The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-04-16

1t Is important to state that at this time
the character of each of these gentlemen ID
being closely scrutinised and critically in
vestigated.
A short description of each of them will
be appropriate at present, and serve to en-.
tighten, to some extent, the public mind up.
ON the subject.
General Butler is about FIVE feet ten
inches high. well built, strong in body and
powerful in mind. His friends are fearful
tnat the investigation respecting Cuban af-
rairs, which he is now conducting, will not
add to his chances for the nomination, and
II ne fails to investigate the charges against
the Spanish Minister of using money through
Mr.. ~ ebster, son-in-law Of the Secretary Of
State, to influence the administration to
withhold justice from the Struggling patri-
ots Of Cuba, and should his report damage
the Cuban cause. it will certainly weaken,
II not defeat him before the workingmen' 8
convention.
General Schenck is not handsome, but he
rs fine looking man about six feet in height,
. forc'ble speaker, and jovial companion.
de holds prominent position i'm the House
as chairman Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee: Should be defeat Sherman's fund
ing bill, which he can do if be is 80 disposed,
he will be favorite with the workingmsn,
and they will owe him debt which they
can hardly pay short Of the presidency.
General Logan is about Eve feet nine and
half inches in height He has keen pene-
trating black eyes, JET black hair, and is one
OF the handsomest men in congress He ID
quick, active and bold, holding his high and
responsible position Of Chairman of Military
Affairs, and is president Of the Grand Army
Of the Republic. IF he carries his military
bill and aids in the defeat of Sherman's fund
ing bill, his chances for the workingmen's
nomination will rank among the 6rst.
General Wilson has many friends be is
rather fieshy. and has very handsome face,
he is ambitious, and is workingman. He
is at the head of the Military Committee Of
the Senate, and has it in his power to be a
leading man in the Peoples party. if be has
the nerve to take decided stand 10 their
behalf His chances. however. for a nomi-
nation are not equal to General Schenck's .
or General Logan's.
General Hancock is democrat, be Is q
polished gentleman. a splendid man in per-
sonal appearance, and has immortalized him
self by his memorable letter to Governor
Pease of Texas He would fill any posi-
ton with dignity, credit to himself and honor
to his country. His friends think that If be
was nominated, with an acceptable vice-pr
dent on the ticket. say Mr.. Hendricks, Of
Indiana, or Gen. Ewing, Of Kansas, that he
would certainly be elected, and 50 he would.
Judge Dox is a democrat, a native Of
New York, an adopted son of Alabama,
and, in part, represents the State in Con-
gress. He settled in Alabama long before
the war and stood by the Union as firm as
an adamantine wall, amid the storm Of seces-
sion, and never deserted bis fidelity during
the long protracted civil war that followed.
Judge Dox is full six feet high, and weighs
about two hundred pounds, is as straight as
an arrow, his manners are very easy and
agreeable, and his personal appearance
striking and commanding. Ills face is ra-
diant with intelligence and beneyolence.
He is as eloquent as Voorhees,, and as argu.
mentative as Daniel Webster. II the Labor
Reform party 60 South for candidate,
Judge Dex will doubtless be selected. He
will be much better known to the country
before the present session Of congress closes.
Governor Geary, Of your State, is an old
line democrat, a republican upon the princi-
pie Of progress, no standing still but march
ing onward. He is just fifty years of age,
| full six feet two inches and half in height,
we'll proportioned, weighs about two hund-
red and ten pounds and does not appear to
be over forty. His manners are pleasant
and very proposing, his personal appearance
digni6ed and manly. In stature he is the
tallest man in the list Of prominent men be-
fore the country for the next president In
some qualities be excels almost any man
that could be selected for that high and res
pousible position, especially in an executive
capacity. He is accessible to the humblest
man or woman, white or colored, and des-
patches business with promptness unknown
in this city in official circies His friends
claim that as workingman, in the literal
acceptation of the term, in full sympathy
with the toiling masses, and with all the in
fuences which surround him, be can be
elected easier than with more anerring GER
tainty, than any man in the nation. The
fact that he is governor of Pennsylvania,
president of all the Loyal Leagues in the
United States, that be holds two Offices 10
the Grand Army Of the Republic, that be is
a temperance man in theory and in prac.
tice, never using tobacco or any Intoxicating
drink, that he belongs to the ancient and
honorable order of Free Masons, and that
he is a member of Christian church, gives
great weight and force to the claim which
bis friends make for him.
His unqualified adherence to the rights Of
the people, his bold and fearless defense and
maintenance of their sovereignty, his devotion
to civil and religious liberty, and bis firm
and unyielding opposition to all partial, un.
equal, unjust and oppressive legislation, In
creases the probability that the mantle Of
the workingmen will fall upon him, and that
the National Labor Union Convention will
constitute him commander in chief to lead
their army, to bear their standard and con
duct their irresistible host to victory.
You may rely upon it that the people
must and will have a change. Our govern
ment is tending With great rapidity towards
an empire. Our officials are impatient un
der the restraint which the law throws
around them. They are irritable and fret
full In the discharge Of their duties. They
are unwilling to be the servants, and assume
to be the masters of the people. They pam
for and grasp at sovereign power. The
people must arouse from their lethargy OF
their Liberties are gone. They will be re
duced to hewers of wood and drawers o
water for all time to come. They must unite
as a band of brnthers Thew must hecom.