The Pascagoula democrat-star., 1900-09-21
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DEMO
CRATIC CLUBS.
Organized for work.
New YORK, Sept. IL, l9Oi

New YORK, Sept. IL, 1900.
Editor Democrat star.
The peril in which the institutions
Of this country have been placed by
the Mckinley Administration must he
as apparent to you as to me. The
necessity for immediate action for the
preservation of those institutions is
equally plain. viii you consider the
plan of action of that intent outlined
below and let me know whether you
will undertake to cooperate with this
Association therein?
Club organization has been selected
by the Democratic National C2m-
mite as the most effective plan for
the distribution Of literature and for
arousing and maintaining the enthu-
Sasm OF Democrats everywhere. TNc
plan has received the heartiest ap.
prOval OF both the candidates and Of
the National Committe.
The distinctive difference between
the club organization of this campaign
and previous ones is the introduction
Of a scheme for individual work by
the members. Particular stress is to
be laid upon the responsibility of the
INDIVIDUAL as distinguished from
the party or the club itself. 1t is pro-
posed to have each member assume
the responsibility for the conversion
Of some Republican, or some previ-
Ously hostile vote-o some Democrat
who has been by any means drawn
away from his party. Zoo often here
tofore club membership has merely
meant to the voter that he "whooped
things up" wore the club badge,
walked in the professions, attended
banner rasingS and speakings; all
good in their way, no doubt, but not
tending to change votes. And it is
votes that are needed.
Concentration or effort is what we
are after If ii sense of individual re-
sponsibility can be aroused among the
Democrats, and the proper weapons
put in their hands they can win the
fight. But it must be won by sharp
shooters and not volley-frers.
We are making an especial effort to
secure a pledge from clubs already
organized to adopt this idea of per,
sonal effort among It's members. \ All
the new clubs organized are impressed
with it as the thing upon which sue
cess depends.
Now we must rely upon the Demo
cratic press of the country to urge
upon the DcmOcrtic voters the value
of work of this kind and the value
also arising from the combination Of
these individual workers into clubs in
which the work can be divided up and
assigned to the members, progress
reported and obstacles discussed and
overcome. The Democratic Press can
be made the most potent factor in
this work Each paper can establish
4 club department and run a club.
1ews column, print daily facts, argu-
nents. statistics, etc, especially in
ended to aid these clubs in their
work. TO do so would greatly assist
he clubs and would, it is hardly
lecessar" to say, rebound to the hcne-
1t Of the papers themselves.
| address you in the confident be-
lief that you will unite with the As.
ISOLATION in this plan. A letter of
similar import has been sent to the
editor OF every Democratic paper in
the United States. Combined and
constant effort on the part of all of US
will undoubtedly result in enrolling a
vast army of recruits from among
thoughtful and patriotic Republicans,
and the election Of Bryan and Steven.
son by an overwhelming majority.
Yours very truly,
w. r.. HEARST pro,