Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
FOR ANOTHER CHANGE
TRIUMPHANT POPULISM SoUAR-
ING ABOUT 'o6.
The Commander-in-Chief of the Legion
Preparing His Division for Gallant
Fight and q Glorious Victory for
1895.
OMAHA. Neb.. Oct. 10

The work has been hampered all the
year by lack of organization and want
of money. Owing to the severe illness
and family affliction of our brother
,szaarge F. Washburn, we were unable
10 put the Legion rebate plan in opera
ton. We will be ready with the ad-
vent of the new year and we hope the
300 Legions = no want to try
it will renew their efforts at once
We can win the battle in 1896 if we can
-aise the money for legitimate cam
paign. The old parties would be trod
den in the dust if it was not for the
untold sums contributed by the million
aires on both sides of the water. We
can raise all the money we need, but
wasted effort must cease and the whole
party mass in solid lines. Cne way
would be for all to join the Legion and
contribute 10 cents a month to the
campaign fund. Another and the
surest way is the operation of the
Washburn rebate plan. Combine
your trade, buy only of the business
men who will contribute to our fund
by buying ''legion credits and giving
them back to our members as a rebate
on their purchases. You object, that
it involves cash trade, thousands
save greatly by only buying for
cash, thousands are obliged
to, and thousands only buy
when they have cash. All such can
combine trade. If you ca. mass the
trade of %, 50. 100. 200 or 500 on the
firms only who deal with us we can
raise with the Legions already organ
lied one million dollars for 1896. You
object that you can not raise the money
TO pay cash for the legion credits"
cease to throw money away on move
ments that retard rather than advance
our work, and if you have breath of
life enough to live until spring comes
you can hold entertainments and raise
the money.
Send to George Howard Gibson. Lin
coin, Neb., and get his grand song
book and hold a concert with the aid
of the young people and women and
raise the money. Hundreds of Legions
have provided all the money needed to
carry on local campaign work. You
can all do it. Show to the merchants
that you can combine a given trade
and they will advance the money to
| fnr ifc HI
plan. To-day an organization, almost
like the legion, produces all the money
needed to make the great people,,
campaign in Germany. The rebate
plan nets 90 per cent to its members
in one of our cities. 1t has worked
for several years under the direct OBJ
servation of Mr.. Washburn, who drew
our plan on national lines.
The legion plan has been approved
by our executive council, which is
composed of the same men as the ma
tional executive committee of the Peo-
| pies party. We have sent out thou
sands of constitutions containing the
! idea in Article VII. 1t is simple ard
all it needs is intelligence, zeal AMI in
tegrity. No Legion is obliged to use
it; that is determined by your own
action. No member can be compelled
to take it, but the more you combine
the more money for each member and
the national and state committees of
the Peoples party.
The complaint was made at first t. at
the Legion fees were too high. They
were made the same as the Farmers
| alliance, but we reduced them to 81
for charter of original Legions and..2O
cents for changing alliances, clubs,
leagues and all other farm or labor
orders. Dues have not been exacted.
but we must receive some means in
this way, for the burden has become
| greater than we can bear. Myself and
family have performed the labor with
cut a cent of compensation and are
out hundreds of dollars besides our
time for two wears. We have not com
planned. though we know our members
have paid thousands of dollars to join
non-partisan orders that have per-
formed their missions and have
not dollar for the author
lied work of the party. Every com-
mittee has been bankrupt all the year,
and if this is to continue during 1896
and 1896 we might as well fold our
banners and let the enemy overwheln
US.
The time for plain speaking has
come, and all the organizing energy OF
this party must be combined in one
partisan organization if we win
Wasted, misdirected effort must cease
The farm and labor orders are mainly
on paper and l simply quote what theil
leaders have said to me. They have
performed grand work and graduated
their members into partisan politics
1t is great mistake to suppose tn,
legion will disband the labor unions
They work side by side in harmoni
Gus companionship and the legior
is simply the Peoples party club
1t is no experiment. 1t i
planted in thirty-eight states. The
best workers in the Peoples party hold
our commissions. Many of them have
waited, but now the sober sense of al
the members of the party imrels them
to band together in the Legion work.
1t covers every situation demanded by
the party. All economic measures arc
discussed in its meetings Clubs will
largely disband when the fall elections
are over. They have never had any
systematic plan. We change them to
Legion for 20 cents for charter and
supplies.