Show HANNAS HANNA'S DIRT rM Chic Chica Chell Citti ar arette letter ette Sr publican national li h quarter a atin possession of the Der Den ma nia f hers ers showing that Mark rk H H. nt nna ma with In c o operation and conic cOlin vanCe e i itlie all aU n i all Ih I firms tins ill il the cities RTh zi ni u l test a y eily destroy de- de stroy and bankrupt r n who refuse to support di inie d rid the ahe gold standard These fht These e Hot ilot only call upon Velin tt traveling n e then men themselves themselves themselves them them- selves ill in in touch w wI wih ih h Republican national nat nai- ional lonal headquarters b t also als contain in instruction to trav traveling jrr men how v to operate upon the feal ea Is of f country country mer mer- chants t t r They Ire are ti to inform inform country me merchants that if is is elected be a geneat ne p t t. t the country all bus business fess' fess houses LV will close all country dealers dealers' who have outstanding outstanding ing accounts will be he summarily closed up and that universal uni 1 bankruptcy will pre pre- vail 1 They hey ate aie ae also instructed in many instances to refuse credit to country merchants who are supporting supporting the silver cause I Positive information to this effect has reached Democratic headquarters from irom more than a dozen towns in Illinois This circular letter Irom from national Republican Republican Republican Rep Rep- head quarters quarters has in many instance instance in stance tance been re enforced bv by letters of instructions in- in m- m from large business bus ness s houses in Chicago to their tr traveling men on the toad road informing them that it il they do not carry out the instruction from Republican headquarters and work ork for or McKinley and tile gold the old standard their services will willbe willbe be dispensed with will with Two Tv traveling i v men employed by Chicago business house personally reported re reported reported re- re ported at Democratic headquarters that while the are ate compelled to canvass s for or jobs One of them showed a letter by hi his house one one of the lar largest est hardware firms in Chicago Chicago stating stating that if he refused to work vork for Mckinley among his cu customers he ic would be discharged This man is isan an ati ari ardent Bry Bryan Bryan n ma man n. n These commercial commercial commercial commer commer- cial men have informed merch in several everal several towns owns fn jn Illinois that they y could out lot longer r receive eive credit unless they came ame out for and the gold standard The result of f this general terrorism and nd bulldozing has been to stop the tle sale of 2 goods and 1 cJ create e ess throughout me the country towns Some Sum of of th these se commercial men have have- slated that they are making this his disreputable kind ind of campaign just f for or the money that has been promised to o them then by Mark lark Hanna They are get- get ng to a week in addition to their then regular regular regu- regu lar ar salaries and ci from their houses It is a part of their duty to talk t lk pani and bankruptcy at the hotels they hey are stopping in country towns In Inmany Inmany Inmany many of these towns they have ha admitted that hat they are making this his talk for money morey It t is al o aloo o A it part f their duty a as instructed instruct instruct- ed by try Mr Hanna to make glowing representations representations re re- re- re presentations concerning the wane of the he silver movement mO that the business businessmen men are solid for McKinley J and that in all ill localities their will be overwhelming majorities for McKinley A earful canvass of the merchants of the state fur furnished li hed the National Headquarters rs by bv reliable traveling men mel shows three-fourths three of the country merchants merchants mer mer- chants and small men through- through this his State Slate and also other Western WesternS S Bryan and free silver coinage e notwithstanding the daily reports being sent ent to the National Republican Headquarters Head Head- Headquarters quarters that country business men are solid for McKinley McKiney I |