The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-10-03
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A special to the Salt Lake Trib-
une from Chicago Sept. 25th says !;
One Of the shrewdest political
| schemes Ia Behalf st tho Hanna
campaign that has yet come TO
light Was made known here to-day
laad-is 20 far-ssaching in sits,sfieets
that al parts Of the country will
feel it. '.' q S i
II vii. be recalled that the rail
ways Of the continent have : way
on occasion Of systematically chang
ing their employees from onsalocal-
ity to another In ordinafy times
this is done along the limo of pro-
motions, and the changes Have no
other significance. OF late, along
the SYSTEMS that have Chicago Is
their terminal, however,. it has bean
noticed that the changes have be-
come enormously great, affecting
many hundred people. Upon in
vestigation il is found to be 1 cam
paign move. Some time ago the
big railway corporations sent men
among their employee to discover,
by private means, the prevailing
political sentiments. These 'sspot-
tiers" were apparently workingmen
and their canvass has been very.
systematic and thorough. It was
found that the employees who dis
creetly remarked that they were for
Mckinley when they knew they
were talking to the powers Of the;
road, were. at least the majority Of
them, for Bryan, and that under
the sacred secrecy Of the ballot SO,
intended to vote. This was . stag
gerer" Of decided proportions. Com
ferenees on the matter resulted in
the shrewdest political deal on rec
ord. Bryan men who were in the
Chicago shops, Offices or other rail-
way departments suddenly got
3 ORDERS TO MAKE A CHANGE.
1.-THE good of the system, they we're
informed, demanded their presence
elsewhere. Mckinley supporters
were also sent to other departments.
But in these changes two things
were observable. The Bryan men
were sent where they could do the
least harm, the Mckinley men
where they could do the most good.
To illustrate this, the instance Of
Wyoming may be mentioned. The
popular vote of that State is small
and Hanna has been making a big |
Eight for the<hree electoral votes it
In this he has had the
railways cooperation. Bryan men
are rather strong along the railway
ines in Wyoming, and it has been
decided to call them off to other
parts of the divisions. They will
De sent down into Colorado or over
into Utah and Idaho, which States
he Republican managers do not
hope to carry and where the effect
If their votes will be lost. Their
places are taken by Mckinley e,n-
oloyes from some Mckinley center.
Eastern roads are cooperating in
his. New England Mckinley rail-
way employees, 1t is known, have
been given situations in some strong
Bryan shops in Illinois and Ohio,
lin order to weed out the senti-
nent," and the Bryan eleme mt sent
further West. ae
But the ea
MOST INGENIOUS PART OF IT
. this, that while the Mckinley
,ympathizers have been transferred
n time to acquire, by residence,
voting power in State, city and pre-
;inct to which they have been re-
moved, the Bryan supporters, and
hey are undoubtedly in the major.
ty, are being sent here and there
md will not be permanently located
until it is too late for them to &C.
Iuire voting rights in the place to