The independent., 1904-01-28
Enroll and Vote

tnOSe VINO nave nlled out the enroll
ment blank and sent it in or have
asked to be counted as members,
either directly or through the me-
dium of a neighbor. Up to Saturday
night, January %, 1904, the records
show that 4,463 circular letters OF in
vitatiOn have been sent Out-hence,
the responses are something like 16
out of every hundred. Printing and
postage alone costs nearly four cents
to the letter, making the actual cash
expenses nearly $3.50. The receipts
have been $152.
| have on hand something like g.
900 names to which letters of invita-
tion should be sent, but unless the
responses show better the coming
week, will not be able to do SO.
trust that the nearly 1000 who have
not answered the letter of invitation
will bestir themselves and not delay
longer. II you have received the cir
cular letter and do not wish to enroll,
have the kindness to write and say
so. Ii you do. be sure to fill the en-
rollment blank-and don't forget that
postage and printing cost money;
send little to help along If you can
II the Is who enroll, out of every 100
invitations sent out, do not in the ag-
gregate send in at least $4, the work
must stop for lack of funds to carry
it on.
In order to accommodate those who
may have lost or misplaced their let
ter of invitation, print the enroll
ment blank on this page. Also the
sample ballot on which is being taken
a test vote on choice for president and
vice president-not an official vote for
the purpose OF making a nomination,
but to ascertain the practicability of
nominating by direct vote. No votes
will be considered except those from
regularly enrolled members of the
Old Guard Of Populism, but the filled
enrolment blank may accompany the
letter containing your vote
To the 1000 who have not answered
the letter Of invitation, and to any
reader of The dependent-whether
subscriber or nOt-whO has not re-
ceived an invitation to enroll, | would
say: Cut out the enrolment blank
and the ballot; fill them according to
the facts and your desires as to can
didates; and nail to me with such
contribution as you may feel able to
make in helping the work along. A
quarter, half dollar or dollar is not
much to one man; but four thousand
Of them are more than one man ought
to expend in rebuilding the populist
organization.
/ confess that the past few weeks
have not been altogether encouraging.
They would be actually discouraging
to many a man. Out of the 591 en-
rolled, 214 have done nothing toward
helping along with the expenses. A
few Of these, of course, are financial
ly unable to afford even the scriptural
widows mite-and they ought not to
pay anything however small, but
should be welcomed in the heartlest
manner. But it is inconceivable.
however, that all the 214 are in this
financial condition. Of the 377 con-
tributors, J. J. Streeter, of the Vine
land IN. J.) Independent, stands. at
the head with a total of 50 to his
credit. besides more than thousand
names. ]. H. Calderhead. Helena,
Mont, secretary of the Denver con-
ference; and James H. Ferriss, of the
Joliet CID News, each gave s5; ].
w. Maher, general agent of the Farm
ers' Mutual Insurance company. Ell |
Reno, Okla. gave $3 and the re-
mainder gave sums ranging from ten |
cents up 70 dollar. There is no |
need for any one to give very much.
If all who can afford it will give a |
little. 1t will be noted that the con-
tributions average a little ovel 40 |
cents for those who gave. and about
20 cents each for all who enrolled.
The vote on choice for president and |
vice president will close with the
last mail February 10. 1904. No vote
received after that will count: and no
vote will be considered at any time
except from members of the Old Guard
ef Populism. How To mark the ball
lot IL clearly explained In the ballot
itself. They viii be counted accord
ing TO the Hare method That Is, all
ballots Will first be- distributed Into
piles according to FIRST choice. Then
the lowest iirst choice man will be
out of the race aud his
pile OF ballots re,llstributed according