Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-09
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wRDNEsDAY EVENING, AUG. 9. 1854.
A wera With Werkfngmen.
A Chicago journal printed an alleged
interview with Mr.. John Jarrett, presi.
dent Of the Amalgamated association of
iron workers, the chief lodge of which
has been in secret session in that city, in
which some remarkable statements oc-
cur. In effect, Mr.. jarrett is made to
declare that Mr.. Thomas A. Armstrong,
of Pittsburgh, is to be the next governor
of Pennsylvania. The plan by which
this extraordinary event is to be brought
about is the Enforcement of Armstrong s
nomination by the proposed and as yet
mysterious convention called to meet in
Philadelphia on the 9th inst. It is ex-
pected that thereafter the Armstrong
ticket will be rallied to and supported
by the labor element en- naasse.
Mr.. Jarrett has the reputation of be.
ing man of conservative views and eau
tious utterance, but if he has been cor
rectly reported as above he holds that
reputation in very light esteem. 1t is
perhaps true that unseen forces are be-.
hind the movement for another labor
convention, and that an earnest effort
will be made to control it for such pur-
poses rs those for which Quay manipu-
lated the candidacy Of Mason in 1873
to draw votes from the Democrats and
to help elect the Republican Ring candi-
dates. But every intelligent man can
foresee the result of such an attempt to
capture and deliver the votes of the
vorkingmen of this great state.
Whether this new convention endorses
the Armstrong ticket or puts up candi-
dates of its own, the result at the polls
will he the same, so far as the Labor
movement is concerned. Great pO.
litical movements do not spring
full-hedged and allpowerful from
a little hack room, the work of few
over jealous but mistaken agitators, or
of coteric Of unprincipled and schem-
ing politicians. Revolutions are not
created that way. The alleged Labor
ticket, already in the field, is the pro-
duct Of IN organization comparatively
insignificant in detail and strength,
and the convention which nOmina-
ted it was such only in name. Out
side of Allegheny county this ticket
will receive little support and in Pitts
burgh it will he voted for on account of
the leading candidates Identification
with local Labor movements.
Nothing is more notable in the
present condition of state politics than
the general apathy of workingmen
touching the movements declared to be
in their special interest, a fact which
will no doubt be more forcibly manifest.
ed in the proposed Philadelphia conven-
ti0n than it was at the Greenback-I .abor
convention which recently met at
Harrisburg. 1t is not necessary
to discuss the question of the
sincerity or insincerity of the men
who are engaged in pushing these
sO-called Labor movements. 1t is
enough to know that their judgment is
in error. Workingmen will never right
their wrongs by voting blindly, as dema-
gogues may dictate neither will they
secure redress of grievances by throwing
away their ballots on tickets which have
not the slightest possible chance of cleo
tiOn, as will be the case with all side
candidates on the gubernatorial issue in
Pennsylvania this fall.
The only sensible plan to adopt, the
only practicable course for work.
ingmen to pursue in this great
battle, is to weigh the merits,
examine the records and associations,
study the character of the leading
candidates and vote according to the
highest standard shown. It is right
here that MIR. Pattison challenges atten-
tion. The one commanding issue in his
behalf is genuine and abiding political
reform and inflexible honesty of admin
istration. Every intelligent working
man in this long ring. .disgraced and
plundered commonwealth, knows what
that means. OF all men he is most in
terested in pure and honest government.
From that he has nothing to fear {; un-
der that he has nothing to lose, but as a
good citizen is sure of protection in every
right. He is always safe and always
wise in voting for an executive officer
who has proved himself to he Il man
whom the whole people can trust. This
is the bedrock issue of the campaign,
and upon il every honest wOrkingman