Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1915 — COLUMBIA CLUB STILL INCREASING [ARTICLE]

COLUMBIA CLUB STILL INCREASING

Republicans From All Parts of Indiana Are Joining Forces With Indianapolis Organization. • —— Indianapolis, July 12.—The Columbia Club of this city is right in the midst of the most remarkable membership campaign that has ever been known in the history of political organizations in Indiana. The membership has been increased about threefold during the last three months. When the board of directors decided early in the year to put on an aggressive compaign for new members in the hope of securing three or four thousand additional members before the close of the 1916 campaign, there were those who said “It cannot be done.” Yet, at the close of the month of June, after only three months of effort, over fifteen hundred new names had been added to the club roster. The auxiliary membership committee which has been engaged in securing new members, are enthusiastic in their belief that three thousand additional members can be secured during the next few months. The members of this committee have visited every county in the state and report that republican newspapers, party leaders, business and professional men, farmers and others all over Indiana, are in full accord with the effort to build up a powerful republican, club in the capitol city which will be a home for Indiana republicans. The committee will continue its work until the entire state has been covered thoroughly. Several thousand prospective members who were not seen on the first round will be given an opportunity to become members of the club during the next few weeks. At the beginning of the membership campaign there were about 1,000 names on the roster of the club. There are now over 2,700 members, representing practically every county in the state. New members are being received every day, many of them sending in their applications by mail. The committee started out on the second lap of July Ist, and expects to add twenty-five hundred or more new names to the club roster during the next few months.