Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-08-30
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A WOrkingman after tie Repre-.
sentative Assignee, and He Tells
how Ross Alexander Shows his
love for the Lab0ring Man.
MARr1N's FERRY, O., August 26. 1877
J. S. RHODES & co.

! MARTINS FERRY, o., August 26, 1877.
Ed. CHRONICLE The labor movement is
attracting some attention in this place, and
the various patrons for the workingmens vote
are-some of them at least, are presenting
their claims for popular favor. Last week
there was meeting of the Workingmen's s
Club, and much to our surprise Ross Alexan-
der and David Wagner put in an appearance,
and Ross proceeded to infiict one of his char
acteristic speeches on the meeting-and such
| a speech The same old political hash he has
been dispensing the last ten years or more.
Indeed it was one of Ross special boasts that
his speech was largely the same he made years
ago-from which he read extracts in proof
aud from the mildewed, musty, bad smell it
had, and the worse odor in which it was re-
ceived, for once he was credited with telling
the truth. Then it was Ross great pleasure
to tell the dear people of the enormous public
debt that was crushing out their lives, and as
serted that ''not dollar of the debt had been
paid-that anybody who said so, lied-that
Secretary Sherman was selling four per cent
bonds simply TO get money to defray the
cidental expenses of the GOvernment-that
next year-mind my word, this country
would be Borrowing money from England or
somebody to run the government with-not
q dollar of the public de0t has been paid, and
so vast was it that if it were paid in silver and
each man in Indiana and Ohio were to lift q |
hundred pounds they couldn't bulge the
public debt"-that he was alicays Screen
back man" and pointed with pride to his
speeches to prove it-(but he failed to refer |
to, or found it convenient to forget that when
receiving for debt some greenbacks from Jas. |
81. Drennen, not lJng ago, he declared 'next |
year they wouldn't be worth a baubee'' and |
advised Mr.. Drennen to get rid of them but |
still he had always been great greenback |
man-see my speeches And, moreover, said
Ross, "my conscience (?) wouldn't permit me
to receive interest Oh Government bonds paid
by the poor men, and SO | parted with what
had" but he didn't say what he did with
them, nor did he while his bowels of tender
compassion were moving for the poor man,
tell them what per cent his bank stock and
other moneys West were bringing him from
this same class of poor men who were strug-
Cling for homes out there-''and some seed
fell on good ground and brought forth some
40 aud some 60 fold" How is this Ross
why not rise and explain? But, says Ross,
it would take train of 70, 900 wagons to haul
the National de5t-(all of which, of course,
goes to prove that workingmen ought to vote
for him and Dave Wagener.) And here the
learned and tender hearted sympathizer for
got to tell these workingmen-many of whom
"ClC bOiulClo, bhdl, eAiouSu tiiC oSei'C
thy for, and earnest effort in behalf of the
rebels by this same Ross Alexander and Dave
Wagner and their party, the National debt
was piled up far beyond what it would have
been had they and it lent helping hand to
ward putting down the Democratic rebellion,
thus cutting off expenses, debt and loss uf !
life, instead of assembling as their party did
in convention at Columbus and say, ''the two
hundred thousand Democrats of Ohio send
greeting to their friends in the South" DO
you forget that Ross and Davy. If you have,
the men who suffered through your treason
able sympathy have not. And then Ross i'm
sgined, 80 did Dave, for he, though somewhat
''ruffled," endorsed all Ross said-that it was
an experience meeting, for after ventilating
bis views, at least to his and Dawes delight,
declared ''the Democratic and Republican
parties were both corrupt" Part of this is
true and we can prove it by Ross and his man
Friday, who, after Ross got through, an
she would at some future time ad- 9
dress the Workingmen of Martins Ferry. J
Ross finally wound up by proneuncing in la
vor of paying National bonds in greenbacks,
and of taxing all manner of property alike. )
Ross has no bonds now, lie says; this may acs /
count for the milk in Ross greenback cocoa
nut. But altogether it was great speech. I
Come again Ross Come often, and tell us
more about Bonds, interest, and your yearr-
ing bowels. WoRKINGMAN.