Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-10-24
SCHILLING TALKS.
THE VETERAN REFORMER
SOUNDS HIS TOCSIN.
He States Some Things That All Mem
bers of the Peoples Party Will Do
Well to Remember just NOVA Cam
paIgn of Education.

The following letter was written by
that veteran reformer, Robert Schil-
ling of Milwaukee, in reply to letter
from candidate appealing for funds
to prosecute the campaign in his
county, declaring that he could be
elected If the state committee would
furnish him funds.
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 20 1894
DEAR SIR: You must have a verv
peculiar idea of the resources of our
state committee. Do you suppose that
we can tap bankers, bondholders,
syndicates and railroad r.agnates as
do the old party committees? We do
not even assess our candidates If
we did you would have had an assess
ment notice by this time asking you
10 contribute. Where are we to get
the money from? You know that |
spoke in your place and had to pay
my own expenses We levied an
assessment of SlU on each county, and
II remem ber correctly your county
has not even paid that in significant
sum. Now where are We to get the
money? ] trust you will take no
offense at my speaking thus plainly,
but the fact is, am hsrassed and
bittered for money and documents
from all parts Of the state and have
neither Our treasurer reports the
receipt of about Sl4O. After paying
postage, stationery blank forms, tele-
graphing, etc, how much money
do you expect we can send out tc
applicants for aid? This is the
peoples fight, and the people must
pay the bills, and if they will not, they
must suffer the consequences The
old parties have trained, not only
against contributing funds, but to ex
pect them. Now if you believe in
doing active work, remit LIBERIA
contribution at once to our state com.
mittee treasurer Henry Smith, 76t
Booth street, Milwaukee and ge,
every body else to do the same. Their
you will see red hot campaign, but
campaign of documents aed mas,
meetings not Doodle and vituperation
Yours for the right
ROBERT SCHILLING.
Schilling has written n great many
good things, but nothing more point
ed and more bone icial Il
the cause than the above letter.
State, congressional and coun
ty committees are elected ano
expected to look after the cam
paign-to send out speakers and litera-
ture. How are they going to get the
money to do it? Are they expected
to give their time and besides pay all
expenses out Of their own pockets?
The Peoples party is fighting bank.
ers, trusts and corporations, and, O.
course, can not depend on such foI
financial aid as do the two old parties
If a speaker or a committeeman wa,
known even to accept a pass from
railroad corporation he would be read
out OF the party, and the very mer
who contribute nothing to the cam
paign would clamor the loudes,
against him. 1t is true that the peo
pie who make up the Peoples party
are poor, but there are none too poor
to contribute their mite in such a
grand cause. The small sum of
cents each would make a very respect.
able campaign fund in some states
much more than was contributed in
most of them. If our people could
only be awakened to realization of
the Importance of the work to be
done and how much better and
quicker i. could be accomplished with
little money to push the work of
education, there would be no trouble
about raising the necessary funds.
The trouble with most people is, they
regard 1T as an expense when it is
only an investment, and profitable
one at that Dimes spent now would
bring back dollars in the future in
the way of better prices for the pro
ducts OF labor. Schilling's letter
ought to be widely published. as 1T
reaches the very core of the way to
succeed.
REGARDING FINANCE.