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Show which involve eollossal expenditures, expendi-tures, and which, if passed, will probably cause the same storm of protest. Why does not every voter take care to become acquainted with the provisions of a bill, with its probable pro-bable result and then write to his congressman or his senator his op-proval op-proval or protest? If he does not, he has no Just cause of complaint because of bad or useless legislation. Incidentally, it is regrettable that bills which involve generations to come In their results are tossed about as political footballs, with no other purpose than to get votes for aspiring politicians. I PERILS OF INDIFFERENCE. The danger in present-day politics lies not in the character of public men, nor in the efficiency of political politi-cal parties, but in the nppaalllng Indifference In-difference of the average citizen- to public affairs, said Mrs. Sylvester Wells, of Kansas City, Mo., in addressing ad-dressing tha Republican state convention. con-vention. "When we stop to remember that every township and city a very .'ge percentage of our citizenship, aether it be on the farm or in- the are, or In the office, takes no per-, per-, nal interest in the outcome of an .ection, a very serious situation is presented. American institutions are not safe if a considerable number num-ber of the voters refuse to take any responsibility in their management and control. To run a government Is a Job that belongs to the people and not to a part of the people. "The failure of a citizen to vote would not be alarming if that indifference indif-ference were found among those who contribute but slightly of their time and thought to the world's improvement. improve-ment. But, tinfortunntely, this indifference in-difference is found among those who are best equipped to know what is best for the country and best able to contribute to the successful management man-agement of governmental policies Etnductive to the highest general telfare. On the other hand, j t Is difficult to find a loafer, a tun, a crook out of jail, who has rer. neglected an opportunity to ote." J An evident example of this Indifference Indif-ference Is seen In the reaction to the soldier bonus bill, recently passed by congress over the veto of the president Member of congress who voted for the bonus bill, thinking think-ing it was good politics, are now astounded by messages of protest against the bill which are pouring In upon them from over the country. coun-try. - There was nothing sudden about the passage of the bonus bllL The subject has been agitated for five years or more and has been published publish-ed to the smallest detail In all Its forms, in the dally press. The bill, as passed was wrangled over In both houses for months. If the voters were opposed to it, why did not they send in their protests before it was passed over the presidential presi-dential veto? Their action now is futile. It is difficult to understand haw a fairly intelligent person, at all interested in this or any other proposed bill, would wait until it is irrevocably passed before expressing express-ing his opinion about it. There are other bills pending |