The record-union., 1898-09-14
HIGH JINkS LAST NIGHT.
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES POLITI-
CAL CLUB MEETING.
An Enthusiastic Audience Listens
to an Exposition Of Its
Objects.

last night at Pyth1an CaSIle, the Hdii
being crowded and the audience an en-
thusiastic one. The sentiments OF the
speakers met with frequent and hearty
applause, and there was no room 10
doubt the close sympathy of those
present with the objects for which the
club was formed
President Regain occupied the chair,
and Secretary Heffron was on hand, as
usual.
E. M. Barnes spoke on the objects OF
the club. Among other things he said
that America was ahead of the world
in almost everything, and the laboring
men here occupy the most favorable
position of any. The railroad en-
ployes are working for a company that
gives the best Of wages and treats its
men well. No man who joins this club
will have to give up his political aff1h-
ations on that account. Members will
be free to speak and advise on all
subjects that come before it, and there
will be no cause for dissension; but all
| should bow to the decision Of the ma
pority and work heartily together
If a man is running for Railroad
Commissioner who is known to be nos
tile to the railroad company, can 1t be
for the interest of any employe to sup
port him? Or, if he is, cand1ndate Tor
Governor, is not it against the interest
of every employe to allow his election!
| The railroad men want men elected
who will give the company and its en-
| ployes their just dues, and they Will
ask no favors. This is not a little 10
| cal affair that will soon die. 1t is or
| ganized to live, for the interests OF the
men and their employers, for this and
succeeding campaigns. 1t is good
/ organization when employers and men
| go hand in hand, and if they pull to-
gether it must end in success.
| Horace Crocker was called on for a
song, and responded, giving Let All
| Obey" in his best style, and receiving
| continued applause, but declining an
| encore.
Thomas Heffron next gave Casey at
| the Bat in manner that brought
down the house, and he had to respond
to an encore.
| William Lamphrey was next called
on, and was received with a storm OF
| applause as he was introduced as the
next County Clerk.
! He said that he had been a worker
among them for twenty-seven years as
brakeman, conductor and baggage
master. He was glad to meet them to-
night. If ever there was a time when
the railroad men should stand together
it is now. He and others before him
had voted year after year for men who,
when they We're, elected, turned around
| and worked against the company and
it's men, In 1877, when the Kearney
1n1 fIr1~in n mn II q
against the railroad, and had won in
a measure, his wages were reduced 1t
was not his fault, but he was the suf-
| ferer, and he vowed then that every
vote he cast after that should be in the
| interest of the men who put sugar in
his coffee and flour in his barrel. He
did not know who they would vote for,
but he implored them to take heed
| how they voted and do no damage to
| their own interests.
| A song by G. H. Reynolds followed,
''Adieu, Marie,'' and was well rem
dered and applauded.
! Thomas James was the next speaker,
and he said he was glad to meet them,
and that the oldest employees in the
| shops We're in the movement. They
| had heard Mr.. Barnes explain the OBJ
JecIS Oh the CLUBS. 1ue WOIhtiS III lilS
| shops have been ignored by the politi-
| clans of the county and in the State.
After they are elected they have no
use for them Others have political
pull to enable them to get favors, but
the railroad laboring men get none. The
time had now come when the dema-
gogue politicians who have stigmatized
the workers as railroad hirelings will
be carried down by the avalanche Of
their votes to- the debris of oblivion.
The workingman to-day is greater
than the politician. He has made the
country, and Abraham Lincoln and
many others have shown what he is
and what he can accomplish.
After recess to partake of refresh
ments, fine piano solo by Ernest Hey
man was given, after which Richard
Webber sang cit Is Surely Fate" with
fine effect.
Ed. McManus was next called on for
a song, and rendered one in a style
that won him an enthusiastic encore.
after which Mr.. Heffron gave another
recitation, with excellent dramatic ef-
feet, winning enthusiastic recognition.
The meeting then adjourned, and is
the beginning of others like 1t that will
prove very pleasant for the club men,
bers.