West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1884-09-19
The WOrkingman,s Friend.

The alliance between Butler and the
Republicans is explained by the fact
mat the labor vote is to be thrown for
Butler for the purpose of electing
bialne: Then, OF course, Blaine being
elected, Butler will get recognition"
from the new Administration. That
this is very good scheme for Butler
and the Republicans is evident: but how
about the labor vote? What induce
ment has the laboling man to vote for
Butler that Blaine may get to the
White House? The theory of the
Greenback- Anti Monopoly Labor Re
form agtators is that the labor vote
constitutes the germ of a new party:
that the Democratic and Republican
parties are both "played out" and
that the future belongs to the working
men, who in some unexplained way are
going TO reyolutionize the Government.
50 that there will be no more monop-
oily, only just enough labor, and as
much currency rs heart can desire.
They do not explain exactly what the
method is to be, probably because they
do not clearly understand it; but first
they want to "brcak mp the old parties"
and get a real friend of the people into
power.
''h'h movements As tnal under
Kearney's lead i'm California and under
Butler IN Massachusetts are the natural
fruits of this vague longing for a
change The laboring men bv vot
ing for kearney got temporarily a com
munistic government; by voting for
Butler, they apparently DESTROYED both
the old parties for the time being; and
Butler after getting into power made IL
hot for the politicians and the mug
wumps' and the college consump-
tives, and thus it seemed for a time as
if the end were at hand.
If, therefore, there were the remotesf
chance of electing Butler President, we
could understand that the laboring men
might be brought to vote for him i'm
large numbers this year. But there is
not. lie can not get a majority OF the
Electoral College, and all that he can
DO Is TO elect Blaine, or throw the elec-
ton into the House, which would elect
Cleveland. In either case he only
helps one or the other of the old par
tics and the laboring man is now TO be
asked TO vote for him i'm order 10 do
this. Don't vote for the monopolist
Cleveland or the mOnopOlist Blaine.
vote for the people, friend, Butler.
and by so doing elect Blaine or Cleve.
land. You have, . horny-handed
toiler, a reasonable spite against your
own face Trust i'm us, and cut of
your nose The remedy is a specific.
IL has been in use for thousands of
years, and never been known TO fail.
Urging the workingmau to vote for
Butler this year is simply urging him
10 make n fool Of himself A large
labor vote for Butler in three or four
doubtful States would only send Blaine
70 the White House, and intrench there
Tor four years more the very mOnOpo-
lists whom the labor reformers have
been denOuncing. What contempt
Tor the intelligence of the American
laborer, what a deep-seated and cynical
disregard Of decency is involved in the
ldca of advising him 10 vote for Butler
20 elect Blaine He never did so ridic-
Hlous thing before; why should he be
such fool now? We do not believe he
will be. He will find out the truth
about the Butler Blaine "deaP' before
November, and will decline 20 be made
tool of and Butler once found out by
him, will suffer the fate that is always
hanging by the merest thread above the
head Of any politician who, being de
void Of conviction and principle himself.
comes TO think At last that "politics' is
only the manipulation Of large body
oi fools by small body of knaves. -
NeW York Post, (IUd.).