The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-11-15
FROM NEW YORK.



T4 tH, Editor ai Tie WneA.Nea ADVOCATE =
The election is over. ana the Democrats il
elect their State ticket. while the Repubh-
cans carry the Legislature. s.
The Erie railroad have discharged 500 1
hands. Several min owners have closed "
mp for the winter. aud from every quarter al
we hear that wages and working time have
been Jnt down. They say 1t is "a account
'f thy panic and because money is tight
5oj only knows what some Of Us poor
devils will d. before next spring Many ~
4 family viii he driven tu the poOr-house
Already the Mayor has been petitioned to
the crisis and open soup houses ~
'ur workugmyu. But il is all right We
4. u.t care-we have elected our man; he
y sohi Democrat (or Republican, an
'id timer always treated the boys right,
,ud gave them all the hrewater they could
rink tie Is always 50 kind and friendly
,1uut election time smiles ike he is our Il
nearest relative, and mods. and seems 50 4,
dad see Us. asks after the family, and ~
PROMISES is a ton II coal Of course thyrst a
vas straightforward, hupsSt-- manly and
soft ~ fellow that belongs
, to our union nominated for the same place,
/. but then he is one ~ a.; b. don't know
{ any more than We du He is only a com
| mon man. and what do We want to elevate
hun iur lie has no money To spend
d among the boys. and besides AIr Stock
} bond Is q gentleman rich. and owns a
! large mil and grocery store.
When | was going 20 vote | went up to
the polls. and ] sand GIVE me a straight
5 Democratic ticket. don't want any fu-
e sion, don't, from old Democratic
stock, and that's what's the matter"
Jimmy NIsebuy stopped me just before
/ voted, and he tined u get me to vote for
E Bob SteaJiast. our ex-President, but
couldnt see il. ! knew Bob did not drink
nor swear lie has always been regarded
as sort IT an advisor and friend To- US all
whenever We get IN any trouble and he
always proved true To US Hhenever we
were IA a strike. IN fact, he was always
willing Il Y. III IA, front and talk right up
and state our case lie never wasted
words, bnt spoAr t. the point, and
by the manly way he always did it
we generally came ont tr-t LIST. /
admitted All that. but that j. IN Trades
Union point ~ view. He makes a good
Trades nionist and Ne couldn't very
well do without hun. But What could he
DO III The LEGISLATURE for us We want
smart men there men who know how to
talk about the American Eagle and the
early history of the world. We want man
there who can say something, and who is
known and who will be a credit 10 us; and
then again Bob don't tell us whether be is
Democrat or a Republican and / amt
gong to take any chances. | am Demo
crat, | am, and Bob talks as though he
would 60 against the old principle if it
stood IN his way. He wants his way too |
much. He thinks everything is going |
wrong, and says we must take hold Of the |
railroads, and the banks, and the lands. |
and all that before things will be right. |
That is where he makes mistake; all we |
have 10 do is to return to the good old |
Democratic hard money basis, and then |
everything will work easy. amt no |
fool. | told Jimmy what | thought, and |
he told me what he thought; but il didn't |
make any difference. | voted the straight /
Democratic ticket. and our man is elected |
Its kinder hard, though, for 50 many poor |
fellows TO be thrown out Of employment,
and at this time Of the year too But |
then they say we must look for panics and /
general breaking up every once ina while, |
and If that's 50 what's the use Of kicking |
All the boys we're down at the polls We |
had everything all our own way, and could |
have elected any one we wished to-
| There is one regret on my mind now, |
however, and that is, that the boys didn't |
treat Bob little kinder than they did. |
The poor fellow remained at the polls all |
day; he never went away once, although |
Mr.. Stockbond asked him several times to |
take drink But when night came on |
and the lads got feeling pretty $3.50, they
would say Bob, 90 take swim, won't |
you ever tumble" take a fall" and
you're too honest, you are" he never
got angry, though.
J saw Bob tins morning and he said he
iii mt seek any office, and that he knew he
wasn't any better than the rest, but that
somebody had to be put up as a target for
the ridicule and abuse Of those who did
not understand the true condition of af-
fairs and he had accepted in good faith, as
he believed the nomination had been Of
fered in that spirit. ] thought perhaps he
was hitting me.
Tonight Mr. Stockbond is to be sera-
naded by large band that has COME from
the city, and there will be d grand enter
tainment at his house. All the big-buqs
Of the town viii be there, besides several
railroad directors that came on the train
riIet bfough. me band
They do say that Mr.. Stockbond's else
ton has cost him upwards Of &c, 600 It's
awful funny, amt it, for him to pay q, 900
f~ut, Hen the whole salary is only 500.
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