Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-01-07
ONE STEP in A CAMPAIGN

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es he may meet him. 1t is good
plan to make list of the leading
men in each locality, so arranged as
to be easily referred to. The list will
in time become useless, as it is mem
orized, but it will be convenient until
that time arrives.
Organizing Clubs.
The work of organizing campaign
clubs is, in the meantime, going on.
1nis work is usually assigned to
subcommittee, the members of which
may go in person into each locality,
may send an agent for that purpose,
or may manage the affair by cores
pondence. The student should study
the plan adopted by tue committee
and should attend as many of these
meetings for organization and later
as possible.
A campaign club should always be
auxiliary to the committee and should
under no circumstances be recognized
the entire ticket. Clubs organized in
the interest of particular candidates
should not be encouraged.
The student should promptly ally
himself with the club in his own local
ity and should take an active part in
its work. If it be club for discuss
ing the issues he should take part in
the discussions, if it is marching
club, he should march. There is in
formation to be gained in carrying a
torch and wearing a campaign uniform
which can be obtained in no other
way.
Collecting Campaign Funds.
The finance committee is now at
work collecting money for campaign
purposes, and should the student be
assigned to this department, he should
not refuse to take a territory Of 'reas-
enable size. Being well acquainted in
ms own district, he can solicit sub
scriptions therein, and while he may
regard the work as unpleasant, he
should not shirk it. He will find that
the finance committee, as a rule, ex-
poets to gather its funds from three
general sources.
First. By assessments on the local
candidates, generally in proportion to
the salary or Importance of the office
each seeks, modified by his ability to
pay.
Second. From men especially inter-
ested in the result, such as those ex-
pecting appointments, contracts or
other patronage.
Third. The general public, who
contribute for purely patriotic reasons
in proportion to their means or inclin-
atoms.
The first and second classes usual
ly make their contributions direct to
the committee at headquarters. Mem
bers of the third class may do the
same, but usually solicitors call upon
them. No regular plan for this work
can be given, but the solicitor should
call upon every member of the party
in his territory, state his, case, and
give him an opportunity to subscribe.
The work is much like that of solicit
ing funds for any other purpose, and
is carried on in substantially the same
manner.
At this point the student should
make a private review of his work
since the nominations were made and
should be able to answer the following
questions:
Give the names and addresses of all
the candidates of the two principal
parties for whom you will have the
right to vote.
Give the names and addresses of the
principal candidates on all the tickets
in the field.
Give the names and addresses of all
candidates for congress in your state.
Give the names and addresses of Of
ficers and members of your national,
state, county and local committees
corrected up to date.
Give the names of subcommittee.
men of your county with duties of
each.
Give abstract of contests for nomin-
ations still unsettled.
Give names, location and approx
mate membership of each campaign
club in your county, with the names
and addresses of their principal off
GERS.
Write an abstract of conditions in
your county, giving reasons for your
opinions, to be preserved for future
examination.
Give the names and addresses of
several prominent men of your own
party in each precinct in your coun-
ty. Make the list as large as posi-,
BILE, putting in only such as you know
personally and whose appearance you
can recall.
Give the names of all the newspa-
pers in your county supporting your
party ticket, with names of editors
and publishers.
Give in brief any unusual incidents
OF a political nature that have occur
red since the opening of the. cam.
paign.-Copyright, 1901, Lewis D.
Sampson.
DIES MONIES MAN SUSPECTED.