The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-03-22
ADDRESS OF THE REPUBLICAN
LEAGUE OF VERMONT TO THE vOI

ADDRESS OF THE REPUBLICAN
LEAGUE OF VERMONT TO THE VOT
ERS OFTHE STATE.
A National Republican League wat
organized in New York last December
at convention called for that pur-
pose.
In accordance with the scheme then
devised State League was organized in
Vermont February Is, 1888, with a
membership of n clubs.
The purpose of the organization is tC
afford some effective medium in every
town by which the National, State and
County Committees can more directly
and surely reach the individual vot-
err,
The object OF the League is to advance
the principles and promote the success
of the Republican party; to instill into
the minds of voters those sound political
principles of which we believe that
party to be the true exponent, and upon
the maintenance Of which we feel that
the prosperity of the American people
and the prosperity of distinctively Amer
/ lean institutions must rest.
The cherishing of patriotic memories
of former achievements is healthfIl, but
an intelligent comprehension of the
great questions which now confront the
American people is essential to proper
solution of them, and that solution we
believe to be the peculiar mission OF the
Republican party.
1t is conceded that the great need OF
the party today is more thorough or
ganization, which means more than the
usual Temporary expedient of the Cam
paigh Club whose methods are better
calculated to arouse enthusiasm than to
convince the reason; it means such per-
manent organic ,tion and the adoption
of such methods as shall serve to give
each voter a clear understanding of the
fundamental principles of the party and
their relation to the prosperity OF the
country, and to awaken every member
to a sense Of his responsibilities as a
good citizen.
To this comprehensive purpose the
Republican League devotes its organi
zation.
1t should be distinctly understood
that the State League and the Local
Clubs are in no way to interfere with
the function of the Official Committees
of the party. Neither the State League
nor the Local Club will undertake To
manage a campaign, but will CO operate
with the regular party organization and
render its services not in the selection
but in the election of candidates.
To the Republicans in each town the
appeal is made to organize at once. and
having organized, certificate or orga-
nization sent to the member of the Elk
ecutive Committee for the County en-
titles the Club to enrolment in the State
League. AS soon as may be after the
formation of club, canvass should be
made of each school district within it's
territory and list made OF the Repub.
lcan and doubtful voters. So far as
possible it should be ascertained on what
point the doubt exists. By this means
it is made possible to send proper doc
uments to the right place and in this
way secure the largest vote for the Re
publican ticket
The ideal Republican Clubs an organ
ization that maintains Its activity
throughout the year, Its primary OBJ
ject should be to enroll among it's mem
bers all good Republicans within it's
territorial limits, and by public discus.
sions and private reading to inform its
members as to the fundamental princi
pies of the party, and their relation to
the prosperity of the country. The club
should hold a meeting at least once a
month, at which paper on some politi.
cal subject should be read by some mem
Der or invited guest. or some living
question discussed. 1t should, if posi-
bic, provide a comfortable club house
or club room, open every evening, where
the members may meet in political and
social intercourse, 1t should secure the
enrolment, and the registry, of every
Republican voter, and when election
day comes it should see that every Re-
publican voter discharges his duty at
he polls.
The members of the Executive Com
mittee of the League have charge of its
affairs in their respective counties, and it
is their duty to further the organization
of clubs therein.
All Clubs should put themselves in
communication with the members for
their respective counties.
The formation of Young Mems Re
publican Clubs in all the larger towns is
especially urged. 1t is particularly de.
sirable to enlist the sympathy and secure
the support of the young men of Yer
mont for the Republican Club move.
ment. The League appreciates the fact
that young men are power in politics,
and recognizes that the restoration OF
the Republican party to power in the
Nation, in the coming Presidential cleo
ton, depends largely upon voters born
since the close of the war for the
Union.
The Democratic party has nothing in
past achievement. and promises nothing
for future p, rformance, to attract young
men to its ranks.
By order of the League,
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