The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-29
Politics.

By this time everybody understands
what professional Irishman" is-he
NAV be Frenchman or German, Italian
o, Russian 80 long as he sets himself up In
the United States and makes his living di'
rectly or indirectly by weeping over the
woes Of Ireland and twisting the British
lions tail. Something Of the same kind
are the professional friends Of labor, O
whom Denis Kearney Is one specimen and
Ban Butler another.
At this time the professional labor re
formers, "who toll not, neither do they
spin," are deyoting themselves to plans To-
the presidential campaign. Lee Crandall
Secretary Of the National Greenback com
mittee and editor Of Greenback paper
has appointed himself chief engineer oil tht
scheme. Crandall announces that he vii
have convention in Washington in MAY
to nominate Ben Butler on Greenback
neutrality-suspicious. platform. His ides
ia to msrshal the hosts which oppose "tht
old Bourbon Democratic and shylock Re
publican twins" He relies on the Green
backeis, but he will have reserved seat!
aud souvenir Of the occasion for al
Knights of Labor and Grangers.
This is to be tho peoples movement
1dear people, God bless them"-and
Butler is selected to head it, not because he
IA rich man, not because he has been in
all parties and would draw from each, moi
because he has slandered his State, not be
cause he will pay literally to be helped &c
nomination-but because che can lift the
peoples movement to the highest plane
After Butler shall have lifted it Crandall
will hump his back and hold the thing up
Men interested in another political labor
movement, the Independent Labor party,
saw they know about Crandall's scheme
and that 1t ia in the free trade interest
The idea is that Socialists Of the West, be.
ing for anything to beat capital, are free
traders. They are TO make the noise fol
Butler. "Bright workingmen are being
picked up in New York and paid by the
free trade organizations to talk that doc
trine Socialism, to laboring people" Bat.
Ter is to beput up to draw votes away from
the Republican party-a loss to the protec'
ZIONIST side. The Democrats will get the
free trade votes. It Is not expected that
this will elect Butler, butif all goes well
the free traders will have gained their point
Mr.. William A. A. Carsey, of New York
President Of The Independent Labor Com
mittee, says that the conference Of hiE
party,to be held in Philadelphia, January
y, will look to holding the balance o.
power between the old parties. Being
more interested in a protective tariff than
in any other issue they will support those
men who are their friends on that Issue
Workingmen who work for ahying, al
distinguished frem those who agitate and
do big talking, are likely to take great in
terest in the Independent Labor party, and
though they may not be disposed to enrel
themselves in that organization they will
accomplish the same purpose by acting
with that party and voting for those candi
dates who are with them on the work and
wages issue.
Happily there is intelligence enough
among the workingmen to keep them out
Of suco trap as the Crandall- Butler affair
however temptingly 1t may be baited with
preenback and labor proc lamations.