Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1924, Page 27

YOU AND UNCLE SAM Series of Kducational Articles Telling How Federal Govern- ment Is Organized and Functions—WTitten Expressly for School Children. 8—Why Some Votes Count More Than Others BY WILL P. KENNEDY ffered a big ut he has no 1d he give llow it to be wasted by Jd in the first article which impressed upon sen rsprow-n“ ourselves or double the power of those who do, and so give theipower to a few to oppress the many, against which Hamilton warned. Why All Should Vete. Striking illustration of how failure of the individual citizens to vote " | undermines the fundamental principle | of equal representation is found in ¢ | returns from the 1920 eclection—the THE trast Is shown by a total of 1,640,089 votes. It recently was pointed out that each citizen of a certain 'State fs represenetd in Congress by six repre- sentatives in proportion to a single representative for each citizen of .an- other State, and that only one out of every 44 citizens entitled to vote did vote for a certain member, while one out of five voted for a member from another State. In the last election of United States Senators men were placed in the per branch of Congress by only 9, 12, 13—up to 33 per cent of those en- titled to vote. Nearly one-half of the voters of the United States failed to perform their duty as electors. For every 100 votes cast for President in 1920 there were 96 stay-at-homes, or absentees— reaching a total of nearly 26,000,000. This means that every one who voted had almost twice as much influence as our system of Government means he should have—just because every second one, who should have ed, failed to perform his duty and protect EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON velt would have given the latter the entire electoral vote of that State. If 29 popular votes in New HAmp- shire had switched from Wilson to nugms in 1916, the latter would have the four electoral votes of that a te. Wilson would have had the 12 elec- toral votes of Minnesota in 1916 if 197 popular votes had gone from Hughes to him. So you boys and girls can readily see that with the right to vote your greatest privilege as citizens, and .| your one’ reliable weapon against forces antagonistic to our Government —you must be ready not only to use your vote when you reach the voting age, but to know what you are voting for and to decide what vou believe is the right principle to be supported by that vote. (Copyright, 1924, by Will P. Kennedy.) (The ninth article in the series will be “The President’s Job.” Tt will be printed in this paper next Wednesday.) MANY PILGRIMS TURN ! ' FACES TOWARD ROME, Parties From All Over World Com-, ing to Holy City During Jubilee Year. By the Associated Press. ROME, November 6.—The organiz- | Ing committee for the Holy year has already received anmouncements of | 65 pilgrimages to Rome during 1925. One pilgrimage from Argentina is due to arrive Christmas eve, the day before the Holy year opens. A thou- sand English pilgrims are coming in the following May. The Maltese pil- | grimage will arrive in Augus International Association of Catholic Youth is sending representatives in September and other pilgrims are coming to Rome fri Montreal, Minnesota, fashioned ankies; D._C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1922 ; WhenyourDolIw Count Heavy quality sik. iac x 1nd colors. 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