The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-10-25
THE WORKINGMKN'S ENEMY.
Men Who Earn Their Living. Incensed
Against Cleveland.

The knock of bell of the Atlantic
White Lead works, in Brooklyn, rang at
s. O'Clock Tuesday evening, and a steady
stream of working men began ponring
out of the building. William Whalen
was among them.
"You are Democrat. | hear. Mr..
Whalen." Sad Il reporter.
"lrs, sir, | am Democrat. u hat
them
And you are Cleveland man, too,
being Democrat" :
"A Cleveland man. Who said | was
Cleveland man? No, sir, am not Cleve-
land man, and | am Il Democrat, a good
Democrat, mind, all the same. Now
make Tat out the best you can. For
nineteen Years have never waited any
thing but the DeIno;:r .tic ticset and it
goes against me II vose anything but the
Democratic ticket Row. Bat would not
vote for that Cievela!., ii never cast an
other vote in nay life. i Cleveland man.
You will find Cleveland men pretty
scarce around Ieie ii that is what Won
are looking for. See here. We have got
between $50 and 400 men working in this
factory. Fully two thirds of them were
Democrats, life long Democrats, and
voted for old Cleveland for Governor.
just as did, bad lucl, to it. Nov listen.
Cut of these $50 odd Democrats here you
will have a hard job to scare up 80 who
are not hot against Cleveland. and v no
will not vote against him. Cleveland will
lose over 200 straight Democratic votes
in these works alone. Why, in the de
partment where | work there are 30 men.
Every one of them is Democrat. and
just exactly two Of those 80 Democrats
are gong to vote for Grover Cleveland.
The rest will vote for either Butler or
Blaine.
''How can any workingmen, espe ciallv
lrlshmen, who respect themselves, vote
for Cleveland? He is monopolist and a
boot Ticker to capitalists. His record as
Governor is just one string of blows at
labor whenever he could get whacll at
it, and whenever some rich capitalist or
corporation told him to strike 1t is no
"obtCl tEt lush press endorses MN,
He is a man after their heart
''Besides, | don't want any free trade
to starve me down the way they are
starved down i'll England. Free trade
did enough for Ireland to give Irishmer
all they want OF it. just go around
among the men there if you want some
views of laboring men on Cleveland
Mr.. Brady, the engineer Of the Allan
tic works, Says:
II don't mingle Will, the men as much
as some, so | am not able to talk about
the general political sentiment among
them But | do know one thing. so far
as the freshmen here are concerned.
They are soIiGly Democratic ard soliuly
against Grover Cleveland. They despisc
him, and will vote against him ard worl;
against him at the polls. never voted
anything but the Democratic ticket, and
| voted for Cleveland for Governor. |
would not vote for him again under any
circumstances. He is an enemy to Irish
men Of all classes. No man that tie Len
don Times or any other Of those John
Bull papers endorses for President is
friend to Irishmen. He can't be. Be
sides, Cleveland for President means Just
so muoh encouragement to British free
trade"
Daniel J. Foley, a carman o! Williams
burgh, taking part in a discussion or
Cleveland that was going on, said:
Il voted for the old reprobate for Gov
ernor because | had always made it a
practice to vote the straight Der. ocJatiC
ticket. am just as good Democrat as
ever | was. and am too good a Demo
crat to vote fer the English candidate for
DraC i,l.nt f hn 7
disguised with Cleveland almost the first
thing after he became governor. lie went
back on his party, ard did everything he
could to persecute labor. You may get
few German laboriug men who will
vote for him. but with the Irish he rs de-
tested. Among all my friends know
few Democrats who will not cut Cleve-
land OH election day. ". T. Sun.