The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-09-13
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;t;s of the commonwealth was used
tyrannically to emf )rce the unreason'
gble demands of capital. the press
of the country generally opposed
labor strikes, but no harsh criticism
appeared against the capitalists
and CORPORATIONS. who closed their
factories against the workingmen OF
operatives on the plea OF "over
production" so that the returns OF
capital might not be diminished.
In this condition Of affairs the eyes
of wage-earners were turned to the
Democratic party, and they will
ingly cast their lot with 1t. They
expected to receive reward Ior
this confidence and their LABOR, III
such legislation as would amelioraie
their condition. The people of this
city demanded to have the elevated
railroad corp rations confined to le-
giti mate returns for the capital IN
vested in the valuable franchise
which was conferred on them by
the city and State. After a pro.
longed struggle with all the lnhu'
ences that capital can employ, labor
secured a victory in the Legislature,
only to be thwsrIed by veto in the
executive chamber. They sought
the a ioption of Law which would
at once prevent the prison authors
tiles of the State from Coz
tracing for criminal labor, so
as to bring 1t into competition
with honest industry. The meas IRE
passed the Assembly, but was de-
feated in the Senate by unholy Re-
publicans and recreant Democrats,
who ignored the pledge, made in
their party platforms. By the If
'orts OF the Tammanv o-gsn'z atiOn,
through one of It's Senators. an act
was passed aud signed nv the Gov
error, to submit the question OF the
abolition Of the contract system in
State prisons to the voters Of the
State. and the people sustained the
measure by majority of $4,000
votes, Notwithstanding hundreds of
thousands OF ballots against the pro
position were secretly distributed by
the party managers, members of the
Democratic State central commit
tee, In order to defeat this Demo
cratic measure. A bill limiting the
hours OF laEor OF the car drivers and
conductors passed the Legislature
1t was met with the executive veto
and killed, thereby continuing the
bardships OF honest, overwotked
men. Laborers and mechanics o.
the State sought to protecs thFm-
selves from loss at the hands of dis
honest contractors and employers,
and caused to be passed sn aos by
the Legislature giving the lien of
the mechanic and laborer priority
over all others. This also snff ed
The same f.te. We might add and
enumerate other instances, but we
have shown sufficient to warrant
even stronger opposition on oar part
% q nominee OF the Democratic
party than we made at Chicago
Being TIE integral portion of the
great Democratic party, we have
always, IN our capacity as delegates,
exercised the right to advocate men
whom We knew could be trusted by
the people, or oppose the nomina-
ton of those who were not, aud it!
was in the exercise of this right
and IN conscientious discharge OF
duty that we took occasion at Chs
cago to s6vse against the non1ina-
ton which wss made by tbs N a.
t'onal convention. Oar opposition
was without personal feeling, and
arose from our intimate knowledge
OF the sentiments of the toiling
masses o. the State as to theI
Course Of Governo, Cleveland
in regard to their labor bills. TIE
most charitable view to take of his
case is that he was ignorant and I'm
enlightened concerning the nature
and working of these laws, which !
would have occasioned so much real
osnsht TO the working meG, and
3 uhd have resulted In loss to en-
o'oyers. We do not impugn the
governors motives or the views
which he hiss express ID on these
Iibjects. Thew doubtless were cnn-
cientiously considered in the dis
;narge of his official obligations and
Iutles. We simply expressed our
knowledge of the antagoniem
.gainst him 10 the minds Of the
who compose the
'ulk of the Democratic voters of the
'tate of New York. That the ex,
'ression of our ideas IS tn the policy
t nominating as candidate for the
a man against whom 90
much exists among the men who,
q other respects, are open TO en-
ic'ion, is equally true. Whence
ONES this unreasoning hatred aud
artisan opposition we do not
eem 10 offer shy argument or state !
ny DISPUTED points, which might,
erchsnee, have weight with the
loughtfui. candid mind. Indeed,
would be useless labor. But we
eem the present the mos appro.
rate occasion to reach Il g latter
nd to dissbuse their mind. of any :
ngaring doubts that may exist a.
the integrity Of this organization
is net unfair to claim, In ap>
reaching this SUBJECT, that the :
1iuai 10 properly enargeable 10
'e famnsny Hal organization, as !
was In ring times. We TO not ate
'ch to the present managers OF the
SistiDg organization aud the pres
nc leadership OF Tammany Hall, to i
ate from 1871, the depredati0ns r
nd corruption committed bY the de '