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Show tions. The same procedure takes place in regard to initiative measures meas-ures placed on the ballot. Particularly is this true where unusual tax- ' ation measures come up at special elections, those who have pecuni- ary interest in the measure vote for it and thus a minority of regis- tered voters will load a city, county or state government with a burden bur-den of debt which all must pay. Every citizen should see that he is properly registered and go to the elections and vote, as a matter not only of good citizenship but as a business proposition. The average business man would be most indignant if the charge were made that he allowed third parties to contract debts in his name and then objected to paying them. My1 hat is the difference if a business man allows himself to be loaded with a burden of tax debt simply through his negligence or laziness in failing to go to the polls and fulfill his duty as a citizen in voting for sound men and measures? LAZY VOTERS. The greatest danger to American institutions lies in apathy of conservative voters who, by failing to vote, allow a s mall minority to inflict its will on the majority of the people. In many primary elections from 1 5 to 20 per cent of total registered re-gistered voters choose candidates to go on tickets at general elec- |