New-York tribune., 1896-10-27

Of the Popocratc campaign to create the impress
sion everywhere that the workmen, especially
those employed by the railroads. are really III
favor Of the free coinage of silver. and sho" OPP
position to II only because in some way iorceu
into so doing by their employers The demon
stration by railroad employees In this city last
Saturday furnishes fiat denial TO such State
ments Nothing in the shape or compuisio'i
would have brought out so many thousands oi
men on an occasion when no vote was 10 De cast
nor could compusion have enlisted the ingenuity
and taste In devices which made the display one
Of the most interesting OF the campaign oh
ton of II all. however. comes the announcement
that the Chicago and Alton road management Is
TO give all It's employees an opportunity to see
ana hear Bryan when he visits Bloomington to-
morrow. The general shops In this city Will be
closed all day, end all men that can possibly De
spared from their work along the line or the
road will have a holiday. General Superinten-
dent GRAY SAYS Of this decision of his road:
"A railroad is not political machine. its
employees belong to all political faiths. "heh
men are hired they are not asked now they "o'e'
Their tenure Of service depends entireiy OH INC
kind Of service they render. Some OF our me"
desire to participate in the doings OF Iuesoa!.
On the part of ali there is perfectly haturaI
desire to see and hear man VINO mas oeel zen ro So
prominently in the public eye. and can see ho
harm in giving them chance 10 grati! tnat
feeling Our men are free American cili|ens' cis'
and have nothing 10 do with eltneI lne,i pUh Uh',
tics or their religion 1t is for the interest vi 'e
railroads to have stable finances but hoi to d
greater degree than for the employees IL there @ is
panic and suffering we all suner toge'ner we
have perfect confidence in our employees. poth as
employees and as citizens They are men or
high order Of intelligence. and are readihg anu
thinking men. The issues or the canipasm na, ar
and the orators, and our men nave nau the oP-
portunity to make up their minds. peieNe 'ne
vast majority Of them will vote Tor souna
because they believe their own interests "ou.o
be as greatly jeOpardiZed by free silver as OUTS
would be- and for no other reason ,,,.
"A this talk about coercion Is no.nihs n',,, puo
political trick Of demaSogues. playing OH Popu-
lar prejudices. This talk of coercion Is an ou.
rage on the railway employees OF the couh.i., ,,:
OF course. we have desire ina. % ou, ,p.apesteS
in their course as much as a man VINO Is re re
publican is interested In his son espoushe 1e .ne
Republican principles. believing that TINS "ouio
be better fer himself and for the son." -
CHANGES IN A CLUES DECORATIONS.
instructions were given to the House Commit
tee of the Cook County Democracy yesterday to
make certain necessary alterations IN the III
terror decorations Of the clubrooms." This IN
ITSELF is an apparently innocent order nut there
"a mora in II than appears on the surface. The
information went the rounds among the oider
members that the intention was to take Gown
from the wall, where they have so long hu,s
In honored array the portraits OF men VINO
have in years past made the club Famous LOT
being the representative Democratic body OF 'ne
Northwest but who have long since ceased 10
agree with the Populistic majority which now
controls the organization. For some time the
free-silver men have murmured "hen tne!
looked upon the countenances of those now no
longer in sympathy with them. Perhaps tney
did not like to be reminded Of the fact that the
club has degenerated from Democra.,c es,u 10 oa
nlx
one of pure enmity. such as most OF the Tree
coinage advocates are said to feel toward those
who differ from them in opinion.
Al any rate the demand has been made that
they go and unless the more conservative mem
hers prevail on the others not TO take step
which cannot rebound to their credit. the pct-
"r.o viii have to be removed. The most promi-
nent and biggest Of all is that Of Grover Cleve-
land The portrait of the President is very hne
one II ts done in oils and is excellent like
meas besides being most skilfuy colored. There
is A picture of Senator Palmer. This too. II Is
said. must come down. although the General is
at present engaged In trying to preserve that
very Democracy for the glory OF which the club
was founded. over at the east end OF the room.
1ust to the right Of the rostrum. where for long
time John p. Hopkins sat as chairman OF the
Democracy hangs a crayon OF the quOndam
president. This picture may possibly remain
The ex x-Mayor was popular during his reign over
the affairs Of the club and there are many mem
hers who will not submit to having this slight
put upon him. The free-sver men suggested as
a substitute that the pictures be turned toward
that should this be done his image would be
found drawn UP on the other side In accordance
with his faculty for bobbing up serenely wher-
ever he is put. despite the Vaccinations OF his
foes.
WOMEN STAY AWAY FROM THE POLLS.
Out Of the ss3.462 voters registered IN Chi
cago this year only 62G4 are women, leaving
the unrevsed registration Of male voters at
BLISS. As only 5134 suspect notices have
been mailed the total registration for the COM
ing election canno; fall below 312.064. or 3G6 J23
q for Chicago proper. AS more than half the
names &c which suspect notices have been
mailed are not likely to be stricken from the
registration, the probability at this writing Is
that the net registration for Chicago will stand
In the neighborhood OF oI000O General sur
prise has been expressed that in q city Of nearly
Two million souls so few women shonld esteen
the limited suffrage worth the effort Of regis
tering In city Of the size OF Chicago there
are probably over half million women of.vot
ing age at least 40O.OO0 Of whom must be eli
gible for the limited suffrage. In October. 1894
29.S65 women registered In Chicago and S23 II
Cicero. OF these ,23419 In Chicago voted fol
trustees Of the University. and ti3O in Cicero.
There are only two ways OF accounting fol
this. Two years ago any SORT OF suffrage wa'
a new thing, and every believer In the exten
sion Of the suffrage to. women in Chicago
worked actively and persistently to get then
10 register. The result was registration O.
about 10 per cent Of the eligible women voters
This year, the novelty OF registering and votini
having worn off. the novelty-loving section O.
the sex has not been attracted to the polling
booths. where nothing was to be accomplished
Another influence operated to repress womer
registering. Men and women every wher
throughout the city felt that this year ther
was too much at stake to permit women. wh'
could not vote on the main issue. standing II
line and delaying. possibly preventing. the regis
tration or voting OF men who could This o
itself kept many women from registering.
ELECTION wAGERs IN WYOMING
A dispatch from, Wyoming to one Of the loca
newspapers gives Some interesting infcrmatio,
as to the betting odds prevailing in that State
rhese bets were reported as made to-day