Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-12-18
THE CRYING NEED.
THERE MUST BE A BETTER ORGAN.
lzATIoN OF FORCES.

The New York Voice Points Out Some
Lines of Work That Should De Carried
Outflow Is the Time to Get at 1t.
The time has como for Prohibitionists
to get down to bedrock, earnest work
Our forces have stood up splendidly un-
der tho shock of three successive politi-
cal tidal waves, but they cannot stand
thus forever. We must advance, if we
are to win. We can advance by united,
determined, systematic work.
And wo can advance much more easily
now than before the last election The
Republican party, soon to come into
power, was never SO unfavorably dis
posed toward the issue Of saloon sup
prossion, for it never before won VIC
tory with SO much help from the sa-
looms. The Democratic party has been
wrecked by its own incompetency and
dishonesty. Its hypocritical pretensions
as a reform organization have been
thoroughly exploded during the last
year. Financial and antimonopoly re-
formers heretofore clinging to the Dem
ocratio party have been completely un-
deceived, and they expect even less from
the Republican party. They must, with
the enemies Of the saloon, look for sue
cess to new political combinations. For
this reason the political chances of ev-
cry reform advocated by the Prohibition
party have been, it seems to us, ma
terially advanced by the results of the
last election.
Such being true, the outlook for the
Prohibition party, if tho leaders and
workers have farsightedness and resolu-
tion enough to measure up to the emer-
goncy, was never better How shall we
measure up to the demands Of the hour?
There is one way to do it, and one
only: Reach the people, and reach them
Systematically and persistently with our
political demands And the first step in
the direction of thus reaching the peo-
Pile is 1.-Two Prohibition party organiza-
tion in every election district in the
United States
'The same old story" says some
weary and half discouraged Prohibition
ist. Begging your pardon, sir, it is not
the same old story, but an entirely new
and different story we wish to tell and
to hear The Prohibition party has not
for years had much more than paper
organization. Is not this true? Look at
your own township or city for answer
What per cent of our voters can you
place? How much actual, systematic,
regular effort was there made to reach
any number Of hopeful voters in your
neighborhood with the bedrock argu-
ment for our party during the last cam
paign? Very little, we believe. Let US
have "new deal" and new story
We want more than paper Prohibition
party. We must and will have Pro-
hibition party organization in fact as
we'll as in name if we expect to accom-
plish anything through the Prohibition
party.
What is Prohibition party election
district organization? How can it be
made effective, and what are its advan-
tages? We have more than limited be-
fore at the answers to these questions
We will repeat:
First.-What is the election district?
1t is the smallest political division-the
unit Of political work, as it were. 1t in
cludes the territory in which are located
all who vote at particular polling
place. In the district where Prohibi-
ZIONIST votes there, taken all in all, is
the most convenient and useful field for
Prohibition work. 1t is next to his own
door. He should not go out Of that field
for much political work until he has
thoroughly worked his own field. If,
therefore, there is but single Prohibi-
tion voter in certain election district,
in that district lies his work pretty
largely, and he himself is the nucleus
Of the organization which he must be-
gin to build up there.
How shall he do it? The easiest and
least expensive way is by the careful,
judicious, regular distribution Of Pro-
hibition literature to selected list Of
hopeful voters among his neighbors. By
the word hopeful" in this connection
we mean hopeful in the sense Of the
possibility Of bringing them into the
Prohibition party. This distribution Of
literature must be followed up by per.
sonal visits and conversation and the
calling of meetings for organization.
When the right time comes, call a
meeting of the more favorable ones and
talk matters over. At this meeting, II
there are two Prohibitionists among you,
organize your Prohibition election dis
trict association, with president and Sec
retary. for the purpose Of continuing the
propagation of Prohibition principles in
your district. You will find that two Of
you working together can do more than
twice as much as one, and that three
can do far more than three times as
much. Keep up the same work of sys-
tematic and regular distribution of Pro-
hibition literature.
Not one in 80 really knows yet what
the Prohibition party stands for or