Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-07-09
ETERNAL VIGILANCE.

senator Brice Issues q Note of Warning to
He Active.
New YORK, July 2-Senator Gavin
S. Brice, chairman of the National
democratic committee, has written a
letter of warning and advice to his fell
low members of the national commit
tee, embodying advice in regard to the
association of democratic clubs and the
necessity OF the national committee CO.
operating with them.
Senator Brice begins with the state
ment that the presidential contest is
near at hand; that the republicans are
rapidly preparing for it, and that the
democrats cannot be too circumspect
or too swift in arranging to meet them
The plan of campaign OF the
republicans, he says. Is a colossal sys-
tenn of clubs to be maintained and sup
ported by the unlimited means drawn
from the pockets of the beneficiaries of
the monopoly policy. This system. he
urges, can only be met by an equally
extensive system of voluntary demo-
cratic clubs-that is. associations of the
people in their neighborhoods for the
defense of their rights and interests
against those who are banded to asSail
them.
Mr.. Brice says that the truly demo-
| cratic club has ever been the friend of
liberty. The tendency at this time of
| the people of the United States to en-
roll themselves together in neighbor-
! hood organizations of this character is
| one of the signs of the political perils
| which confront them. He thinks that
the approaching struggle is to be one
only between clubs and it is really to
| be desired that a uniform and perfected
| system of democratic societies, though
organized and in intimate association
with each other, shall be established
before the beginning of next year.
| Mr.. Brice says he has examined the
plan of organization now in process OF
successful accomplishment by the ma
| tiona1 association of democratic clubs,
| and he feels it the duty of every mem
| Der of the national executive commit
tee to give the club association his most
hearty support and he urges each mem
| Der of the national committee to Co
operate with the association te the full
est extent The work undertaken by
| the executive committee of the clubs is
absolutely necessary to be done. An
opportunity is now presented of having
| It accomplished by an efficient 1nStru
ment at minimum cost, and that dis
tributed over SO many localities as to
not to be burden to any one commit
tee.
Mr.. Brice concludes his letter as fol
lows: IAN important feature of the
plan is in the selection of correspond
ents in the several states This now re
quires urgent attention in your state.
would, therefore, ask you to confer
with the chairman of your state com
mittee as soon as may be convenien
and arrange this part Of the plan: alss
that you will do all in your power t.
facilitate the organization in othe,
ways you may think best"
The national officers of the demo
cratic club are highly gratifed with the
recognition accorded it by Chairman
Brice. Heretofore there has occasion
ally been some misunderstanding be
tween the association and the various
state committees This difficulty is now
explained away and there is every in
dication of a harmonious cooperation