Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1896-10-25
RUN FOR RAILROAD NEN
That's What Free Oo-nArs q Silver Means,
and Tins Is Why.
IT IS As PLAN As A PlkESTAFF
Vital IHferest Of Railroad Employees
nnd All WhO Trade with Them
in the Success Of
sound Money.
IT Is As PLAN As A PlkEsTAFF

There are n the United Suites more nan
$4,000 mex u re railroad business More
laEr 500 Doe q these ar l-assed under The
rules o. labor Unions rs -a5or.lg men that
is they are LOT engaged in he Offices OF
he companies BIZ. work OFT OF The road
They are caudur-5-s 5-akemen, svt-cEz1en.
engineers f-H1sn --ark1eu baggage
masters mechanics and builders rachtrss-z
ana the Ike The popular vote Cor p-ezi-
1eUt four years aEo WIS LITTLE more thar
- aOe GOO 50 that L a. these men engaged
In he abroad business voted they cas-;
nearly une-t0u-reeuth 81 the total vote o.
ne nE-i1c. En5 they vote THIS year The
proportion VIII be about Lhs sane
The Ht-l-udE o. 50 large a body o. 1su In
II election Ike TIE p-eseu- Is Of course q
ne greatest interest 70 the whole people
he interests o. these men are So Identified
win The interests Of the whole nation thai
the probable eject that any outcome u an
election would have OF these interests is o.
great public importance. The men wh1
knew besI what would be ne effect OF ths
election ~ william ! Bryan or ne wuEs1
and the interests % the ruLlroEd men are
the practical working railroad officials he
Ultu via have the mHnAEsner- o. rhe READ .
.
1rE n control % The men who work On The
rad are really railroad wurED=u and work
Tor wages 5ust ne same as me conductors
and nrlksusu and swirchmsu ana track
lsh-rers do, -hs only difference beng tha-
their wages are tlgntfsd by the tern
srlz-ias
FREE Silver DISASTROUS
What would be tbe erec- Of the election
o. william !. Bryan and The adoption OF free
s-Var ,1rraEe O. the railroad WEEe-sE-ners
o. the TINTED S-a1eE-"
A reporter o. the New York Sun put rhs
question 20 NJ. !. G. mccullough president
~ the Chicago a Erie railroad
II would be disastrous said M No
eILouEn- Every railroad company whose
EEeu cr--Ees-Lbat Is the principal and IN
5srest Of Us Bonded tndebredness-a-e psy-
able In gold Is Is the case with almos-
every railroad = lot every railroad IN rh-
JLi-s1 Scatss would be compelled 70 pur-
chase gold Il n open market Ia order 70
Ds=- these fixed charges OF course m
razes Of FIRE and freight would sriu con
TIME 20 be csilectibls enly IN The currency
ut he COUNTY, which wDuid De silver Ii
BRYAN were elected
ny would ths rates nf fare ana freight
necessarily be GoLecli5ls II silver asked
the reporter
EscEu p aid M McCuIisuFh No IcEts-
.a-urs Or congress would authorize q ran
r,G- company 20 collect IFS charges il gold
VIXEN silver vas The legal tsrdHr. Whv. IL
r proposed IN me Chicago platform 70 FOR
a-- ~ laT the making OF any contracts
payable in gold
Couldn't the companies increase their
races Of tH-s En5 rhet- freight rates 70 rralrs
u he difference %"
RAISE OF RATES IMPOSSIBLE
As 10 Increasing the rates. The tendency
o. al Legislation has been 70 compel IL
companies 70 reduce their rates and the-.
Is no question thar neither congress nor any
state leELs-GtUrs would authorize IN in
crease - rates such 4 thing Was never
known in this or E1y other cuUurry-rhar
relsr he rates had Gnce been reduced thew
we're raised again by Legislative uu1hu-i-r
would il be necessary 10 nave legislative
Ri oriry 70 ralse the rates" asked the re-
porter.
The rates o. passenger fare are fxed hv
law n almost every state WIS the rHulv
Thar Is Z rate Of . . or Gems z NILE as
-nE case nay be. hsv3ns which the rnilruRd
can pznles cannot charge. Thts 4 The max
tuzg= rae Of fare, The OILY other uru-
vision rs IN the uar-er q freight -u-es
which the IuteTstEts commerce law saws
shall be propu--icna-ely The same N ghu-r
AMI long hans. ENC which must be I'm
partial End reasonable n al tErnes Weu
now ! have said thai the fxad CHARGES are
az PAYABLE IN god and that the receipts ar
an p silver therefore X IL silver only rnat
the companies VIII have with which - pU~-
chase The soid 70 Meet their obligations thar
~ tr lG4- II Other wards
VII take g. o. receipts >heu 10 INV 81 al
gold debt, for 70 buy q o. gold Il VII take
81 n silver and silver VII De al that tba
company VIII nave.
REDUCED WAGES
Then The employees Of the ratlraad c1n,-
pEnlss, that is al o. them from The hirhp-
ufccerS down. would ne unprotected By gold
COTTAGES Their WREeE are SO Euch ana are
payable Il The currency q the country. The
railroads being compelled 70 accept silver
tr5z -heLr rasBeEsErs AM their freight Gus
t3rusrs, VII have 70 pay silver where they
are mi compelled by contract 70 DO Other
wise. Every lEn, then. y DO draws MS pay
trum railroad company would receive 4
s3-cen- dollar whore he nov gets I80-eeut
dollar ne would have 3 do ar which he
had earned with 100 cents worth o. Il hu-
bUt which has uuly So cents purchasing
power. win which % purchase TIT COL
mobiles that he Needs Tor himself Hud MS
tAmly La f0ad MS cl0Lhing and Rats ana
shoes and for the comforts Of ms hauie
and the education OF his children
As for The railroads doubling the rate o.
wages under free silver, any one has but ~
read the reports 81 every railroad In the
Z nlied states and be vii SEE that one a
two things Ulzt happen, even Il the wages
remain a. the present figure The RI Llroaa s
which ncv pay dividends must pass Their
dividends or 90 lulB tia hands Of receiver
ana iurrherm1rs the probability would be
Bryan were elected that not only Would
the r1a1s u1t earn Eutcieut 70 declare
dividends or 70 keep out o. The hands Of
receivsrs. but thai also the wages q the en-
uluvAf W0UId m ne reHrr.aa