Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-03
ORGANIZE CLUBS.
4 LETTER ISSUED BY THP NATIONAL ASSO-
CATION OF
Democratic Clnbs Urging Democrats Everywhere to
Band Themselves Together in Societies for
the Preservation Of the Rights the
RonophsS Would Destroy.

Democratic Clubs:
About TO enter upon campaign in which
the Presidency and the House OF Repre-
ssnta4ives are Immediately at stake, and
directed bv the Executive Committee or
me National Association OF Democratic
climbs 10 urge upon the Democratic people
of the Union the necessity OF prompt, EN-
ciept and general organization Tor the I'M
m me contest were one for the offices
src,e or for the qualification OF the per
sonal ambition of individual leaders on
either side. and III the administration % Oe
chosen. in any event, mignt Oe expected
merely 70 "glde through toe onci@I rOu-
fiDc', of government for the term or us eN-
istance with no impairment Of our free III
s+itntions no assault Up0u the reserved
,igbts of the people, 10 seizure by taxation,
III tbeir proDertv or profits 70 DE turned
over 10 favored classes, and no RESTRICTION
III their markets for the penent or monopo-
1iss i+ would he a matter OF small moment,
,,-birh marty might succeed. But we know
only TOO well that the party 10 power VIII
not and Dy the very Jaw OF
f+ existence cannot, regard the
limitations of the Constitution; that 10 IS
irresistiblv lmpe4ed by the doctrines ana
traditions. from Hamilton 90 Quay, ana oy
the vast aggregation of private mOnopoueS
which 10 embraces and combines anu Oy
winch 10 is sustained, 70 break through
49,. Confines Ofthe federal charter on every
side. This is not the place nor the time 10
develop iu It's tremendous proportions anu
with its dreadful menaces, the tedefdllsg-
Republicau scheme of strong, Splenulu,
rotten government, resting on corruption
AND force. and employing the power OF
taxation TO enslsve the lao0rlng masses, IN
,~5er 10 buildup iu luxury and wealth tue
Milling classes. All American history eN-
r7bits and attests To- But the most recent
experience Of the people IS more tnan
enough for illustration.
CONGRESS NAV. under the Constitution,
tax the people TO sustain tncr own govern
uent 10 has, however, Just as much right
t0taLe their lives, or 90 sell their chuQren
into bondage, as 10 has 70 take q dollar from
them for any other purpose But tne FED
eraist party, purely % create monOpoueS
upon which 10 may rely for political sup
port. and 20 further enrich It's wealthy
fsv0rites boldly assumes the uugrdnted
and forbidden power 90 lay taxes, with no
view what5ver 20 public revenue, out WIN
asole aud av0wed view 20 transfer untold
millions of money annually from the peck
els of the many. who have earned Nc, 10 the
Golfers of The few who are licensed 20 slele
10 in virtue of their Unconstitutional
rror0rOhes. IfthisCau bee done, there rs an
utterly perverted, 10 d. not merely fraud,
but a despOt SIN; ana there is nothing lett
worth struggle. The power % take and
appropriate TO others the proceeds or inc
peoples labor, is the power 20 enslave the
ne00le None such can DE found IN the led
ersf constitution And the question wneth-
or snail be exercised, though ungranted,
and, therefore, forbidden, is the question,
as Nr. jefferson stated 10. between I'm
tied and am unlimited government De-
tween self government, and corrupt cen
tralization. between popular berry and
crasping and greedy tyranny, between the
masses aHd the classes, between tue FEEDER
aist- Republican and the Democratic par
ties.
The great battle for freedom Of elections
I'M the last Congress, was but an Incident
albeit a terrible and meuaciug OuC-Ot this
dread struggle between the great mass OF
tine people and the banded mOuOp0hsts IN
coalition with a ruthless political party.
The passage Of the Force Bill would have
term mated popular representations would
have insured tor an Indefinite period, the
uuQueStiOueJ supremacy or the mOnOpOllStS
and their political agents; and they would
have gone on taxing tne people 20 NIL their
own pockets. secure Ina their control OF the
ballot boxes and the returns, until over
thrown by revolution. The CHIEF neWspa-
uer organ of the conspiracy printed but the
plain truth when il declared the Force DILL
would 0e ;he end OF all since 1t carried
"a hundred Mckinley bills iu its embrace"
Thus would the FederaG st-bepuoucan
party grasp. with one hand the throat or
constitutional 10 oerty, while with the other,
10 rifles the peoples pockets, aud transfers
a vast aggregate OF laWieSs plumber 70 It's
mOnOpollst allies. So the issue stands. We
must not deceive ourselves. Permit this
CONSPIRACY. struck aud shattered by the
popular Indignation iu 1890, 70 retain the
Presidency and 20 recover the House, ana
a h0rce bill as much worse than the last as
the Mckinley bin was worse than any OF
its fore gOers, VIII oc enacted 20 protect
the despoilers In perpetual power In order
that they may rCvcl no. perpetual pluuder.
How shall this dideous matter DE
averted There is but one way under
heaven. The people must organize M their
own defense We have already been adj
vised both Dy the monopoly leaders, aud
bv the National Democratic Committee,
that the contest Will be LARGELY "a contest OF
clubs. POliuca. methods change with CIR
CumstauCes. AS I'm the earlier days OF the
Republic, when the question, was as now.
between strong government IA the interest
of the masses, the Democratic Society be-
comes again the resource and
the resort of the oppressed
and alarmed people a system Of
Democratic Societies as nearly uniform IS
may be throughout Jae Union, viii carry
the popular cause 90 complete and maj tri-
umpn in 1902 Just as certainly as did the
original system under the leadership Of the
immortal Jefferson. To is the natural and
voluntary organization of the people, nrst,
I'm their ucig10clOoCs, second. M their
states, and, third iu the Union, TO expose
has .r.
trained bands of Capitalization and m0nOD-
oily. We therefore urge the timely torma-
uCn Of primary societies i'm every district,
and their early union in State Societies and
ip This national association.
The Genera. Committee OF the National
Association OF Democratic Clubs, consist
ing Of four members from each State and
Territory, VIII meet at Chicago on the 2lst
~ June, and The time and place of the Ma
ti0Dal convention of Democratic Clubs will
he determined, and tue caIi duly issued.
Wherever the DCmQcrauc societies of any
State shall have formed "a State organiZa-
ton, the latter will 0d entitled 20 eleven
delegates az large iu the convention.
Meanwhile, we repeat the very respect /
ful but urgent advice which has been an
nuallv issued by this Association. 20 the
several Democratic Societies OF the United
States 10 celebrate iu some appropriate
manner, the birthday of Thomas jefferson, \
the founder of the Democratic party, pUd
we commend ro their patriotic considera-
ton the admouiGon OF the iuustri0us Til /
den
AT time when powerful tendencies are I
40 work 90 su0verr the original character
of our governmental break down the linz
itatious Of power established bv the Con
Stitution---to centralila the influence of
official authOrities-to create a governing
class, using the machinery Of the govern
ment as q corrupt balance Of power IN the I