Springville Herald | 1944-11-23 | Page 6 | President Gets Pledge from Silverton, Oreg

PRESIDENT GETS PLEDGE FROM SILVERTON, OREG. The business men of Silverton, Oregon, when they went to the polling booths to vote in the recent re-cent presidential election, signed a statement pledging "Allegiance j to you, our President-elect, whoev- ' er you may be." The pledge these men signed to ' send to the victorious nominee is implicit in the suffrage of free people. While every individual has a right to vote as he, or she, sees fit, each voter is pledged to accept the result of the election. The ballot box in a democracy becomes the final judge of men and policies and its decision must be respected if the principles of j self-government are to survive. It . is inevitable that losers be disappointed, disap-pointed, it is essential that they acquiesce in the arbitrament of the election.