Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1913-07-25
NATIONAL VOTERS LEAGUE

make you free" This motto is
the guide and purpose of a new
movement inaugurated by a new
organization, the National Voters
League which has just set up its
headquarters in Washington.
To know the truth about men and
measures, truth told with dispas-
Sionate impartiality, unswayed by
any Interior consideration except
the ultimate good of the whole
people-this is the purpose of the
National Voters League.
But truth concerning federal
legislation is a rare and precious
commodity. There are many con-
s~iderations why people do not learn
the truth. Newspapers and maya
zines are CONTROLLED or swayed by
interests of one sort or another pol
itical OF commercial.
Some Of the really vital facts
are not regarded as news and a-c
never printed. Or the truth is
coloTed by the teller of it.
The National Voters League
aims to put before its members all
of the vital faces concerning Con
gress. without coloring or inter
preting them, but culling them max
ed from the records. 1t is not a
lobby; it is forwarding no propa-
ganda. Its firm faith is that the
destiny Of the republic a be safe.
ly trusted to the people when they
know the facts.
The names Of some of the great
leaders of progressive thought are
found on the Leagues executive
committee. Among them are Her.
bert S Biglow, the follower Of Tom
l. johnson, and a crusader for
direct government in Ohio; Pro
lessor John r Commons, the great
economist of the University of
Wisconsin; Ida NJ Tarbell. Of the
American Magazine, who exposed
the Standard Oil Company, and who
is one Of the worlds most enlighten.
ed women: Mrs Borden Hartman
who has just heen named by Prcsi
dent Wilson to the Industrial Com.
mission: Charles + Merriam. thc
progressive Of the University OF
Chicago: friedrich NJ Howe, IT.,
authority on advanced municipa
government; Herbert Quick, oil
Omaha, q well known progressive
journalist; and a number Of Others
whose names inspire confidence in
the success of the league.
The League will distribute vital
information to its members through
monthly bulletins and through an
annual hook bound for p~rcscrva.
ton. This book will be the analy,
sis Of each session Of Congress and
will contain the records Of the
members. The purpose of this pub.
LEFTY is Q) to improve the per.
sonnet of Congress by defeating
unfuithful stewards Of the public
trust; (2) to reform the procedure
of Congress directing effort against
the secret caucus, the secret COM
mitteC meeting ard organization
domination Of the member; and
60 to make the environment OF
Congress more favorable to good
legislation.
To Lynn HainCs, a young man
who did powerful work in purify
ing the legislature OF Minnesota,
has been intrustcd the important
task of conducting the important
task o. conducting the information
bureau in Washington. Mr. Haines
moved on to Washington about two
years ago for q broader field Of
activity, and was the first TO point
out the danger in the secret caucus
by which the Democratic party in
Congress is now ruled.
The National Voters Loagu @ de-
serves to grow until il becomes q
powerful factor in national life. /
wish every voter in the United
States might join it. Those who
are interested a secure full in.
formation by addressing a postal
card TO the League, % Woodward
Building, Washington, d G.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS
At the Mayer Hotel