American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1880-11-20
Reasons for Defeat.

The election is over, and in its resul
a long forced march in the direction c
an Empire and throne has been &C
complished. The methods by which
has been reached are no secret.
The money of the one hundred thou
sand oiiicehOlders and the campaig
labor of this large trained army (pai
alike by all the people, did their work
The concentrated capital of the grea
Republican lords of the realm did it
work.
Republican employers of labor gen
orally. but notably in the manufacturer.
industries, did their work.
The worst form of bulldozing the Ia
Dor OF the country has had full sway.
Men have been told that if they con
suited their interest they would vot;
with their proprietOrs for Garfield.
The thing was planned with Satanic
shrewdness.
1t was delayed until late. when, ap
parently, at given signal, the big cor.
porations and companies. and Repub.
!lcan employers generally, all over the
land, informed their workmen that
their interest required the election OF
Garfield, and. Presto, in glides Garfield
on forced votes before the great voice
OF the people can protest.
| The following from the New York
Sun may be regarded as fairly illustrat-
| ing the method:
On Thursday before tho election superin-
who has entire control Of the immense " oil de-
pot of the Standard monopoly at the foot of
out from his office with a formidable looking
book under his arm and made a complete
round of the works. interviewing all Of the
employees as to their political preferences, and
jotting down their replies in his book.
He would approach a man with smile and
- well We / how "a; DO you voter"
GOOD; Garfield it is"
But if a man said Hancock" the Superin-
fendent would say: Our candidate is Gar
field; vote for Garfield; this Company goes
for Garfield, and advise you to do likewise"
The man, in nine cases out of ten, consid-
Of his family of pnramonnt importanc ena an9
yielded q reluctant consent to the coercfve
measures OF the man on whose favor depend
The day after this effective course of bull
DOING twenty-five men were discharged or
and inquiry proves every one Of them to be
Hancock men who refused to be inundated
into voting the Republican ticket.
Mr.. Thompson being asked: "What
chance do these discharged workmen
stand for employmentS' answered,
"they don't stand any chance at all,
unless they go back to the works and
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possible that they might be taken on
again. The poor fellows Obliged to
live up to the last penny of their in
comes with winter at their door, were
brought to face the alternative of hum
ger for themselves, their wives and their
children, or lose their self-respect.
The side of certainty of no shelter
and no bread for wife and little ones
won, and self-respect and manhood
were surrendered victims to an ac-
cursed spirit of tyranny and greed, in
order that Garfield might become Pres
ident.
The political result of the movement |
IN this particular Instance was this: |
The town of Weehawken, heretofore |
strongly Democratic, cast large ma
jority for Garfield -..--ss--ss-.-.
Great as they were. the sacrifices
growing out of the late Rebellion
iwindle, compared with the loss of the
self respect and manhood of the Amer
can workingman; the destruction of
The dignity of labor; the sacredness of
he free ballot; the right of freeman
20 be free. Great God, what blight
If the best hopes of true Americans!
1niS mctuOu VI UuuuO1iuSs d PAM VI |
many years growth throughout New
England and the East, was planted on
Indiana soil for the first time during the
.ecent elections, and doubtless enough
7otes were controlled through this
means alone to give the Electoral vote
If the State to Garfield.
The past cannot be recalled, but there
8 future; and we regard it as the pres
mt highest patriotic duty Of independ-
mt, untrammeled Democrats, SO far as in
hem lies, to see that this most infa-
nous and cruel tyranny, this conspira-
" against a free ballot is plant that
,annot grow into a paying Investment
lpon Indiana soil.
The New Jersey case instanced here
n is but sample of what was enacted
~ great numbers of Republican manu-
acturers and employers in the State.
One of the distinctly marked cases
in this city was that of the
Chair Manufacturing Com
,any.
At the beginning of the campaign the
of this concern were about
equally divided politically.
The work began by the men being
ull work would cease or wages would
,e reduced; that it was the interest of
he proprietors that Garfield should be
lected, and if the men working for
hem would consult their own interest
hey would vote with their employers.
These threatenings have perhaps
hrewdly been kept within the law, but
n intent and effect they were the worst
orm of bull-dozing. -Isdiana State
Sentinel.
There are a score of incidents of
he campaign that might be instanced