The herald., 1896-08-16
organization
| OF DEMOCRATS
B Strongly Urged by Chair
man Jones
0AT|0hAL ASSOCIATION OF CLUBS
10 Meet in Convention at St.
v Louis
fHE POWER OF THE PEOPLE
70 Be Opposed to the Machlnstion Of
Syndlcated Greed
Call Addressed TO All Clubs FayOriug
HE POWER OF THE PEOPLE
o Be Opposed to the Vaccination Of
Syndlcated Greed
Call Addressed to All Clubs Fav0ring
Bryan and Sewnll
Washington Advocates Of the White Metal
Agree on . Fusion Ticket - CALI
fornia Sllverite, Organizing
for Active Work
ssociated Press Special Wire.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15.-The league
Rf Democratic clubs has begun prepar-
Etions for the st. Louis convention Sep
Eember 30. A letter from Chairman
Zones to President Black, urging imme-
kiate energetic attention to this work
by officers of the national associat ton
&nd all associated clubs, has been re-
feived. together with the draft of call
kor the convention from Mr.. Black. The
kettsr indicates a purpose to have a
thorough popular organization through
put the country.
6 Chairman Jones' letter to President
Black is as follows:
r WASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. Z, 1885,
Z Ion. Chauncey F. Black, president of
~he national association of Democratic
Eelubs: In view of the great services rem
Fiered to the Democratic party in the
Epast by the organization of which you
Etre president take the liberty of writ
Eng you to urge that you push the or
anization of clubs with all possible en-
krgy in all the states of the union. If
You can have clubs organized in every
township and school district in the
fountry and in every ward in the cities
Ind towns you will, in my opinion, ac-
gomplish great results for the Demo
tratic party. Please give immediate
lttention to this most Important matter
Ind urge upon your Dtate md county
organizers in all sections of the union
he necessity for prompt and energetic
kction. Hoping to hear from you favor
Ebly, am, yours truly.
JAMES X. JONES,
chairman national Democratic COM
mittee.
President Black has called the second
Huadriennial convention of Democratic
Elubs to meet at st. Louis at noon on
"wednesday. September 30
Each Democratic club, league or Dem
bcratic society on the roll of the ma
lional association will be entitled to one
delegate for each hundred members in
Eood standing, but no club or society
hvill be entitled to more than five dele
gates.
4 Wherever the clubs or societies of any
State or territory, including the Dis
frict of Columbia. no less than ten in
humber. have formed state or territorial
Or district associations, or shall here
after have done so, such associations
kvill be entitled to eleven delegates at
large. The call is addressed to all Pop
Nilist organizations, under any name,
which support Bryan and Sewall or fu-
zion tickets in behalf of the Democratic
candidate for the presidency, and which
may seek enrolment with the associa-
Zion for the purpose of intelligent and
General cooperation in the pending
campaign.
1T may be announced" says the CALL
ffrom information received at the head
Quarters. that the present campaign
Pill, in a large measure, be a campaign
K clubs, and that the approaching con-
yention to be held in the heart of the
ontrolling states will be one of the
;reatest political assemblages in the
history of the world. It will show the
bower of the people In their home or
tsanizations,a and demonstrate in advance
he overwhelming triumph of their
pause. despite the mighty interests
openly syndicated upon the other side
ito crush and destroy it. Organized
ASryan clubs of every name and descrip-
Lion are cordially invited to escort their
,zlelegates to the city and convention hall
zvhere accommodations for such bodies
will be reserved, outside the seats occu-
pied by the delegates. Parades, mass
%neetings and entertainments will be
Finder the management and control of
he st. Louis committee, in cooperation
with the executive committee of this as
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