Show mm HOI ENDORSED by railroad alen deny any of the railroad have declared in favor of senator prank bannona Can nonA Poll tica dodier that did not work the alen cent the utfort to draw their stations into politics exposed much surprise was occasioned in railroad circles yesterday by the publication in the standard ot he declaration sent out by judge weber chairman of the fusion or cannon party that several railroad and telegraph orders had endorsed the candidacy ot senator cannon and favored bis return to the senate for the purpose of discovering it there was any truth in the statements the standard delegated a reporter to interview prominent railroad men who are active members ot the different orders referred to with the following result C N casteal Ca stead member of the order ot railway telegraphers there Is no politics in our order ac has not endorsed any man or ticket this year the constitution of the order Is against it M A crocker has been a member of the conductors brakemen switchmen and Fir emens orders he said politics drops at the door of these orders they never endorse anybody tor office itis against the principles of the order P T fearls member of order of locomotive co engineers no sir the engineers have endorsed nobody they never endorse any man or ticket nor do they dabble in politics W F diddle engineer and member of ohp order of locomotive engineers tho order has not endorsed any man for office they never do endorse any mans candidacy W vance engineer and member of the order of locomotive engineers they are not in politics and do not endorse men or parties it is against their constitution to do so M engineer and member of the order of locomotive engineers no sir the order has not endorsed any man A R cave fireman and member of the brotherhood of locomotive firemen the order does not endorse any man it never does that man bogart simply signed the endorsement of cannon personally he has no authority to sign for the order the order has not had a meeting here for four months nobody has spoken to the firemen about endorsing any man or ticket A F mullen fireman and a member of the brotherhood said emphatically that the order had endorsed no man or ticket john brownlee member of the international ter order of machinists said our order never endorses any man A E munsey ex brauckman and member of railway trainmen says the order has endorsed nobody for office no one Is authorized to endorse any mans candidacy for office it is against our constitution the order is not in politics |