The Indianapolis journal., 1896-09-10
MORE BOLD UNTRUTHS
CONNERSyILLE RAILROAD MEN SAY
THE SENTINEL HAS LIED.
Affidavit from Rockport Showing that
William Stevenson Did Declare
Himself for Mckinley.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CONNERSVILLE Ind, Sept. 9.-A Con-
nersville special to the Sentinel, printed in
it's Sunday issue, has incensed number of
railroad men here. The article is one Of
the characteristic lies printed from over
the State by that sheet, and its falsity
was promptly shown. The following is the
special;
"A call for the formation of Mckinley
the c., H. & D. railroad in this city, was
issued yesterday by those IN authority.
must sign the Mckinley club paper, no
matter what their political mlatlons
might be- They were fur1her ,qt nGti1ed i bit tndr
discharge as employees of the road. The
freight agent, bridge superintendent, road
master and section boss are all Democrats
and signify their desire to vote for Bryan
and the restoration of the people S money.
but are coerced into signing Mckinley
tions. William Connor, the section boss,
when notified that he would be compelled
to do so, replying that he would beg for d
living before he would me made to act oppo-
site to his political opinions He stated
that he thought this was free country
and that a person had 9. right, under the
Constitution, to exercise his political views
as he pleased. He will probably lose his
position. This action on the part of the
railroad officials has caused bitter censure
here, even from the better class of Repub
licans themselves 1t is feared the worst is
not over yet"
The Mr. Connor referred to in the arti-
Gle, as we'll the other railroaderS, show
the faIsity of the article in the following
communication, which they sent to the
Sentinel but which that paper, of course,
will not print:
I'm your issue of Sept. 6 there appears
special dispatch dated at ConnerSv1lle,
Ind, in which 1t is alleged that the author
tiles of the Cincinnati, Hamilton q Dayton
Railway Company had issued call for
the formation of a Mckinley club among
their employees, and that the aforesaid en-
ployes were notified that refusal to join
said club would result in their discharge
as employees of said road. In regard to
us being informed by the officials that we
would be discharged, it is false.
I'VE wish to state that said article is
untrue in every particular. No call has
a Mckinley club by the authorities of said
road, and, of course, no threat of any
kind has been made. to our knowledge, to
discharge any one for failure to join such
club. AS you mention our positions in said
dispatch, we ask you, as a matter of JUS
of said Dispatch
This was signed by J. L. Graef, freight
agent, c., H. & d. Railway Company; J.
M. Rourke. supervisor c., II. & d. Rail-
tendent. C., H. & D. Railway Company;
William Connor, section foreman, c., H. &
d. Railway Company.
The following was added:
THE employees of said Z. at Corners
vile. have voluntarily organized a nom
partisan sound money club. and all who
choose can join said club. but no threats of
any kind have been used to coerce any of
the employees of said road to join the club
We also attach a copy of our call, signed
by various employees"
This signed by J. L. Graef, j. NJ
Rourke E. Wysong.