The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-08-26
ATTENTION DEMOCRATS
To NE Democracv Of Missonri.-

To The Democracy OF Missouri
Atthe meeting of the Democratic State Com
mittee held at Jefferson City, June 10Th, 1911, a resolution
was adopted naming B. Il. Rucker, Chairman of the Execu
tive Committee, A. L. Harry, Secetary of the State Commit
tee and L B. Shannon, State Chairman, as a committee on
organization for the National and State campaign of 1912. In
compliance with this resolution, the undersigned met at
State Headquarters, Midland building, Kansas City, July
18th, an concluded that the first step in organizing was to
issue this appeal to the individual Democrats cf the State.
Under the law the new State Committee elected
at the primaries next year, cannot complete it's og
anization for the guoernatoral and the presidential election
OF 1872 until about the first of October, 1912, almost the eve
OF the election. This is a serious defect in the law, and
makes 1t aImostimposiole for the new committee to do effec.
tive work unless aided by the present committee.
TO make an effective national and state cam.
palgn' it is absolutely necessary to have sufficient funds to
defray the expenses that are unavoidable if the campaign is
to be properly conducted.
1t will be impossible for the new State Commit
tee to render proper service without sufficient funds to de.
Tray the expenses attendant upon a campaign, and as the
new State Committee 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 Treas.
urer and to him all money collected shall be sent, and such
money will remain in his hands, subject only to the order of
the new State Committee which is to be election IN 1912. It
is needless to dwell upon the Importance of the election of
1912 A presidential as well as a state ticket NAV depend
upon the vote of Missouri. A few votes NAV change the
result and hence a complete organization is absolutely neces.
Sary.
To give some idea of the magnitude of the expen.
SEES connected with a campaign, a few items will suffice. A
single letter addressed to each voter of this state from Head.
Quarters Will cost, in postage alone IN excess of 100000.
10 properly protect the interest of the national
and state ticket, in 1912, Judging from experience, it will be
necessary for the new State Committee to give close atten.
ton to the City of St Louis. Should it be necessary TO poll
the precincts of that city, it will require at least S. 90 a pre-.
clnct for the 400 precincts, which will be 100000 There
are four days of registration; two watchers for each precinct
at $500 per day, would roll up a total of $9,6OO.O0 Election
day, two men for each precinct, as watchers and ctallenqers
at So. each, total $4,000, makinga grand total of S14Oo0O0.
This of course, does not include postage, vehicles and the
numerous other requirements fora proper polling and req.
istratiOn of the voters of a large city. 1t is safe to saw that
this enc item of the new State C~ommittees expenses will ex.
coed $~15,OOO.O0.
We have already enumerated expences in ex.
cess of S~20,0000O. which must be borne by the new commit
tee. Add to these the expenses of state Head CHARTERS
clerks, telephone, telegraph, railroad fare, postage and
and overseeing of ia counties of the State, and it will npicx.
Iy be seen that the raising of sufficient funds for the new
committee to properly do its work is imperatively necessary.
We make this appeal to the individual Demo.
of the State, mott the interest of an existing commit.
nor in the interest of any candidate but in the interest
the new State committee, which is to be elected next year
and in the interest of the Democratic National and State
ticket which are yet to be named.
Respectfully,
A. L. Harty.
B'H.R ucker.
J. B. Shannon.
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