The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-03-17

among such a great stack of mail that
publication could not be reached be-
fore this week. But 1t good, live
matter now.
The suggestion of holding a Grand
Enrolment Day is good. Mr.. Warner
had thought the 10th would be suita-
bic, but that gave toe little time
Suppose we say Thursday, March 81,
1904. Not that the enrolment shall
stop until that date, but that Graud
Enrolment Dag be the elimination
of general effort all along the line
during this month to find the men
who are willing to stand up and be
counted for populism Remember the
date-March 81, 1904-Enrollment
Day. Let us see which county in Me-
braska can show the largest number
of enrolled members of the Vanguard
and the Old Guard of Fopulism. MIR.
Starts letter follows:
Editor Independent: Enclosed find
q list Of eight names to add to the Old
Guard enrolment and rs cents each in
money order to help along the cause
that needs assistance"
The Old Guard of Dixon county now
have enrolled % names, with more
crowding to get into the band wagon.
The officers are: Warner Starr, chair
man; H. J. Singer, secretary; C. e.
Merria1t, treasurer Date of annual
meeting, February IL Of each year.
Date OF annual picnic, middle of Aug
ust on call Of chairman. Annual Dues,
$500.
Now is the time to double up the
enrolment of the Old Guard forces.
There is no better way to accomplish
this end than to organize by counties.
Let there be an Old Guard camp or
ganized in every county where IL or
more voters can be called together.
Let us have Grand Enrolment
Day, say March 81. On that day let
every member of the Old Guard go out
on the highways and the by ways and
gather the members in. Let every
member of the Old Guard secure at
least one new enrolled member. Let
there be county meetings called in
every state in the Union where there
is an Old Guard champion to sign the
call, and let he double up our MEM
bership ten times If possible.
To Mr.. De France is hereby given
the authority to designate the date Of
the Grand Enrolment Day. Publish
the date in The Independent. Also
publish a Grand Enrolment blank
and blank call for county Old Guard
meetings. Start the bail to rolling!
Let the work commence. All the
boys in the trenches will get an 1892
hustle on themselves. Set the mark
at 10000, but we will never stop il it
stops over that mark. The OLD Guard
is the hope of the peoples party!
The Old Guard is the force that will
turn the corporations out of the gov
erning business. The scattered Old
Guard membership will eventually be
the advance guard that will rekindle
the watchfres in the little white
school houses on the hilltops. Every
Old Guard member will be a recruiting
agent for better and cleaner govern
ment. That is the keynote to any
reform mOvement-ofIicial honesty and
economy. Without honest public Off
GERS government ownership and GOV
eminent money will be a bowling
farce So set the Old Guard of Pop
ulism at work that they may blaze
out the better way
We will all watch for the date of
Grand Enrolment Day. We will then
wade into the work CT calling the
wanderers home.
1t matters net who originated the
idea of enrolling the Old Guard. That
idea most have been like the rrin-
ciples OF the peoples party. On every
patriots tongue. But now that the
enrolment has been undertaken. on
with the work,
Dixon county has the first county
organization. Dixon county has very
likely the largest Old Guard enroll
ment t23). We can make ii 100 and
not get all the old reliable pops then,