Show t The Springfield Republican says Five times out of eight the employer of labor who undertakes to tell his men how they must vote hurts his cause more than he helps it President Ives of the Burlington Cedar Rapids and Northern railroad inclosed in the pay envelopes of the companys employees em-ployees the other day a circular cir-cular designed to impress upon the men the interest they have In voting against Bryan He said among other things that the silver policy would cause the products of the farm to bring a higher price and asked if thtr wished to vote to increase in-crease the price of the sack of flour or the meat you buy We are told that the employees not only dnounce the I 1 circular as containing an implied I threat but that the silver men have seized upon the sections of it relating to farm products and are scattering it broadcast among the farmers to the chagrin and alarm of the Republican I can managers in that section The thing for President Ives to do is to mind his railroad business and let the politics of his employee alone 1 f i iIt k < |