The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, April 17, 1920, Page 3

SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1920.” Distinction to | Bo a Reader of — Who Shall be Ca PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES? The Literary Digest Is Asking TO NAME THEIR CHOICES FOR BOTH GREAT PARTIES. a The Greatest Poll Ever Taken in oe _ > the ‘History of the, United States NDIVIDUAL BALLOTS have been sent by mail to Eleven Million Voters throughout the United States—almost two- thirds of the total Presidental._ vote of 18,529,902 cast in the last National Election, i in 1916. Every ballot is mailed in an envelop, addressed with pen and ink, ‘and. deliv-~ ered through the U. S. Post-Office personally to the veter addressed. Return : postage on the ballot is prepaid, and the voter has only'to check or write the name of his or her Party and first and. second choices for Presidential Candi- dates, with no other mark of identification and then drop this Secret Ballot in the nearest letter-box or Hoe Sree: Thus every vote cast is absolutely ion < ‘ BISMARCK DAILY TRIBUNE © ’ the free, uninfluenced, secret choice of the voter, unknown to anyone but the *. voter himself or herself, : The eleven million ballots have been mailed to ALL CLASSES OF VOTERS in all States and all communities in the Nation with ‘complete impartiality. They include business men, merchants, farmers,.manufacturers, railroad em- ployees, bankers, clerks, builders, contractors,. superintendents,. managers, carpenters, plasterers, plumbers, painters: mechanics, printers, miners, steel workers, workers in every trade and’branch of industry, both union and non- union; professional men and women of all classes, including lawyers, doctors, clergymen, authors, actors, newspaper men, dentists, engineers, . educators, architects, musicians, etc., in short, all the classes of men and women who make up the voting population i in all parts of the country. This Great National Poll, Therefore Will be the REAL VOICE OF THE PEOPLE. That Political Leaders and Conventions Will Heed No propaganda of any ‘kind as to party, candidate, or issues is connected with this great popular Presidential Primary. THE LITERARY DIGEST has no political axe to grind, and the. absolutely impartial and non-partizan ‘nature of the poll is guaranteed and_ protected i in the most complete manner. Iti is the “duty of all men and women to have their own opinions on the problems that now face their country and to express those opinions in the choice of their President in the approach- ing conventions and national election. This unofficial Présidential Primary, the greatest and most representative ever.conducted in the history of America, will serve as.a vehicle for ‘the mnbampered expression of popular opinion, and will have a very large infiuence on the nominating paventions of. both great parties. WATCH THIS POLL IN THE LITERARY DIGEST - BEGINNING IN THIS WEEK’S ISSUE, APRIL 17th, the returns from this national poll will be recorded, summarized, and analyzed, ‘State by State, ‘through successive numbers up to the actual meeting of. the great. conven- tions in Chitago and San Francisco. These reports will have unique and de- cisive interest for ‘political leaders, the press, and citizens of-the whole coun- try, and will be awaited eagerly. DIGEST readers, of course, will get them first and in the most; complete detail. At the same time, and alt through the year, THE LITERARY DIGEST will be gathering carefully and reporting all’ ‘the facts and opinions on all sides. - ‘Tis a Mark of The Literary Digest bearing upon the great problems and issues which are being discussed and which must be settled by the natidnal election. THE LITERARY DIGEST i is ‘wonderfully equipped for this service by a system built up at great expense through many years of careful work, and reaching. into thousands of news- paper and periodical offices in all parts of the world, The reader can depend. upon THE LITERARY DIGEST with absolute certainty as it. reveals,. from week to week, free from all prejudice and partizanship, the real state of the Nation’s mind, the real facts affecting all issues: and the progress of all the great problems toward settlement. , ‘Single Dime atthe Each Week Zs Fora ‘~\