Daily Republican., 1884-07-26

'De agitator an demagogue am
abroad in de land" observed Brother
Gardner, as he opened the meeting aud
motioned for Butternus Harvey to draw
in an acre or two of his feet. De work.
in man an bein' appealed to by orators
an newspapers to turn out to discush.
ions an debates an conversashuns, an
he am walkin' right up to de mark.
He am bein' told BY orators:
First, Capital am his natural enc
'second, The chief aim Of cherry rich
man am TO grind do poo man down.
"Third, Legislation am wanted for de
lsborin' classes TO purtect' em agin DER
"Fourth, De man who Arms - shil.
in's day has ~ good . right to brick
house, hne blooded horses, planners an
dimonde ~ de man who kin draw his
check for e9o0, 900.
''Gemlen, we am all poo men and
laborin' men. Let US reason together. De
average workin' man was bon Of par
ents poorer dan hisself. He took to labor
in preference to purfeshun, or lack
of eddecashun 70 ced him TO l'arn trade
in place OF bloomin' out ~ . lawyer or
doctor. Am dat de rich mans fault? Am
It anybody's fault? Wasn't 1t dc best
thing dat could be done? But what
|right docs de carpenter, painter or
blacksmith urge dat he orter bin suthtn'
else? By what right does he sot up q
growl bekase de man aroun' de corner
kin count dollars to his pennies?
"Dar am sartin orators an news
papers dat shed tears ober be condtshun
OF de workin' man one day, an nex'
to- 1<lI nufG
better eddicated, better fed an clothed
dan de same class In any other kentry on
airth, which am de solemn truf. Plenty
Of men in Detroit make hundred dol.
lars whar make fifty cents. What OF
IL? II dey made only q shillin' whsr'
I made q dollar, would be any better
of? Could drap de whitewashin biz.
ness an go to pleadin' law? Oar sin
| no laws in dis kentry made fur employ.
ers. Why should we have any fur EN-
ployes? A poo mans vote counts jist
de same az de rich mans. What. den,
am de need of de workin' mans candy.
date? Put Detroit carpenter In de
White House, an would wages be any
higher dan under the present incomb.
ent, who IL rich an gentleman? Would
rents go down, provisions grow cheap
or and pianefs go walking into cottages.
81 do not know by what right any
man sots hisself up as the champion Of
de labOrin' man. l do not diskivel
why dar should be any complaints
from de workin' men a. class. Each
lone selects his trade. II dat trade doan
flourish Che kin blame no one. Eacf
one has made his own way. II he ha'
been industrious an economical he hat
a home of his own an suthen' left over
II he has been de opposite he an
now howlin' agin de rich. Five sixth
of our laborin' men chew and smoke
Iii am useless an absurd. waste o
money, but who am to blai,n fur IT.
Three fifths of our workin' men drinl
beer. II der money goes to der saloon
keepers whar' should de blame rest
Not one mechanic in ten am satisfied
wild Sunday suit costin' less dan $40
, Plenty of 'em own horses an COWS. A
, least one In five has his own home
When deir wives come down town dey
dressed like ladies. You see plenty O
! 'em at de theatre an circus an on d.
boats. De great majority belong to life
insurance lodges and societies, which
cost from IS to $25a year. De mechan
J ic smokes his ten cent cigars an enjoy
lit. Dey send deir ch.len to de bes
, skules. You hear pianers or organs
playin'in every square. You see lace cur
tains at cottage windows an Brusseli
3 carpet on de floors. De agent wild l.
. dollar Bible will sell mo- among dc poo
, dan de rich. De laborin' man has hit
3 daily paper, an not one in fifty an
> obleeged to confine hisself to de necessi
l ties of life. If he am ground an op
, pressed how does he git along so we'll
If he amt ground and oppressed VIII,
t de ne ed Of champions an orators an
all dis fuss Let us purceed to biz
/. Iness.