The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1910-03-11


until Il l. rraehed. Last aesk Nc an
nounesd the pIohablr termination ol thu
afmngumsnt Nhlrh enahlrs us Ia conduct
this huIsau without charge Ia subscribers,
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l.ii ihr silver lining at The rlo,ld made u,
appearance eariy this Wrtk and Ne shall
I hv able 10 continue a. hsiofe, The met
dent Nas VI value. huNrNeI, a. demon
/ ,iIatiun II the important position this bn'
irau has rumr a. orcalH uur announce
m.nl lus.enel IA no way the stream of let
ten, postage Mas enclosed, that ls all To
/ these who forwarded ,lamle Nc have ne
turned lhem Following Is the third IN
our .eiie. oi practical political articles On
lhr important subJect oi;
Guiding the Caucus,
Mhilr the selection aud grooming OF a
candidate for iuNn representative IL com
panliNcb an easy task the guiding OF the
raurus 10 the end that the candidate may
secure the nomination inquiries consider,
able adroilncss The bureau has outlined
hririly how a candidate i selected and pre-
scented 10 the citizens 0i a town. only sea
,unrd veterans 10 politics should be per
mili.ti to indulge IA such an undertaking
a. the guiding OF caucus For thls work
men should he selected who IA addition TO
being thoroughly grounded IA practical pol
illrs are Possessed at casrhaTdencd con
scirnrrs, Only such men can bc depended
upon to meet such cmeIgvncir, ~ arise Of
irniimrs ~ a moment
Should the candidate hnd that there l. 10
be- opposition to- him IN tie caucus Il will
be- well i0r a friend ui the candidate 10 bc
nn hand early. Have the candidates
friend Wel,,stocked with cigar aud be sure
that hc i gcnrrnu. ia the distribution Of
the same. Two or three quarts Of cheap
Nhiskey can be- used 10 advantage IN treat
ing the lev tloatcrs who ate likely 10 be ON
hand when the friends OF the candidate ar
rive AZ the place tot holding the caucus,
Having treated the iloat,l. who awaited
the opening OF the doom suggest Ia them |
hat they each ~ out aud bring ia one or |
two friends aud have another drink This |
will line up the floating element and they |
should he turned over tn the lieutenant |
Ia charge OF the whiskey. TIM lieutenant
should hc careful not 10 allow anyone to
become ovcrint0Niclted,
b. sur, to have good supply OF printed
ballots Tor the candidate, " soon as the
meeting opens have every iluatcr aud all
VI the other friends OF the candidate 80.
rurr A. many ballots OF the opposing can
idatc a. possible and carefully destroy
them. This will create a visible shortage
n very valuable asset IL sure that the
hartman names d. teller, to count the
ballots one OF two iriends of the candidate.
Also bc sure that each of the friendly tell.
~ has IN his pocket at least 10 ballots
earring the name OF the candidate When
he hallOting close. aud the box i dumped
lpon the table Tor sorting and counting let
ach OF the tellers without arousing sus.
,icion quietly contribute his extra ballots {
o the pile ON the table. This will make
ure that your candidate viii have a decent
nance of winning even though enough bal
lis were not cast 10 elect him.
DO not agree 10 the use of check list IN
caucus IL Is of course theoretically y
light but practically il Is dangerous Don't I
ermit such a list TO be used ii you can
ossibly prevent IL. The reason Is oh.
ious When the Is or ~ extra ballots .
'hich were contributed 10 the pile on the d
able figure in the total il viii be mposs. u
le 10 place any blame or east any a..
crsions upon your candidate OF his friends
there will be no record whereby the
lumber really voting can be determined
Subtcrfuge Is perfectly proper in guiding
caucus. Ii is a far different proposition
ON attempting TO manipulate an elec.
on. You may properly tell all OF the old
men that you meet on the day of the I
Iucus that you have heard that the regu.
r candidate has withdrawn and intends
run for road commissioner the follow. i
& spring. This will decrease interest in III
e caucus TO some extent. All ignorant il
lends of the opposing candidate may be h
Id ON the day of the caucus that il has Ia
'en postponed one week Take letter |
ON your pocket and read the order OF the a
airman OF the town committee to that T.,
feet Such friends OF the opposing can. 10
date will be unable TO read and many of Z,
EN- will believe what is told them Thus Il
veral votes will be los, for the opposi- III
IN. m
These suggestions will apply to any eau. k,
: that is to choose one candidate. II Ia
I of delegates is to be chosen the pro.
ure is much more simple. Call for