The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-06-19
THE RADICAL PARTY EUROPEANIZ
ISG AMERICAN LABOR.

icanize the government, predlcated upon its
and to punish radical criminals, but since
John Sherman has been glbbeted before the
country as a conspirator for bargaining with
a radical perjurer, and exhorting him TO
''stand firm by his blasphemous oaths;
since Stanley Mathews stands trembling be
fore the country with Potter halter around
his neck, and since it has been made public
that Hayes gave Anderson an Office as a
reward for his scoundrelism, the Mexican"
hobby is not trotted out quite as often as it
was before the investigating committee got
under way. The investigation is going on
quite satisfactorily to the democratic parry
and to the country. In fact, it is grow
ing in popularity every day, and will accom-
plish blessings of incalculable magnitude
and of far reaching benefits. We can there
fore dismiss it for the present while
we turn our attention 10 another
phase of Ta1icalism scarcely less in
amous than its frauds. The purpose
of the radical party.to Europeanize Ameri-
can labor is distinctly shown by its infamous
financial legislation and the policy it has
undeyiatingly pursued. The condition of
business, the prostratiOn of industries, ard
the vast number of working people out OF
employment are effects traceable distinctly
to measures advocated and the policy pur
sued by the radical party for years past, and
when the friends of labor have sought to i'm
prove the situat on they have been told
that laborers in this country must
not expect to fare better than their brethren
IN Europe, and have b,en denounced as lit
ought to be shot down for protesting against
the curses radical supremacy had 70 'ced
upon them. Ii is well, in view of the de
plorable situation in which American me.
cbanics ard laboring people find themselves
paced, TO make some prudent inquiries
with regard to the condition of work
ing people of European countries,
where, under kingly rule, their lives are
of little consequence, and their en-
fort and happiness are matters that
are seldom or never discussed, until great
popular demonstrations awaken the az
istocracy to a sense of their danger Hon.
William A Ward, of Pennsylvania, in a
recent speech delivered i'm The house of rep
resentatives, brought out with great vivid
ness the condition of the working people in
Europe. Mr.. Ward in the course o. his
remarks introduces the following statements:
A correspondent OF the Iron and Steel Buiie-
tin gives a graphic account of the distress in
one of the manufacturing districts of Great
Britain, quoted below in his own wo DIS:
accompanied by this elerg man, Hon. Mr..
Bruce and myself made visits into some OF the
houses of the distressed ones, and for the first
time i'm my life / stood face TO face with pow
erty and distress misery and wretche iness, ut
teriy beyond the power of man to describe. So
intensely painful is il to look upon that its
reality becomes almost a question of doubt.
To tell you that there were no furniture. no
food, hardly any clothes, and only the dying
embers of fire, is the simplest language that
could be used to convey the intensity of that
indie cribable misery that must be seen 10 be
in any way understood. You must see the
human beings that inhabt these weather
sheds and have fast med On your souls expires
siOns from eyes that speak that hope is dead
you must see the human form divine hang
ing on as il were, to its own particles, out
of sheer depression: YOU must hear the
human voice utter the words, The parish al
lows me 2s. a week; out of that have to pay
Is. 6d for rent. and I'd for the burial club,
which leaves me 81. to live upon; and with
the exception of a little soup from the kitchen
and sometimes a little tea and sugar Mrs
Crawshay gives me, have not had anything
else to live upon for months All this you
must see if you would realize the Sorrows that
surround the aching woe OF that suffering that
must exist win her who says, Look at my
a IN, sir: let 1t tell If / am hungeringr or you
IN ust hear a mother say, If hal only bread
to keep the children from crying, sir, L could
bear it;' or the wife saving 'It's bad enough
to have your husband i'll, sir, but TO have HIM
i'll and starving at the same time 1t is very
hard; It's awful hardP"
CONDITION OF LABOR IN GREAT BRITAIN,
In Glasgow the average pay OF mechanic c.
such as blacksmlthS, carpenters, maSOnS,
ea GT e5G nSs shsR States 5 PeI
Scot and is the country-Glasgow he princi-
pal p0rt-that for the year ending June 80,
sI4,3fl s572, of which there were:
Cotton manufactures 0i6, 205
llg-lrOn ZcU0, 100
Here are some home pictures extracted from
DIR. 1Oungs reliable work, and based upon
consular reports:
The condition of the laborfng men of this
city can not be fully understood without
glance at their homes. In this respect, per-
haps, more than in any other, Is the greatest
contrast presented between the British and
Amercan se9s re but little n tn the the
laboring man I'm Glasgow living for the most
part In great tenement buildings. where ten or
q dozen, sometimes 10 or 80, families occupy
a single tenement each family possessed Of
lsu. one. or at most two Hl-ventilated, dreary,
dirty rooms. The official statistics upon this
subject are startling. The city chamberlain,
in his report 1853, says 1T is quite aside
from the subject TO complain of single apart
menis being each occupied by family, for
such has always been the case, and apparent
~ will continue to be the ease much as IL Is 10
he regretted. The chief evil arises when a
dwelling house becomes su bdiyided into single
apartments each entering through its neigh
Dor, in place of each opening only upon
well ventilated staircase or CORRIDOR
In report prepared by Mr.. Consul Webster,
son the condition of the working people OF
Sheffield" ne says: rIt.
"The mother in many cases being away from
home at work, consequently neglects the
family. The husband, Knowing that there Is
no comfort for him at home, resorts TO the
nearest dram shop for refreshment; the wife,
in many cases. doing the same. Hence the
sad neglect of the children.
''In the matter Of their dwellings ana furni-