The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-22

The Dispatch continues TO harp upon
tho charge OF coercion of employees by
corporations" We commend to it the
following extracts from tic speech made
10y Mr.. VI. j.. Ingalls,. president OF tue
Chesapeake and ONO railroad. al Clncu-
nau last Saturday evening at tAe sre4t
meeting OF railroad employees. Ic salt.
"Ihere never was q c.ass OF men tlat
were treated worse lu any campaign
imam the Iairoaa men .ave been % called
in this caInpalsn uy tAc man VINO Was
nominated by l.c CHICAGO moo foi plesl-
dent. lac started out m Tie Arat place
Dy saying that he WAS g0.Ds 10 reduce
the value OF the dollar ~ which the
railrOadcrs We're palg. Ilc started out
wiln tine PLATFORM that they could not
pay their honest ccuts by contract u
thev irtd.
"He proposed % increase the value
OF the EDl dollar TO tWo hundred SO
as 10 make bis silver o0.lr one h4Alr-d,
The effect OF doing that would force every
railroad iu tbs country i.t0 bankruptcy
they cannot earn twice their fixed cAlg-e-
to-day. Yet, because the railway mcu
propose 90 stand in defense of their
property hc complains and says they
are meddlAg WIta politics. Then be goes
OLt and lu bis speeches advises the raI-
way men not To bee cOcr-ed. When he
finds that there is no coercion. when Dee
nnds that The railway men propose 20
see that every CmplOyr has q fair and
proper chance 10 vote. then what does De-
DO? la every speech that hc has made
for the last fifteen days De has said Co
you: Boys. wear the Mckinley buttons,
deceive our employers. deceive the pup
fH.H N.H
booth. then perform q lie. vote con-
trary 90 what you have talked Now.
that probably is according TO tIc moral
standard that prevails out upon the
Platte. DLaughter) u does not prevail
with the railroad men OF this country.
why. think of it. my friends, think
OF FL. this man who is running for presi.
dent, who expects TO be Presi-
dent Of the greatest country on the earth.
This man tel S the men who stand upon
the footboards and face death in defence
OF the .companys property and passen-
gers. tells him 10 lie TO MS employer and
deceive him, and then to vote different
from what he is talking. Why there is
not a railroad man In this audience to-
night. and l doubt II there is one in
thousand anywhere. that would lie about
a thing like that (ApplauscJ
'Aly friends. the best thing that you
have upon earth next 20 your hope Of
heaven and your family. is your right 10
vote 70 is "A thing that goes to "a freeman
Il is the product Of blood trouble and toll
in past years, such as nothing else has
caused. NOW. man, no matter whether
he is rich or poor. black on white in
this country has the right upon election
uay TO gO TO the booth and deposit his
vote uninnuonced 10y any man or men.
and so far as ! am concerned. so help
me God. he shall have 1t. (Applause)
while ! say 70 you. boys. that the
election OF Mr.. Bryan means destruction
to the railway: while | tell you that
Il means destruction 20 you and rcduc-
ton OF your wages: while / say to y-u
that his election means the greatest and
worst panic that has ever struck any
country: while il means loss of work and
lonely days. piteous faces at your homes.
yet If your conscience tells YOU 10 vote
for Bryan, DO it, but in Gods name
as you value the profession. as you be-
lieve in yourself. as you hope 10 leave
good name TO your children do not do
what this man tells you TO DO and says
you are going TO do; that Is. act a lie
tAppiause)
talking about The switchman I'm The
railroad yards earning forty dollars a
month carefully guards the lives OF thous-
ands OF people. one mistake one single
mistake. may cost a HUNDRED lives: TO
think that man with that responsibility
should he such a person that the whole
class should be such men. that this man
cut In Nebraska should insult them b.