The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-10-20
Why Money is Needed in Election
CamDaignS.

! must be remembered by all who have
!. aeart the success OF the Conservative
cast III the approaching election that one OF
-lc indispensable means Of success Is money
!: he Conservatives Of Richmond are not
bind 20 their interests and lacking in zeal
Eor :neir principles they will furnish the
ar,a~rt Of money necessary to secure re-
-i>:r1.;iou and poll of their full strength
IL, fall. Our active aud unscrupulQus OPP
rorYn., viii! employ this powerful agency
za..s.I>; u> in both lawful and unlawful ways.
y. must not neglect any legitimate use OF 1t
,ls. will contribute to our success.
In a city like ours there are hundreds
vn3r hundreds of voters who never hear
Z Conservative speaker nor read Con>erva-
tiy: newspaper, and who must be sought
on ~ paid agencies and brought to the
~-5,.> IL hired conyeyanccs. And there are
may details Of work which the members
ci trc Conservative committee, even with
tic id Of the candidates and the clubs, are
uIao!c 20 perform, and are obliged to pay
some one to perform. Music, too, costs
money a. GO ri iiic iStCos''iS liSl'"t"o-N'S
20. and cuncomitantS of mass-meetings.
We nave perhaps as many public-splrlted
citizens IS any community OF our size can
:,,1s,>s OF; and gladly, no doubt, would num-
drclis Of patriotic gentlemen tender their
lime and services 10 the necessary WORK OF
In. canvass if it were in their power TO 40
- .yi,tou, TOO serious Il sacrifice Of their
rriyat. interests. But the merchant cannot
;e1ye his countns-room, the workin9man
canno: leave his work. the doctor cannot
leave his patients. Almost all OF those VINO
wo,l,l otherwise chccriully respond to any
cal, thai might be made on their time are
tied down by some business they cannot neg
lecf, o. seine engagements they cannot break.
Hence the necessity of freely employing
ac.lye and efficient agents, who must be PAID
tor their time and services, to seek out with
uniai!ing diligence and bring up to the reg
l>tration boards and to the polls that Very
. ,a.-c number of voters-yery much larger
than any one who has not inquired into the
matter would ever imagine it to be-who
are MD away in offices, and workshops, anu
retired dwellings, and hundred unsus-
Tectel places, and who are never reached
~ oar speakers or our candidates,
and who never register, or, If regis
tered, never vote, unless sought out and
awakened 10 their duty. Hence. also, the
necessity Of freely employing such agents to
find out and collect the facts necessary TO
protect ourselves against the hundreds OF
fraudulent votes which the Radicals will try
70 cast against Us, and which neither the
Officers OF the election, nor our candidates,
FOR our Conservative committee, can pre-
Vent them from doing, for the reason that
these lack local Information and personal
knowledge OF the names. faces, and resi-
denccs O. the negroes. -z-:6rf*w
We earnestly invoke. the citizens Of Rich
mond,. since they cannot give enough Of.
their time for these purposes, to give freely
OF their money. Unless the required WORK
Is done, We 90 into most unequal contest
with our a0ycrsaries. Unless the money Is
furnished the work cannot be done.
To raise the money required, every man
ought TO contribute something. Those who
can, should contribute literally. Those who
cannot do this, should contribute according
to their means. ..-.
The Finance Committee of the City Con-
servatye Committee are JOIN +. BosssEux,
treasurer and er-0ticio chairman; L. W.
PlcEggLL, SAMUEL n. PcLLIAa, CHARLES Z.
WILLIAMS.
These gentlemen are charged with the
duty OF raising from the citizens of Rich
mond the funds necessary to vigorous cam
Vass and to insure successful result at the
election on the 4th Of November next. The
composition of this committee is such as to
commend it to the entire confidence Of the
whole community.