Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-07-26
of New York Central
in Omaha for Pointers.
CoNFERs WITH CHAIRMAN RYAN
Comes to Study Nebraskan's Modus
0perandi of Lining Up.
NoNCoMMITTAL AS TO PARTIES
While Admitting They VIII Vote
sOIidIy Against Radical Anti
Railway Policies, Men
Name No FavOrites.

How will the 100000 railroad employees
of the United States vote in the national
campaign
This is a question which is agitatlng
a good many good men. since it has be-
come apparent that the organization Of
the Nebraska Railroad Employees Protec-
tive association is going to result in similar
organizations in every state-and the rail-
road men say they will vote as one.
G. w Huntley, a veteran conductor OF
the New York Central lines is in Omaha.
Mr.. Huntley came for the purpose of inves-
tigating the Nebraska Railroad Employees
association and its plans. He spent all
day Saturday at the headquarters OF the
Nebraska association at the Hotel Rome
in conference with Chairman F. NJ. Ryan,
S. c. Mecomber and other members of the
executive committee.
II am simply here to investigate this
Plan" said Mr.. Huntley, I'VE are think
ing of organizing a protective association
on the same general plan OF the Nebraska
association.
mo, not to enter politics, just to see
that men who are elected to positions on
the railroad commissions and help make
the laws are not agitators of legislation
adverse to the railroads.
Nothing TO say about the national
ticket" added the New York Central
representative.
Enough to Garry states.
With the coming of Mr.. Huntley, repre-
sentatives have now conferred at the head
quarters Of the Nebraska association from
every state from the Atlantic to the Pa
cfic coast through which the trunk lines
pass. The employees of the lines which
Mr.. Huntley represents, can almost carry
an election in the states of Indiana, Ohio,
New York and Vermont. They are the men
who operate Americas greatest railroad
which has mileage of u COZ miles, stretch
ing from Boston to Chicago; from Montreal
to st. Louis; from New York City to Clncln-
natl and north through Detroit to Mack
inaw City.
The lines on which employees which are
now Interested In the organization of as
sociations in the western states similar to
the Nebraska organizations. are;
Burlington lines east and west OF the
Missouri river, Illinois Central Missouri
Pacific railway. Sante Fe system. Chi
cago & Northwestern. Chicago, Milwaukee
& ST. Paul. Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha Union Pacific lines. Southern
Pacific lines. Chicago Rock Island & Pa
cifc.
resented by G.. W. Huntley: New York
Central & Hudson River railroad and
branches, Boston & Albany railroad
and branches, St. Lawrence & Adiron-
dack railway and branches, Raauette
Lake railway, Fulton Chain railway,
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
railway and branches, Dunkirk, Allie
gheny Valley & Pittsburg railroad, Lake
Erie, Alliance & Wheeling railroad Michi-
gan Central railroad and branches, New
York, Chicago & st. Louis railroad and
branches, Pittsburg & Lake Erie railroad
ard branches, Lake Erie & Western rail-
road and branches Cleveland. Cincinnati.
Chicago & st. Louis railway and branches,
| Cincinnati Northern railroad, Indiana
Harbor, Chicago, Indiana & Southern,
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo railway and
| branches, New York & Ottawa railroad.
Rutland railroad and branches
Leaders Are NOncOmmfttaI,
With all the armies of voters behind the
leaders in the movement, who are Ne
braskans they are still noncommittal
when 1t comes to talking about the Ma
tional tickets II is fair to presume, they
say that they will rot vote 100000 rail-
road men for the prohibition ticket nor
for Hearsts Independence league ticket
Few of the railroad men are socialists and
only handful are populists.
Chairman Ryan says they don't care any
thing about the buncombe handed out about
Tafts Injunction policies and believe Bryan
is trying TO forget government ownership
Of railroads as fast as he possibly can. Mr..
Ryan says the railroad employees don't
care what Samuel Gompers thinks about the
political situation Tor the national plat
forms. And these few expressions only
deepen the mystery as TO what ticket will
be supported by the railroad employees
when the tune comes to vote for a new
American president,