The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-09-25
PEOPLES PUBLIC FORUM
Meeting That Never Adjourns in
Cleveland Public Square.
,lFe-srupY OF woRKNGMEN
According to Evidence in a Suit the
Hanna Conspiracy Demands That
No Man Get Work Without
His Former Employers
Permission.

fitted to do it, than Henry George
who sends from Cleveland, Ohio,
O second special to the New
York Journal of the 22nd Instant on
the growth of the Bryan sentiment in
the very heart of the Mckinley coun~
try. MIR. George wires as follows:
1 have stopped several times at the
perpetual political meeting that Is 60
ing on day ond night in this city's pub
lie squaret, and listened for minute
or so now to one and then to another
of the speakers or debaters In the dit
ferent knots.
1T is to me the most striking express
sion of the earnestness with which
larger questions than those that us
ualIy come into our politics are being
debated by the American people. The
money question is the favorite point OF
dispute. but the discussions branch off
in all directions. The language is of
tentimes very vigorous, but there Is
little evidence of loss of temper, and
there seems to be a tacit understands
inc that every one shall have a falr
opportunity to have his say. When |
last passed, a speaker of more than us
ual force had been called to the band
platform and probably a thousand men
had gathered around him, while small
er groups were listening to other speak
ers or discussions at little distance
off.
The main speaker, who looked like
a sailor or day laborer, was a natural
orator, and put what he had to say
IL HEax arac
free silver and Bryan.
Hanna seems a name to conJure by
if one wants to express detestation
among the workingmen of Cleveland.
A funny instance of this is related as
happening on Saturday week. A lot OF
Young college students had joined the
crowd in the square when some speaker
who had been called to the band stand
was talking for free silver and Bryan.
The young collegians, evidently for
Mckinley, persisted in interrupting,
while the speaker, annoyed by it, per-
sisbently offered to yield the platform
to any one of them who wished to dis
pute his arguments or say anything
for Mckinley. Finally, raising his
voice he called out that if there was
any Mckinley man in the audience he
would like to give him place on the
platform. AT this a broad7shouldered
German suddenly pushed forward
from the skirts of the crowd to the
platform The college boys began to
cheer, but as he began to speak stood
in respectful silence.
ROUTED THE STUDENTS.
'SThis morning." began the new
speaker in broad German accent, that
led to what he said additional piquan-
cy, II was in Hanna's office, and / saw
there Mark Hanna's clerks, dressed in
nice clothes and sitting on nice chairs,
and lolling over nice desks. And these
clerks of Mark Hanna told me that this
afternoon they were to have vaca-
ton" Then, pausing for moment
while the college boys listened atten-
lively, he swept his arm around as
though to gather them all in, and con-
tinued: "And here they are!" That
was all he said, but there was such
roar of derision that the college boys
left the crowd and there was no more
interruption.
All the information / have been able
to get shows that the feeling among
organized labor in favor of Bryan
is as general and perhaps stronger
than it is in Chicago. The National
Plasterer's Association, whose dele
gates met here last week for their
annual meeting, and the National Car
penters' Association, whose delegates
met here to-day, indicate that the feel
ing is general. Additional bitterness
is given to this feeling here by the
trouble with the Brown Hosting
Works, which, from the workingmen's
view, has been caused by the deter
mination of the company 10 break
down labor unions, There is an Idea
among the men that if Mckinley wins
this effort will be generally made,
SEVERED BY POLITICS.
In this connection / got some inter
esting information in Chicago from Mr..
William J. Strong, formerly of the
firm of Strong & Carlisle, business
connection which has recently, 1 be-
lieve, been dissolved by politics. Mr..
Carlisle, the Secretary's eldest son, be-
ing a sound money man and Mr..
Strong a free silver man. Mr.. Strong
has on hand suits against various rail-
roads for having prevented men from
obtaining employment. He was able to
bring into court in one of these suits
that of Ketcham against the North
western Railroad Company-the min
utes of the General Managers Associa-
ton of some twenty-six or twenty
seven railroads centering in Chicago
which showed the formation in May
1893, of railroad employment bureau
Among the reasons assigned for this
is ''that it would abolish that state OF
affairs with which we are all familiar
that is expressed when a man is dis
ciplined by his saying, ooh, well, you
are not the only road in Chicago;
can get work on some other road
Since that time, and especially since
the great strikes that followed, it has
been impossible, Mr.. Strong says, fol
a railroad man to get employment OF
any road, no matter how badly thai
road might need men, unless hi
brought from the road on which Ia
had previously been employed wha
was known as clearance" Th'
strongest testimonials of competency
apd service and the greatest desire