Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-25

executive headquarters of the nationa
committee have been opened system
atlcally and that envelopes have beef
slit at the top the entire length and sealet
again with mucilage. In no instance
have such envelopes been marked
"Opened by mistake" nor, after having
been opened, have they been officially
sealed as required by the postal regri.
lations.
Moreover, complaints have been re.
ceived by Charles a. Walsh, secretary o
the democratic national committee, that
campaign documents mailed by the thou.
sands and issued through the demo.
cratic document depot at 800 Wabash
avenue have not been received and can.
not be traced.
WORK OF COERCION BEGINS.
In the meantime the work of intimida.
ton and coercion of voters is well under
way. These are the latest developments
under the new general order issued by
Heath, under the direction of Mark
Hanna:
The Remington Martin Company, OF
Watertown, N. Y, has notified its work
men that in case Williams Jennings
Bryan is elected president they need not
come to work on the morning of Nov. 7,
as work on the big plant will be suspended
indefinitely, or until the future policy Of
the new administration shall be known.
Charles H. Remington of this city, the
senior partner of the firm, has for years
had large forces of men constantly in his
employ. 1t is said that he deems it
business like to make the intentions OF
the company known. In every contract
no hoe rnOdo - 10 cosI h,,'1Jitov mn
terial, etc., he reserves the right to with.
draw in case Bryan is elected. Contracts
just drawn by the company for 1000
tons of steel, 10000 barrels Of Portland
cement and other materials contain, ii
is said, the above provision.
HOW ONE TRUST WORKS.
Ex-Mayor Robert G. Davidson, presi-
dent of the Baltimore Trust and Guaran-
has undertaken deal involving an issue
with the understanding that the contract
Bryan be elected president.
From Des Moines. Iowa, comes the
statement that a day or two ago J. g.
Olmsted, managing partner Of the firm
of Gentley & Olmsted, wholesale boot
and shoe dealers, with large business
in Iowa and western states, requested his
travelling men and other employees te
vote for Mckinley this fall. Mr.. Olmsted
Bryan's election I would feel obliged te
through an ordeal of commercial depres-
of Cleveland. did tell the men of this
s,>A o,.k:o,1 n,1I nIJnI <11ok i, <hnk ~
they would have to look for places
elsewhere"
TELEPHONE TRUST ACTS.
Charles Webster, of Kansas City, gen.
eral manager of the independent tele.
5 900 miles on lines in the states of Iowa
he was while in the east personal wit
electrical material to the amount of 49,.
00O. 900, subject to election results; 4
Mckinley won, the order was to be filled
at once; if Bryan won, the order was to
be Cancelled.
"The telephone business has been
making tremendous strides in the north.
west" observed Mr.. Webster, "and in
vestments are yielding handsomely, but
everything in the way of new lines. i'm.
provements and new enterprises is in
the air at present. Western capitalists
stand ready to put money into the bust
ness, but they are holding off until the
political outcome is determined.
four years will witness an enlargement OF
that will be startling. The men having
,Iuks
stand ready with cash in hand. If cleo
ton goes fright everything will jump
the day following election"
TRY TO SCARE TEXANS.
In this connection Mr.. Webster also
referred to deal of tremendous magni'
tude awaiting the outcome of the cleo
ton in Texas. A syndicate of capitalists,
including prominent men i'll New York,
Philadelphia, Detroit, Chicago and Kan
sas City, have the details for the pur-
chase Of $4,000 acres OF land in Texas
and the stocking of the tract with i'm
penditure of several millions of dollars,
ing the result Of the election.
MAKES THREATS OF COERCION.
]. A. Gregg, member of the wholesale
DdruWdTc urn VI ANACOio ~ ACuiS 0t'
Paul, Mimi, made republican speech
Wednesday night in which he said:
II was in New York last week and
passing down the street was surprised
to observe a large banner floating from a
business house upon which was this in
scription: Bryan Travelling Mems Club.
In our firm we have twenty travelling
men at work and know how but one OF
them is going to vote this fall, but | want
to say to you that ii any one of these
travelling men should vote for Bryan,
and knew it, would discharge him i'm.
mediately. Don't understand me to say
that | would discharge him for being a
democrat l would discharge him for be.
ing fool. l would presume that any
man who didn't have better sense than
to vote for Bryan didn't have enough
sense to represent our business"
MINERS ARE LAID OFF.
In Bessemer, Mich, the Tilden mine,
operated by the Oliver Mining Company
has been entirely closed down and all
the night shifts at the other shafts have
been laid off. The Ada mine, formerly
the Puritan, two miles west of Bessemer
and operated by Garrigan, Mckinney &
Co., is also closed down and the pumps
are being pulled.
This means reduction OF about one
half in the men usually employed in the
territory tributary to Bessemer.