Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1906-09-06

against banners of any description
other parties have been hauled il
trains leaving this station withir
the week bearing various styled
manners. We find that the vari
rious roads running to New Yorl
have combined against us, and We
have reason to believe that they
have conferred together to. day, and
have agreed to assist the New
York Central in defeating us. The
Lackawanna Railroad will accept
our tickets for passage to New
York and return, but will not per-
nit us to be beaten. What is the
pleasure of the party, shall we 20
by the West Shore or by the
Lackawanai
The question was then put to a
vote. With crestfallen countenances
the entire party voted to remain
with the New York Central.
On motion of Ed A. Glenn, of
Louisiana, a committee Of FIVE was
appointed to draft resolutions that
should fittingly express the senti-
ment of the entire party. The com.
mittee composed of Ed A Glen and
@ B Ellis, of Vandalia; j. j. o.
Brien, Speaker of the Missouri
House of Delegates; Doctor, j. FL.
Roney, member of the Missouri
Democratic Committee from the
Third District; John P. McDon-
ougb, of st. Louis, and Senator
Thomas l.. Rubey.
The committee drew up resolu-
tions which were adopted. They
are as follows:
Whereas, a delegation of Mis-
souri, Democrats, en- route to New
York City, to particip ate in the
home-c coming of the peerless
American statesman, William j.
Bryan, were marOoned in the
train she ds of the New York Cen
tral Railroad, at Buffalo, N. Y,
because a demand of the officials
of said railroad that the banners
attached to the sides Of their Wa
bash special train, announcing the
destination and object of the pill
grimage, be removed; and,
Whereas, We have reason to
know that other special parties
have recently been permitted to
travel over the New York Central
with banners of various purport;
and,
Whereas, We have learned, af-
ter four hours resistance against
the arbitrary ruling of the said
railroad company, that the several
railroads operating between Buffalo
and New York have entered into a
combine, and all refuse to haul our
train to New York unless the
obnoxious Bryan banner" is re-
moved; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we yield under
the most vigorous protest to the
inevitable. and permit our train to
be hauled to New York without
the aforesaid obnoxious banner" F."
Resolved, further, That, while
we have an offer from other rail-
roads operating between Buffalo
and New York City to haul our
train, they, too, refuse to permit
our obnoxious Bryan banner" to
remain, aud as we can see no DIFF
ference between various classes of
corporations, we de-
cline the gracious offers of our
enemies, aud with shame permit
the officials of the New
York Central Railroad to ruthless
ly tear the Bryan banner from our
train,
Resolved, further, That, if other
evidence were necessary to con-
vince the sovereign American peo.
Pile that the corporations and
trusts are prepared to go their full
limit to defeat the election Of Will !
liam Jennings Bryan to- the Office
of Presdentsnf he United States,
this combined action Of railroad
companies should h" sufficient
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