| Show the work of the secret order of the patriots of america in alie late campaign can in no wise be better realized than in a comparative study of the returns from counties in which the order lias been firmly established the patriots bulletin of chicago rives long liet of townships and pre cincie also counties where the influence of the patriots was made evident darke county ohio which contains silver lodee agave brynn 1735 majority or 1300 more votes than campbell received for governor in arenal county michigan Michi ean where the patriots are well entrenched eave Bryan 1000 mckinley in 1892 edgewood a little town in missouri contained thirty two democrats and twenty republicans A silver lodge was established in the precinct lind although a missouri Ile publican or democrat would rather renounce his religion than his politics the vote on nov 3rd stood Bryan 52 mckinley 2 sacramento county california conta ica a number of lodges and for the first time in 30 years the county went democratic this all goes to prove what can be accomplished complis hed by organized effort and how a body of men can be held together by secret work Is simply a social feature without political significance other than the tendency it exerts to keep up interest in the association the organization should be pushed ahead in choso sections of the country where intimidation and coercion have been angwill and will acain likely be used i |
