Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-08-29
THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
Wanted Now, a Dollar Apiece
from 5000 Prohibitionists.
HEADQUARTERS
PROHIBITION NATIONAL COMMITTEE.

stringcncy men naturally curtail
first in their giving. Az a re-
suit of the present condition of
money matters this committee Is
called upon to face important and
uncomfortable facts.
For five years past this com
mittce has done large amount of
work and rendered valuable aid to
many State committees. 1t has
been our boast that in all this time
we have never been in debt. 10y
ally, faithfully, periodically, have
our people stood by their nation
al committee.
On our part we have cndeavor-
cd to do faithfully the work I'M
posed upon us. The auditing
committee, not members of the
national committee, after a care
full examination of our work for
three years, said in their report,
June %, 1892:
1--WE cannot too highly commend
the exact business methods pursued
by the committee. ItemiZed and de-
tailed accounts were furnished, show
ing not only who supplied the money
and in what amounts. but what ii WAS
used for. The committee are to be
commended for wise plans, and these
appear to have been carried out with
rare wisdom, diligence and sagacity
by the chairman"
The same committee, after an
exhaustive examination of the
work of the last campaign, said
in their report, dated Dec, 81,
1892: 1--WE find no reason to
modify our opinion IA expressed
under similar circumstances, June
%, 1892: respecting the chair
man and the excctive committee
and its work. We cannot too
highly commend the methods
adopted and the faithfulness eX-
hibitcd in CARRYING out the plans.
so much for the past now for
the present. Here is the situa
ton
/, At the opening of the pres
ent year we secured on our
monthly plan a liberal amount
pledged to the work Of 1898.
,. The executive committee
adopted plans accordingly and as
summed legations, "a for the
scattering of literature; OBJ, for
maintaining State organizers in
weak States; CO, assisting the In
ter-Collegiate Association: CD,
aiding in important campaig GINS
this fall, especially in Ohio Iowa,
but to the extent of our ability
in other States having an election
in 1893. These, with the main
tenancc of headquarters, were
planned on scale commensurate
with our expected income.
3. The hard times have great
ly reduced our receipts, many of
our subscribers assuring us that
while they still intend to pay,
they cannot do so now.
4. As result, unless relief
comes, we will within 80 days be
embarrassed with obligations due
which we cannot meet, and our
work will seriously suffer.
). Can this he avcrted! We
believe il can, and we have SO
much faith in our fellow workers
that We believe il will But how!
In one way only. Ii cannot be
done by large sums from few.
such contributions just now arc
out of the question.
II can be done by small sums
from the many.
We ask every Prohibitionist
who reads these lines to send us
at once a small contribution. Let
us have one dollar each from ,, r.
600 persons.
If You can give more, send two
or five or ten. hut We ask for nj
least one dollar.
We have no space, nor do we
deem II necessary to max a pa
thotic or elaborate appeal. We
have faith in the rank and file of
our party. An emergency is up
on Us. Times are hard, but YOU
can spare a dollar rather than
our work. We must
help Ohio and Iowa and Virginia
IN their important struggle. We
must keep up our agitation every
where. shall VIC hear from youI
Address all communications to
SAMUEL DICKIE, Chairman.
Albion, Mich.