The herald., 1896-10-14
THE BUTTON CAMPAIGN
The Brilliant Idea of Mark
Hanna
FLOODED With M'MNLEY BUTTONS
A Consignment of $4,000 Has
Arrived
THEY ARE FREE TO ALL
Nominations Before the Better City Gov.
ernment League
The Last Day Ia Which They Can Be Pre-
sented
The Petition in Behalf Of M. P. Snyder
4, Will Go in Today, as Will Also One
for T. e. Rowan-OtherPolit-
THEY ARE FREE TO ALL
Nomla atious Before the Better City Gov.
ernment League
The Last Day In Which They Can Be Pre-
sented
The Petition in Behalf of M. p. Snyder
4, Will Go in Today, as Will Also One
for T. E. Rowan-OtherPolit-
ical Notes

r. The arrival Of 25, 900 Mckinley buttons
in Los Angeles will leave surplus of
K, 10. O0O buttons if every voter IN the
county who casts his ballot for Mr..
iHanna's candidate were to receive and
wear one of these labels. Buttons do not
! make votes, and surplusage of but
/ tons of one kind is liable to have de-
pressing effect upon the button market.
h.- The Republican national committee
evidently realizes the fact that South
ern California the heretofore Republl-
.can stronghold, is in fair way to give
a majority Of about 5000 for Bryan.
In this hour Of need and necessity to
bridge over a breach and to bring Re-
.publicans back into the fold, Mr.. Hanna
has shipped to Los Angeles $4,000 but
tons.
The man that conceived this idea of
carrying the country, and more par
ticularly this section of it, with buttons
has O giant intellect.
He must be a man who has in the
past been in close touch with the peo-
pie. He knew the influence Of buttons
and how they have swayed great bod
les of people in deciding the principles
ana ISSUES III a CduipuiSA linz SAAS OAAS
now on.
Mr.. Hanna Is mistaken. Ten thousand
car loads of buttons could not change
the tide in Southern California which
has set in for Bryan and which Will re-
suit in an overwhelming victory for Sill
yer on November Sd.
Mr.. Hanna has in the past never ham
died any great national campaigns. He
has always been engaged in making
campaigns against the men In his en-
ploy in an endeavor to reduce their
wages. Whenever he has wanted or
needed man he has simply paid him
his price and he has therefore owned
him. All that was necessary in case
like this was for the man to wear Mr..
Hanna's badge.
But this year Mr.. Hanna is handling
or rather attempting to handle the
American people; On his account
countless thousands of men who labor
for a living have been compelled to
wear Hanna Mckinley buttons when
they do not intend to vote as the but
ton would indicate.
This button campaign of Mr.. Hanna's
is rank farce. Some people Will wear
the buttons because they are compelled
to by the force of circumstances EN-
ployers in this city will probably be Civ
en- each a quota of buttons to distribute
among their employees with a request
that they wear them. An employe
would De lnQlScreeC TO disregard tnlS
request, for 1t might involve his posi-
ton
This is the way Mckinley buttons are
distributed all over the United States.
This is the kind of coercion that is being
used. 'o-7 l.
The Republican national campaign
must indeed be in desperate condition
when 1t is necessary to use flood OF
buttons to influence public opinion in
favor Of Hanna and the gold standard