The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-13
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Tie saclicns Divided II, Their Council--T
Main liotiy swallow Cleveland, hui I:x.
senntor Grady Will Itaye None orIt.
, lic Declares for General Butler.
New YoRE, September l2.-An hour b
fore the doors Of Tammany Hall opent
this evening great crowds assembled ou
side waiting to 60 into the meeting Of Il
Iammany General Committee, where
was TO BIO decided whether the organic
lion would endorse Cleveland and lie,
bricks. When entrance was obtained I'll
Committee took seats on the main loo
and very few prominent members wei
absent. When John Kelly took his SCI
directly in frontof The platform, the encl
nous crowd chccred time and again, IN
when quiet had been restored Mr.. kCll
said that owing to the illness OF Sidney /
Nichols. the Chairman, und the neccssir
absence OF the Vice President 1t was hi
duty to call upon Senator Foster 4-i..ll,
Twenty.fourth district, toprcside: Ate
reading tho minutes Of the previous meet
tng, Gen. i. B, Spinola, Chairman OF Til,
Subcommittee, appointed by the Com
mlttee OIL Organization to draft MI ad
dress to the people, made his report.
The following is Tamtnany's address I,
the Democratic. party OF the United State.
tonight, read to the public meeting: (
The subcommittee to whom was re
lcrrel the matter OF the preparing IN,
submitting an address by n resolution O
the J. Committee on Organization at il,
meeting September Sih instant, respect
fully submit the following report: 3 .sa
Tammany is the oldest political body In
the United States. It's existence under
another name anti-datesthe establishment
of our present form OF government; it
members took m active part in the
election OF Washington, Jefferson and
Jackson and their Democratic successors
candidates OF the party nominated in Con.
iressional caucuscs and National conveIl.
tons. 1t has seen the birth, continuance
and sudden or gradual death OF the par.
ties to which the ingenuity OF the politi.
clan or the necessity OF occasion has given
rise from the adoption Of the federal con.
it'tutlon down 10 the present day. Dur.
my all these years it has never sweryed
~ is allegiance to the party nor ialtereG
in its support oftll, candidates nominated
aud tiluyprinciples enunciated from IN.
platform OF the National Democratic Con.
ventions, and in but one instance in all
its history didit oppose the action Of the
party or its nominee in the State, and that
only alter due Losicc was given and in re.
.sponsc to natures first law when the ex.
istence OF our organization was threatened
md the personal and political rights oi
our constituents. i ,l "a
Il The address then goes on to statc.Tuu,.
many's differences with the State Exccr.
tive in regard to, the management of city
afiairs. 1t then says: .l}.5i5s.5f.3. 3,l'.
"a We championcd the cause of anti.
monopoly in 1881 and the ensuing cam.
a'aisn Of 1882 TINT resulted in the tri.
umphant election Of the present Governor
ot the state. It's true dlssensions among
our adyersarics, the Republicans, had
much t, do with the great majority which
ne received, but lllclnlenSe feeling in the
breasts of thousands OF workipnmen
against the Republican party for its cor
ruption and monop1lstic legislation car
'fled thousands OF thes. voters 10 allay
themselves with the Democratic party,
thcre'yprotes!ing against such LEGISLATION.
In he ehboring Republican State the
right OF the people to publicly assemble
Was invaded aud the militia Uf th,. Tom.
monwea!th was used tyrannically; to en-.
force theunreasonable demands oicapital.
The press OF the country were generally
opposed to labor Strikes, but 10 harsh
criticisms appeared against the capitalists
Ind corporations, WHO closed their facto-
rlcs ag:linst the. workingmen or operatives
On a plea of ."over-production," so that
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 willingly
cIst their tot with il. S5!i !. ~ il..5.% :.
-si MISPLACED CONFIDENCE. 4.
They expected to receive n reward for
tier confidence and their labor in such
legislation us would ameliorate their con.
dition. . i.5::,i. 3
The people tof the city demanded to
have the elevated railway cornoratiors
confined to Legitimate returns for tho cap
ital invested in the valuable franchise
which was conferred upon them by the
city and State. Aftera prolonged struggle
with all the influences that capital can en-.
ploy, labor secured the victory in the Leg.
stature only to be thwartel by veto in
The Executive Chamber. They sought
tho adoption OF Inv which would at once
prevent the prison authorities Of the State
IRON contracting criminal labor so as to
bring into competition with honest indus.
try. The measure passed the Assembly.
but was defeated in the Senate By the I'M
holy combination OF Republicans md re.
creant Democrats who ignored the pledges
made in their party platforms. ~ -
BY the efforts OF Tammany through one
OF its Senators the net was pissed and
signed by the Governortto submit the
question of the abolition OF the contract
system in the State prisons to the voters OF
the State, and the people sustained the
measure by minority OF us, 900 votes
Notwithstanding hundreds OF thousands OF
ballots ng1.inst the proposition were secret
lydistribnted byparty managers, Members
of, the Democratic, State Central Commit
teeS<in orderstoy defeat this Democratic
measure.sA Ashillss sliinitingu4the hours aof
labor OF car II drivers''' and con
tluctors passed the Legislature, 1t
was .3met with tNe Exccntiyc veto
and killed, thereby continuing the hard
ship Of an, honest, .overworked body OF
uien. : lADors ali,,,lnechanics OF the State
sought to protect themselves from loss ut
tho hands OF dishonest contractors and en-
ployers, and caused to be passed an act
by the Legislature giving the lien OF the
mechanic and labor priority over NIL
others. This also suffered tho same fate.
We might add and enumcrlte other in
stances, but We have shown sufficient to
have warranted even stronger opposition
on our part to the nominee Of the Demo.
cratic party than I'VE made Mt Chicago. ri
TAM,lASY's TOUGH SENSE. n 81