Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1877-08-16
THE BLIND LEADING rnE BLIND,
Judge Vests Deceitful Bid for
Votes iN Ohio. The A9rari-
an Insult to Labor and
Capital,


Judgo Vests Speech at the Cleveland
Convention.
1t has pleaNed the Republican Con
veHtscn of Ohio to-day to place my
name in nomination for the highest
office In the gift OF the people OF
your State. IL shall I've my pleasure,
my pride and my duty so to deporI
myself toward you and toward yout
interests and toward the common
interests of a common country as to
merit and deserve your confidence
and support. Applause.
probably should tell you who /
am and whence I came. / am no
railroad officer, never was and never
will he. (Applause. L hold no rail-
road bonds or railroad stocks that
my interest should be different from
that Of any other man, and never
did. Cries of ''Good."] hold
sno untaxed government bonds; !
never did and never expect tc.
fCries Of '.Bully for you,"] l hold
no bank stock, newer did and never
expect to. And financially / sus-
pect I am about as impartial be-
tween capital and labor as one with
cut finances could possibly be. lap
Flause and laughter, and cries of
Bully for you'll
A voice: Will you uphold It ?
Judge West: viii uphold all that
1ibelieve to be right and just be-
tween man and man, and discounte-
nance all that feel in my conscience
to be wrong. Cries of 'Bully,"
-ae1 applause.
It has been the habit of my life
the education of my life-to be in
sympathy more with the industry of
my country than with the capital of
my country. ! chanced to he the
son of as humble mechanic as any
that stands now before me. I chanc-
ed in my early life to receive my ear
ly education at the forge, blowing
tie bellows and welding the sledge
lApplause.
And now, my fellow citizens,
have no war to wage upon any class,
upon any race, upon any sect, upon
any creed, or upon any color, save
and except In so far as they do wrong
in violation to the principles of God
and the laws Of man. [Applause.
promised, however, to occupy
but a moment OF time, and I shall
keep my word. But I desire TO say,
my fellow-citizens, to you a word on
" upoR subject which I know is
uppermost I'm the minds and In the
hearts OF most OF you. 1t il that
the industry Of our country shall be
so regariSi as that labor shall at
least rccei,e that compensation
which shall be the support and sue
tenance CT the laborer. lCrio5 Of
''Hear, hear."1 Ido net tknow how
it may eertainly be brought about.
I know the iiGicrlt' 5. I know the
embarras ns1.s, I knq,g how almost
insurmountatle are the distractions
in the way ct Rn equal and proper
adjustment Of the relation between
those who labor ani those who fur
nish the 1eGnS and opportunities 60
labor. But IL L had the power I
would try Cne experiment at least.
] would prohibit tic great railroad
corporations, the great thorough
fares OF business and trade, from 80
reducing their receipts By ruinous
competiti1l as to disable themselves
from paying just compensation to
their OPERATIVES. I"Gocd. Bully
for you." Applsuse.l
i would SUGGEST also plan OF ad-
justmeDt and paciicaHon as between
the emEloyer and employee in our
mines and upon our railways, by
which their unhappy differences
might be amicable adjusted. It is
the plan Of cooperation whereby an
agreed minimum of compensation
shall be guaranteed by the employer
to the employee. And, in addition
thereto, that the latter shall receive
at the end OF stated periods o. GER
tain agreed per cent. OF the net earn.
ings. The interests Of both would
thus be united instead of divided.
Then il the profits were insufficient
to compensate you as literally as
you could otherwise desire, bear
with your employers a portion of the
loss. But IL the receipts be sufficient
to make q division with you, in
Gods name let the laborer, who is
worthy of his hire, share portion of |
the profits. Applause.
The most thrifty husband on re.
cord lives in New Hampshire.
Within eight months ho hoo h,,,-;od |