Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-08-27
CAMPAIGN or EDUCATION.
Evil Eneots Of Free silver Being shown to
railroad Employees.

Evil EucCtt al fftt SIttE ktttuE SHOWN To
Railroad Employees.
Philadelphia Times.
Never In the history Of the railroads
of this country have their executive
officials acted upon any public question
OF importancewith the unanimity which
they are now displaying towards the
free silver question. Without any
prominent exceptions, they are OPP
posed to the movement which has led
to the disruption of the Democratic
party, and which has depressed trade
| to the point of absolute stagnation.
Their opposition Is rapidly assuming
40 effective form, for reports from all
over the country indicate that a cam
| paign OF education has already been
| started among the employees OF tho
various railroads. Ii is not contired to !
| any particular section of the United
| States, but is general.
Indeed, from advices received in this
| city by President Spencer N. Janney,
of tho Huntingdon d Broad Top Rail
| road Co., the work Of acquainting the
employees with the evils Of free silver,
/ has been begun by almost every rail
| road OF importance in the country. No
coercion will be practiced, but ample
opportunity will be afforded every em-
| ploye to become acquainted with the
| dominant political issue of the day.
Literature relative to the effects of
4 FREQ silver upon the laborins classes,
/ and particularly upon railroad en-
| ployes, is being widely distributed,
and some of the companies have even
gone TO the expense of opening bureaus
at which the men can have explained
to them such points OF the question as
they do not understand.
\ President Janney, in this city, and
| Receiver Cowen OF the Baltimore &
1 Ohio in Baltimore, seem to be the most
prominent officials in this campaign
Of education" east OF the Ohio river,
and both gentlemen arc sparing no
labor or expense in the matter. In
speaking Of bis interest in the work,
| MIR. Janney yesterday said: ~ regard
it as a duty 10 prosecute this work. for
believe that victory for the free silver
people means sad and disastrous blow
to railroad employees, as we'll as to all
legitimate business enterprise. There
is no class of men for whom have more
respect than the employees of railroads
company. They are brave, intelligent,
apprecative. To me it would be almost
crime to atand idly by and see them
misIed by the advocates of free silver,
for upon them and their fellow
workmen will fall most severely the
evil effects of free silver. So far az
can. mean TO afford them every oppor-
tunity to learn the truth, and the work
have done so far is only a beginning. Z"
Mr.. Jannev has already received LEFT
ters from employees of his company
thanking him for the interest he has
taken 10 them, and not u few have
asked for additional info rmation regard
ing free silver In. addition to the
work he has done, and ie doing, among
; his own employees President Janney
has mailed great amount OF campaign
literature to the presidents of other
railroads, and has communicated with
J them on the subject of sending out
literature to their employees. Many
J have replied, and, without exception.
their answers show the presidents and
general managers are already laboring
with their employees.
!, Among the answers received by Mr..
Janney is one from the president Of a
! prominent railroad company in Florida,
who urges that Gen. Fitzhugh Lee be
nominated Vice President on the sound
money Democratic ticket The letter,
among other things. says:
"All of the officers and large ma
jority of the employees of our road are
: opposed to the Chicago platform,
3 though very many of them will vote
! for it as the only means presented 10
them to prevent Republican DONNA
! tion, which they fear on account of the
{ influence il would have in State affairs.
| belive il the Democrats will nominate
some strong, able, reputable Northern
] man for President, and Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee for Vice President, nearly all Of
Q the Southern States will vote that
ticket, and thus take away from Bryan
2 and Sewal that portion Of the country,
3 which, outside of the silver Suites,
8 appears to BIO their stronghold. Nc
+. other man could bavo the influence in
: the South that Gen. Lee has and be
Q lieve, and all the Southerners with
8 whom ! have talkd agree with me, that
8 he would surely carry nearly every
Southern State, and | do not believe
: that any Confederate or his descendants
Q could refuse to vote that ticket.
o do not doubt that Con. Lee would
8 serve. He is already in the service OIL
Q the United States government, in a
4 official capacity which must DO mos
. uncongenial to him, and believe that
i. he would willingly sacrifice every in
:, clinatiop for the benefit of the country
u not that he would have any hope of hi
n ticket being elected, but that i
o would destroy the chances of Bryai
0 and Suwal."
U Rendezvous OF the Thirsty.