The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-07-11
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.

The recent appeal issued by the dem
ocratic national committee to the demo
Gratis throughout the country should not
pass unnoticed. AS aptly put by the
Minneapolis Times: "There is alto
gether too great a tendency in the party
to talk large and predict great results
for the future, with too little disposition
for practical work. Now talking, hold
ing conventions and appointing com
mittees are well enough in their way,
but the democratic party must have
some other method of united and ag-
gressive work, if it is to go into the cam
paign next year with a fighting chance
for victory. The organization of per-
manent local clubs is recommended by
Hon. Chauncey f. Black and his as
sociates as the best place for the open
and free cooperation of democrats in
their localities, in support of the princi-
Piles of the party-principles which are
thus clearly defined in the national as
sociation's statement of the objects of
this form of cooperation.
The objects of this association are as
follows:
To foster the formation of permanent demo.
Cratic clubs and societies Throughout the United
pts and insure their active cO-Opeil ion in
disseminating Jeffersonian principles of gov
eminent;
TO pre- serve the constitution of the United
States, the autonomy of the stat as, local se'f-gOv-
prnmpnf and fro pdOm of elections:
To resist revolu' onary changes and the CEN
tralization of power; -,
To oppose the imposition of taxes beyond the
necessities of government economical r1min-
istered;
TO promote economy in all branches of the
public service;
To oppose unnc y ssaIy commercial ~restric-
tons for the benefit of the few at the expense of
the many;
To Oppose class legislation, which despoils
labor aud builds no mOnODoly;
TO maintain invIo)ate toe fundament | prin-
ciple of democracy Equality before the laws
To cooperate with the reL Ilar orgapiza on of
the democratic -pal y IN the suppOI of demo-
cratic men aud democrat C measures.
''The work of forming cooperative so
cieties Or clubs in support of these prin-
is urgently recommended. They
are not intended to control primaries or
to name candidates, but it is believed
they can be made the most practical
and efficient instrument in the campaign
of education, which cannot begin too
They are intended to promote
harmony, to ground the rank and file of
the party in democratic principles, to
arouse party pride and deepen party 10y
to unite and y~italize the moral and
Intellectual forces of the democracy, and
compel the pnblic attention to the
'eal issues of the campaign. This is of
he utmost Importance, because the
scheme of the republican managers is to
,efOg or to belittle those issues by
Trusting to the front others of little
immediate consequence. The organiza-
ion of these local clubs will help fix the
public mind upon the questions that are
ssential, and prevent its diversion to
that for the present should be re-
.arded as subordinate. The work should
re begun at once, in every ward and vOt-
ng precinct in the land. Here is a mis-
ionary field for ambitious party leaders,
for every citizen who is sincerely de-
for the success of democratic prin-