The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-08-12
CLUBS.
Meetings called to Organize Marching
clabs T~hrouahoat h COUNTRY.

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Meetings Called TO Organize Marching
cIabs Throusholt the counrry.
President clarksop, Of the Republican
National League, recently issued a cir
cular to the clubs Of the country, from
which the following extracts are taken:
10 ne Rsp6Iean league Clubso u he United States:
Preliminary to opening the Republic
can campaign, every Republican league
club in the United States 10 requested
to meet on the evening of Tuesday, Aug
ust l6, at 1880 o'clock, and organize q
marching club before adioutnlng.
Inthis club Ill members OF the league
in each neighborhUod are requested TO
unite, and in the organiSationau Repub-
licans In the same community should
be invited to join, Marching clubs
should be organized with mi hundred
members in each club or company. IL
communities where the league member
ship is more than n hundred, addi-
tional clubs should be organized, and it
is suggested that in every such commu.
nity there should be organized a "First
Voters Club in which all young men
| casting their first vote for President
this year should be enrolled, and in adj
dition all young Republicans who are
eighteen years old or over, or oil Re-
publicans who are under twenty-one
may be formed into boys clubs.
The Republican League clubs, having
spent the winter in the work Of educa-
ton, recruiting and perfecting ~organiza.
ton, should now occupy the open field
and form themselves everywhere into
marching clubs. The younger clubs,
such as those composed OF young
voters, should be made the more active
arms OF the organization, assigned to
escort duty, and, with the clubs organ
lied among the colleges, high schools,
seminaries and academies, should be
placed at the front Of this important
branch Of the campaign work.
1t Is especially desirable that every
league club should meet on the desig-
mated evening andbefore 1t adiourns or
ganize a marching club and appoint
effective committees to form additional
clubs. devise uniforms and make all
general arrangements. Any certain
UNIFORM cannot be prescribed. Each
club will have to adoptits own uniform.
Uniformity of dress Of any kind will be
sufficient uniform if it is non other
than the linen coat and white high hat
SO commonly adopted by marching
clubs.
Il is especially urged that the league
everywhere shall move in concert on
the designated day, in order that the
party may be thoroughly organized for
the opening of the campaignon the first
OF September.
The league itself finds a special reason
for this early organization to the end
that its national convention, to be held
in Buffalo, n. " September may de-
monstrate the strengthened enthusiasm
of the organization.
A prize is hereby offered OF a stand
ard OF American coiors to be give tothe
state league which will send TO the ma
tional convention at Buffalo the most
and best drilled campaign clubs.
The convention at Buffalo will be
made in the highest degree interesting.
The most eminent speakers OF the party
will be IN attendance, and in every way
it should be the ambition of the league
to make 1t the great party event Of the
campaign.
Within ten days or two weeks q man
will be sent to each state provided with
samples Of all uniforms, price lists, ETC.,
when it is to be hoped that the officers
Of the state league, of the state commit
tee, and as many officers of clubs
throughout each state as possible, will
meet at a given place and decide upon
the question OF uniforms and make
their orders. It is in the highest de-
gree important that as many clubs as
possible should be got into uniforms
for the Buffalo convention. The prices
will be made SO low this year that there
will be no community which cannot
provide for its club a tasty and suitable
uniform. It will be possible to uniform
a club OF 100 members this year, with
tasty cap for helmet) and blouse Tor
Jacket, for as low as t~hirty-fve dollars,
while for one hundred dollarsa CLUB OF
one hundred can be handsomely.
equipped with hat, jacket, cane, flag
aud torch. We are arranging to get
Wholesale rates. Older men or busy
men will often pay for the uniforms Of
those who are willing to march but
cannot afford to buy the uniform.
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