Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-27
From the Voice.

Money.
From the Voice.
The Prohibition party is not now in con-
dition to enter Presidential campaign.
Our organization is not complete enough.
Our plans heretofore have not been sutfi-
GENTLY broad and comprehensive. Our
policy has not been bold and aggressive
enough.
Now, as the great cause of our present
condition is and has been all along o lack
of funds with which to push the work, l
propose here solution of the financial
problem SO far as our party is concerned.
We have been doing things on too small
scale. To do the work that now needs to
be done, and that must be done, and that
very soon, if our party is to cut any figure
in the campaign of 'SS, we must place an
abundance of means in the hands of our
national, State, county, and township COM
mittees. From these several committees
as centers our work must move, and by
them the battle must be directed. But how
or where shall we get the money? Here,
in brief. is my plan:
/. One man in hundred of our prohi-
bition voters is able and ought to be willing
to pay $1,000 for national work next wear.
2. One in ten Of our voters is able and
ought to be willing to pay $500 for State
work next year.
3. One in five of our voters is able and
ought to be willing to pay $500 for county
work next year.
| This amount of money believe can be
raised. If the $1,000 men join the State
and county classes, and the SIS, 90 men ioin
the county class. this plan will call on only
one in five of our voters to help in national,
State and county work; and if each con-
tributor helps on only one line of this
work, even then we will call only 81 out Of
every 100 of our voters to contribute in
this way, leaving the remaining GO to throw
in what little they may be able to give for
town and city work.
This plan, if carried out, will give our
National Committee over $50, 900 for next
years work; each State Committee, in
States where any appreciable amount of
work has been done, from $4,000 to $780,
GOO, and each County Committee from 5000
to $500.
These may seem large amounts. but we
need them for the work in hand. We have
! heretofore. by neglect to attend to these
! financial matters. rendered it impossible
| for our National Committee to do any,
thing. We ought to count on raising at
least $4,000 for national work next year.
On the plan here outlined, Wisconsin's
contribution to the national fund for 1888
would be S1,7l0, and to our own State fund
! @S,ooU. WIN SUCH uIaQclal backing WQaC
campaign we could carry on! Hereto
fore we have run too largely on sentiment
1t is time we now got down Cor up) to BUSH
ness principles.
This plan is not intended to relieve those
who can give S. or more for national
work, or $50 or more for State work,
but rather to draw Oh enough more of our
friends for a fund sufficiently large to en-
able us to carry on a winning instead of
losing fight. We need more literature, and
in half a dozen languages. We need, and
must have, some able, judicious German
lecturers. We need to start our work in
many States, where little has heretofore
been done. These and many other lines
of work fall to our National Committee
and We can and ought to come to their aid
now. Your plan of sending the Voice to
all the ministers is glorious one. Let us
strike for national fund of $50, 900 for
next year. At another time l shall suggest
method Of reaching these 81 out of every
100 voters, and getting the required dona-
ton At present, only remark, in pass
ing, that it cannot be done by mere news
paper calls or letters from any headquar-
| tiers. Il. G. RICHMOND,
Chairman Wisconsin State Prohibition
Committee,
| MAnJcnN Vic