White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-10-06
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Times to our benefit. The communics-
,ion is suficiently lsbored. whether he be
. lsbo,ing man or not. The gist Of 4 is.
that We publish what some people call .
newspaper: that it is plain to be seen that
We are . monopolisi: and calls npon la
boring men to ,cateA us. and mark as.
For the benefit Of Mr.. syTvis. We will
say that laboring men hsreabouts hare
been "wsichips' and "msrking" us. for
10! these many years. We are happy to
say. that the scrutiny sPpesrs to have
been mutually satisfactory. and the marks
are generally on the right side. We call
ourself lsboring man. although We have
not taken any special pains 10 herald the
fact to the world in buncombe resolutions.
and proceedings Of public meetings. For
more years than any man On the State
Lsbor ticket has resided 10 Kansas.
We have been here. working hard, day
and night. the greater part Of the time
doing most OF our own type-settiog. press
work. roller-wssbing. snd wood. cutting
Our hands have received ss high wages
ss were paid by auy couutry paper in the
West. and have been paid their wages
not ono has been defrsuded out Of q cent
We came here deeply in debt, and with
out means. What property we have. we
earned by the hardest kind Of scratching.
We never stopped to complain tbat some
body else was getting more property than
We had. nor to neglect our business in
organizing political parties for the pur.
pose Of 6ghtiug men simply because they
were in better circumstances thsn we
were. During our residence. we venture
to say we have worked more hours and
worked harder than any man who attended
that State Convention. and we have done
twice as mnch hard labor as any man on
their ticket. We will submit this to
those who have known us snd them; or.
il that is not satisfactory. we will leave
it 10 men selected by Mr.. sylvis himself.
II these things make US q monopolist.
then we confess Judgment.
While laboring all these years. the
Republican party has projected us oil
that We needed. No lAboring man needs
more protection and encouragement than
he receives in Kansas. No other State
ever had laws SO completely protecting
the poor man snd the laboring man.
Only demagogues and sbysters will claim
to the contrary. II any people have rea-
son to complain of Kansas laws. they are
the wealthy. Our homestead laws, and
exemption laws, and interest laws. are sll
in favor Of the poor man. and against the
rich. They are laws enacted by the Re
publican party.
Whist we said about the State Con-
ven,ion. wc stick to. Mr.. Sylvis' dis
pleasure TO the contrary notwithstanding.
There were undoubtedly honest laboring
men in that Convention as delegates. bu,
they were manipulated IS the managers
saw proper. We repeat. that the getters
up and ruling spirits wero set of loafers
and shysters rs-'never-s -sweats. it you
please. In what honest labor did Sanford
ever sweat? He has spent bis whole time.
for many months past. in stirring mp dis
cord and lswlessness among otherwise
pescesbly disposed settlers. L,ushlin's
sweating has been in precisely the same
cause. How much sweat has the hum
bug, Hugh Cameron. ever shed? In
what homes. labor did George II. Hoyt
ever sweat? When did ever the Presi
dent Of your Association, w. V. Barr.
ever sweat. except in running after Office
in the Republican party. in jisobedience
Of the injunction that the cobbler
should stick to his last? And there is
q. o. Smith, of Shawnee. a very good
man-but how much does be sweat per
day? He is not even master of the
trade he carries on, but sells the work
manufactured by lsboriug men, and pock-
cts the profits. Do not even the Publi-
cans so?
Bah! Mr.. Sylvis. go and talk to stran.
gers about the leaders Of your Labor par
ty. 1t is an easy matter to cant about
the dignity and the rights Of labor. and
to denounce every man as monopolist
who contends that work is better than
buncombe. But these political Labor
parties are oil machines BY which dsma.
gogues and loafers resp the benefit. at the
expense Of honest lsboriDg men who be.
come their dupes. They are generally
led on and encouraged by disappointed
Republican office seekers and Dem ocrs,ic
sool-pigcons. And it usually turns out,
as it will in Kansas, that when election
day arrives. the Democratic portion OF
the party will SO quietly mp and vote the
Democratic ticket. while the Republican
dupes will throw away their votes on
what they imagine to be genuine La
Dor ticket!
You mark Aat. Mr.. Sylvis!
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