The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1913-10-10


politics, but is good politics because does demand
results impossible of achievement.
As an illustration of the practical way in which the Anti
Saloon League into politics. let call attention
the organization of the Ward Senate District Congressional
District Chicago Advisory and Cook County Advisory
mittees of the Illinois League The unit the Ward Com
mlttee made of member from every affiliated church
in the ward with additional members from churches of
than communicates One member from every church
the Senate District Committee, and from every
church the Congressional District Committee The Chi
Advisory Committee is made up of members from
every Ward Committee County Committee has three
members from every Senate District Committee.
How the work of these committees is subdvided and
parceled out subcommittee interesting point
The Captains of Ten highly important part
political machinery of the League They its its
collectors of information, and certain its ultimate
carrying the campaigns Whenever poll
ing list either for primary election, the
for every ward given these captains Ten
every captain. Within day two there
in the AntiSaloon League headquarters every
voter in the city One of the charts reproduced here
workers report bank) shows the minutenes with which
these reports madesuch details every as to
whether he has telephone has registered church
MEMBER his attitude county local option andthe League
regards this important-what newspaper he reads
This is practical politics. This kind of minute informa-
ton about the individual the
of successful political organization And while
Illinois League is building for the future Chicago
is concerned occasionally demonstrates its present political
Strengths when elected the Rev. Smith to the
legislature, independent ticket straghtout
Saloon PLATFORM in Republican district against the cand
date of the Lormer machine Three workers every pre-
cinc the state who be relied put forty to
fifty hours of work election ultimate the
Illinois League to organization.
have told somewhat in detail of the way the League
works Chicago because illustrates precisely the main
point of strength of the whole works in
politics exactly experience has shown political work must
be done be successful It takes stock enthusiasm and
does not rely and haeuahs wards
precincts. 1t Hobbies captos just as does at
Washington It's representatives before committees
and buttonhoe members but they do rely argument
and persuasion to legislators They that the
individual members hear from the folks at home They
meetings and circulate petitions the mem
bers home districts They start local campaigns against
reelection OF members who oppose them. Mr. tells
of state where the League had defeat eghy-seven
members of the legislature before the politicians began to
take 1t seriously In short the Anti-Saoon League
politics all the time and is playing politics" all the time
according to the welesabished rules game And if
gets what wants mainly because it one thing
and does after anything else is not trying to
abolish murder, cigarettes, turkey-troing gambling
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