Washington sentinel., 1900-10-20
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the campaign in Indiana is the
mastery method in which the
Democratic committee has discon-
ceTted the trusts and the corpora
tions and the employers who have
shown a disposition to repeat the
coercion tactics of 1896, also that
class Of gentlemen who are not
to make contracts or do this or
that in case Mr.. Bryan is elected.
1t is indeed veritable coup d'etat.
Several publications have re-
Gently appeared Of the purposes OF
the National Democratic Commit
tee to put out blacklist OF firms
and corporations coercing their
employees to vote for Mckinley.
This proposed boycott by the Ma
tional Committee seems not to be
intended to be put into effect until
after the election. The Demo
cratic committee OF Indiana is now
at work and they certainly have
put on the screws~beautiiullY.
AT the outset OF the campaign
the committee had served notice
upon every corporation in the
State, every manufactures and
every large employer OF labor that
If any effort was made to coerce
employees who wanted to vote for
Bryan the strongest retaliatory
measures would be instantly put
into operation. II Democrats were
so unpatriotic and so dishonest as
to be unfit to conduct public
affairs, then the people who had
this opinion of them ought not to
want their custom and they should
not get it. The committee,
through its magnificent organiza-
ton, can come almost in personal
contact with every Democrat in
the State. 1t was not very hard to
get these to agree to give no pat
ronage to men who. like Mr.,
Roosevelt, look npon them as dis
honest and scoundrels.
The committee also has an un-
derstanding with the party Crgan-
izations in the Southern States to
see to it that their people do not
deal with such men. The manu-
factuTers in Indiana sell largely to
Southern customers, and the with
drawal oil that trade would in many
instances make all the difference
between great profit and great loss.
Southern people, in fact, have
built up and enriched many men,
not only in Indiana, but all over
the North, who never have had
good word to say Of them.
There is no reason whatever why
Democrats outside of Indiana
should not follow the example.
The Mckinley corporations and
employers found those who called
a halt upon them meant business
and were in position to do what
they said.
A large manufacturer who has
many desirable customers who are
Democrats had every room OF
every department OF his establish
ment plastered with pictures OF
Mckinley and placards OF "Vote
for Mckinley" A Democratic
customer who came to town to buy
met all this staring him in the face
whichever way he turned. He
was accompanied by the proprietor
himself, who was overwhelmed
with amazement when the visitor
turned to leave and said he guessed
he would not buy anything.
Pressed for his reason, he finally
gave it, and added, in his opinion,
the other Democratic customers
of the house would feel as he did
The proprietor thought it over and
the next day "Vote for Mckinley
came down.
-Four years ago the Studebakers
the great carriage and wagon
makers, voted their whole force
tor Mckinley. This year they hac
the Mckinley pictures and pla.
cards strewn all over their shops
as before, and the same delicate