Show must get out the ile vote probably if you have not already heard it we would like to call your attention to the fact that there iiii be de ark an election vithina wi thina few days to be exact november ath if corruption is prevented nied demagoguery rebuked communism forestalled and folly warded off all good citizens must go to the polls and vote in 1896 eighty per cent of the american votes were cast in 1908 only 66 per cent in 1912 it was 62 per cent while in 1920 and 1924 it was less than 50 per cent this shows a gradual decline in a period of years that is attaining a degree of alarm the voters this year must not be sl ackers the decline is not an affliction of any particular state or group of states the distressing evidence of lack of interest in governmental affairs is common to every section of the country it is a constantly growing menace that threatens Lil 11 to sap the vitality of the nation As a general rule the man or woman who neglects to qualify y for voting and doesn doean t vote can give give no valid excuse for failure to perform that important civic duty listless indifference to the welfare of the united states will threaten if not destroy orderly government responsibility rests alike upon men and women there is no distinction as to sex color or race provided you are a citizen of the united states find out i if f you are eligible to vote and then vote when the time comes |