Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-10-21
WHAT TO EXPECT
If DEMOCRATS WIN.
New York Central Employees.
Told Their Wages Will be
Reduced 10 Per Gent.
BRYAN DEN0UNcEs MENACE
Ward Hcclcr WHO Brides Paragai,
Of Virtue Compared to Employers
Who Cocrcc Their Hands.

Newark. Ohio Oct. 21-7+I say to YOU
that the little ward heller Who goes
around and brides man Tor five dol
lars is a moral character beside the
man who attempts to use his power TO
threaten those who work for hin, ann
to buy them by u pronies Of increase
or threaten them by a promise to de-
crease
Thoroughly aroused bsSwhat he term
ed new menace" through the publi-
cation today Of a press distpatch stat
ing that the officials of The New York
Central lines had summoned their
worl1men and informed them that il
the Democrats won the election there
would be I; 10 per cent reduction in
wages, but that If they lost there would
be an increase. William j. Bryan, in
a before breakfast speech to q vast
throng, poured a volley OF criticism
into the Republican party for its cam
paign tactics He threw into his ut.
aterances all the vigor he could muster
and his words were greeted with loud
cheers
The second invasionetsthen native state
of his Republican opponent was be-
gun by Mr. Bryan at this place, he
having come direct from Louisville.
KY, during the night. The program,
for the day included5i5 stops, conclud-
ing at Gas tonightaWith Il speech at
WilliamstoWn, w Va.
II am glad to come q gain into Ohio.
& l am glad to come at IL time when
Democratic prospects are so bright
that even5the Republican national COM
mittee is compelled to confess that the
Republican candidate must come back
to fight for his own state He went
out west to fight for the west but he
now finds that he has difficulty enough
at home and cannot spare any time for
The west l am glad they are begin
have to contend against and the great-
est obstacle thattley have is the res
cord of the party that they must de-
tend, Twelve years gSof power, with a
president euloglzed in the platform and
a senate that they cannot apologize for
and house presided over byta desppt
and yet they canno t38. defend their re-
Il cord. Twelve yes.rsi II ro 81 i ON plete.
they have been able to pass every law
they wanted to pass. TO repeal every
law they wanted to repeal and they
have mad Republicans on nearly all
their condition? They feel that in
every state of this Union the tide IS
running against them and they face
deserved defeat for their betrayal OF
the American people by their Of
ticiaIs They have disappointed the la
boring nnan;they ahve refused to listen
to his plea; they have denied him the
remedies that he deserves and nov
when embittered by disappointment
ana indignant at mistreatment. the la
boring man; they have refused to listen
citizenship, declare his independence
and register his protest at the polls.
they proceed With their attempts of
cOerson.
This mornings paper gives an illus
traton of attempted coersion."
He then read from dispatch in =
Columbus paper which stated 50O
work1nen OF the Big Four Railroad at
Bellefontaine, part of the New. York
getiler in the shops and notified that
if Bryan Was elected there would be A
ten per cent reduction in wages anu
that If Taft was elected there would
be an increase III both pay and work
The despatch stated that these officials
were making tour of The entire sys-
tenn for the purpose OF making the
same announcement to all the eIu-
ployes.
There. my friends" said Mr. Bryan.
lis the statement IN Republican
paper of. the threat made by the OF
ncials of a great railroad system. They
threaten to punish men for voting the
Democratic ticket by 10 per cent cue
III their wages and they promise q.
Increase their pay ans their work II
they will vote the Republican ticket.
say to you that the little ward heel!
er who goes around and brides man
for five dollars is a moral character,
beside the man who attempts to use
his mower to threaten those who work
for him and TO buy them by promise
of increase or threaten them by a pro-
mise Of decrease. want the Ameri-
can people to understand that we have
something like million and half of.
railroad employees, and il the mana
gers of these roads can enter politics
and coerce that many men then in
dependent elections are past in this
country and If these men can put into
office meu hostile TO the laboring man
then by these corrections they can force
Hllnon the laboring man any antagon
istic legislation that they desire"