The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-11-28

II has been written manS stimes. that
"The workingman il his .W worst sse-
N.Y." And in . recent issus VI the Ma
chsnists a'ga .sIacksm..A., Journal, Of clsve-
land, Ohio, we find cards: 'swork,
iDgmen do not, .. "a q. Aas thing vote.for
one of their owS nber." Recent cleo
tions in thu. Sta 70 prove ths-sast
statement true, end when we take into
consid sraticn the fact that the principal
cause Of the workingmen's troubles or en-
shaved condition, is corrupt class legisla-
ton legislation in the interest Of money,
property, and against lAboring humanity,
and that our Congress and Legislatures are
filled With bankers and lawyers to the al
most entire exclusion Of laborers and pro-
due-rs. who having the power in their
own hands, fail t. elect officers and le:yis-
lat,rs from theirown ranks, it becomes ap-
parent that the hrstquotation, 4" the work
ingmNn il his own worst enemy" IL only
too true.
Ii is perfectly natural for the banker to
legislate in the interest Of bankers, or the
money lending class. For the lawyer to
legislate in the interest of lawyers, or the
client, who fees him the best-which is al
ways the wealth. Natural for the mer
chant to legislste in the interest Of the
mercantile class, and We would suppose it
would be perfectly natural for the farmer,
miner and mechanic, to wish to legislate
IN the interests Of the lsboring and pro
duclug classes; and yet we hnd that the
classes last mentioned, "seldcm vote for
one of their own number
At an election III a mining city IN this
county where the miners outnumbered ali
the oCher voters, they nominated one Of
their number for mayor, against ealthy
munopolist land owner and smelter Ii
was considered a well defined contest be-
tween CAPITA anu labor, in a local way,
and watched with anxious eyes BY labor
rrtormers, many believing that the miners
would surely elect their candidate. The
Z, utest waxed warm, and on election day
th. monopoly candidate bought up tiftesn
saloons in the city for the day, and open
the brains Of worklngmen, and enable him
more easily to steal their votes, and secure
ms election, wi inch he did by handsome
majority.
The monopoly candidate was well known
rs hfe-long Democrat; but it was no
'icrable tact that Republican Christian $50
cAlled), aud strict temperance % mon
opohsts Joined hands with and used the
whole IF their influence II elect the Demo-
cratic, tree whisky monopoly candidate.
When viii workIngmen learn that their
interests arr identi, al, aud that they must
stand by each other. even as monopolists
dor Until they do, they need not expect
e. have their condition bettered very ma
tel tally.
Again, since the farmers of this State
had began to show such strength in their
order Of :" Patrons Of Husbandry," that
politicians feared their power, AMI thought
that IN a contest where their interests were
al stake, they could sweep everything be-
fore them. they decided to take Independ-
mt political action, nominated farmer
fpr Governor against . lawyer (who was q
K. X. attorney and stakeholder IN a Ma
uonai Bank, ana then elected the lawyer
nv Uhirty-sIx thousaSsd majority, and in
TINS county the farmers and miners de-
el,eG their farmer candidate for the legls-
lstrre, and erected lawyer.
John S~Inton, workingman's candidate
i"r mayor If New York city, in his adj
dress Ia the Eorklngmen Of that city, said
. Inc workingnen Of this city eau elect
their mayer; the workingmen of the State
Of he the United States could elect their
resident"
MorGingmen will not deny the truth OF the
above, and yet they will allow political
denagogHes and party leaders to divert
attention from the real issues. arouse the
old party prejudIces, lash them into the
ranks-Inake them elect men nominated by
the monopoly rings, who never propose to
do anything to better the condition of la
borers and producers, and As long as they
permit themselves to be led or driven in
this manner, they prove the truth of the
saying that The workingman is his own
worst enemy"
CARTHAGE, Mo Nov 10, 1874.