The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-07-31
How to Make ReDnb,io.n w..
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IL political parties would apply to the work
OF gaining votes the same common sense
which people in general apply to their bust
ness affairs, they would obtain far greater
results from their expenditure ofmoney and
time. The time has passed in this country
when elections could be carried by bonfires.
professions, and spread-eagle orations. We
now need TO inform and convince men, in
stead OF exciting and dazzling them. Oc-
caslonal speeches, concise, candid, ard fair
IN their treatment Of public questions, are of
great use during campaign, but the bulk of
the work must be done by printed matter iu
the'hands of those who are to- do the voting
What shoeld this printed matter be. and how
should it be supplied2 The universal YER
Diet is that long speeches, delivered in Con-
gress or on the stump and then printed in
pamphlet FORM, and scattered broadcast
among the people, are Uery rare!v read 6.C
anybody. They are too long, too heavy. and
require too much continuous reading. Very
few farmers or mechanics have either time
or patience to wade through printed speech
which occupied two or three hours in de-
livery. The people of to-day want to see
public questions discussed in short. sharp.
and decisive = way. They wanta a writer to
make bis point briefly and plainly and then
stop. This sort Of writing and speaking can
be cotnprehended, digested and often eniov-
ed. People do rot like to-take fhejripoiitic-
al food for campaign all at one meal they
wantit in installments according as they
can digest and assimulate it.
Our point then is that a good, able and
spicy Republican newspaper is the best
electioneering document that can possibly be
printed or circulated. 1t treats every polite
al topic in concise and interesting manner;
editorially and in selected matter, it-dis-
cusses political questions from all possible
standpoints it drags in no unnecessary
verbisge, and, unlike many campaign
speeches, good newspaper article leaves on
the mind of the reader a distinct and clear
cutfmpression of what has been said. SAl
classes of people have time to read and talk
over the contents Of a weekly polit cal journal.
1t can be taken up while waiting for meals.
while taking "noOnings," and at all sorts of
odd hours. ,-.-.---
Briefly, then, the proper way to make
Republican votes is for every Republican
who "'1neaus business" be he farrjer, mer-
chant, mechanic, OF, hat not, to see to it
that every neighbor who is at all doubtful,
or who does not hold onto his Democratic
principles with death grip, has a good
Republican paper placed in his bands every
week from now until election day.
After individuals have done all they will.
or ought to, County and Township Execu-
tive Committees should take the matter In
hand, tCithout 'Oaiting day, and see that the
work is done thoroughly. It should be
remembered that the doubtful men aie the
ones from whom we must gain votes and
hence the ones we should furnish with news
papers. They are hesitating which way to
go and in nine cases cut of ten the reading
of good Republican paper during the
campaign will secure this floating vote to
the right side.
Nearly all the Republican journals of the
country are publishing campaign editions
at less than the cost of the white paper. If
the Central Committees and Grant Clubs
would spend their money in iudiciously
circulating these campaign papers, instead
of fooling it away on gun powder and idle
we should see Republican ma
jority next fall which would teach lesson
to all political parties.
CIRCULATE REPUBLICAN NEWSPAPERS.