Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-10-20
NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Items Of News Gathered from National
Democratic Headquarters.

Items OF News Gathered from National
Democratic Headquarters.
In the little town of Canton, ILL.,, there
is q silver republican club of 31S mem-
bers.
In one of Armour & Co.'S shops at the
stock yards q similar vote resulted:
675 for Bryan and 1875 for Mckinley.
This vote was also suppressed.
Wherever the men have had fair
chance to express their views the re-
suit has been an overwhelming ma
iority for Bryan.
In Omaha 25 per cent. of the repub-
lican vote is enrolled in Bryan free sill
yer clubs, while in the country the pro-
portion is larger. These facts are suf-
ficient to justify the national demo
cratic managers in the belief that the
November election will result in a free
silver landslide
Hon. Emil Hoechster, of Chicago, has
been making speeches to Germans all
over Illinois, and reports that with a
few exceptions in the large towns the
German-American vote of the state Isl
almost solid for Bryan, Altgeld and free
silver. In St. Clair county, where Al
large proportion of the population is
composed of substantial German farm
crs, the free silver sentiment is over
whelming, many former republican
Germans ardently supporting Mr..
Bryan.
In order to further their plans of CO.
ercion, intimidation and perversion of
facts, the big corporations have been
taking alleged ballots of their work.
men. In each instance these ballots
were VIGOROUSLY unfair, the workmenI
being obliged to cast their ballots in
boxes designated Mckinley" Bryan"
or Palmer" and in plain view of fore
men or other subordinate officials Of
the corporations, the result being that,
very few men dared to express their
real sentiments. At the Crane Manufac-
turing company, of this city, the men
were forced to cast ballots Of red and
white. the red ballots being for McKin-
ley and the white for Bryan, and Theses
they We're compelled to cast in full
view of the officials of the company.
The result, of course, was an over
whelming majority for Mckinley,
when, as matter of fact, three
fourths of the men will vote for Bryan
AT the Illinois steel works in South
Chicago three ballot boxes were used
for voting purposes, labeled, respect-I
lively, Mckinley" Bryan" and
palmer" The men being afraid to cast
ballots in the Bryan boxes, naturally
deposited them in the box labeled
Mckinley" The result of the ballot
ing, however, was astonishing. Out Of
2,7OO votes cast, 1900 of them were forf
Bryan, and the remaining 500 We're for
Mckinley or Palmer. The Bryan ball
lots being deposited in the Mckinley
box the officials were unable to spot
the men. 1t is unnecessary to say that
this vote was never given to the public.
1t is known, however, to be absolutely
true.
The five big morning papers of Chs
cago are engaged in an attempt to show
that organized labor is opposed to-
Bryan and free silver. 1t may be inter-
esting to the goldbug publishers of
those newspapers to show that of 361
men employed in their composing.
and press rooms 317 will vote for
bryan, while but Al will vote for Me-
Kinley. These men belong to the
finest labor organization in the world
and cannot be bulldozed or coerced into
| sitting their convictions. A ballot was
taken recently in the mechanical de-
{, partments of the newspapers alluded to
with the following result: