The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-04

lean silver organization IS sending out
with the blank pledges the following
plan of organization;
s.That the voters of the country
may have an opportunity to so organize
that they can cooperate and redeem
our country from the blight of a gold
standard which has made the 100
cent dollar of 1873 a 200 cent dollar III
1896 and is paraliZing the energies
of our people. undermining our liberties
and bids fair to fiji the land with poor
houses, the national committee appOin-
ted by the silver conference in Wash
ingtOn, d. O., January p and %. sug-
gests the following plan of Organiza-
"First-That the organization pro
ceed from the people up by all silver
men signing the club roll
'Second-That the organization
should extend into every school dis
trict, SO that clubs may be formed
convenient to the homes of the peO-
pie
In order to effect such an organi-
zatiOn. the representative of the nat
ritOTy should proceed to secure the CO.
operation of one active and efficient
worker in each county to act as a com
m1tteeman for Such county whose du-
ty it viii be to organize said county.
The county committeeman should
proceed without delay TO secure the CO.
operation of one active man in each
city, township or precinct to undertake
the organization of said city. town
ship or precinct. Tt is further recon-
mended that the city, township or
precinct committeeman sub divide their
work by the appointment of q commit
teeman in each school district whose
duty it will be to canvass the school
district and secure the signature of
voters to the club roll
This would make q state Organiza-
ton right down with the people. each
county having a member of the ez-
ecutive committee The school dis
trict committee men would constitute a
township or precinct committee; the
county committee would consist of the
chairman Of the township or precinct
committees 1T will be the duty of the
representative of the provisional nat
l0nal committee to act as chairman of
tn state committee until after state
conventions have been held and
new state cOmmitte created.
'The Importance of an immediate
thorough canvass of the voters and
the securing of their signatures to the
club roll cannot be too strongly urged
After the signatures are secured the
work Of perfecting the organization be-
comes easy IF this plan be adopted
and vigorously executed it is believed
that a majority of the voters can be
enlisted in our cause long before the
date set for holding our national CON
vention- When the people under
stand that this plan has been adopted
throughout the entire country they will
at once realize that the only effective
way of overcoming the money power
and its servile politicians and press has
been adopted. and hope viii take the
place of despair.
The club roll should be left in charge
of the school district committeeman
but copy should be furnished to the
national committee so that newspapers
and documents could be sent to all sign
ers of the club roll iF desired-and fur
ther, so that the number of true friends
of silver in the United States could be
ascertained.
when the politicians learn the num-
Der Of names on the list the StraddIer
VIII straddle no more and goldbuggery
viii hide its head"
Secretary Devine says that sugges-
tins are daily received from some of
the most prominent men in the coun-
try as to the best methods of carrying
on the work. that prominent men in
both the old parties give them secret
tips as to places where effective work
can be done for silver.
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