The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-08-16

cur.d but for his action These are the rea
sons why every prison contractor Of convict
labor in this state is to-day opposed to. Gov
Cleveland
SCARBOROUGH Gov Cleveland's instruc-
lions TO the Superintendent Of State Prisons
in 1883. the use of the paddle, the shower
bath. the woke and the crucifx in the pun
isbment of criminals has been abolished for
ever.
9h.-He signed bill to protect widows
and orphans from swindling insurance com
panies.
lOh.-le signed the emigration bill, to
protect emigrauts from extortion and rob
berry.
llM.-He signed the bill TO prevent pawn
brokers from rObhing the poor and unfor-
tuuate.
l2m.-He approved the bill for the better
protection of those who place their earnings
in savings banks.
1911. He signed the bill which provides
for the testing Of steam boilers, that laboring
men might be better protected from acct
dents resulting from the careless indifference
of wealthy corporations.
IAN. He urged upon the legislature last
winter in the interest of the state and the
laborers, an appropriation sufficient to con
tinue the work on the new capital. But a
republican majority turned 'eat ear to both
the suggestions of the Governor and the APP
peals of needy wOrkingmen whose families
required their scanty wages, and rs result
of their partsanship 600 honest hard-wOrk
ing men have been thrown out Of employ
ment that they might squander the state :
a.. -, puallp.-
and RECALLING themselves in the pleasure OF
junketing committees
These measures are every one Of real and
lasting benef to the workingmen. They are
the measures for which they had petitioned
successive republican legislatures in vain ;
measures that have been discussed in public
meetings and on the stump; measures which
workingmen committees had presented TO
party conventions and which had for years
been agitated through the labor press.
Each and every ONE Of them has become
a law during Gov Clcveand's brief Occupan-
cy Of the executive Office and by his sigma
ture alone Unlike sham pretenders and
windy demagogues that have so often made
pledges before election day only to be brok-
en- and ruthlessly brushed aside as soon a.
the polls closed, Gov. Cleveland, while max
0
ing no promises or giving any pledges, has
proven himself the staunchest and most prac-
teal friend that honest labor has ever had in
the executive chair of the state. His record
has not been one Of words alone, but deeds
as well, and true to his whole nature, his ad-
ministration has clearly proven that he was
honest and in earnest when he proclaimed
in his letter of acceptance, that the labor
ing classes should he protected III their Ell
forts to peacefully assert their rights when
endangered by aggregated capital and
again in his first annual message, when he
said IAN statutes should recognize the care
of the state for honest toll
Pardon me for having trespassed to such
an extent upon your time and good nature,
but there is 50 much to be said on this ques-
ton that | even now hesitate to close my let
ter All that is necessary to secure the uni
ted vote of honest labor for our standard
bearer is to spread before the people Cover
nor Cleveland official record AS 1T Is.
am, sir, yours very respectfully,
CHARLES F. PECK.