The Labor enquirer., 1883-11-10
DYNAmIrn is strong to-day at 46c.
THE WATERLOO.

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enemy, and we are his 1t was the same
old enemy-the power of money.
1t appears that over half of the work
ingmen of the country are yet OF the
opinion thet the emancipation of the
masses is to be effected through the
elective franchise. They hold that the
men who talk revolution and dynamite
are cranks and will lead The people pell-
nell to ruin. There are easily five hum
dred less of the ballot remedy men in.
this city to-day than there were Tuesday
morning. And no wonder. They have
had the dose of last spring repeateds
To beconsistent in their cry for reform
the honest, conscientious workingmen
saw fit to oppose the dominant money
party in power, and unite with the
minority for the overthrow Of the cor
ruptionists who have attached such
odium to the name-of our fair city and
county. 1t is the same old story-the
blundering and unprincipled conduct OF
the democrats resulted in a perfect
Waterloo.
The workingmen of this city are under
no special obligations to the democratic
party, but for the purpose of defeating a
common enemy-they saw fit to join
i: hands with them, and they have learned,
r. A. ,ooo,J t;roa tbot tho dam0prats ts
of Denver will not do to tie to-
know that the sore headed, idiotic
leaders(2) of the democratic party, to-
gether with their organs, will say the
workingmen were to blame for the de-
feat of their ticket; but no man with
three grains of sense will listen to them
for minute, for the thing is too ex-
tremely ridiculous to be worthy of that
much consideration.
What is the true statement of Tuesday,
and where is the argument? The demo
Gratis nominated man against
Chaffee's candidate for sheriff upon
whom it was hard to unite the working
men; not because he was lacking in good
qualities, or that there was really any
thing Objectionable in him. But he was
man upon whom it was an easy matter
to lie; and though the lie be as barefaced
as the full moon on cloudless night, 1t
has its effect with class of men who do
not all stoplto reason and listen to argu-
ment.
1 shall always maintain that Mr..
Shackelfords record in the legislature
was more to his credit than against him,
in so far as the worbingmen were con-
cerned.
But the Misrepresentation made and
held out by Shackelford's political enc
mics had to be met by the representative
workingmen and fought. This was done
and done successfully, with the exception
of few so-called .workingmen, who
would eagerly grab at any excuse to cover
up their baseness in prostituting man.
hood for few dirty dollars.
The workingmen's committee were
we'll organized and prepared for the fight.
They had representatives at the polls,
who fought bravely until the voting
ceased. The result was there were cast
14l2 workingmen's tickets. Phe workers
never finched, every man of them was
at his post, untiring in his efforts,
throughout the day.
What were the facts with reference to
the democrats2 All day long came news
of their desertion at first one place then
another, and after o'clock it was hard
thing to find one at any voting precinct
They were bought up by Chaffee's
minions aud Chaffee's money. / defy
any man in the county to show where
y one of the workingmen's workers went
over to the enemy.
What is the natural inference? 1t is
that the democrats beat their own can.
didates.
1t is an open secret that hundreds OF
republicans voted for Shackelford and
Judge Dawson. Place the ,workingmen's
votes at half their actual number; figure
i from the basis of 1000 republican ma
;ority in the county, and where did the
votes come from to defeat these two men
-one of them by over 1000 votes ?
OF nv own personal observation |
know enough republican workingmen
who voted for Mr. Shaekelford, to over
come with the 500 Qow fgure) republic
ans mot workingmen) the 1000 reppb-
lican majority in the county. Then, the
only way to account for Graham's ma
iority is by crediting it to the perfdy OF
avewed democratic voters.
The battle is lost now, and there IS no
use picking flaws in its management, ou1
5or the purpose Of offsettinS any wnln-
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