Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-04-03

The National Industrial legion at its
annual meeting, held with Reform
Press association at Kansas City, Mo-,
Feb. %, 1895, elected the following off,
GERS for two years:
Paul VanDervoort, commander, Oma-
ha, Neb.
Frank Burket, vice commander,
Okolona, Miss.
j. A. Edgerton, adjutant general,
Lincoln, Neb.
Milton Park, quartermaster general,
Dallas, Texas.
W. s. Morgan, sentinel, Hardy, Ark.
Executive Council
Geo. F. Washburn, Boston, Mass.
Thomas v. Gator, San Francisco,
Cal.
John w. Moakler, Denver, Colo.
Rev. ]. D. Botkin, Eldorado, Kan.
Arthur RoZelle, Tarkio, Mo.
Headquarters will continue at Oma-
ha for the present at lilo South Thirty
second street, and all mail and appli-
cations for charter should be addressed
to Paul VanDervoort.
The resolution adopted by the ma
tional committee at ST. Louis, Dec. 20,
provided that all political organiza-
tons should report to the legion head
quarters.
That these organizations could be
called industrial legions, Peoples le-
gions, or Peoples Party clubs or
leagues, as seemed to be best adapted
to the locality.
That charter fees should be reduced
to so cents and each member urged to
pay 10 cents per annum to national
headquarters.
That clubs, leagues, alliances, and
all farm and labor orders that wish a
charter should send names of officers
and members and 20 cents for postage
and receive charter without change of
officers or their titles.
The following resolutions were
adopted by the Reform Press asocia-
ton at Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. %, 1895:
Whereas, The National Reform
Press association recognizes in Gen.
Paul VanDervoort one of the most
earnest, efficient and enthusiastic or
ganizers Of the reform forces in the
country, and we believe that the COM
rades associated with him In the work
are Jealous Populists whose hearts are
In this great work; therefore,
Resolved, That the National Re-
form Press association indorse the In
dustrial legion, and pledges its hearty
cooperation in the movement"
With this Endorsement and the fact
that the national committee made the
legion and its executive committee
has Endorsed 1t three times and the full
committee twice. there should be a
union of reform forces all along the
line into this compact political organi-
cation, and all other plans should be
abandoned and discouraged by our
press and people.
We have constituency of five mil
lions to draw from If all in sympathy
with our party would come In, as we
admit all over IA, Of both sexes.
We invite all the state, county, city
gions and l earnestly call on the noble
women of our party to write me for in
structions. They can raise enough
money for 1896, and win thousands of
voters to our cause.
We invite all the state, county, city
legions and earnestly call on the noble
live recruiting officers at once.
We'will commission no one who will
not work. The national committee has
called on these committees five times
Ito organize the legion in every voting
precinct in theland." 1 hope each men,
Der will respond to the call. We
earnestly request all those holding
commissions to act or return their COM
missions and have some one appointed
who can.
We urge the legion members to care
fully study the rebate plan of raising
money, in article Z, of constitution.
It will do the work and raise abundant
money for 1896 if even one hundred
legions could operate it. The plan is
now ready for operation. Prof C. Vim
cent, Indianapolis, Ind, is special re-
bate organizer. Write him for par
ticulars. enclosing stamp for reply.
II you want to organize legions quick
send to me for the constitutions and in
structions. and enclose ten cents in
stamps.
II you want to be minute men, in
spired with the spirit of 1776, meet in
bands of not less than ten, elect a cap
tain, adjutant and Quartermaster, and
send their names and the names of
members, with so cents, and We will
forward charter at once.
All the legions chartered in 1893 and
1894, nearly 1000 in number are ear
nestly urged to send ten cents per men,
Der at once. Dues are not compulsory,
but we depended on you and gave all
our time free Of charge, and put in over
500 of our own money during the
past two years. We can not do that
again. A small sum from you would
furnish ample funds. Ten cents from
each member Of the legion would give
us means to organize ten thousand le-
gions. We urge all the devoted, pa
triotic men and women who are able
to contribute to send money at once to
start this work. We have paid the
bills long enough. The case rests with
the people. If they want to win they
must be organized. To accomplish that
result money must be provided. 1t
takes the services of stenographer
and typewriter and one clerk all the
time now. Members of my family
have done this work without a dollar
of compensation. We can not do it
any longer. Our means were long ago