The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-08-17
A PROFESSIONAL MARRIOTT.

ing the eight years Of its existence, we have
seldom, if ever engaged ina personal contro-
versy. We have preferred to discuss the
labor question ON its merits, rather than
indulge in denunciation Of those who differ
ell with us or opposed it, believing that
any appreciable good, and also because it
is frequently used to excite prejudice, and
call attention from the merits at issue.
Nor would we now depart from this
established custom did not justica"to our
selves and the cause alike compel us to I'M
mask one of the most unmitigated nuisan-
ccs IN the labor movement, one whose
stock in trade consists in his utilization of
honest men, in face Of brass, an immense
stock fImpudcnce, and good pair Of lungs.
We have been led into these remarks by
reading the rrocccdings Of the late Labor
Conference in New York, which were pub
hShcd IN our last issue. in which We found
the following
Mr.. Trnup called lnr the report Of the com
mittcc appointed at tho Columbus Convention
a. wait "a the Presidential nominees and
rih,lallN Inform them nf their nomination.
The rrlort Was not forthcoming. and Mr.
rr,up I,r,Nccc,lcd "a dvnuuncc the Committee.
Mo>SrS lnctt Crrom. and Cameron charging
that they McrV guilty nt political trickcry and
treason ami tor all that he know Ia the con
tram they had been bought oil by promises
,f ohcc The first business rt the Cunycn
l. -, Ia H., a.. Nh., Ial..
party 1T such traitors. and he would take the
hrs, step by moving that Mcssrs. fuctt
t.r,om and Cameron lie expelled from the
party
Now. rs We have frequently explained
eur connection with the action of the
Committee. and proven that So far AS in our
power lay We performed our duty, we ear
ailori t. trcat with the contempt it
deserves. the insinuatIun contained i'll the
foregoing. We did not agree with the
action II the majority Of the Committee
present We do not now, though we repel
with scorn the insinuation that merccndry
motives controlled it. And If Messrs,
Chamberlain and Day, the ge',tlemcn ,rho
tJi,d IL b, at their posts, had performed their
duty. they with ourselves, would have formed
a majority of the Committee, and the result
would. in all probability, have been different.
So they have themselves to thank for the
failure 1t does not answer our objection
to say at this late day, that they expected
those who went to Washington would have
waited on Judge Davis. They had no right
to suppose anything. We left Chicago ex-
pectlng to meet them, and for reasons best
known to themselves, they failed TO make
theirappearance. If we travelled 2, OOU miles
at our own expense as an evidence of our
sincerity, these gentlemen Of leisure might
certainly have managed to come from New
York and Boston, or made us acquainted
With the reasons which detained them.
They did Heither.
But while We differed with our associates
as to the advise ability Of an immediate
Conference. was it our province, our
duty to charge them with dishonest or
selfish conduct i'll giving their decision
Though we failed to see the force Of their
arguments, we had no right or cause to
question the purity Of their motives, and
We would have proved recreant to every
principle of manhood had We done So
And. now, one word regarding the char
acter uf our assailant, Mr.. Alexander
Truup. a man Of whom we have never pub
lished an unkind word, though We have
been requested, time and again, to show
him III il his true colors.
He was a nuisance At the Baltimore
Convention he was nuisance at New
York he was a nuisance at Cincinnati, and
showed his calibre by leaving the Conven-
ton in a pet, because some Of his projects
were not adopted He was a nuisance at
Columbus, insulting and browbeating every
one who differed with him, and for which
he came nearly getting his jacket well
warmed. In fact, traducing has been his
especial forte, ever since his connection
with the Labor movement His instincts
are nal he is never happy unless aspers-
inc the motives Of some one, and his devo-
ton to the Reform movement consists in
slandering men whose honesty has never
been questioned except by his own foul
tongue. In Boston and New York, he was
and is regarded as a professional marplot,
while III New Haven, his present home, we
are assured that he has done more to des-
troy the labor organization, than any living
man.
He is, we have said, an old hand at cen
surfing. Nelson Young, W. J. Jessup and
a score Of Others, have been made the victims
Of his reckless charges, audit is afact worth
recording, that the evening after our arri-
val from the Basic Congress at meeting in
Cooper Institute, he informed us that he
had introduced vote Of censure in the
Workingmen's Union, because as a mem
Der IF the Credential Committee, we had
recommended the admission of Horace H.
Day, to seat in the New York Congress,
,rho he coutd prore had come as the paid
tool u Tdmdny As Mr. Day and Troup
nave been hand in glove ever since the
Columbus Convention, perhaps either or
both can explain, how and when, and ,cly
the pipe Of peace was smoked
Before concluding Mr.. t., let us give you
word Of advice, which if followed, will no
doubt prove to your advantage. Remember
CIvILITY COST NOTHING that gentleman
can differ with you without being thieves,
knaves or traitors that those who are
always readyto asperse the character, action
or motives of others, are the very men
whose loyalty may be questioned. Remem
Der also that blackguardism and SANDER