The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-02-18
Organizing Republican Clubs.

call is hereby respectfully issued to |
the Republican voters of the various
cities and counties of the State, ear
nestly urging immediate organiza-
ton of permanent Clubs in every
ward in cities, and in every County
District, if dossible, in the State, with
a view to establish a Maryland Re-
publican League ; the State League
to be made up by delegates from the
various Local Republican Clubs
within the State.
The object in forming Club organ
izatiOn and Republican League in
our State, is to maintain Republican
principles, to secure unity of action
and effective work, and promote, by
all legitimate agencies, the success of
the Republican party and its candl-
dates,
In the formation of the Clubs the
following is respectfully suggested,
and thereby we can hope to exact a
potent influence among the masses
and strengthen the Republican
party:
LIST. Do not name your Club after
any State ar local leader.
End. Do not allow your Club TO be
used to further the interest of any
/ candidate for office previous to NOM
ination, or to crafty the individual
desire of any candidate to represent
your City, County, or District Re-
publican Convention, hut reserve all
your force to be exerted III hehalf Of
all candidates nominated by Repub-
lican Conventions.
Sd. Let it be especially impressed
upon the Republican masses in the
Wards and Counties that Club Or
CARNATIONS do not intend to interfere
in any manner with State City or
County political committees. Our
purpose is simply to organize that
sentiment which favors a fair pro-
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American Labor, and toengage heart
and soul in an earnest contest to help
elect the Republican President and
Vice-Presideht named by the Chi
cagO Nominating Convention.
4th. AS to your membership admit
any male person over eighteen years
of age, who is Republican and in
hearty sympathy with the principles
of the Republican party, and gives
his word of honor that he will support
Its candidates.
9Th. The officers of your Club
should be President, three Vice.
Presidents, a Secretary and Treas
urer, and an Executive Committee
of five, of which the President and
Secretary should be ex-officio mem
bers. All officers to be members of
the Club.
9th. After a meeting Of members of
not less than ten present, submit
Constitution for your guidance. The
name and regular meeting of your
Club and time and place of meeting,
and after the adoption of your Con-
stitution by membership Of not less
than twenty members, elect at least
three, and not more than five to rep
resent your Club in a Republican
State League Convention, for the
purpose of encouragement and en-
rollment of permanent Republican
Clubs, and to establish full cooper
alton with the regular Republican
Committees of the State, each Club
will have only one vote in the Coun-
ellis of the State League.
1t is earnestly desired by the men,
Der of the Executive Committee and
the Vice-President for Maryland Ma.
tiOnal League, that every Republican
in the State will give this work his
hearty support, and before our party
selects its representatives to the Re-
publican National Nominating Con-
vention, we will be in condition to
organize our State League upon the
plan adopted by the National Con-
vention of Republican Clubs. and be
fully prepared through Club Organ
izatiOn to aid and assist the regular
committees of our State in the dis
tribution of sound political knoWI.
edge, so that the voter shall not only
be Informed, but have opinions and
convictions Of his own, and that the
present and future issues shall guide
his ballot in expressing his choice of
candidates for President and Vice.
President of the United States, and
not the skeleton of the dead political
past.
1t is further suggested that upon
the organization of a Club, the Pres
ident or Secretary thereof at once give
notice of the fact to w. w. johnson,
Executive Member for Maryland Ma.
tional League, % w. Saratoga street,
Baltimore, Nd" land where Clubs