The Advocate and news., 1898-10-05
rnAT sTANLEY.RICHTER Glue.


Railway Employees Club Of Emporia,
which is said to show the great enthu-
siasm of the railroad wage-wOrkers for
Stanley for Governor. A member OF the
club contributes the following to the
Empora Times:
"Well, Mr. Editor, it may interest the
readers of your publication to hear from
onr Stanley-Richter railroad club. am
a member. Joined it for good many
reasons which | trust to make plain TO
every one. We started out with an
overflow of enthusiasm. Weismeyer car
ried an enrolling blank to which we at
tached our names. The boys here think
so much of John they could not refuse.
Your readers will remember the SOUND
money club we organized here two years
ago and the large float we stretched
across the street calling attention to our
club room. We held numerous meet
ings and received loads and loads OF
literature all printed on yellow paper
telling us how to vote, for which we were
all thankful. One evening when the
Mckinley cavalcade was going to pa
rade il was heralded abroad that the
railroad mems sound money club would
march through the streets and carry
floats. With growing gladness and un-
concealed joy l waited for that happy
day. Did you see us march? Let 1t be
recorded to our shame but we hired q
boy to carry our banner and some OF the
men silently laughed as he passed Dy.
We are surprised now that the men ap-
near to be amused at the reports OF the
'well-attended and enthusiastic meet
ings' we are holding this year. That II
has been difficult so far to get quorum
is true, but Weismeyer and Mr.. II. b.
Morse are urging the men to come out
and think they will One Of the daily
papers a few days ago encouraged the
members OF the club by giving glow
ing description of the large and enthu-
siastic meeting we had held on the pre-
ceding evening The truth is Mr.. Edi-
tor. regretfully given, there was not q
dozen of us out that night l attempted
to drum up the boys myself but met with
little success. This Indifference is graf
ing to my nerves, and, to express my
sentiments mildly, / am disgusted with
is true as maintained by some OF the
men, our daily wages are not as hlgn as
formerly. but owing to the farmers Dig
crops and the stock shippers interests
we get to work longer hours, which
makes our total compensation as large
as it was when the wages were better.
For this kindly privilege to work should
we not be thankful? Do we not owe the
Republican party for it? Why, then,
will the boys be careless about attending
the meetings of the Stanley-Richter
club? Pause and reflect few moments
upon the vast amount Of good Stanley
has accomplished for u.s. Is he not an
attorney for the Rock Island railroad,
and has he not as a prominent corpora
tion lawyer always been the tried and
true friend of labor and labor's inter-
ests? He recently issued a prOclama-
tion declaring his intention to come
down among the people Is there man
in our club who does not rejoice because
of his great humility and self-abnega-
tion in thus leaving his pedestal to come
down upon a level with common work
ingmen and day laborers such as we are?
One of the members Of the club said to
me that he was making more money
now than he did when Morrill, was Gov
ernor. Very true, said, but the State
has better crops now Is the cause for
that. He then had the insulting impu-
dence to ask me If Stanley and Richter
were responsible for the better crops and
why they did not make it possible for
the farmers to have better crops when
the Republicans were in power instead
of waiting until the Populists were elect
ed. was angry enough to report him,
but having fears of losing his vote for
Stanley 1 calmed my indignation and in
formed him as a member OF the club that
every loyal member would march in
honor of Stanley when he comes to town
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