it valuable but it becomes worthy and valuable in proportion to the conscience and judgment judg- judg ment nt of oi the tiie voter who c casts ts it Strange as it may seem a vote i is more damaging to the sal lal and to the country when it i iI iu not I cast by reason o of f cai s and indifference than it is Valuable val val- valuable valuable when cast This is becat becal se of the tine loss of interest in gov- gov a a a contagion that is se pious ious The man or woman who g gets g ets ts out and works yorks for a candid te to tho the the election is lost actual actual- I I ly does less complaining and crit of the way things are run than the man luan or woman who st lys tys at home on election day and anti says it wont won't make much differ nce anyhow A single vote may represent value But tote ote considered in the light of all other votes vote and as a part of the institution of suffrage suffrage suffrage suf suf- frage is immeasurably valuable A A voter is not-a not voter until he is true that good g gov gov- possible with only a fifty per cent vote vot cast But it itis is not the probable result 3 lach ach potential caster ballot-caster will have to determine for fOl himself vLis Lis Lis value to the cause caus of good government government- t. t He Ie will be obligee c to forget the other fellow ant any app appreciate recie his own y to the body politic appreciate his own 7 1 t othe body politic We Ve would not think of ur urging ing votes for the mere sake of seeing seeing s eing a large poll poll poll-of of register registering n ng numerically the strength of L the electorate On the other hand we urge a heavy envy vote because we belive citizens gradually at least grow into citizenships citizenship's responsibilities responsibilities rewe re re- re- re by a repeated exercise of the right of suffrage Just as we believe no person was ever made good by force of law no government was ever made better by compulsion of the ballot The proper interest in government results from a high sense of duty in the functions of citizenship The act of voting is but an incident in the cause of good government |