The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-08-22
RAILROAD MEMS VOTES
w. n. ZULICH THINKS THEY WILL BE
CAST FOR M'KINLEY.
Gives His Reasons at a Columbia Club
"Sitting--Observations of Some
Other

1.-THE railroad men of the Southwestern
part of the country are with us this year.
said w. r. Zulich, an insurance claim
agent, at the Columbia Club last night.
81 have just returned from a trip through
Arkansas, Kansas and Texas" continued
Mr.. Zulich, land the nature Of my bust
ness puts me in close touch with not
only the railroad men themselves, but
with their superior officers also. Under
our plan of operation, We are given recon-
mendations from the head men of such
railroads as favor our method of insurance,
addressed to the superintendent of divi-
sions, authorizing us to send one OF our
agents among the railroad men and issue
policies upon those who desire them.
When the employees Of a road send in a
statement that they have taken out in
surance and the amount of premium to
be collected, the treasurer of the road
makes the collections for us and RENTS
the aggregate amount. You see, we work
among those roads which do not maintain
a relief fund such as the Pennsylvania
system carries. Well, to return to my sub
ject, / was talking with the general super
intendent of one of those Southwestern
railroads recently. and he told me that.
while he had never supported the Repub-
lican national ticket, having been a life
long Southern Democrat, the officials be-
low him had done so With his tacit ap-
prevail. He said that his heart was with
US in our effort to emphatically indorse
President McKinley's war policy, but that
1T would go too much against the grain
for MIN to vote our ticket. / talked with
another railroad man WhO has q larpa
number of men under his supervision,
and he said to me-: "Our men are COM
Ing TO us and frankly confessing that they
made a grave mistake in supporting Mr..
Bryan four years ago. They tell us that
they have come TO see that the great mon
eyed institutions and railroads of this coun-
try are in the hands of men who belong
to the Republican party, and that for -four
years they carried empty dinner pals.
They say they do not propose to run the
risk of having those dinner pals empty
for another four years. Therefore, they
are going to stand by the party which
fills the pals and keeps them filled"
why, l came across a circuit Judge
down in Texas" continued Mr.. Zulich,
who made no bones of telling me tina,
he was heartily in favor of Mckinley
pines the judge said, and / would never
have let them go If / had not been con
WINGED that the war was right and proper
One of the boys died there and the other
az tooN SSOQillo was III nS way 10 CQfnd
He will either die on the way or else after
he gets into the tight. MY only hope
Is that he will die in defense of this glor.
1ous government, If he must die at all
Or course, 1 don't dare go out and tall
this way publicly, because L secured m,
judgeship, which is good for six years
through the Democratic party, but 1 will
say to you that 1 am against Mr.. Bryan
and his talk of anti-imperialism.'"
REPUBLICANS MUST FIGHT
II am a little afraid that we are feeling
over-confident," observed Pirtle Herod
What We want to do is to fight. We
haven't got a 'cinch' by any means"
ut is too hot to fight" said Ford Woods
as he reached out for a glass of ice water
which was brought by one of the waiter:
upon Mr.. Herod's request to water tn,
stock"
Il take notice that the Democrats ar,
fighting away as If their lives depended
upon it," retorted Mr.. Herod. eve cam
expect to win this campaign by sittins
around on soft-seated chairs and rinkins
ice water and things"
Il agree with you there" said Mr.. Johr
.. Lazarus, the ~well-known railroad ma
who had been listening intently to the con
versation, but keeping close counsel. "Mr
Bryan, in my opinion, is a very dangerou,
man. L nave come to the conclusion tina
he is in this business for self alone, and
want to see him showed under so complete
ly this fall that we will never hear of hin
again. The only way to do it is TO work.
You are perfectly right about Bryan
looking out for No. L." said Mr.. Zulich
for that circuit judge of whom | spok
awhile ago told me that Bryan is tn,
owner of five thousand acres of good lans
in Texas and, in his opinion, intends t,
make his home in the Lone Star State afte
he Is defeated for the presidency"
IN tell you OF a thing that has Away
4 GfrllNk me aC mighty nIrrfatfo - .asl a
Lazarus, land that is the condition which
prevails In Missouri at the present day
1t does seem TO me that, surrounded as IN,
State is by good Republican States sucl
as Illinois and Iowa and Kansas, most O
which are Republican to a great extent a
least. some evangelizing effect is no
noticeable in Missouri"
Some parts or Missouri are Republican,
said Mr.. Bennett. 'You take, for instance
a section of the State in a direct line cas-
of where Iowa borders on IL and you viii
| find hat part is all right"
"Oh, yes, / know" said Mr.. Lazarus
"but one would think the leaven woul,
have permeated pretty well through tn
whole State In the thirty-five odd year
that have elapsed since the war, but as
matter of fact the people of Missouri ar
just as rabid in their ante-bellum Democ
racy as they ever were. Why, the are a
bad as the people of any of the States wa,
down South. 1t is amazing to me-
Considerable surprise was expressed b,
club members that Senator Hawkins an
Tax Commissioner Wingate should cleo
to withdraw into a secluded corner of tn
yard to engage in a dual discussion. Som
of the critics suggested that they wer
holding q ~"caucus" and drew away from
the crowd on account of the presence of
reporter. However, the two gentlemel
remained most of the evening absorbed 4
their own counsels and left the discussion
to manage itself.
After the field OF politics had been prett
well canvassed the conversation took
turn into the subject OF the merits of vari
Gus brands OF mineral waters. Each bran
found an ardent champion and its curativ
properties were set forth In language NOR
glowing and convincing than can be foun
In any advertising pamphlet got up ex
pressly for the purpose. Then the topi
of milk adulteration was taken up an
advocates of the use Of formaldehyd
sprang up instantly. only to be met a
quickly by those who were violently FOR
ninst' its use. When Mr.. Zulich announce
that he and Mr.. Woods were obliged I
leave. the conference broke up summaril,
to be resumed again tonight. II the raj