Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-17
ARRANGING TO SEND
THEM HOME TO VOTE
League Of Republican Cubs in District
Of Columbia is Very Active Among
Voters.

"ASHlNGlc N. sept lo.-thhiH :" .
! Camp, president Of the League or
Republican State Clubs of the District
! of Columbia is in the midst Of the
| most elaborate preparations ever I'M
dertaken to assure a heavy State vote
among the twenty-odd thousand gov
ernmsnt employees who live and work
! in the District, but maintain iegai
residence elsewhere. In 1904 the num-
Der OF these employees who went 70
, their homes to vote for PRESIDENT
Roosevelt or Judge farker was be-
tween 5000 and 5000. This year II
is the expectation of President Camp
that. stimulated Icy the systematiZeo
missionary work to be done. as mary
as $4,000 Will ge home to vote Tor
Taft and Sherman or Bryan and Kern.
| with a safe margin as between them
on the Republican side Of the ballot
The league has established head
quarters on the second floor Of the
old Citizens National Bank building.
| on Fifteenth street between F and
lG streets, and desire it to be known
that within week an intelligence
system for the informing of Washing
tonians who maintain legal residences
in the States will be In operation.
Will Supply Information.
This system will include full ana
accurately compiled data of the regis
! tration and election laws Of all the
States as far west as Colorado. in
elusive. so that voter who Is in
doubt about his voting status at nome
may inform himself conveniently ana
quickly. perhaps thereby avoiding a
registration trip or the irksomeness
of correspondence with the officials
,of his State.
| Within a short time Mr. Camp will
be in a position to announce what
concessions the various railroads Will
make inside the trunk-lines territory
lin the matter of reduced fares to home
going yotrs. In 1904 a general rate OF
one fare for the round trip was MADE
for the Presidential election. and two
iyears later the round-trip rate was
fare and a third. This year. owing
to the fact that in the interim a mum
her of State legislatures have cut
down legal mileage from to cents
in many instances a rate of fare and
a half will cost the voter less than NJ
maid for his trip in 1904 and 1906.
Considered Work Of Patriotism.
1.-THE work laid out for the league
lofficers to do - said President CAM
last night. includes the most thorough
campaign for turning out the State
residence voters Of the District tha
ever was undertaken. I consider thi:
la work Of patriotism as much as o.
politics. The man. be he Federal EN-
lploye or not. whose employment keep:
him in Washington. but who has fail
led to maintain his legal residence II
the State he came from. thereby let
ting his right Of franchise lapse, hal
lin reality relinquished his citizen
ship and becomes less an American
jSeldom Is this done purposely: near
liz always 1t is the price OF careless
ness in keeping up his registration.
"On account Of the operation Of th'
civil service. IT Is impossible for nj
tn separate the Democrats from th'
Republicans among the 10000 gov
iernment employees VINO have or. hat
and can regain. the ballot at thei'
homes. We shall scrupuIously avolf
cf course. any questioning Of these mel
as TO their party affiliations. II 7
Just as much the patriotic duty OF
Democrat to go home ard vote u
tn. Presidential election as IL is TIT
duty OF a Republican.
The lcag.Ie does not expect TO pa
anybodys fare. That should be under
stood"