The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-15
A CAMPAIGN LIE.


where it is today.
A CAMPAIGN LIE.
The president of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railroad company
has issued circular calling attention
to the publication in a large number of
papers of two charges against his road:
First, that it has prohibited the sale
OF free silver literature on the trains,
and, second. that it has attempted to
coerce it's employees to vote against
free silver Both of these he denies ex-
plicitly. He states that the news priyi-
leges on this road, as ON most others,
are sold to parties on contract that
would not allow the company to inter
fere If it wished to do so with the sale
OF any material, unless it were of inn
moral character. AS a fact, free silver
literature, he states, is for sale
on the trains of his road. It is
formally denied that the company has
attempted to even influence the votes
Of the employees in any way. or that
tne1r political opinions or action have
anything to do with the tenure of
their employment, which President
Miller says is determined solely by
length of service and efficiency.
The matter is Of interest ONLY as
showing the recklessness of the free
silver advocates. They have circulated
diligently this accusation and others
OF similar character, all of which
as far as we have been able to inves-
tlgate them, are equally without foun-
dation in fact. One simple considera
ton ought to convince every intelli-
gent man of this. It Is out of the newer
OF any employer to coerce an employee
into voting, under the Australian sys-
tenn, against his convictions. No mat
ter what he may say or promise be-
fore election, the ballot is absolutely
secret, and no human being can ever
know how any given Individual voted.
1t Is particularly foolish, therefore. for
the free silver people to assert, as they
are doing, that voters are being in
Inundated, when employers know. in
the first place. that it would be the
worst possible policy to attempt such
thing; and, in the second place, that
1T is wholly beyond their power. f49J
s;s.
SENATOR'S AND FORCE BILL.
To the Editor Of the Globe,
VIII you kindly answer the following:
l. what states elect United States senators
the coming winter?
q In substance. what was the Force bill?"
Reader.
DuEclt, Mimi, Sept. H.
1. Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado,
connecticut. Florida, Georgia, Idaho,
Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky.
Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New
Hampshire, New York. North Carolina,
South Carolina, North Dakota. Ohio.
Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota.
Vermont, Washington and Wisconsin.
Louisiana and Iowa elected senators in
their last legislatures
2. The original force bill of 1871 pro-
vided for the appointment by the fed
eral circuit judges, on the petition of
citizens, Of supervisors Of election to
attend all registrations and elections
where representatives in congress were
chosen. challenge persons Offering
themselves for registration or voting.
make lists OF voters; for the appoint
ment of chief supervisor in each dis
trict, from among the court commits
sioners In each judicial district: re-
quired the federal marshal to apno;nt
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supervisors to attend and protect them
and prevent fraudulent registration
and voting; authorized the chief SUPER
visor to investigate all cases of sus-
pected illegal registration and voting.
and required reports to be made to
and filed with the clerk of the house
Of representatives. Supervisors and
marshals were authorized to make ar
rests and take the prisoners before a
court commissioner, judge or court for
examination. Severe punishment by
fine and Imprisonment was provided
for resistance to the supervisors or
marshals, or for refusing to answer
questions put during the verification of
any list Of registration or Of voters.
The president was authorized to use
the army or navy in enforcing the
execution Of the law A bill was intro
duced in the senate in the Fifty-flrst
congress by Senator Lodge the pur-
pose of which was to place elections
In the South in control Of federal Of
| f1cers, but it was defeated in the SEN
ate by a small majority. Senator
Washburn, of this state, being one of
the few Republicans who voted against
it.
HOW MANY FARMERSY
To the Editor of the Globe
Please inform me through your columns
what proportion of the voters of the United