The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1869-09-23
THE CAMPAIGN IN OHIO.
Democratic Secret Circular.
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DEAIOCRATIC STATE CEN. AND
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ROOMS,
COLUMBUS, Aug. 20, 1869.
PLAN OF ORGANIZATION.
Let each County Central Committee
organize their county on the following
plan:
1st. Appoint a good man in each
township or ward, to organize his
township or ward on the following
plan:
I'd. Select and secure the services
of Ote good, earnest, reliable Democrat
in each school district of his township,
to make out list of the voters in his
district in the following order, the
names being arranged alphabetically;
1. A list containing the name of
every certain Democrat.
2. A list containing every certain
Republican.
3. A list containing every doubt
ful voter.
4. A list of every man who should
be challenged, and why. -
Have these lists made out and com
pleted by the Goth of September, at
the very furthest-One copy to be re-
tanned by the Township Committee
man, and another to be sent to the
Chairman Of the County Central COM
mittee.
By the Saturday previous to the
election have each certain Democrat
and doubtful voter furnished with at
least two tickets, and obtain his pledge
to attend the polls before noon on
election day.
Every doubtful voter must, before
the election, be placed in charge of
some Democrat friend of his, who is
to try and get him to vote the Demo
cratic ticket.
The Township Committeeman and
the School District Committeeman
must all be at the polls against 5
o'clock Of the morning of the election,
and there stay and work for the tick
ct until the polls close in the evening
and the votes are counted out.
Circulate documents among doubt
full voters. Let township committee
men see that conveyances are prOvi-
ded to bring aged and infrm voters
to the polls.
Appoint no committeeman of any
kind who will not perform the labor
intrusted to them, and that with a
will.
Have every Democratic vote in the
ballot box by noon. Use every hon
able means to increase the Democratic
vote in each ward or township in
your county Have plenty of tickets
printed at least ten days or two weeks
before the election, and distribute
them literally to the township COM
mitteemen and to doubtful voters.
The success of the party this year
depends on the workings of the sever
al county committees, in seeing that
their counties are thoroughly organ
lied. County committees are expect
ed and required to send to the Chair
man of the State Executive Commit
tee, by September 26, copy or true
statement Of the poll listtaken in each
county in the State in the manner
above suggested, showing the number
of Democrats, the number of Republi-
cans, and the number of doubtful vo-
ters in each township and ward, in or
der that a complete summing up of
the State can be made by the State
Executive Committee as early as the
1st day of October.
Ohio will be carried this fall for
PendletOn; but every Democrat in the
State must do his duty to secure that
glorious result. That duty will be in
having his county, township and
school district organized organ
lied well and thoroughly. What
Democrat in Ohio is there that will
not rejoice over PendletOn's election
and Democratic Legislature? These
results will be attained-but work
will and must be done. Let every
Democrat feel and take pride in Sc
curing these glorious results. VictO-
ry always comes to the army that
fights manfully and does its whole du-
ty. Let the Democratic army of
Ohio make gallant charge against
the Black Republican legion, from
now until the polls close on the Sec
Ond Tuesday of Next October, and |
that day will be ours. Let the Dem
ocratic watchwOrd be, Work, in sea-
son, and out Of season; work, at all /
times and in all proper places.
BY order Dem. Executive Conn.,,
[Signed] J. G. THOMPSON, Chm. /
q. w. MEEKER, Sec'y.