Show i 1 I Apathy Indicates Decision j I A A PATH among the voters ma may mean I J APATHY one of oC two things It may mean that the American sovereign is curious curiously I ns as to tho the outcome of or a n. given election j which is not at all likely to bo be the case cast or that tho the American sovereign so j it ma may mean what to lo do and is has ma made UP his mind t but mildly Interested in tho the effort H of ot ono one I I side to get him to change change- it and Ln of at the tho theT T r. r other to root him oven even more firmly In what what- I ever eyer conviction ho may happen hoppen to have 1 Thus apathy easily becomes a a. misnomer J LI f for r such a 11 con condition a as for Instance ob- ob 1 j t tamed in Maine where audiences sat in poI po- po I lite silence while the tho hustings smoked the I appearance of at Colonel Roosevelt an and Mr Ir lIu Hushes hughes being tho the only circumstance that that j I seemed to kindle tho the ancient enthusiasm j I And And yet Maine i went to tho the polling places I In record breaking numbers smote tho the Dern- Dern I a administration hip and thigh and I Just because ho was a member of ot the theT ther t T r- the time Under Under- finance committee which guided 1 r j wood I bill liil m through tho the Senate divested SenI Sea Sen- and left leU j ator Johnson of or his political pelt pell I I M q j i him him so 80 politically nu nude c ho had to go homo home j in a barrel 5 I It ma may bo be deduced therefore that apI apathy ap- ap I athy Indicates decision Ih Tho voter oter J who ho has decided for fot whom he will vote j f tucks the decision away In his mind along alongI I with other matter j of ot finished 1 business and andI I j I goes placidly about tho the task of ot aCQ acquiring a aI aJ r. r J I livelihood or an automobile or whatever 1 I else lse his vagrant vas fanc fancy or his hla pressing Ii I sUy ty dictates When to that tha personal Intention in inI in- in I he ho adds tho the personal conviction that his his his' preference will bo ho victorious his conJ concern con- con J corn cern with the business of at campaigning grows rows even less Jess Once assured the nation nallon Ii I f is to bo be saved In the particular way h he wishes it to be bo saved his attention reverts I t to his personal nn and private business of ot eav eav- Ing Ong himself from tram whatever impends that I threatens to be disagreeable cable T- T Another factor in the equation is 11 the tho inability in in- 1 ability of at the human animal to digest more than a certain quantity of or excitement I Crises pall upon the time nerves when they tread I on ono one another's heels rhe They grow com commonplace corn com when the they grow v numerous 1 ManI Mankind's Man Man- I 1 kinds kind's capacity for tor strong emotions has Just I about bout bc been exhausted b bv by tho the terrible hape hap- hap e I across across' the water Man Ian has supped r- r r I his fill fm of horrors He has read of or whole- whole I sale murder at the tho breakfast heard I lit it dl discussed at l 1 ana read it all s 43 Iii t. t over again In his hla penny dread dreadful Cui at dinner I I until nothing short of ot a rear world cata- cata I cl sm provoke him to more than aca- aca I. I I demic Interest A national election once j I prolific of excitement teems tooms to him but an anI r I afternoon siesta festa as compare compared 1 to happen happen- I lIngs lags ings in Europe All Ind Indications I point to the return of I I Republican control to the government and ana I t the tho voter voler is content with that outlook Why asks himself for ho pausing an answer f r should one occupy this beautiful autumn 11 r- r T I in rendering certainty moro more certain Being c the ordinary citizen the nat natural tal reply IsI is I t that on one shouldn't But with the time political ii I 1 comm committees and tho the natural Parti partisans spending enUng the beautiful autumn of or each See See- second see sec I ond and ond fourth year ear In the pursuit of ot votes I t and the stimulation of ot party loyalty I Is necessary nee nee- essary activity It Is part of ot the business of at life Ufe to be transacted with the tho customary attention to detail Apathy pathy thus la is tho term tenn the vote hunter uses to describe tho the condition of ot an intelligent intel Intel- p I electorate which haa ha mode made up Its I. I mind Ind to vote for Hughes and the remainder of t the Republican ticket I Tue Tho Georgia prosecutor convicted r. r I Leo Loo M. M Frank is la to bo governor of that state p I If It the leader laMer of at the mob that lynched Inched Frank FrankI I could b be found and Identified ho would t. t 1 I probably po bo be mode made governor emeritus for tor L life |