The Labor enquirer., 1884-08-23

force them to band together to enact it, and
II thus show themselves in form, as they are
in fact confedesated against the people.
In many states, If We exert our strength,
i we already hold the balance Of power. In
quite one hundred congressional districts
less than one thousand votes will determine
whether friend of labor and the people or
the tool of monopoly shall have seat in
congress. Let Us organize, therefore, in
every district, tosee to It that no man goes
to congress from any district who is not with
us and of us, strong enough in moral recti-
tude to stand for the rights Of the people
"unawed by power and unbought by gain. )"
i 4 ELECT STATE LEGISLATURES.
Again, in balanced states make an alli-
ance with whichever of the other parties
/ will choose so to do. Minorities naturally
grayitate toward each other. Give them
some state officers and take others to your
/ selves upon an agreement that both parties
shall vote the same ticket. Be particular to
see to it that your own friends are sent to
the state legislatures. There are many
states where laws are needed for the protec-
ton of the workingmen the farmer and the
merchant against oppresscrs3a 3and monopolies,
and ifthese will stand together, they can get
\ that protection in spite of the monopolists
For example, in the state of New York as
elsewhere, the producers and traders, and
consumers need cheap transportation and
competition between water borne freight and
| the railroads. The laboring men and toll
ing women want q fve-cent-fare law for the
elevated railroad. The mechanics need
good lien law ALI need law to limit the
/ hours Of labor, whether of woman toiling
in mill or standing behind counter, or
conductor or driver standing on q car.
L = 3oy,ry tS,du falla tynn that this 10 class
legislation, reply to him, eyes, we know it
| we are legislating for our class little
while for it is the first time we have had an
opportunity. The other class has had legis-
lation enough to last them for a hundred
years" Ia isA >z a.a
To the Grsenbac1 LabA Party and The Ansi-
| Monopolist Organisation, and 10 the Laboring
Men II had accepted the selection of your
/ conventions as candidate for president
/ Anxious for the success of the principles
i which you represent, in which as you know
/ so heartily concHrred, | presented, as you
have learned, as your representative, your
platforms 10 the Democratic convention, in
the hope, if it were possible, that they might
be adopted and made the rule of that party,
| which should be composed of your friends
| and allies. i'tFHt
For reasons that have made apparent,
your principles were rejected and your al
lance spurned. Personally I have no griev-
ance with the convention. was treated
| with every courtesy and consideration by its
| officers and members, for which 1 take
pleasure here and now to express obliga-
| tons. But for you have grievance. The
Democracy has left you to fight the battle
against the oppressors of the people alone
We will fight the battle of the people to-
gether in the best manner we can, and 1
pledgeto you all that have of remaining
strength in declining years to do all that in
me lies in behalf of the principles that you
alence and adoption of which j..
THIS GOVERNMENT CANNOT STAND.
Youwill have one advantage in your can
didate you will have to spend no time in
defending him. His doings have been known
to the country for more than quarter of a
century. Every act of his life has been
fires of hate and slander. He is yet un-
harmed, and has no opinion to take back,
no policy to recant; and no Just charge to
explain for what he has done either in
peace or war. ... ....
OF personal advantage to myself nothing
can accrue. am too old to make selfish
plans for the future, yet hope as my last
political act, if it SOL be, to do some service 10
the people and mankind in calling back the
government to the purpose for which it was
framed by our fathers, government of the
people, a government by the many, and not
by the few, nor for the interests of the few.
To the Democratic Party Of Massachusetts
As your representative i carried the princi-
Piles which you have twice over enunciated
as YOUR platform in your state conventions,
and asked that they be adopted by the ma
tional convention. That they were accept
able to the people know, for they sustained
you to3victery once in form, and again to
victory in fact, by larger vote than Massa-
chusetts ever gave any defeated candidate
for chief magistrate-38,e0 600 more than our
choice for president, General Hancock, got
two years before had hoped to see the
party of the people, which should be the
true Interpretation of the word Democracy,
adopt that platform, and go on to victory
under it, and carry out its benefcent pro-
fessions in behalf of the weak and lowly
who need protection at the hands of true
Democratic government. -
z To withdraw as much as possible all per-
sonal considerations from interfering with
my duties as your representative in uphold
ing your cause and carrying forward your
principles, did not permit my name to
come before the convention in candidature,
although I am instructed that the fact is,
and l glory in it, that l was the unanimous
choice of the Democratic people of our
state. Fl 70 A5f ~ &-lr -tts
The convention for reasons, and under
circumstances / have hereinbefore stated,
rejected your principles, spurned your plat.
form, and instead Of taking any statesman
of the Democracy, nominated as your can
didate gentleman who two years ago there
were not forty votes in your ranks knew
lived on earth. l cannot be bound by the
action Of such convention, SO regardless of
the interests OF the people andof Democratic
usages. and so told that body :.,
Party allegiance carried to such extent is .
neither democratic nor useful. I shall,
therefore. unite myself with the Iaboring
men and the true Democracy Of the country,
to do my endeavor with them to bring back
the government into control of the people,
and invite every good citizen, of whatever
political faith, to join the Peoples Party"
to purify and reform the administration and
redress the wrongs done by oppressive legis-
lation. La 81 M,
There are some who call themselves DEM
ocrats that would a little rather would not
come with us-they are not of us. To the