The herald., 1896-10-23
MANY SUPPLIED WITH THEM
Over Two Hundred Accessions to the
-. Silver Republicans ,,
The Roll Of Membership Now Beyond Thirty.
two Hundred
The Workingmen Practically Solid for
Bryan and Silver Coinage-Encour-
aging Reports Received
From the East

Another day such as yesterday and
the yellow badge Of the Hannaites in
Los Angeles will be buried under ver-
liable ayelanche of little flags appended
to white satin ribbons
Thousands of the friends and believ-
ers in the policy Of the free coinage of
silver called at The Herald business
office jon Third street and secured these
little tokens, which they pinned to the
lapels of their coats and went proudly
forth to meet their friends on the high
ways.
At the headquarters of the Democratic
county central committee in the Work
man building many Hundreds of flags
with the little bits of white satin ribbon
were given to all callers who desired to
wear them.
At the Silver Republican headquarters
s1S w. Second street, there was a string
of callers all day long, and two clerks
were kept busy handing out badges,
flags and ribbons. ~
The Silver Republicans are the most
enthusiastic people in this whole cam
paign. They are VOLUNTEER workers and
they never quit as long as there is left
anaopportunity of accomplishing some
thing by being about.
DR.. Boynton, Secretary Cooper, W. B.
Akey, Sutherland Hutton 8. A. W. Car
yer and an army of others were at head
quarters all day looking out for the
callers.~
The membership of the club now
passes the 5000 mark, and only Repub-
llcans who will vote for Bryan, Barlow
and the silver nominees for the legis-
lature are on the rolls.
Nathan Cole, jr., pinned badges on 294
people yesterday and today he expects
to pass the 300 mark
The Bryan enthusiasm Is just becoming
awakened in Los Angeles and nothing
can stem the tide between now and cleo
tion day.
1t is programmed for every supporter
of Bryan who has flag or who can get
onD' to throw it to the breeze tomorrow
and to keep it there for week.
This should be done by all citizens re-
gardless of political affiliations and be-
liefs. The endeavor Of Mark Hanna to
arrogate to himself the use OF the Amer
ican flag for partisan purposes will there
by be frustrated.
So, by all means, hang out the flag to-
morrow. Do not delay it until some 9TH
er day. Tomorrow Is the time that has
been designated.
Within the past few days there has
been a remarkable growth in the Bryan
sentiment in Los Angeles. The presence
Of the yellow badges may, possibly, ac-
count for some of this. But really 1t is
simply the natural growth of the natur-
al sentiment of the people.
There are simply thousands who would
wear the little flags with the tasty
white satin ribbon adornment If they
dared to. But the employers are in
most cases for Hanna and the gold
standard and under these circumstances
1t is unwise and unpolitic for the en-
rloyes to- wear anything other than the
yellow ribbon.
Several instances of petty persecution
of employees by employers Have been re-
ported for failure to wear the yellow
badge. This seems extraordinary, but
1t is nevertheless true.
AS yet no steps have been taken
against any employer in Los Angeles
for coercing his employees. To prove a
case of this kind requires the best of evil
dence. It Is difficult matter to main
tain the action in court.
However, it is probable that case OF
the character mentioned will be COM
menced in few days if, on careful in
vestigation, the facts are found to be as
they have been related to the executive
committee.
The silver Republican club had a
boom yesterday. There were over 200
accessions to it's roll of membership
The club now has over 5000 members
and by election day it bids fair to reach
1000. a
Republicans who two weeks ago were
loathe to sign now come forward and of
their own free will append their names
to the roll OF honor.
The Bryan silver sentiment seems to
be In the air. The workingmen-most
of them have been for Bryan from the
start-are to be seen everywhere at the
silver meetings in the evening. And
those who are still undecided are being
furnished with the latest dissertation of
Alfred Henry Lewis upon Hanna, the
Labor iCrusher.' This is one Of the most
powerful and convincing arguments
that, has been submitted in this cam
paign. 1t reviews Hanna's dealings
with, his work people and shows how he
has ,crushed the very life out of thou
sands of them, by reducing wages and
by harsh treatment. The article then
goes on to prove that the election OF
Mckinley means nothing but the virtual
elevation Of Hanna to the presidency.
Wherever this is read by working
men it makes votes for Bryan.
The Workingmen's Mckinley club has
turned out to be a miserable failure. II
was organized by q few So called work
tngmen-WTpSe prlnclpal labor was to
avoid work-for coin. The Organized
workingmen Of this city almost to a man
are for silver coinage and this being
the case they are for Bryan in this cam
paign. A
In this connection one well-known
workingman was yesterday securing
signatures to the following, petition for
the organization Of the Los Angeles
Coercion club.
1--WE, the undersigned. do hereby or
Eanize ourselves into the Los Angeles
Coercion club. Our principles are as
follows:
'First-We believe that free govern
ment should cease to exist, and that the
constitution of the United States should
be abrogated.
''Second--We declare that corpora
tions and other employers have the
right to coerce and intimidate their em-
"1nird-We are in favor of putting