The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-08-30

when our sentineIs sleep on the outpost?
I again appeal to every member Of eV-
cry committee in the nation to write at
once and send stamps and get plan OF
organization and organize before be
sleeps. If 10, Coo write me at once I viii
call in the loyal Nebraska women and
answer every letter. Our great DANCES
is il division and apathy, Oh, that
could speak the words that would rouse
the people to the supreme necessity Of
banding together in the legion at once
You have read the words Of wise men
who fear great trouble in the nation.
Before God, I believe our hope Of
peaceful settlement of these questions IL
in the immediate organization of all
the people who want reform in the ma
tional legion Such display Of disci-
pline and union would dismay the enc
my, win millions of new voters and
gain the victory. I want every one who
can speak and write to help arouse the
people I pray that the spirit Of the no
bic woman in a mountain state with
sick husband and five children who took
in washing and saved little money
and wentout and organized legiOns bs-
cause the men did not may dwell in
every heart. The spirit and patriotism
Of the noble women in our party are be-
yOnd all praise They bear the heaviest
burdens, but they love and feel the
most and pray with hearts bursting and
eyes wet with tears for deliverance to
come. 0 women Of the land, wake up
your household and urge them to work,
OF the night Of despair will come. God
has given us noble, self sacrificing work
ers, but we need 1000 legion scouts,
and only 20 have volunteered; 1000
men, the Leaders Of our party; those
who have made converts by the thou
sand have taken our commission and
supplies and never organized legion.
We cannot win unless we awake, unless
we consider the work a sacred duty. If
your house Was burning you would save
your family, but when the very nation
is threatened with consuming fire you
lie still and glumber.
appeal to the grand editorial band
who have aided so nobly, who "have
fought the good fight and kept the
faith, " to sound the alarm all along the
line and to keep standing appeals to Or
ganize These faithful sentinels always
do their duty, and you starve them like
you do your committees and workers.
Support your newspapers, build them
up; they are the life and the salvation
Of our cause
Advertise the legion certificate EV-
cry one who orders it has his name
placed on a roll of honor and wears the
button of the legion That plan will
raise So, 900 for each state in 1896, and
is our only hope 1t will adorn any
home.
Let the people wake the committees
up, sound the alarm at every door. Let
the bright young men and women help
organize. We need their constant aid.
They never give up, and their young
hearts thrOb with hope, and they will
encourage the faint and weary. Some
times we grow discouraged, weary with
work, nervous with constant worry; we
almost faint by the way, but when we
read a letter full Of love and hope, like
the veteran Of 70 years who sent 81 Of
his last $40, and he dependent Oh others,
for a home, and said, "God bless you,
want the certificate to put on my coffin
when 1 die to show the old man was
right" We again feel like working.
The legion has stood like a rock
for the integrity and honor Of the
party, and its doors have always been
open to those vino desire reform. Some
are for one plank, some for another
cleaning beacon light in our platform,
but all united to save the nation and
drive out the horde Of foreign money
changers and their purchased tools, WHO
have sold the birthright Of the people.
We are united to secure an honest count,
to run this government on the Ameri
can plan, and give equal rights to all
and special privileges to none' in all
the land. Ours is the supreme effort to
save liberty and preserve republican
government for all the people, and we
are determined to crown the dawn Of
another century with the glowing vic
tory of a peaceful revolution, won at
the ballot box, against the wealth Of the
world, controlling all the armies and
navies of the universe. What a sacred
trust, what holy mission, and yet the
people sleep. Wait until after harvest;
wait until the cotton is picked; wait
until the fruit is gathered; wait until
the Alliance and other orders are dead;
wait until the clouds roll by, Wait,
alas, until the letters are finally rivet-
ed and the people forever enslaved. No,
they Will arouse Now is the time. The
day and hour have come when the peo-
pie must organize; when the solid lines
of the National legion must be mustered
in every voting precinct in the nation;
when with warm hands and beating
hearts we welcome every human soul
seeking light, liberty and reform in
our ranks. If we do not have recruiting
stations open everywhere we cannot
gain the day,
We give all our time, day and night,
and we appeal to each one loving the
holy eause to give at least one day in
this work. It was the Widows mite
that was the choicest gift, and if you
only have a stamp it will send a letter
and organize a legion. This is the peo-
pies battle, and though the work is
hard we earnestly hope in all this house
hold that God will give Us all strength
to bear the burden, and it will be glory
enough, pay enough to organize the
party and hear the glad songs Of a re-
deemed neODle