The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-04-25
Eight Hour. a Legal DAv'swork.
CHICAGO. SATURDAY. APRIL IS, 1895
A PARTING aALUrE.


contains very silly and ill.natured reply to
our structures upon the course OF that Jour
nal during the past two m onths. Many Of
the statements are so supremacy ridiculous
that charity compels US to suppose they
were pennsd under a hsllucination to which
III great minds are occasionally subject.
AS we have neither the inclination nor in
tsntion 20 indulge in a controversy which
promises no advantages to the cause Of labor
reform, we shall bat refer to ore or two
glazing miscellaneous, and then dismiss the
entire subject once and for all.
In the frat place We beg to assure Mr..
Green that We have no personal contest with
hiD, nor yet will We under any circumstances
be forced into one. Our remarks were &C
tuated by no personal considerations what
ever, neither did we understand that the
Weekly, which fe~ days before Mr. Green
assumed control Of it columns, had declared
itself bona Jide labor journal, had ever re-.
tracted the, same. We opposed it's inAam-
matory and partisan haranguss, because we
understood it claimed the privilege OF pub
fishing them u-ac- the auspices Of the Ma
tional Labor Union, and justified their pub
Ication on the ground that they embodied
the principles indoctrinated in its platform.
Before proceeding further, we beg to re-
mind Mr.. 9. that the dodge attempted
OF copying part cF sentences, And
bssing an arg1mentupon Misrepresentation
is one in which no honorable journalist will
ige, and is hamihating confession Of
weakness. To prove we have no de-
sire 70 injurs the Weekly we will undertake
to print in full every article which has ap-
peared in its columns on the subject, pro-
yided it viii reciproccte the favor.
70 that the patrons OF both journals can
judge for themselves the merits Of the case.
After INDUCING IN a E.eOrotyped TRADE
against the ignorant and lazy negroes
be concludes as follows:
II seeks net the preservation of the constitu-
ton or q pub liberty; nor tie interests Of
the Workingmea, whose advocate il PROCESSES 20
be nor the success Of the Labor Reform party.
but It goes, pure and simple, for the circulation
ot the WoRKN6hAHs ADVOCATE. See the pro-
cesdings Of the Workingmen's Auxiliary Asso.
citation Of Baltimore, reported in the ADYocArs
Of April lith, follows:
"A proposition was made to publish a pamph-
let, containing the proceedings Of the labor Or.
CARNATIONS Of the city, and clipping from other
journals the progress of the movement else
where. The project was strongly advocated bv
Mr.. Ignatus Batory and the members Of the a.
ISOLATION, but was opposed by B. j Murphy. the
baltimore agent anu correspondent OF the
WoRKISsHAN's ADyocArH), who commended that
more good could be effected BY the members
making united effort t. extend the circulation
OF The labor journals now 10 existence, especial.
~ re " VRKlS5aAs's ADVOCATE
We we're warned in advance by one. whose
whole heart is with the labor reform movement.
that re would have 70 encounter bitter zeal.
Ouay aud opposition from the WoKKIsauANs An
FocArE, II We established paper which il might
icok upon as a rival. We therefore sorght 10
aVoIG all occasion for such jealousy and rivalry.
BY q lsring at the outset that we we're indepen.
dent, and occupied different field that we did
not purpose to intrude upon its Ownership of
the labor reform movement
x Well, well, short horse is soon curried.
VIII Mr.. Greer please inform his patrons
tchv !: position tn publish such a pamph-
let in Bal more should have been made, If
the Week ! had proven true to its pledgesl
The recommendation Of Mr.. Murphy, as
able, true; tried and staunch friend of the
refrm movement as tie State Of Maryland
contains, that liberal support should be
given to those journals already established,
IsiJer the experience IL -nished by the Week
ly), was certainly common sense and unex-
ceptonaSe one. At least so we think,
and are perfectly satisfied TO submit the
matter to any friend Of the cause.
The insinustion that the ADvocAru ever
claimed to control in any manner the labor
reltrm movement or eVinced Jealousy of
co-laborer, is too silly to merit reply, as
We are sure its readers know 1t 10 be
Imqualifedly Jalss. We profess to be
nothing but a humble worker in the grand
army Of labor, willing to render any and
ever. assistance in our power which can in
any measure hasten tire consummation OF that
object which We profess to have at hsart-
me disenthrGlIment Of ne producing glasses.
Inc ADVOCATE stands to-day whsre it has
ever stood-upon its merits. It asks no
favors from any one. 1t fears no rivalry II
pegs no charity 1t stands ready to bid God
speed q every enterprise, independent of
personal considers ions, which advances Il.
cause OF freedom and progress, even though
the Peoples Weekly of Baltimore should be
embraced in The lg..
Friend Green,-We have done. Don't,
We pray you, LEI the jealousy Of the ADvo-
p Cars control your action, or compel you TO
prove recreant 70 your PLEDGES. Wh1n We
nave cause for 5sGIousy we will chsertulIv
retire from the field, and hand over the
patronage with which we have been favored
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