Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-08-17
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
ORaANIZE!

To tho Democracy OF Lancaster County.
FELLow-DEMoCRATs: While it is true
that the Democracy Of the whole country
have the political enthusiasm on their side
this year, and never before entered upon
SO aggressive, 50 confident and
so well organized from the outset, yet it is
equally true that no effort must be lacking
to maintain our advantage to the very end.
We have crafty, desperate and uuscrup-
ulous foe. They are entrenched in patron
age, and will not surrender power without
resort to the last of their fertile resources.
While "aggression" is to be the inspira-
tion of the campaign, Organization is
the best means of turning it into glorious
victory. There are certain matters that
demand immediate attention. Every dis
trict in the county, every county in the
state, every state in the Union, are to be
to the end that every Democrat
ic and doubtful vote may be polled for
Hancock and English and the state and
local nominees on November 2. This Or
ganization is to reach to the school dis
tricts. Every earnest Democrat owes it. to
his party to give prompt, diligent and un-
abating attention to the interests of the
Democracy in his school district. On elec-
tion day will be the time to get out the
vote. Between October 1st and Novem-
Der 2d the time can be employed to best
purpose in making arrangements for that.
From September 1st to October 1st will
be the season for attending to the payment
of taxes, and seeing to it that every DEM
ocrat has receipt for state or county tax
paid within two years. This is essential.
From now until September 1st there are
three subjects that claim earnest and in
defatigable attention
1. The circulation of Democratic docu-
naents and newspapers. See to it that
every Democratic and doubtful voter in
your school district takes and reads a
Democratic newspaper throughout the
whole campaign. Find some way to put
one into his hands. This will be worth
more to the cause than anything else.
2. Naturalization. We yearly lose many
votes that could be secured by attention to
the naturalization Of foreigners. If there
are any foreign-b born citizens i'll your dis
trict who have never taken out their pa
pers, look after them at once, and if legally
qualified, OF if there are any who have had
first papers since before October 2, 1873,
they can get their second this fall. For
eigners who came into the country under
eighteen years Of age, Or with an honor
able discharge from the army, can get their
second papers at once, if they have been in
the country five years. Those who came
in over eighteen, and have not yet had
their first papers, should declare their in
tention without delay. Look after all
these and let them come in in person, with
witness who can duly identify them,
and upon application to me, any time after
the third Monday in August and before
October 1st, will have them naturalizcd.
3. Registry Of Voters. The registry will
close about September ?. Before that
date see that tho name Of every Demo
cratic voter in your district, every one COM
ing Of age or who voted Oh age last year,
and every foreigner intending to be ma
turalized, is ON the list and has q tal
charged aguinst linn. See that this is done.
Take nobody's word for it. Look after it
yourself. Careless or partisan assessors
may drop the names ofthe oldest residents
of the district. They may think it smart
to cheat Democrat out of his vote in this
way.
Report regularly on all these matters to
your county committeeman.
Yours truly,
w. Z. IlENsEI,
Chairman County Committee