The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-09-06

ftliticsin the Mate-- Conklin and Fen
.i ton-zhe Labor Question.

<Vst<cS ~ She MQfe-- C0Dklt7 ana F6s1-
I4 ton-zhe Labor Question.
-hi NEW YoRK, September I, ls1
| Senator Cenklin did not come
home to organize a raid upon the
Administration, he is notin oppo-
sition to President Hayes, nor will
he be. And next Winter lie win lie
the most effective supporter the
President will have in tie Senate.
And, by the way, the Republican
party of the State ofNew York was
never in so comfortable condition
as now, and the Presidents Civil
Service Reform is what has done il.
The spoils question out of the way,
there is no longer any difference.
Gov. Fenton is back in the ranks in
full accord with the party of the
State, and all are working together
as amiably as could be wished. The
people of the State, ofboth parties,
believe in the President, and they
will show it.at the polls. Only the
disappointed arc growing, and MS
everybody knows tho impelling mo-
tive of their growls, they can do no
harm. The best capital the Presi-
dent has is the fact that within two
weeks over hundred useless off,
cials have walked the plank in this.
city alone, and there arc more being
led to the slaughter. The fact is,
the President is gaining ground
daily, and whoever opposes him will
be ground to powder by the people
tor whom he has instituted reforms
that are actually reforms. He has
smashed machine politics., and all
honest men, Democrats as well as
Republicans, have faith in him, and
are having more every day.
Robert B. Roosevelt, an old citi-
zen, and a very good man, has adj
dressed an open letterto the mayor,
asking that the city begin public
works in order to give work to the
starving unemployed. It is true
that there are a vast number of men
in the city who would work ii they
could get work to do, and it is also
true that unless they get work the
city will have to support, them. |
Roosevelt argues thatth city might
as well get the value of the assist.
ance it will have to render, as to
give it in the shape of aims. The
newspapers are criticising hisletter
severely, but 1 can't say but that he |
is right, and that all other cities |
and towns that have unemployed |
labor should not do likewise.
Donahue, the leader of the rail-
road strikes at Hornellsville, was
released from Ludlow St. Jail, hav. |
ing served his time out, but was ar
rested Immediately by the sheriff
Of Steuben county, and was taken
to Bath, and put into the common
Jail. Donahue don't like this, for
t interferes materially with his pur-
poses. He had made so much no.
;ority by his connection with the
strikes, that he had made his ar
to utilize it, by starting
paper in New York, devoted to
communism and all sorts of wild
abor vagaries. His sheet was to
'e named "The Striker" and he
Confidently expected that every Ia
'oring man who had dollar to
pare, would send in his money!,
nd that he would at once be Gle i;
ated to the place of leader of the
sboring people, and possibly get to
congress on the strength of that
obby. For be it known that Mr..
)onahue, like all the leaders of
reat movements, is the most con-
demagogue that ever :
and there is nothing that
Q will not do to advance himself.
lie is still languishing in the Jail of !
teuben county, and as the work
lgmen are too smart to advance =
nything to let him out, he is likely j
stay there seine time. The labor \
'ovement in the city is hanging |,
re. The managers are anxious to !
ave strike, but the operatives are
aiting. These who have work are !:
7erse to letting 60 their hold, and 3
losc who have not, have no money /
put up to put tho thing through. !.
nd Swinton, Schwab and Thomp- !,
N, the orators of tho communists, i,
I'VE nothing to contribute but talk, q
I'd that won't buy bread and but 81
r for hungry men and women. y
&c probability now is, that there !:
II be no general strike here, this =
vi. The seasonis too far adj -
need, and the would be strikers
vent the money to do il with.