Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-02-06
NATIONAL LEGION,
An Appeal for More Perfect Organi-
ZatiCn.


Zation.
With the dawn OF the New Year I
again remind those who desire reform;
who want the restoration OF silver coin
age; who want to preserve the sacred
greenbacks; who want to free the ma
tlon from British dictation and deliver
the people from all similar entang
ling alliances with foreign governments
and potentates; who want to curb the
usurped powers Of the courts; who want
to prevent the president from combln-
ing all authority of a mikado, car, or
emperor in his person; who desire to
overthrow the dominion Of the banks
and corporations over our land; who
want to save their homes, see labor en-
ployed and happiness and content reign
N place of gaunt, hollow-eyed despair
and desperation, and who hope to bring
about this glad result, and all who are
earnestly seeking the enthroning OF an
era Of prosperity, that they must organ
ize at once. Not another moment must
be lost. We cannot wait any longer.
We must at the beginning Of 1895 COM
mence to do our duty. If every one of
over two million voters should give a
day and dime to the cause, victory
would be ours in 1896. 1t is useless to
seek wiser and better plan. The Le-
gion combines all of the machinery that
is needed for the work o! tho campaign,
1t enlists the recruits, it drills the Vot-
ers, it allies the women and young peo-
pie, it guards the ballot box; it forces a
fair count; its members stand by each
other and uphold the honor and glory
of the party. All of the hundred ways
of organizing simply divide and ena-
BILE the enemy to conquer.
I think our people are thoroughly
convinced that the Legion furnishes
the method Of work absolutely needed.
The little book of ]. D. Botkin I have
commended shows exactly how to do
the work.
We want an organized band Of zeal
GUS missionaries seeking converts far
and wide on a definite and con-
certed plan. It is too late to de-
wise another plan. If each recruiting
officer already appointed and furnished
with supplies would go to work, the
harvest would be great. 1t is folly to
wait aru look for another way, or to
try to revive the dead. II the people
will not at once, without the loss G! an
hour, go to work with energy, victory
will be postponed until 1900. II will be
criminal to daily longer. We must an
courage q spirit of self-sacriflce. II we
win we muBt have our best workers
give time and energy to the work. ANY
live man Or woman an organize any
where.
The people are ready; but they wait
for the sluggish leaders. With per-
feet organization in all the states, we |
need never fear the wiles Of the enemy. |
We can resist every assault II we are
ready for the fray. We have vast ma
jority in our favor. The ranks Of la
Dor alone could win. Farmers could
STAY the hostile band at the polls. The
vote, disconnected and
disguised, could overthrow Wall
street. Our divisions in multitude of
bands render it easy to whip
us in detail. firmly believe all the
elements desiring reform will unite, but
they will not If we offer to surrender
our organization and betray our plat
form in advance. We can overcome the
world and annihilate the flesh, and de-
strOy the devil If we have sense enough
to organize the Legion. It is hard to
wake the dead. In this work 1t would
need 10000 Gabriels with trumpets that
could be heard round the world to
arouse the sleeping people. They act
like Sampson after Delilah took away
his strength. They do not know their
power. We fear when they do awake
t will be too late and they will only de-
stroy the temple.
We invoke the aid Of every patriotic,
II each high-souled man and woman,
who wants to bring back the spirit of ,,
he fathers, who wants to give liberty
md work to all, who wants to turn back
he tide Of ignorance drifted on our
hores by the enemies Of free govern
nent, who wants to overthrow forever
he foreign vandal hands that seek to {
lestroy the land our heroic ancestors
ave US, who would rather die than be I
and is willing to give all his
r her time, II need be, to bring back
onor, love, prosperity and patriotism. q
I also desire to give notice that have Z
ccepted the position Of edltor-in-chIei o