Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1890-05-16
ORGANIZE REPUBLICAN, CLUBS,

luc puSlg VI tlio DhliOI Iva, aho tiiO
Democratic press throughout the country
! denounCes all reference to them as
waving the "bloody shirt" And thus
that perilOus menace to national tran
quillity, the Solid South, is perpetuated to
the end that Democratic supremacy may
be attained or maintained
Realizing the danger to which our
free institutions were exposed by
those repeated outrages on the
dearest rights of the people north and
south, and foreseeing that the high
handed usurpation OF 1854, by which
Grover Cleveland was toisted into posi-
ton to which he was not lawfully elect
ed, was more than likely to be attempted
in 1888, a few earnest patriotic citizens
assembled in the rooms OF the New York
Republican club to adopt such measures
as might seem best to them 70 avert \, l'3 tie
impending dan ssS}i There the idea was
o. lsinated of creating a great national
representative organization, whose OBJ
iects should be the dissemination OF Re-
publican principles and the support OF
Republican candidates for office, dis
claiming at the same time any intention
to interfere with existing organizations
or with the regular state, territorial, coun-
ty, or other Republican committees.
Although very short time was devoted
to preliminary work, the first convention,
which was held in Chickering hall, New
York, on the 18th, 10th and 18th of De-
cember, 1887, was attended by 1000
delegates from twenty-three states and
territories. At that convention the "Re-
publican League of the U. S." was fully
organized and went forth on its career of
patriotic zeal, which knew no rest or
relaxation until the Democratic party was
hurled from its ill-gotten power,
and the party OF the union was
again placed in charge of the
affairs of the nation it had saved
from ruin and death.
In all previous campaigns the work
OF organization was deferred until
after the national committees had
met, then hundreds OF clubs were
! hastily formed, each one independ-
ent of the other, with no center of unity
and no incentive to action but the eva
nescent impulse of the moment. At the
inception OF the last campaign an entire
change had taken place; from January
to May |, 1888, 5000 clubs, with an en-
rollment Of half million men, had joined
the league, and when the national com
mittee met, in June, it found this supert
body of Republicans like well equipped
army in camp awaiting marching orders
The national committee, thus relieved Of
the anxiety of organization, turned it's at
tention at once to other equally important
details, leaving the further labor Of raising
new clubs and swelling the ranks of the
old ones in the able and willing hands o.
the originators of the movement, who
pressed the work with such vigor that
long before election day 100000 men
answered the roll calls of the r. L. U. S.
1t is simply impossible to overestimate
the assistance this organization rendered
to the national committee. The Democ
racy demanded an educational campaign
the speakers of the league met them
on every stump in the north anC
west; but as education and Democ
racy are antagonistic elements, the result
was the utter and complete overthrow o.
Cleveland, the old bandanna and the un.
American principles of free trade.
Learning wisdom from this crafty
ing experience, number of dele
gates OF our clubs assembled il
Albuquerque on July rs last anc
organized a territorial league under
the auspices of the Republican League O.
the United States. Earnest efforts are
: now being made to extend its branches
into every voting precinct in New Mexico
| We do not lack numbers, but we sadly
lack organization to arouse the old spirit
of the party, to warm the apathetic, tt
Danish feuds and to rally every lover o
the good cause around the flag of thu
union, beneath whose sacred folds ",
have marched to victory in war and peace
Isolated clubs are very good in limitet
sense, and so are isolated companies, bu
to insure success companies must b.
formed into battalions, regiments, bri
gades, divisions and armies. Thus organ
lied they become strong and successful
and so it will be with us. Verify, men anc
brethren, in union there is strength.
The second annual convention o
the league will be held in SAINT
Fe on July % next, and ever.
effort will be put forth to make it tn
, harbinger of victory. No time is t,
be lost; when New Mexico is admitted II
the union let us see to it that her star vii
shine in the glorious galaxy of Republican
states.
The very able and influential Demo
cratic newspapers in New Orleans are sup
porting the Louisiana lottery scheme ant