The Labor enquirer., 1884-11-15
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Editor Labor Enquirer.
DENVER, Nov. 12.-We will now take
look at what remains of the young but
gallant party known as the Peoples
party. Nobody but our opponents ex-
pected that we should accomplish much
in this campaign;in fact we were adj
vised by our friends, and we had some
misgivings in our own inner selves, that
we should be courting certain defeat to
enterthe arena in this presidential year,
when money is scattered by the millions.
But we have learned some lessons
from the part we took in the conflict
that will be of use to us in the future.
1t was our honor to be allied with the
.prohibitionists in the noble stand we
took for poor oppressed humanity. But
the union was only half-nearted upon
either side, as few of our supporters
withdrew their help from the ticket on
account of the infusion of the prphibi-
ton element and it was also evident
that many prohibitionists did not vote
for the balance of the ticket, although
most Of us were as faithful and true to
the principles of prohibition as were the
prohibitionlsts themselves-whose num-
bers appear to be remarkably small in
Arapahoe county, as shown by their sep
arate vote for electors If we COM
pare the votes for representatives it will
be seen very plainly that these straight
prohibitionlsts did not support our ticket
for representatives IN this county. What
then was tile rock upon which we split ?
We had no means of exchanging ideas
with each other we had no paper com
mon to both parties, and the old party
papers boycotted us both. .
We should have polled much larger
vote had we received fair play an hon
orable treatment at the hands of the
men whose papers we read and fol
which we pay. Bat they persistentIy re-
iected all. items of news and bust.
ness, SO that we were completely isolated
from each other and from our. brothers
throughout the state. II
What then is the remedy for this state
of things? First, let US form working
mems club, where we can all come to-
gether and exchange ideas and discuss
all labor and political problems SO as tc
understand each other and act unitedly
in all our movements.
Second, to obtain an organ Of commu
nication, let US put canvassers IN the
field among the laboring men of the
state, and of our numerous societies, tt
procure subscribers for The LABOR EN-
QUIRER so as to bring it out as daily
paper Are there not 1000 men among
us. good and true to our principles, wh(
should infinitely prefer an organ of ou
own, as a means of education and com
munication, rather than support paper
with which we have no interests in com
mon, which are. always ready to betray
US to the man whose purse strings ar
the easiest united. We should also leafl
wisdom by experience and note th'
causes of failure in the past We wer'
hopelessly divided by the strategy of ou
oppressors, who, to obtain our votes
placed one or two of our brothers upo1
their tickets and succeeded in dividing
our forces and reducing our vote. Thest
are some of the lessons we haye learned
and hope to profit thereby.
A UNIoNIsT.
P.S S.-Friend Zeno seems to be spoil
ing for fight. Unionist stands square
upon article IL of the preamble of tht
Knights of Labor. A q.