The record-union., 1896-09-23
JOHNSON AND PROTECTION.
Railroad Workmen Taking an Interest
In the Campaign.
housing Meeting Last Night by the
Men Employed in Car Shop
No. Five.


becoming fully aroused to the import
ahce OF the issues involve1 in the pres
eiit campaign, and are organizing clubs
the more effectively to work for the
success OF Republican principles-fo1
souho money and protection TO labor.
Inc employees of car shop No. . at
sae railroad works recently organized
Johnson and Sound Money Club,
with headquarters at S15 J street. They
nave ntted up the hail In splendid
SHdpe With flags, StrearGerS, portraits
oI Mckinley and Hoba:t, etc, have
erected a platform and supplied the
EaIl with chairs. 1t is a very cosy and
peasant meeting place
Last night the club held an open
meeting, though no announcement had
been made of it. The members of the
club were out in good force, however,
and number brought their wives, who
manifested as much concern in the pro-
ceedings as any Of the mcn.
The meeting was presided over by K
Wooden, President of the club, and
there We're present on the platform the
heads Of several Of the railroad depart
ments, who were invited by members
of the club. r. H. Lambert officiated
as Secretary.
Hon. Jud c. Brusie had also been in
vited, with a request % address the
members on the issues of the day
report was received from the Ex-
ecutive Committee regarding torches
and uniforms, recommending the pur-
chase of additional uniforms, or $50 in
all. The uniforms are to be of white
duck, instead of oilcloth, as originally
Intended. They are to be made here in
ont mill ~
livery on Saturday next
After some further preliminary club
business, President Wooden introduced
Hon. Jud. G. Brusie, Republican candi-
date for Senator
Mr.. Brusie was enthusiastically re-
ceived and made a short but stirring
and eloquent address. He paid a trib-
ute TO the mechanics and industrial
workers of the country, whose sound
Judgment is the result Of their daily ex-
periences at their toll. The prudent
workman accepts the plan of his fell
low-worker when his good Judgment
tells him 1t is better than his own. Yet
these two same men will sometimes
argue political matters week in and
week out without ever coming nearer
IN their views than when they started
in. Why, asked the speaker, cannot
DrlnciDl6
they do to other things?
Mr.. Brusie told a story illustrative Of
the changes that had taken place in the
industrial condition of the country since
Republican protection was supplanted
by Democratic free trade. The lack of
confidence on the part of the monied
men caused S31S 600, 900 to be with
drawn from industries in which it had
been invested, and 100000 employees Of
factories were thrown out of employ
lncnt; factories were shut down; large
railroad companies were deprived of
their business and went into the hands
Of receivers.
When men believe that the country
can prosper with employers arrayed on
one side and their employees on the 9TH
cr, they are counting on something that
cannot happen. The day of internecine
strife in America is passed, however,
and the good judgment Of the people
VIII never adopt the fallacies for which
the Democratic party is bowling.
Free trade and free silver will do
man no more good than would forty
tons Of coal to freezing man if he did
rot have a match with which to start it
burning
OF what use would be a breath of
wasted from disease?
The silent patriotic vote of Amer
lea is the power. said Mr.. Brusie, that
will disperse and scatter the wave that
we are told is sweeping over the country
bearing on it's crest the so-called man
Of destiny
But there is wave of prosperity roll
ing on, and on election day it will give
Us protection, sound money, William
Mckinley and Grove L. Johnson.
Throughout his remarks Mr. Brusie
was frequently interrupted with ap-
plause.
AN OLD SOLDIER.
Colonel McElroy, an old Vermont vet
eran. was then introduced. He said
he had been a Republican since 1856,
and it would take him all night to re-
late one-half the good things that party
had done for the country. He began
With the condition of politics as parties
existed in 1860, and followed the history
Of subsequent events down to the pres
ent day.
The Democrats of 1860 were opposed
to a policy that would protect free labor
against slave labor. They were free
traders then as we'll as now-they
wanted to extend their slave territory
and to purchase raw materials in the
Chea pest market. The Democratic
party did everything that was wrong
during the war. It opposed everything
that was proposed to save the Union
and protect its credit. But the Repub-
LEANS sustained President Lincoln and
Congress in raising the money neces-
sary TO put down the rebellion and to
rledge the national honor for the re-
demption Of the national bonds and
paper money
The Democrats of to-day are pursuing
a policy that would discredlt the nation,
but the good sense of the people will
see that this shall not be done.
America can defend herself against
CONQUER the world she would soon find
her mistake Neither can she force the
rations Of the world to accept her pc
culiar notions about money If these be
IN conflict with their own. We cannot
compel the people of the world to ac-
Knowledge that 6S cents worth Of sill
vcr is actually worth 81 %.
The truth is, said the speaker, that
since the so-called demonetization of
silver in 1878 the Republican party has
coined more silver than ever before.
A HOME ISSUE.
Hiram w. Johnson, being called on
for a speech. endeavored to excuse him.
self, promising to address the club at
some future time. On behalf or his
father, the present Congressman, he
thanked the club for the honor con-
fe~rad nv the organization of the club.