The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1884-09-15
You had Received Your Price,

with the friends OF the man Cleveland whom
the New York workiDgmen almost unani-
mouely declare TO be the embodiment OF the
anti.labor cause in his own personl Go into
your hole, Mr.. McKechnie, and pull the hole in
after you.
30 much for the question OF veraclty. And
scores OF my fellow-workmen know that re-
peated 10 them Mr.. Smiths statement long
before ever dreamed that II would be mat
ter OF public controversy.
Further,your remark, at is remarkable that
you Q) were not so fastidious In regard to ty.
biographical unions using their political
power as a factor in aiding Columbia Union
TO maintain Its scale OF prices In the month OF
February, 1888, when the attempt was mado
IN the U. 8. Senate to "rar' the Government
Printing ONCE"
A Reply which McKechnie Cannot
Answer.
was not at all fastidious, Indeed, Mr.. Nc
Kechnie, at that time. was honored by our
Union by placing me at the head OF Its com.
nmi ee 70 pee tyi ,nat v Ssa n9 n5 ana nv
man, OF whatever party, who initiated or coun-
tepenced It. helped to hnd good and power.
Der Ito bury 1t, although a noble Democrat.
Dan voorhees,, was asked to BIO our especial
champion, as no had gladly been before aud
has been since. How gladly would vote for
him II had a chancel But, then, Mr.. Nc.
Kechnie, our committee, Republicans and
Democrats, appealed to both eides Tor help,
threaten TO "boycott" party or a Preslden-
tial candidate, and we won, and Democrats
and Republicans were alike happy and
united.
A Political Ffrebrand In n Non-Par-
tisnn Organization.
Contrast the result upon the fraternity OF
our action with that of your con Teres OF
No. and your Boyeotter, Mr.. McKechpie. Our
monious body. No. and the International
Union have thrown the flaming nrebrand
OF national party politics into our professed
non-partisan organization and lol We are
divided unto two hostile camps In q twlnkling
your faction resorting to buster, bull
doing and personal violence, aud ending with
The revolutionary, parliamentary treachory of
= our second onlcer to deprive tho majority OF
the power to express its Interpretation.
How do you like the outlook, Mi. McKech-
ME, as far as you have gotP And the politi-
cal disease must spread all over tho land In
our unions, unless q speedy and effective
quarantine be applied and you mischief'mak-
1 advise you not to lie awake o. nights, MIR.
NcKechnie, dreaming the fond deiuslon that
yon and your little squad will be able to "de-
leat the Republican party OF the State OF New
York" at this election. "yeto Cleveland"
VIII never be able to help you and your crowd
70 get possession OF tho government Printing
once, be sure Of that! "His eyes is sot."
A Bill of Particulars Wanted.
One word as to The BoycOtter. II Cleveland
and his friends do not furnish the funds to
| run II, who has paid the siC thousand and more
oS S9s up Jt s. few No. weeks wS
| bill OF particulars 2"
You think 1t "remarkable" that In my letter
| TO you "do not advance one solitary reason
| why, under the circumstances, We should not
| boycott MIR. Blaine and the Republican party"
| l thought that none but crazy workingman
would dream OF destroying the man whom he
knew had tried TO do him aud his friends the
| greatest service that public man could do TO
workingmen, and that ''reasons" were uu-
| necessary where reason had no abiding place,
| as you and your junta are proof
One reason will give you, however: you
| were precluded by every consideration OF pru-
dence, expediency, precedent, usage, and law
OF our common fraternity from taking official
action In party politicsl "No politicsl" IS our
are you silent MT as to tho Democratic Soniesi
| organs (and there are scores OF thom, at tho
head OF the list being Cleyeland's home orSanl
uwho refuse TO pay Union scale OF prlces"
Why these Iug.handle polltics-all on one sido9
ln short, MIR. McKechnie, you and The BOZ.
couer md your profit In running q Democratic
campaign newspaper, but you shall not do II I'M
der cover OF wholly non political Iuterna.
ilonsl Union or Union No. o, whose honest
minority you have suppressed, as our msjority
has been In 1Oll
The mask Shall he Stripped OF AT
| All Hazards,
and ond my companions have enlisted for
the war; II we must have politics, We Will en-
deavor 10 give YOU all you are looking for
the SUCCESS Of Mr. Blaine and the Republican
party, because know him to be the warm
friend OF Workingmen and their cause; pc
S.I no mas twice peen unanimously thsnkou
by Union No. 10l for services rendered TO II
and our members; because the Republican
party Is the only party that has ever espoused
or done anything for tho cause OF labori be-
cause tho Democratic party never elected OF
nominated workingman for the highest Of
lice In the gift OF the Nation as the Republican
| party has done In the persons or Lincoln, John
son, Wilson, COlfax, Hamlin, GARFIELD and
Banks; ard, finally, because the Democratic
party 10 controlled and can only be successful
BY the aid OF tho late Shareholders, who owned
| tHetr mpplaDip9 and lnOOrBrS--AOmB OF whom
MIR. McKechnie, woro ADLER, II not better, mer
than you and l. Truly yours,
ALvAN d. BROCK.
Washington, September 10, 1884.