Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-07-10


TEE WORKING PEOPLE.
In New York, about forty bricklaysrs
resp ondsd to..a call for . meeting Of opera
i've br.cklaysrs who ere out OF employ
nsu. on account Of the strike. From tins
slim gathering II wss ascsrtainsd that the
strike il . success to the journsymsn, -
greater number would doubtless have bcsn
present il out Of work. On Monday thirty
men were sent by the joint committee OF
the three Unions to employment in wash
ineton, and on Wednesday five men were
sent TO Albany. all At 50 per day. The
blue stone cutters and faggers of New
York have appropriated &, 900 in aid OF
the bricklayers on a strike, with tho prom
iss Of 81 900 more in month, in ease they
should need 1T Tho boot and shoe max
crs of Liverpool, Eng, have struck LOT
higher wages. The bricklsycrs on . stsiks
Ia the same city have fosned Co-opsrative
Association.
0evernsr 0eyMsur's speech. l..
The salient point Of 0ovsrnsr ssrxosz's
speech IL New Yssk. sn the 2Sth instant
10 ~ total usssesssAsy sxtrsvsssses Of
the present administsaaisu Of ths Govern
msnt. With thsstisi 81 . perfect msstsr
q the subject 10 pstsls = 10 evils sitA
Ne skill Of . ssAtssaAsn, be points - the
remedy. The fssA go slsays DESCRIBED.
10 sssssd clearly, thss he istsssse on the
public debt demands but ons.thfrd q the
aatiosal rsvsnusk ths ether I've ahlrds
supply the wasssful expenditure q the
0ossrnmsat. The appreciation u The ps.
per money and the ssssritiss Of the Gov.
ssnmsst By pssfsstly feasible fstssacA.
uspt, would, In NJ. 0ssueUnse spinlen,
sbviats eli qssstisa - - ~ osdss u pay.
mont Of the public debt NJ. SsYssus
Gays:
"Our ailmsns 10 debt, agesavatsd BY 1ss
petisn. In another way The Rspsbl,san,
- constant wsosg to the bendheldsrs
In answsr 70 eowPlssnts Of heavy tara
ton. they sav Il can not BE- helped with oul
heavy debt, and thss throw The Who'll,
odi.m on the debt. Why do they nottsll th,
truth and say enc third Of our ta9atioa Il
made BY our debt Then they will b,
asksd, what nakss the two-thirdss Thu
question they do mot want to have asked
and they do not want to snswsr- Whe,
they do answer, the eyes Of oil classes vii
he opened. Tho will he forced to say tina
last year they spent. By reports Of Com
mittes Of Ways and Means, &319I7s 0GG
81. aud this in the third year OF peace
Well say orr well meaning Rsput
lican friends, we suppose tho inter
est Of the debt took most O
It, Oh. no, that took sag, 4le, 1888 81
not an,e ~ much a. was spent by tn
War and Navy Departments, which VA
tlaq,iT2 los 80, and besides this, we spen
ESQ, lS2 DIS Ia for other Things. VIII
that 10 more than $20. 900, 900 more ,ha
the Democrats spent for army aud nav
and all expenses OF government put t
gctheli But why do yon srsnd S25, 81:
e-3 SO on the navy whom it fosu
srly cost ei2. 900. 600 annually
Haa American shipping grown - msoh III,
- have 10 keep up vast navie9 to prote,
III Oh, NO, our tarino have sWept ava
Anesscuu sutpo buU9M W. WI ~ uov
Lost the carrying trade; he nei1jsh have I,
that. Then Why don't YOU give The bull,
sss Ut msrchast ships the nsnsy spent {
the navy. BY way o. drawhsek % duties
Would that start work ct our ship yards
oh, YES, half the cost would do t. The
whv ist not donsf We do not think Of
really, We have been SO busy with the Ia
parchment and negro questions, that y
forgot our sailora and mechanics. But v
sec that the War Department this ~,
spent el2s.S5S. 400, when tho year belol
II spent only about $50, 900, 900. The lon
sr ws have peace the moro tho army cost
How IL th,s' Well, it costs grea, dsal
keep soldiers and Frsedmsn's Bures
agents, and to feed and clothe negroes
the south. But Why do you do it? l..
TIE negroes support themselves, as We d
You make the laborers OF the North work
feed these idle Africans. True, but by
dong, We got their votes, and they v
send our travelling agents to Congress v
shall ret twenty Senators in this way, Viii
. majority Of the people OF the Unit,
states living in nine States, have on
eighteen. The people may vote ss the
please. but they cannot get tho Senate. ne
repeal any Of the laws We got through f.
our advantage; We have managed il
that cns-quartev Of the people have moi
power IN the Senate than the three qua
tsrs.