The Indianapolis journal., 1883-07-10

him the serenade, one had been found
so far forgetful OF common politeness as to
drag the filth of the street into the house, it
would have been altogether honester in
Judge Hoadly to have quietly ignored the
breach of universal etiquette, or 10 have gen.
mat, than to have given utterance to the
falsehood ascribed to him. Suppose that
next year one of these same men should
come to the Hoadly manson and essay to
enter with dirty boots, would he be well
coined then as now? Would anybody like to
try the experiment? 1t is altogether improb-
able that Judge Hoadly did as represented,
but, if he did, he plainly proved himself
capable of deception, and manifestly ranked
the working men of Ohio as Doors.
Commenting on this alleged incident, Re
publican papers have jestingly referred to
the greatly 'unwashed" party, among the
members of which dirty feet are no bar to
esteem and fellowship. Replying to this
sally, the New York World axes occasion to
declare that The Republican party has a
thorough contempt for the 'unwashed'
laborer who wears the soiled boots of the
workingmen. 1t despises dirty feet" This
is a bit of news of which history has taken
no cognizance The Republican party ''has
thorough contempt for the unwashed labor
er," yet it fought a four years war and gave
a half million lives in behalf of class of
laborers SO despised by Democracy North
and South that their labor was not ac-
enough rags to cover their nakedness.
The Republican party ''despises
dirty feet" but it lifted from under the
Democratic lash millions of laborers so hum
bic and so poor that they had no homes of
their own; no wives and children who were
not the property of Democrats. But this,
while not exactly waving the bloody shirt" J"
is trenching upon ground about which the
Democratic party would gladly build wall
so high that the iniquities practiced there
by that party could never again be seen.
Since the war the Republican party has
lifted the despsed slave iaborers to a level
with the proudest Democrat in the land,
opposed at every step by representatives OF
that party in every Legislature and in
the halls of Congress. Nor have the efforts
of the Republican party been concentrated
upon the blacks. 1t has not been unmind-
ful of white working men. By judieious
legislation it has kept American manufac-
tories open and busy, affording employment
to millions of men, women and children.
Here, too, the Democratic party has offered
opposion, and offers opposition now. I'm
bued with free-trade ideas, it would tear
down the walls of protection and let in
competition the half-paid mechanics of Eng
land. The Republican party still sands
for the American laborer against all the out
side world To the intelligent working
man it offers every incentive to industry.
1t has dignified labor from the
humblest vocation to the highest. 1t dis
PEELED tine ancient Democratic idea that man
ual labor degrades, and has raised to the en-
joyment of American citizenship that class
of laborers whom the Democratic party re-
garded as animals only, and in whose flesh
and blood and offspring they traficked most
shamelessly. 1t is difficult to say what kind
of apology the World can offer its readers
for so far presuming upon their ignorance of
Al. L. !,
Democratic party is a better friend to labor
and to laboring men than is the Republi-
can