Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-08-26
From the Virginia Union Of this Morning.l
To the Public.
VIRGINIA, August 26, is!

A card appeared in the Enterprise Of yes
terday, signed by several printers, which does
not even attempt refutation Of any Of the
charges preferred against Mr.. Driscoll, and is
evidently intended to bolster up the failing
fortunes Of that aspirant for the Clerkship.
This document intimates that it is published,
in part, to show thatthe card published in the
Union few days since land which was signed
by a large number Of the most respectable
members of the craft in this county, was not
the action of the Typographical Union, or
Printers League. As the signers Of the card
against Mr.. Driscoll did not claim to be the
Association, I suppose this information is
volunteered BY the tools Of this generous
candidate in order to create the impression
that they are the Typographical Union.
would say to the public that the Printers AS
ISOLATION has nothing whatever to do with
politics, but that it is an association similar
to the Miners League, with this difference
only, that each local Union, as in this city,
Sacramento, San Francisco, and all the prin-
cipal cities in the United States, is a branch
of national organization, instituted in May,
1852, and which is composed of delegates
from all the local associations recognizing
the jurisdiction Of the National 7 typographical
Union-the main objects being "the main
tenance of fair rate of wages, the encour-
agement of good workmen, and the prompt
payment Of their earnings"
1t may appear strange to the outside public
that majority Of the practical journeymen
printers Of this city and Gold Hill should be
opposed to the election Of Mr.. Driscoll, aud
at the same time such respectable minority
should appear in his defense. A few words
Of explanation. The card in question was
evidently written by the scissors-editor Of the
Enterprise, an old personal friend to Mr..
Driscoll, to whom he is indebted for his pres
ent honorable and lucrative position. The
ostensible proprietors Of the Enterprise I'M
doubleday dislike Mr.. Driscoll as much as do
the craft in general, but they are compelled to
support. him lowing to little ornament
which Mr.. D. is said to have on the estab-
lishment), and the printers in that Office
studied their own interests too well to refuse
to sign the card-as they have seen at least
one instance in which an example was made
Of a man for running counter to the political
preferences Of the proprietors. Besides, a
large majority Of the signers of Mr.. Driscoll's
card never worked under him while he was
proprietor. Some of the signers, moreover,
are out of the printing business-are stock
brokers, auctioneers, etc., and may stand in
need of the friendship Of moneyed men, these
hard times. Singular, isn't it, that they could
not get printer outside Of their own Office to
sign it, except one or two who are not work.
ing at the business
To illustrate Mr.. DriscolPs liberality and
love for the rights of the laboring men, I will
here relate good joke on one OF the signers
of his card: The signer in question land who
is not printer) used to work for that "labor-
ers' friend, when he (DriscolD was one Of
the proprietors Of the Enterprise. This was
over year ago, when times were flush and
the Enterprise was making money, and wages
and expenses of living were high. Well, in
consideration of the fact that the aforesaid
signer was an old man, and had wife and
four children to support, and the work re-
quired Of him being disagreeable and occupy
ing all his time for every alternate six hours,
day and night, and in consideration OF his
own wonderful prosperity at the time, Mr..
Driscoll Just opened has heart, for once, and
allowed the old man fifteen dollars per toeek,
or t,oo dollars and a half day! Think Of
that, you Z" four dollars day men, and vote
accordingly. Let the workingmen Of this
Territory look well into the characters of all
money sharps who may have political aspira-
tons, and see to il that no man is elected to
Office, either Of honor or emolument, who has
the disposition, when it is his own interest to
do so, to cry down workingmen's leagues and
roll in opulence and ease on tribute wrung
from the strong sinews Of unrequited toll.
And in such action the members Of the
Miners League, and every other laboring
man in the Territory, may rest assured they
will have the hearty cooperation and SYM
patty Of every honest. TYPo.