Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-08-07
4 CAMPAIGN FARCE.
The National Eight-iiour COMMITTEE"
Which Assumes 10 speak in Blaine's Favor
For the WoIkingmcD

which Assumes 10 Speak in Blaine's Fav0
For the WoIkingmen.
A Washington telegram TO toe New YOrI
Times says: a great deal OF happiness il II
store Tor that portion OF the Republican
press which Is "whooping II" up for the
man with the bedaubed record. Another
acquisition has been mado TO the column oi
knights with tin battle-axes, and another
broad grin will creep over The expansive
features OF the Hon. Stephen b. Elkins
as he .contemplates the progress Ct the
wOrklngmen's "racket - against Cleveland
as il Is characterized in Blaine circles. Al the
vagabOnds in politics are creeping into the
Blaine camp, and their number was in
creased to-day by exactly five individuals
VINO met here in Washington and solemnly
issued a proclamation in behalf OF the So
called National Eight-iIOur Committee"
in which they recommend wOrkingmen 10
vote for Blaine. What cl1ims the National
Eight-HOur Committee has TO speak for
workngmcl has not been definitely asccr-
tanned even after the most diigent inquiry.
Nobody here ever heard Of the committee
before tonight rs an organization or in
fiuencP. Is is regarded SIS one Of those
mushroom affairs which are sprInging up
wherever few seedy tramps can be- found
10 "work" tho labor dodge for the Nm
tional Republican Committee.
This" committee " admits the new-found
love OF the Blaine people Ter laborlng-mep
saying in its prOnunciamenlO that " for tae
first time in our po!itioa! history the plat
form of the Republican party has endorsed
spoci6c-laber measures" Then II sa-
plenty observes that Sin the election of
Grover Cleveland we should regard all
~ la ia ;.t
OF labor futile. With Cleveland President
and \ southern Cabinet our course for the
time being would be lost" This reference
TO southern matters il drive at such
sOutherners A. would not endorse some
sort OF labor measure in which OK Con.
gresham Murch, on Maine, wss interested
Last wister. and which. by the way, re-
eeived the most savage thrusts from . Re
publican Of New York. Mr.. Hiscock.
The kind OF persons to whom the mana.
sers Of the Republican party OF to-day are
catering with blind zeal 10 fairly illustrated
In this attempt 10 create political capita.
for the National Committee L. st tho bottom
OF It, though it will be the regular thing
for the committee TO deny it. The signers
Of this amusing declaration are Thompson
II. Hurtb. OF Maine, chairman; II. :.
Tinker, Of PennsylvaRia Ferdiaaad +.
Bogia, Of Delaware; John II. Patterson, OF
New York, and Dyer 2. Lum, OF Msssa-
chusetis, secretary. OF Bogia and Patter-
son nothing Is known which should entitle
them TO recognition ~ the advisers OF
workingmen. kcssrs. Mureh. Lunl, aud
Tinker have each . record, though not IN.
tmately identified with horny-hsnded toll.
except, perhaps, in the case OF hurch.
Murch was formerly sailor, thea a
stonecutteY. then . full-hed9ed candidate
for the FOrty-sixth Congress on the
Gleenback- Labor ticket, succeeded In de-
feating Eugene Hale on on issue which
involved the Maine ring, OF which Ar.
Blaine was recognized member. Mr..
Eurch served, without special distinction,
one term in Congress; aud, after failing in
an enterprise in Boston whiah was devoted
to Whaling and otherwise refreshing the
cultured Boston stomach, he drifted back
to Washington, and in tb0 Forty-sevcnth
Congress became hanger-On in the lobby.
The Democrats Of the present Congress
recognized his worthlCssDcSs by neither
giving him an Office or other materially
advancing the financial prosperity OF the
Nurch family. Mr. Lum was a clerk, In
The Forty eyenth Congress, 10 the Commit
tee 20 Inquire into the Cause OF the Depres-
sion OF Labor. OF which Nurch was a
member. He also did some correspondence
FOR New York weekly paper. Mr.. Lmker
has long been an employe in one OF the
Government departments. resigning his
7 ositiOD. 4 depulyship under Clerk Nc
PhorsOn In the last Congress, and return
ing " his old position when the Democrats
got control.
Aurch WAS recently employed by the Na-
tional Republican Committee TO aid in push
ing an aggressive com pagn, and be himsoii
gave is out that he was 10 10 down among
the West vDginians. Visitors 10 the Capt.
tol last spring perhaps noted = hungry
looking crowd OF men hanging sbOnt the
entrance TO General ROsscrans's Military
Committee room. Nobody st that time
ever imagined that there was nucleus OF a
national sIghthour committee in that little
group which manifested such intense ln-
tersst In rhs Generals welfare and in GER
tain financial questions moi remotely $3.50
cinted With toarding.hosse and whisky
bills. But the Elkins-Blaine methods OF
Me politics Of a once great party
turn up some queer characters aud some
remarkable "vorkiDgmen's organizations
Some apology, perhaps, may be necessary Tor
giving such . send-on ~ this latest adjunct
to the Blaine party; but rs the drums will
beat anoiher rub-s-dub in the Blaine press
over the five new recruits, It ID only fair TO
let The plumed knights know whether they
ale 10 keep step TO the "ROgues' March
or piece OF genuine music in marching
with these persons.