St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-05-10
CoNFIDENTIALLY TOLD.
Programme of the National Re-
publican League for the Cam
paign.

Programme of the National Re-
publican League for the Cam
paign.
New YORK, May 9.-The Republican
league of the United States, organized
by convention of Republican clubs
held at Chickering hall in December
last, and presided over by William M.
Evarts, have not, it seems, allowed the
'grass to grow under their feet'' since
the December conference. A 'confi-
dential' circular, which has been
recently distributed among the rank and
file of sympathizers of the movement,
purports to show the progress that has
been made during the year. There are
some who think that all this has been
sort of preliminary practice of ''Blaine
artillery" but the following, which has
been embodied in this circular, will
show conclusively the error of this idea.
Remember" so the circular says,
''that it is the infexible resolve of the
league to have nothing whatever to do
or say in the selection of the candi-
dates, but simply to take up the work
where it is laid down by the convention
when the nominations have been
made" The circular then goes on to
say that "a vast army of over 100000
Republican soldiers is already in the
field to give
BATTLE TO THE FREE TRADE
Democratic party, and it is confidently
asserted that on June 10 this army will
quarters of a million men," Among the
bon mots of this "confdentiar' docu-
ment may be mentioned the following !:
''ThiS is work of the greatest magnI-
tude and Importance. 1t is not in the
hands of impractical theorists who are
going to do something sometime in the
future, but on the contrary is IN the
hands of practical men, who point with
pride to what they have already done
and promise to continue the good work
until every county, town, village, ham
let and school district in the United
States has corps cf efficient workers,
subject to the national and state leagues.
All that is needed to continue the good
work is financial aid from those who can
afford it and from those who are inter-
ested in rescuing the country from the
Democratic hordes who are now prey
ing upon it, and who are only waiting
for another presidential victory and the
capture of two or three Republican
seats in the senate of the United
States to
BEGIN A CRUSADE
for free trade which will, if successful,
not only close thousands and tens of
thousands of prosperous manufactures,
but also reduce to penury hundreds of
thousands of our skilled mechanics and
bring them to the level of degradation
reached by the paper laborers of the
European countries. To prevent this
untoward event is the self-imposed task
of the league" A summary of the
league clubs in the different states shows
their number to be 8, ,625, with an alleged
membership of 100000. Among those
who have come to the front with tinan-
cial aid the following may be men.
toned: Gov. r. A. Alger, of Michigan
$500; Chauncey M. Depew, 5000; Will
lam NJ. Evarts, 500; Thomas G. Platt
sl00; Warner Miller, 5000; Benjamin F.
Tracy, 500; Timothy L. Woodruff, $50:
James S. T. Stranahan, 500; G. n
Bliss, $500; Joseph f. Knapp, 500; j
S. Fassett, 500; John F. Plummer, s1OO:
Ira Davenport. 500; Joseph b. Carr
$50, and Hugh n. Camp, $50. The cir.
cular concludes with an appeal for sub
scriptionS at the earliest day practic
able, saying: "If this appeal for finan
cial is met with the same spirit that has
actuated the organizers of the league il
the work already accomplished, the Re
publican candidates will enter upon the
canvass with an organization never be-
fore attempted by any party"