The Irish standard., 1920-04-17

readiness to do anything in their
power to help you. Remember how
many of their subscriptions you have
turned in. How much of the score
you have piled up is due to them?
Try to imagine how they will con-
graduate you and pat you on the back
when the judges announce the win.
ners. Your name is at the top of the
list. Try to imagine how it will feel
when you see them, if your name is
not in that triumphant list.
You have chance for the best the
campaign can give. You will have
that chance until 8 o'clock tonight
when the campaign will be over. You
can hold a foremost place If you will
fight hard until the last minute.
Go on working with renewed deter
mination. Keep always in your mind
the knowledge that the end is near.
Close up every subscription within
your reach with as little delay as pos.
sible.
The remaining hours of the cam
paign will move past you all to
quickly pulling you into the fight with
every atom of energy that you pos
sess and the time will pass by you
unnoticed. The end of the struggle
will take you by surprise but you will
have to push past everything that now
stands between you and the time and
If you have made every minute tell,
you will have assured yourself that
prize for which you entered the cam
paign.
10000 Extra Votes.
Every $40 worth of new subscrip-
tions counts 100000 extra votes. See
how many of these 10000 extra bal
lots you can secure before the closing
hour tonight. Figure out what a bene-
fit number of these ballots will give
you. Turn every promised subscrip-
ton into votes as this is the last
chance you will have. It is far better
to win by a million votes than to lose
by the votes represented in one sub.
scription.
Judges Are Selected.
The judges who will of1iciate at the
close of The Irish Standard Progress
Club are as follows: Raymond A.
Scallen, well-known attorney with Of
fees in the Minnesota Loan and Trust
Building; Edward St. John Condor,
well.known attorney of the Twin Cities
and active in the Irish Loan Drive;
John T. Murphy, well-known resident
of Northeast Minneapolis and con.
nected with the Crotty Clothing Com
pany. These well-known men will go
over the ballots and votes, cast by the
various candidates and decide the win
ners according to their vote standings.
CLOSING RULES. >,
The ballot box has been placed
In the office of The Irish Stand.
ard. This box will be locked and
sealed, with only small opening
on the top which is large enough
to receive the sealed envelopes,
containing the final subscriptions.
Candidates must send their SUBJ
scriptions with money or checks
for the subscriptions In an enve-
Iope and deposit them In the bal
lot box, thus assuring themselves
that no one may know the num-
Der Of subscriptions turned In or
estimate Of the final votes cast.
The ballot box eliminates every
possibility Of anyone be they can.
didate or other person, from de.
termining the number Of votes
turned in by any candidate. This
is the safest plan as no one will
know just how many subscriptions
any candidate has turned In until
after the ballot box has been
opened and the judges check up
tho final returns.
Candidates In the office Of The
Irish Standard tonight will be
waited upon. They will be given
time to seal their subscriptions
and place them In the ballot box
but no one will be admitted with
subscriptions after P. M. tonight.
All unpublished vote ballots and
extra vote ballots must be turned
In. These should be In q separate
envelope In order to eliminate do
lay In making the final count.
Candidates who live a distance
from the Office or, In fact, any can.
didate who resides outside the city
Of Minneapolis, will have the priv.
iIeoe Of mailing their subserip-
tions In tonight, however, the en-
veIope containing these final sub
seriptions must show q nosfmark