The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-08-27
CIeYeIandII ana Labor.

coIuMBUs, Augustl7 The Cath.
olic Columbian prints The follow.
ing; 4
sAt a meeting Of workingmen
held Ia New York, il was decided
to circulate 10000 copies Of the
following;
Twenty.fonr reasons why we, as
workingmen, viii work aud vote
for Cleveland
First-We will vote for Cleye-
land because he signed, on June
4th, 1884, The bill which abolishes
child labor in all the institutions
in this State.
secoud-We viii vote for Cleye-
land because he signed the bill
which reduced the exorbitantfees
ofone Of the greatest monopolies ol
the country, namely, the Associa,
tiou Of New York Pilots, who arc
paid by direct tax on commerce.
They are rich men, and their fees
were from $4,000 to 5000 for each
man every year. Cleveland re.
duced them to $500.
Third-We will vote for Gleye.
land because he signed the bill
which secures a pension TO the
widows and orphans Of policemen.
One section Of the bill provides for
testing boilers, and thus adds to
the safety Of every working cngin-
eer.
Fourth-We will vote for Cleye.
land because by yetoeing the ele.
waited fare bill he set an example
to all employers Of honest dealing
with laboring men, and showed
the need Of keeping a bargain fair
and equal with every man.
Fifth-We will vote for Cleye.
land because he signed the bill au.
thorlzing the spending of S2,oOO,-
600 for additional common schools
in New York.
sixlh-We will vote for Cleve-
land because he appointed on the
very day the bill passed, a head Of
the Bureau Of Labor.
This Bureau Of Labor did much
to awaken the interest that result.
ed in the abolition Of convict con.
tract labor.
Seventh We will vote for
Cleveland because he would not
sign a bill which would reduce tho
car drivers and conductors one.
third.
Eighth-We will vote for Cleve.
land because he would not sign a
bill which took away the rights Of
a workingman. This was called a
mechanics lion, but actually bcne.
fitted contractors and not the men
who worked with their hands on a
job.
1t made 1t cost ten times as
much for o poor man to get the
money due him as it does now, and
the lawyers could have got big fees
and have been chiefly benefited.
Ninth-We will vote for Cleye-
land because he made a Republi.
can Legislature take ba,k a bill
that only went half way and com.
PEELED them to pass a bill which he
at once signed, abolishing convict
contract labor in every institution.
Tenth-We will vote for Cleye-
land because he appointed a rail-
road commission, which, by what
it has made railroad corporations
do, has made travelling on cars
safer and more comfortable Tor ev.
cry man, woman and child.
Eloventh-We will vote for
Cleveland because he signed two
bills abolishing tenement house ci.
gar making, and so give health and
enjoyment Of home to thousands.
Twelfth-We will vote for Cleve.
land because be signed a bill max
ing workingmon first creditors for
wages where an employer fails.
Thirteenth will vote fol
Cleveland because he signed the
bill appointing a tenement house
commission, which is toreport how
tenement houses can be made more
healthful and comfortable.
This will benefit hundreds Of
thousands Of men who work ull day,
and especially add tot happiness
Of their wives and children.
Fourteenth-We will vote fol
Cleveland because he signed the
bill which did away with the man,
ufaoture Of hats in State Prisons.
This bill ended a contract com.
petition which had thrown hun.
dreds Of workingmen out Of EN-,
nloynont