The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1895-01-23
Garden City, JAN T.
To the POpuIistS Of the United States.

The national committee, at it's recent
| meeting in st. Louis, Mo-, declared in favor
of making an aggressive educate cam
paign from now until the meeting of the
next national convention. This is impera-
tive if wish to add recruits and
prevent force to lapse into inactivity.
Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio
Iowa. Utah, New Mexico and Arizona hold
state elections this year. Nothing ought to
be left undone to make vigorous cam
pagn and win victory in these states A
victory healthy increase in vote in
these states this year will add much pres
tige to our campaign in 1896. The greater
portion of this work will fall upon the I'M
dersigned. We stand ready to do
duty to the fullest extent, if the Populists
of the United States will respond to the
following resolutions adopted by the
tiOnal committee:
Resolved, We ask and request that every
Populist member of the state legislatures
and county and local offices pledge to and
contribute one two more dollars PER
month. as their income may permit, to the
support of the national committee.
Resolved That we kindly and respect
fully request that those Populists who
afford to do so. and have the cause at
heart pledge and contribute to the ma
tional committee one, two five, ten or
give may permit, to be paid on the first
day of each month. We request that the
treasurer keep a list of those pledging
definite sum per month, notify each on the
first day of the month, with the request
that they remit the same.
Resolved, That we earnestly ask and re-
quest all officers of the Peoples Party
Clubs, Legions members of county and
local committees, also all Others to act as
a committee of one to take up a collection
ictc in hoir iva n
calities for five and ten cent contributions.
We request that they call on every person
who voted our ticket, who has cause
at heart, and have them contribute from
cents upward and forward the same to NJ.
G. Rankin Terre Haute, Ind.
Resolved, That all moneys contributed
from all sources be paid to NJ. c. Rankin.
Terre Haute, Ind, treasurer of the national
committee.
But few realize the great task before
and the meager financial support we have
received in the past. So far not a member
of the national committee has ever received
one dollar for his time or personal expense
while engaged in the work. We can do
more with one dollar between campaigns
toward educating the people than with eight
or ten during campaigns. If We remain in
active it will require five times as much
work and money to get things in shape in
1885, than if we make aggressive fight
from now until then There ought to be at
least one Populst in each county in the
United States who can afford to pledge and
contribute one dollar per month, or who can
take 1t upon himself to collect one dollar
per month from the Populists in his county
With this amount the committee can make
aggressive campaign and organize for
the great contest in 1896 This is a contest
of the people, by the people and for the
people, and every Populist ought to do
something towards advancing the cause.
First-We ask those who have been elected
to state legislatures and county and local