The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-17
CALL FOR CLUB ORGANIZATION.

Vention voted down overwhelm-
ingly publicity at any time of
campaign contributions. The
Republican nominee for President
Is against publication until after
the election. II is evident that
the Republican party intends to
sselv in this campaign, as in the
past. on the favor-sceking inter-
est with the hope of carrying the
election by the methods usually
employed. Public opinion is
strongly against such methods.
That this public sentiment may
crystalline into an effective force,
1t IS necessary for the people to
organize.
All patriotic citizens, therefore.
irrespective of party. who stand
for the rule of the people and are
against the corrupt or undue in
tiuence of money in elections. and
to that end favor publicity of the
larger campaign contributions be-
lore the election, as demanded by
the Det1ocratic platform, are
urged to organize themselves inn
mediately into Campaign Clubs
for the Presidential election.
All organisations in sympathy
are expected to assist actively in
this work. The Chairman of the
democratic State Committee IN
eachcstate is requested to have
each county and precinct commit
teeman organize a Campaign
Club in each precinct on or before
Aathe 18th day of September, and
iii meetings Immediately for
nat purpose. All existing organ
hzations should meet at once and
1appoint Campaign Committees.
The names and addresses of all
campaign organizations, their
Officers. and committeeman should
be sect to John w. Tomlinson.
Chairman Committee on Club
Organization. Democratic Nation
al Headquarters. Chicago. Illinois,
so that certificates of enrolment.
literature, ETC., may be sent. No
special form of organization or
: bylaws necessary.
Organize for Bryan and Kern
and prosperity for all.
NORMAN E. MACK,
Chm Dem. Natl Com.
JOHN w. ToMLINsoN,
Chm Com. Club Organization.
Notice of the organization of
such club as is called for in the
!, above is given elsewhere in this
this issue and we hope that every
Democrat who is interested in
the success of his party in the
coming campaign will be present
and become a member of the or
ganization, The present outlook
shows every indication for a
Democratic triumph this fall but
to secure this result a vigorous
campaign must be waged and this
can not be done unless money
enough to pay the necessary ex-
penses IS forth coming.
This is the first time that any
party has depended entirely upon
the rank and file of its constitu-
ents for the necessary financial
support in a campaign and the
advantages of such system are
numerous and important. Not
only does it reduce to a minimum
the chances of the corruption Of
candidates and Office holders by
the money of trusts and corpora
tions--a practice SO successfully
carried out during the past few
Republican administrations but
1t is cheaper for the people them-
selves to put up the money than
TO allow the corporations to fur
nish it. This may seem To many
like statement derived from i'm
agination but If they will consider
1t from the right standpoint they
cannot fail to see that it is an in
disputable fact. For the reason
that for every contribution given
by a corporation some concession
is demanded in return. Now