The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1921-09-17
REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION.
From the Atlantic County Record.

From the Atlantic County Record.
Doubling the electorate has greatly
increased the difficulty and expense of
conducting political campaigns and
such steps as the opening of perma-
nent headquarters have become neces-
sary for any party that has serious
aims. Ii is impossible to forget poll
tics" until a month or six weeks be-
fore the day of election and crowd
into that short time the mass of detail
work that has to be done TO get before
all voters the information they must
have in order to vote intelligently.
If it were not for political parties
and those who take them and their
aims. seriously enough to work, and
work hard for them, scarcely half the
voters would take the trouble to go to
the polls and vote. A large percent
age do not as it is. We have no pa
tience with the idea that there should
be no political organizations, and that
everyone should be let alone to vote
or not to vote, and to vote indiscrim-
inately for whom they take a notion
to vote for, regardless of the prin-
ciples and interests involved. The re-
ouil NOulu bt ClldOllC.
The history of American politics
shows that best results have been
achieved in good government. the
most done in the way of public i'm
provements, by solidly-welded MAORI
ties keyed up to the top-notch of eff
cheney by vigorous minorities.
The organization that takes itself
seriously, that frankly acknowledges
itself a political organization, that is a
working organization twelve months
in the year, is the organization that
will win. Such an organization, to
exist at all, must be a popular organi-
cation. 1t must stand for what the
people want, or they will not support
ii. 1t must have vigorous critics, or
it will not realize its defects and
remedy them. 1t must play the game
straight, and play it hard, and play it
all the time, or it will go under.
Such an organization must have
funds to carry on its work. The prop
er place, the natural place, to secure
such funds, is from those who repre-
sent it in office. and it is a perfectly
fair and logical business arrangement
for an organization to ask such officers
for financial backing, and for them to
give it.
No individual, no business, no polit-
ical organization is free from the in
fluence, ever dictation at times, of
those to whom it is deeply indebted
for financial support. In seeking to
support itself by widespread contribu-
tons from hundreds of individuals, the
Republican Organization of Atlantic
County is freeing itself from undue
influence on the part of a few and
building itself up as a real organiza-
ton, indebted only to those of whom
it is comprised and all of whom have
a direct voice in it's control. Such an
organization is the very essence of
our American form of government.
The light of "pitiless publicity" has
been played on this reorganization of
the Republican Organization from its
inception. 1t has been scrutinized
from every angle, and not a flaw has
been found by those politically OPP
posed to its success. Some ado has
been made of the fact that office hold
ers have been invited to contribute to
its support. The fact that they have
been asked TO support 1t is the surest
guarantee of its sincerity of purpose.
The Republican office holder who will
not contribute tos-Kgbft of his
party organization has an entirely
wrong idea of party loyalty. He will
find plenty of approval for his course
from soreheads and others opposed to
the Republican Organization. Whether
their approval will be so warmly be-
slowed when he to seek office
again, is a matter that remains for
him to find out.
The people rule only when they are
efficiently, honestly organized. 1.-THE
people" is a broad term. including Re