Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1879-06-05
iBOR TRIUMPHANT
Over Infan,y and Fraud Une-
qitated In History.

SAN Francisco, CAL, May 9, '79.
EDITOR IRIsH WORLD :-Regener-
sted California sends greeting to
humanity the world over.
We have met the enemy aud have
though tho monster as
sumed every conceivable shape and
put forth strength only vanqulsha.
BILE by the strong arm of labor WELD
ing most powerfully the sword Of
Justice.
Indeed, fellow-workmen of the
East--and 1 include in the term
every form of honest labor you
cannot begin TO imagine the oppo.
sltion we have had to fight, and as
| now glance back at the field ] am
filled with wonder at the glorious
victory the workingmen of Callforn-
,ia-the workingmen of the world -
$ We gained.
l will repeat it that never in hu.
man history of right against wrong
was there greater odds to fight
never did corruption outdo itself as
in the lato election in this state
But, on the other hand, never did it
battle against warmer, more earnest
hearts.
We have trlumphcd! o my count
rymen you do not realize how much
Labor has gained by that triumph.
The significance is even incompre.
hcnsible here to many who stood
the brunt of the battle.
The battle was labor's first great
effort, and tho Waterloo that me
corruption is only the natural So
quence that must follow the uniol
of honesty and justice everywhere
We have gained the day by wha
is estimated at this hour
$4,000 MAJORITY
in the State, but tn at majority, larg,
as it is, and it is the greatest tha
has ever been given in genera
election, but poorly represents the
prevailing sentiment.
Internal alone is the word tha
expresses the means that have bee
taken 10 suppress that sentiment.
Southern "bulldozlng" has form
ed prominent topic of discussion
in the past, but place all the instar
ces that ever occurred in the Sout
together, and they but miserabl
compare with the open and wanto
brow-beating that occurred here o
the 7th of May. There may be some
! excuse in ignorance for such occur
rences in the South, but there is n
such palllating apology here. Th
conspiracy to smother trnth-to sti
ie the voice Of public opinion-wa
begotten of and encouraged by eu
"best educated class"--in the world
ly sense-men IN the foremost ran
of "society"-fnanclers, journals
clergymen.
Every device that human selfish
ness and dying infamy could lnver
was brought to bear; money fowe
like running water, from the over
flowing Golfers of organized monor
oily, to still further pollute and cor
rupt our politics and people; calum
ny and misrepresentation filled tn
air; forgery, perjury, brutality, ant
general terrorism did their bes
) And all this in free America, tn
latter part of the progressive Nine
: teenth Century, and MONDAY o
, Christianity!
To say that the election was e,
citing but poorly expresses it. Pa
sion was at its hi CHEST, and, strang
. to say, but one side displayed bru
4 ality the hired tools of corpor,
f tons.
The friends of the new constitl
= ton were as cool as the scene
: around would allow, but as detcrn
: ined as Leonidas' band at old The
: mopylae. II was an easy matter
distinguish them as they entered th
line to deposit their protest again'
D wrong. Their set, but anxiou
9 faces formed a striking contrast
the inaamed and fiery countenanct
: of
!. TIE HIRED BULLIEs
= who sought to further perpetual
: the system that made than the crei
a lures they were.
, 1t is sad commentary that you ca
find men to fight as well in ba
7 cause as In a good ono, and it W,
: with feeling of pity that l We've
:, the earnestness-brutal earnestness
: Of some who fought for the old Coz
0 stitution in my ward. The pol
t were taken possession of early b
l. these men, and they worked system
|, atlcally in their labor of lntimid'
: ton and certainly earned the none
. their masters paid them. The
! seemed to be regularly organized i
1 gangs, and boldly bid defiance 10 q
|, law and justice. ~l
A Murderotts Cyclone.