New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-17
sO1-ND TALK TO RAILROAD MEN.

In hfty-cent dollars.
Vote for Sound Money.
SOUND TALK TO RAILROAD MEN
Tho interest manifested By railroad men IN
the silver question has been reported from many
quarters and documents describing the dlsas-
trous effects OF free coinage are being widely
circulated along the lines OF the great raliroad
svstems. One communication, terse and to the
no,rt &c printed on a small card to be posted in
railway offices. stations and workshops. 1t rep
resents a statement showing reasons for opposi-
ton to free coinage. and reads:
I Because my present pay won't quite enable me
10 buy everything on earth ana nave no ucsrc "
9 Because prefer to have what few dollars 1
earn worth 100 cents apiece not % cents. =.
2 Because do not see why should he any bet
ter off If the price Of everything had 10 'uy WIS
Because have no idea that it would profit me
If the whole country went bankrupt =, &c ,
oTt Of work TO / Who has a Job. / have no desire
TO swell the ratio by turning tramp myself :. so,-
G Because, though do not happen TO pc gu
eral manager OF this road. am still no blooming
fool c,i '''''''''
An ,mpressive sight which is presented to the
throngs passing in Broadway is the great num-
Der of Mckinley and Hobart flags stretched
across this thoroughfare and in the cross streets
For block after block, from Canal-st to City Han
Park great flags flung to the breeze, with
them Not single flag Is seen with Bryan and
Sewall mentioned.
The camnaign devices of the Democratic Ma
ticnal Committee are wofully limited IN num-
her. owing to the unwilngncss of the silver lead
ers to contribute toward defraying the expenses
Of printing and postage SO far. the Democratic
efforts have been directed toward the circulation
OF the campaign lie about Blaine's speech on sill
Yer.
SMUGGLING FREE-sILVER SPEECHES.
Surreptitious efforts have beer made to smuggle
free-silver speeches through the mails under the
nosta, frank, nv the aid Of silver Congressman,
but these attempts were frustrated. Some con-
sternation was created recently at the Treasury
Department by the discovery that the bureau Of
Ncers had been circulating Senator Stewards
silver speeches In order more conveniently and
practically to answer all the questions relative
n the currency which have been pouring in upon
him. Secretary Carlisle ordered a circular to be
prepared giving information about the currency.
Whenever an application for information was
received the bureau chief receiving the letter
would mail one of these circulars TO the appli-
cant One day a letter came from a recipient,
saving that the Department had sent 10 him In
repl; TO his question a copy Of a silver speech
by Senator Stewart An examination recalled
that a number Of silver speeches had been bound
UP In the official circular.
1t is said that the intention OF the Democratic
campaign managers Is to issue Bryans speech Of
acceptance In Madison Square Garden cam
paign document, mt funds on hand at
present to print the free silver effort which was
such dismal failure that more than half of
those who went hear it walked out of the hall
before II was finished