Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-10-13
The LaborIng Nan.

In large city, a labOrlng man leaving g
large saloon, saw costly carriage and 8
pair Of horses standing il front, occupied
by two ladies elegantly attired, converSing
with the proprietor. As it rolled away, he
said to the dealer: ''WhOSe establishment
Is that!' ''It is mine," replied the man
cOmplacently. sit cost $500; nv wife
and daughter can not do with out it." The
mechanic bowed his head moment in deep
thought; then looking up, said with the
energy of a man suddenly aroused bv some
starting flash" I see iti see itp' ''See
what!" queried the dealerl ''See where for
years my wages have gone. l helpedi pay
for that carriage, for those horses and gold
mounted harness, for silks and laces and
jewelry for your family. The money /
earned should have given my wife and
children home of our own and good cloth
ing. have spent it at your bar. NV wages
and Others like me have supported you and
your family in luxury. Hereafter nv wife
and children shall have the benefit Of nv
wages, and by the help Of God, will never
spend another dime for drink. l see the
mistake and cure for it"
1t is notorious that young men and labor
ing men of moderate means spend the most
of their money at saloons. No trades un-
ion eight-hours law will relieve the burdens
of the country, so long as they impoverish
themselves at dram shop.
A brick-masOn while drinking at the bar,
when the landlords wife called the bar
keeper to dinner. 'TWhat's for dinnerY'
asked the man. ''Roast turkey replied
the woman SIS there cranberry sauce?"
"No." Well go make some; 1 don't eat
roast turkey without cranberry sauce"
The mason came to his senses. Heres
the man who can't eat roast turkey without
cranberry sauce, while my wife and child
rem are often glad to get herring. Whose
money, l should like to know, provides
this fellow with good things? Mine and
others, as blind as I have been. Well!
what's done can't be Undone, but my mon
ey shant provide roast turkey for other
mon any more.
There are Just about ZOO voting pre-
eincts in the State of Ohio, and one Repub-
lican vote gained or lost at each polling
place next Tuesday, will be a difference Of
!, 200 votes for or against Republican yicto-
ty at the State election. And if in each
precinct one vote is got for Barnes and the
Republican State ticket that was cast for
Allen and Cary last year, it Will be euuiva-
the gain will be raised to 1,5OO, if there
shall be added to it in each precinct, one
Republican vote that was not polled last
October.
Hayes had only ., ,444 majority last year,
and at this rate it will not take many votes
in each precinct to make his October ma
jOrity in Ohio this year so much larger as
to bring over several doubtful States, or
else to wipe it out altogether and give our
own State over to the enemy at
the State election. Which shall it be? Re
publieans have it in their power to make
the gain most emphatic. VIII they do it
1t will take only about three votes addi-
tional for or against Barnes, in each pre-
cinct, we have seen, to double our majority
of 1875, or to cut it down to nothing. We
have the voters to make great and posi-
tive gain, and If we fail to get it, Centen-
nial absenteeism and other forms of neg
lect will be responsible. The Democracy
Of Ohio are not strong enough to defeat us,
but the Republicans can do it, if in each
one of the l, 700 precincts in the State there
are members of the party who are absent
from the polls on the 10th of October.