The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-08-03
Attention Democrats
To The Democracy Of Missouri

10 The Democracy OF Missouri
AT the meeting of the Democratic
State Committee, held at Jefferson
City, June Goth, 1911, resolution
was adopted, naming B. H. Rucker,
Chairman of the Executive Committee,
A. L. Harry, Secretary of the State
Committee, and j. B. Shannon, State
Chairman, as committee on organi-
zation for the National and State cam
paign of 1912. In compliance with
this resolution, the undersigned met
at State Headquarters, Midland Build
ing, Kansas City, July 18th, and con-
cluded that the first step in organic
ing was to issue this appeal to the
individual Democrats of the State.
Under the law, the new State Com
mittee, elected at the primaries next
year, cannot complete its organization
for the gubernatorial and the presi-
dental election of 1912, until about
the first of October, 1912, almost the
eve of the election. This is serious
defect in the law, and makes it almost
impossible for the new committee to
do effective work unless aided by the
present committee.
To make an effective national and
state campaign, it is absolutely neces-
sary to have sufficient funds to defray
the expenses that are unavoidable if
the campaign is to be properly con-
Quoted.
1t will be impossible for the new
State Committee to render proper
service without sufficient funds to
defray the expenses attendant upon a
campaign; and as the new State Com
mittee will not have sufficient time to
raise the necessary funds, we must
raise the money for it.
We have gotten the consent of the
Honorable Alexander M, Dockery, of
Gallatin, Missouri, to act as Treasur-
err and to him all money collected
shall be sent, and such money will re-
main in hi hands, subject only to the
order of the new State Committee
which is to be elected in 1912. 1t is
needless to dwell upon the importance
of the election of 1912. A presidential
as we'll as state ticket, may depend
upon the vote of Missouri. A few
votes may change the result and
hence complete organization is alb
solutely necessary.
To give some idea of the magnitude
of the expenses connected with a
few items will suffice.
A single letter addressed to each voter
of this state from Headquarters will
cost, in postage alone in excess of
81, 10000.
To properly protect the interest of
the national and state ticket, in 1912,
Judging from experience, it will be
necessary for the new State Commit
zee to give close attention to the City
If St. Louis. Should it be necessary
o poll the precincts of that city, it
Will require at least $500 precinct {
or the 400 precincts which will be J
100000. There are four days of a
registration; two watchers for each
precinct at $500 per day, would roll T
Up a total of $9,6OO00. Election day, 4
wo men for each precinct, as watch +
RS and challengers, at SO each, total t
2, 10000, making a grand total of Q
ia, 100000. This of course, does d
lot include postage, vehicles and the g
other requirements for a d
roper polling and registration of the S
oters of large city. 1t is safe to o
ay that this one item of the new
tate Committee's expenses will ex- v
eed SIS, 100000. it
We have already enumerated ex- V
enses in excess of $40, 10000 which ii
lust be borne by the new Committee. n
id to these the expenses of State n
[eadQuarters, clerks, telephone, tel e
graph, railroad fare, postage and if
verseeing of ia counties of the =
ate, and will quickly be seen, that q
lie raising of sufficient funds for the
ew Committee to properly do its