Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-31

luS 1edOluS men Ill each lOcdllty> So
arranged as to be easily referred to
The list will in time become useless, as
it is memorized, but it will be con-
venient until that time arrives.
Organizing Clubs.
The work of organizing campaign.
clubs is in the meantime going, on
This work is usually assigned to q,
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 CORE
spondence. The student should study
the plan adopted by the committee and
should attend as many Of these meet
fngs for organization and later meet
ings as possible.
A campaign club should always be-
auxiliary to the committee and should
under no circumstances be recognizes
unless it be devoted to the success of
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
it's work. If it be club for discussing
the issues, he should take part in the
discussions; if it is a marching club,
he should march. There is information
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 territory of reason
able size. Being we'll acquainted in
his own district, he can solicit SUBJ
scriptions therein, and, while he may
regard the work as unpleasant, he
should not shirk it. He will find that
the finance committee, as rule, ex-
poets to gather it's 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 specially inter-
ested in the result, such as those ex-
pecting appointments, contracts or
other patronage.
Third.-The general public, who con-
tribute for purely patriotic reasons I'M
proportion to their means or inclina-~
tons.
The first and second classes usually
make their contributions direct to the
committee at headquarters. Members
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 soliciting funds
for any other purpose and is carried
on in substa ntially the same manner.
At this point you should make prf-
vate review Of your work since the
nominations were made and should
have the following information at your
tongues end:
The names and addresses of all tho
candidates of the two principal par
ties for whom you will have the right
to vote.
The names and addresses of the prin-
| cipal candidates on all the tickets in
the field.
The names and addresses of all can
didates for congress in your state.
The names and addresses of officers
! and members of your national, state.
| county and local committees corrected
up to date.
| The names Of subcommitteemen of
your county, with duties of each.
You should be able to give an abb
! stract of the contests for nominations
| still unsettled and the names, location
and approximate membership of each
| campaign club in your county. with.
| the names and addresses Of their prin-
| cipal officers.
Write an abstract Of conditions In
your county, giving reasons for your
opinions, to be preserved for future
examination.
You should know the names and adj
| dresses of several prominent men OF
your own party in each precinct in
| your county. Make the list as large as
possible, putting in only such as you
know personally and whose appear
| ance you can recall
You should have the names of all
the newspapers in your county sup
porting your party ticket. with names
Of editors and publishers, and you
| should be able to describe in brief any
unusual incidents of political nature
| that have occurred since the opening
of the campaign.
copyright, 1902 by Lewis D. Sampson.1
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