Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-10-12
SECOND EDITION.


Tine Charge Made Of Political Ceer.
eion E9phasisslly Denied ireD
yaskssH q sharp's and seideI.
Mastangs d Oe.'s
with its provsrbiAl partiz INA blindness
the Gazette Of Yesterday contained NJ
article charging that Republican bust
ness firms In Wilmington were forcing
their " orlkmen by threats, &C., to take
part with political organic atoms and tc
support Garfield and Arthur. Gers iS
paragraph:
sIt Is related to the Gazstte, on cred
table authority, that Robert +. Wright,
formerly messenger Of the Water De
partmsnt under Capt. Gallagher, but
now employed at the Jackson x Sharp
Company's works, announced to many
Of his fellow workmen on Satur day,
that q Jackson and Garfield Club was
to be organized, and that any workmen
who refused to sign the rell should be
summarily discharged"
Mr.. Wright denies that he made the
remark accredited to him in the above
paragraph, but says he did jocularly
say to John Pauley, in speaking to him
of club which was about to be formed
in the shops. ''all You Democrats will
have TO join IL or take your walking
papers" Paulsy understood the re-
mark to have been made in joking
way.
When the club was first talked OF Mr..
Job H. Jackson refused to allow the
club to use the firm name, on the
ground that business firm should moi
NEEDLE with politics.
sKIDEL HASTINGS DENIAL.
The following emphatic denial sx.
plains itself:
EplToRs REPUBLICAN Under the
heading Of "Intimidating Working
men," the following appears in the
Gazette Of yesterday:
From Ssidell 4 Hastings mill and
other establishments this same charge
Of intimidation comes with such force
and directness that its truth cannot b.
doubted. Democrats are not actually
threatened with discharge, but they
are told that in case Hancock is elected
and work becomes slack they will go
first"
In reply 10 this we have to say
that, so far as our firm is concerned,
the charge is utterly false In every
particular. The following Dem ocrats
are now in our employ and NEST of
them have been for years. They will
doubtless all vote for Hancock at the
coming election and we refer all fair
minded Democrats 10 them to ascertain
whether at any Tins we, or any OF US,
or any one in authority in our estab-
lishment, has in any manner directly
or indirectly attempted to intimidate
them With reference to their political
preferences or whether they do not now
and have at all times felt perfectly free
to vote as they choose without the
slightest fear 30 far as their connection
with our works is concerned,
The names are: George E. Crippsr,
(clerk,) Samuel Brown, Samuel II mil
ton, Thomas Hamilton, Thomas Ware,
james Cannon, John y. Fill, and Da.
vid B. Watson.
There may be other Democrats
among our employees but the above are
all We can recall at this moment.
Now, Messrs. Editors, We are perfect
ly we'll aware that this charge is made
by the "Gazstte" for political clap
trap and bumcoube only, and as such
We should ordinarily pass it by with
the contempt it deserves, but under i
the circumstances we do not choose to /
isst under q false lmy~tSt'9n' oharg- |
ing US with political G..te?ds. wa,Cnl
we despise. We do Lot hesitate 10 say !
that we think these men are entirely |
wrong in their politics and that We
believe the success Of their party |
would be detrimental, if not disastrous,
TO our business, and we are glad to say |
that we have used this argument
" tn many Democrats in our employ
with success in the past and hope to be
able to do the sans thing in the
future; bit it has ben by fair
and convincing argument only,
without the sign or shadow Of
intimidation, coercion or threat, and
We do not believe this community-the
respectable portion Of it at least,
whether Democratic or Republican, will
credit q charge to the contrary.
Yours, &c.