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and never give up until it is signed by the Governor 

 or the President. A leader must be willing to sacri- 

 fice his personal convenience, the most of his pleas- 

 ures, and keep at his work when his friends are 

 asleep or at the theater. 



The first step in starting a new campaign is to 

 raise the fund with which to meet its expenses. 

 Expense money is absolutely necessary, or the 

 amount of printing, posting, telegraphing and 

 traveling will be extremely limited. Good men 

 who give their time and gray matter must not be 

 expected or permitted to pay their expenses from 

 their own pockets. A little later we will have more 

 to say on this point. 



A short bill can be drawn by your own member 

 of the lawmaking body; but a long one, that 

 requires study and research, must be drawn by a 

 good lawyer, who must be paid something for his 

 time. Every bill should recognize existing laws, 

 either to repeal or to amend, and it must be either 

 prohibitory or permissive. This means that the 

 new law desired must say what shall not be done, 

 or else what may be done lawfully, all other acts 

 being forbidden. I prefer the prohibitive form, as 

 being the more impressive, and also most easily 

 provided with penalties. 



As soon as a bill is introduced in a legislative 

 body it is referred to a committee, for consideration 

 and report; and a favorable committee report is 

 highly essential to success. 



