The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-10-31

GpatioD not 70 oppose candidate who %
with them upon the immediate question be-
cause be does not happen TO be with than
upon, uow What 10 the " immediate ques-
ton" n our war against the eDcroe,hment
Of that all-absorbing tyfsnt, centralized cap
italf 10 il NOT that taxation should be 20
distributed "a 10 bear equally upon all, al
ways reserving 10 the toilsr untaxed sufi-
Gent to ,nsuSe him sufficient for bis actual
necessitiesf Then do not oppose q candi-
date who Is with you upon the immediate
question because be does not happen to be
with you upon alp'-I imagine that the
great majority Of Republicans who may hap !
pen 70 peruss this letter, will class me as a
copperhead. How surprised will these be
% know that between the two parties, tax
ing each 40 q whole, recognize but little
difference. The Democratic party 10 not
unit on the greeubaok payment any more
than the Republican party ID In favor Of
cancelling our indebtedness in com bur
the former 10 pledged to ut least not increase
the burdens Of the toiier while the latter as
q party, makes No secret Of its intention %
add to them. The Hrald ID live it'll
evening. paper, TO whose editorial staff there
has lately been made most valuable &C
quisitlon- Some Of the most admirable ar
ticles upon monetary matters, a. vieweu
from @ labor stand point, have of late APP
peared in its columns the payment Of the
bonds il greenbAcks, the establishment of
. universal greenbaek currency, ami the
abolition OF the nationsl banks, are subjects
that have been treated by the writer in ques-
ton, IN manner that proves him to be in
thorough sympathy with our cause. In an
anla a H. L. Al
sgn Ut an Eaglish ale house, known 10 the
Six Ais" The centre of n group Of fig
ures is q monarch, fegallY costumtd, un ier
which is written T" Rule Alp On bis left
IL a minister Of the Gospel and dispenser
Of medicine. Under these two figures lie
W item respectively pray for all" and
81 cure all" On the right Of the monarch
is q soldier ana lawyer the soldier il say
ing, " / Fight for all and the lawyer,
plead for ALL" Underneath this group, i
represented q workingman, his clothes al
tlttered and torn" and underneath him Is
written, pay Tor all" Substituting a
bond holder tor the monarch, could Il be
/ possible to devise y III 10 apt illustration OF
our Republic to-day But in dread OF your
remorseless sheat must forbear my COM
ments.
In trade union matters this city is, as is
its wont, deuced dull. Reports from lhe 10
terror Of our state, inform that the work
ingmen there are alive to the importance Of
action. In Easton, our cause is gaining
converts rapidly-the unions are well at
tended and 10 a prosperous condition 6nan-
claily and numerically. In the mining dis
tricis the minsrs are rapidly recovering from
the demorahzing effects Of their partial de-
feat last summer, when they made the at
tempt to enforce the eight hour law, and ex-
cepting in our own city, the signs Of the
times are unusually encouraging.
The Tailors' Union of this cIty-which
had gotten TO be almost a nonentity-is fast
reca sering its wOnted viEor. They elected
officers last week, selecting men who will bs
likely to soon replace that organisation upon
its former footing.
Daily our newspapers disclose 70 the pub
lie, frauds comnntted It our late elections,
some Of them most glaring in character
Doe Judge Vt elections altered the tsures OF
a return from 207 90 267, by dexterously af
fixing q tail to the cipher. Another sedulou.
Young man who has not yet attained hi.
twenty fret year done some wholesale vot.
ing. lie succeeded in depositing NO le-,
than nine ballots in Is many separate voting
precincts. As the task required some tai
swearing, be screwed up his courage to tb.
''cursing' point BY imbibing sundry glas SCI
OF poor whisky. A horri6ed magistrate ba,
held this industrious individual in az, 500
to answer. About the eatest TRANSACTION o.
the kind occurred in one Of our ''dowr
town" wards. A young man who 10 1t pres
ent enjoying his twentieth year, stole hi,
fathers naturalization papers, upon wbict
be voted at an early hour in the morning
and then "made himself scarce" for the re-
maindrr of the day. His father in attempt
ing to cast bis ballot was challenged Oh hi,
papers, which he Of course could not pro,
duoe, and hls vote was in consequence re-
fused. Toe cream Ut the joke il that tht
son voted one ticket while the father toGnfe.
TO vote another. The young scamp 10 no~
m editating upon the fruits Of rascality a.
the expense of the county. ] could ill 8
half dozen columns with Just such items, but
content myself with the above 70 show hos
nearly the selection Of candidate is an ex
preston Of the will Of the people nov 4
days. What with disappointed republicans
and ever exhuberant democrats, we are ID
one : evil Of mess" generally. The re-
plDlleans IN caucus assembled, have deter
mined TO contest the election Of Mayor Fox
The signatures affixed to the petition are
some Of them, Of those who have attained
quite q reputation, legally or commercially
and what could have inauced them to lend
their aid 20 50 reprehensible transaction
a. that they at present propose, am at u
lose 70 understand. Immediately you tine
ture our social oauldron with politics, the
entire mass begins TO bubble and siEGle and
hzz, and every integral part becomes sud
denly possessed OF maniacal desire TO bub-
ole and sizzle and izz; confusion runs riot,
chaos reigns supreme, common sense and
common decency are away on general and
iDdeinable leave Of absence, and %
Yours truly, 9. BES. j.