The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-10-22
MeaVer's Wabhit2g.
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James J.. Wright, of Philadelphia the reai
head of she GreeA hack Labor Irarty of that
city, has grown rea i've under the trapspar-
cnt betrayal Of his 4 'arty by its Presidential
candidate, General Weaver. Mr.. Wright
was the candidate Oh the (ireenbackers for
Secretary Of Internal .Affairs N 1878, was
delegate to tlss cUuventA Oh. ahicL nominated
Weaver, and il = ncmbe Of tle Stat Com
mittee at this time. lie was interviewed 10y
a representative OF the p .iIadei pima Times
on Saturday last, aud ths following utter
ences are OF value not ouiV by reason Of his
relation to the party which 1e betrayed. but
because OF their Intelligent IN preston upon
the relative rights uf eniPioyerA ndcInplOyee :
Weaver has sll si0Bg been sdviAnE . straight
sui ticket In Indiana" Be Sid We nou see what
r he tneAus The ticket has been 90 sIrsixht-Out
THAT there's nothing lott Of i; for ths prssabacksrs
Lhe sarne would h-'. sson TIE e4se II Maine il
WeAver't ADJ ice hHd b>el t-kSn. The difference
independent to 6s diet4t tsd to by Weaver They
knew their business oettsr than bs did. BY no
yreps aud the governor II the dia ~ ErsenGack-
ere had done tue s.une they would have their
labor candidate ia Tie state. here 10 going to be
q mighty change q thinKs iD TIE Rs2t two weeks.
do more for he has done enough. The izborinK
people are not blind, nor are they FOOLS. Tnsy
not politicians, ndT rOTeTnnieEt paHpers, always
crying oat against = Change aud duiug all they
can to keep in power the old clique roifers and
pIunderrrs becEuse thOy LsIpsn y get the crumbs
that fall frVin the thieves table. THe lab0ring
man knows noShinE Of rOIiIis-l favor, nor dOes he
TO know. lie is mol hungry after once
has he sny axe to grind. When the aIs IsgrInding
politician goes about telling the poit,ci IL goes
sbout tie country sIeeoiier aud rsIIng the
people wy hss party ought 10 cOnttHGs power,
the. uorAI1KuiSn sitEply loSk St hs iI0rition and
thcunss.,es &c wbothsr Is spsaking from = die
Int rested stsndpuint Sod that seIties it. The 10
boring InA4 10 uoI politIcal p.uper. E.vsry cont
he gets. every piece oI bread he puts into hls
ruouth, tie esrus b. hard wOrN. There is nothing
on fod's s.TtH ni''Ts deArcr 10 him than bis iHdV
- lrr he
prsssnt state VI thiuRE? " hen We read 81 employ
oTs aud capitalists ustuH their Doe tiou aud tbeir
influence and thcIr money iUrce their iAburers
10 vote TO keep III power the old rInRrtsrs
when road Of tue means employed. the threats
tluutdatoBs wonder whether any long
er living IN free country - country Of desyoi-
ism. These are facts and they speak Ior thefnse-
selves. there is no getting around them PoIit-
cia talk sbont tariff aud EUlid south and al
that; they NAV throw dust Ia the cJer ui the teo-
pl. in JhOu'sud different ways. Ihsy may isn
around the subject and try 10 lead the rIinds Of
the people off the rsal issue but will not goOd
There 10 only one great question before the ps0ps
Shall the country become = nonarrhy shall it
remain frees kePuUlican payers may laugh or
Tidicuie, republican politicians may scor sid Jeer
but this dussnt explain away or answer the facts.
DO the poli;irtsns pretend 10 ny hat the
uoJkingnen are more under the III Imhs OF the
capitalists Sou than they were ter yea IgO1 Ds
thsy pretend &" deny mat rtTA iub men
At the mercy Of capitalists now than they we're
ten years sKoS DV they pretend t. deny that
the woTkingrusn nave beca aud are being cuercsd
candidate i,r PresideHtT Ten years such =
thing as disehsrgiiig maH 90 account Ol hiS poll
department AMI bullying them like esttle-zs
have heard = republican ioretssH dfd in this town
ten years sSo such Thing the exception,
.ni il IT had happen {. then did In this case.
the vorkinKmen would have resented Il right aud
eit. and it might have Sssn policy for that fore
man to yet out "f the way pretty quick
Il sm not taking Tor the sake Of talking ncr
coercion oi tie -orAiIrs men by their e,ppiov.rs
not only 10 this city but elsewhere are facts rhe
Yet in the face uf all this have Is,id tncuthsd
politicians KOIn2 about tie country prating shsui
workingm3.u. ILJ thsy think "a. rorki5 i5vuer srs
stupid and bind aud dumb. without senre or in
tefsct rras.u? II, they FOR moment think
tha: they hsse memory undsrst- nd ny or DO
they believe That l.b"rinK men such SO adup-
And sliEhts Tor three years and fiI mouths and
then forget all about them Tor The ensuing six
months until the politicians elect and put In their
presidsstT
have talked Hs though the working uarsrF we're
children, without or Tbev
have miscsicuIat-d the power Of the IssaT .i.v.ny
They seem 10 forget that ys4rs ago the vrssn-
hseElaoer party of this state polIsd ninety thous
% ana votes Tor Jndg. oi me suprene court Hall
party OF ofPcnusyirzuia So deep that it would never
se heard Of EE=ia. since that time the labor men
have not ssen taking an sctiVe part In politics
They have stood "h simPly for ths reason that
seme Of the lev meLnert VI the light xrssubaok
p4riy have ignored labor tions nd gone crnYyou
TIE One SUBJ & Of Erssnh4cks. 1hir 10 small ques
Ther7 are questions ike the eight hour law tar
tas oi i~bor-szvtug machinery and above all, bro
and learn = trade against the interiupers who hsvs
mover ls-rusd tra ie. We hzvs . great OutcTy
against thVFe qus-k doctors who never 70 through
regular course Of study, but hang out their Ehtng
les and comBsts with . regular physisiHn- Every
body 10 Rejoicing that lir. Buchanan'E quack dip
loms factory 10 broken up. At the same time. all
the city IN the shoe shops the tailor business
and every other trade, there hundreds O!
guAeks slso. People ask Why boys don't learn
trades like they used to. The reason 10 simply
that they have protection from these interlop-
after they do learn them. They want tie same
protection that the doctor, the lawyer and the
preacher has.
But there j. 8 great question which the work ing
people see clearly that no politician cNn blind
their eyes to IL. This l. simply the perpetuation
IN power Of ore party until that party seems to
think they the country and turn their backs
the working people and those who placed then
in peUer. In spite uf all that Republican organs
say and In spite " all thHt Republican politio-
tans say tho vorkiHgtnen see that this country
- tending toward mouarchy. lhcy zee sinAil
handful Of politicians. like ConkiinR, Cameron,
Logan and n lew Others as arrogant and preteu-
tiouS though they were the chief advisers Of the
'Zar Of RurSiS. They have no interest or senti-
ulcut In common with the honest. hard working
people OF this country. Success To the Republican
party simply means success 20 those men and tnRt
Tnrans many further strides .OWSrd un aristo-
cratic form Of government. There IL no hiding OF
this fxct there u getting over H. Inc tendency
q. in this direction and Conkliug and Cameron and
the rest Of their crowd know It. They would have
put Grant in At Chicago IL they could. They will
rule Garfield like child II they make him Prssi-
dent. The working people want no Couklnktgm
tfrantism. The struggle r. narrowing down to
nght between the two parties. After two weeks IL
ts hardly likely there will be third party. Gar
neld has sneered st the Greeuhack party = idea; he
has pronounced sOtne recent mcasurts OF the party
the last spawn Of q dying faction Garfield
will find that the tireenback party 10 at least hon
and will support honest men The labor ele-
ncnt Is not to be Bought, in spite Of ali that Oar
Geld has SAID aKsinst IT, and this he will and out
he re hR l. 4 m IA q