Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-08-22
CLEVELAND AND LABOR.


Twenty-four reasons why we, as working.
men, will vote and work for Cleveland
First. We will vote for Cleveland because
he signed on June t, 1854, the bill which
abolshes child labor in all the institutions
in this State.
Second. We will vote for Cleveland be.
cause he signed the bill which reduced the
exorbit;,nt fees Of one Of the greatest mo-
nopolies of The country-namely, the Asso-
ciaton of New York pilots, who ale paid
bv direct tax on commerce. They are rich
men, aud their fees were from $1,000 To
5000 for each man every year Cleveland
reduced them TO $500.
Third. We will vote for Cleveland be.
cause he signed the bill which secures 4
tension to the widows and orphans Of po-
liccmeu. One section of the bill provides
for testing boilers, and thus adds to the
safety Of every working engineer.
Fourth We will vote for Cleveland be-
cause by vetoing the elevated fare bill he
set an example 10 ali employers Of honest
dealing with laborng. men, and showed the
need of keeping bargain fair and equal
with every man.
Fifth. We will vote for Cleveland because
he signed the bill authorizing the spending
Of 81 ,000, 900 for additional common schools
in New York
Sixth We will vote for Cleveland be-
cause he appointed on the very day the bill
PASSED Il head of the Bureau Of Labor.
This Bureau of Labor did much to
awaken the interest that resulted in the
abolition of convict contract labor.
seventh. We will vote for Cleveland be-
cause he would not sign q bill which would
reduce the cardrivcrs and conductors one
third.
Eighth. We will vote for Cleveland be-
cause he would not sign q bill which took
away the rights OF workingman. This
was called mechanics lien. but actually
benefited contractors and not the men who
worked with their hands on 4 job.
1t made it cost ten times rs much for 4
poor man TO get the money due him as it
does now and the lawyers could have got
big fees and have been chiefly benefited.
Ninth. We will vote for Cleveland be-
cause he made republican legislature
take back y bill that only went half way
and compelled them 10 pass a bill, which
he AT once signed, abolishng convict con-
tract labor in every institution.
Tenth. We will vote for Cleveland be-
cause he appointed Il railroad commission
which, by what it has made railroad cor
porations DO, has made travelling on the
cars safer and more comfortable for every
man, woman. and child.
Eleventh We will vote for Cleveland be-
cause he signed two bills aholishng tene-
ncnt house cigar. making, and so gave
health and enjoyment of home to thou
sand.
Twelfth. We will vote for Cleveland be-
cause he signed bill making workingmen
c..t T., ,yi, nj
fails.
Thirteenth. We will vote for Cleveland
because he signed the bill appointing Il ten
how tenement houses can be made more
hcaltnful and comfortable.
This will benefit hundreds of thousands
Of men who work all day, and especially
add 10 the happiness of their wives and
children.
Fourteenth We will vote for Cleveland
because nc signed the bill which did away
with the manufacture Of hats in State pris-
OnS.
This bill ended Il contract competition
which had thrown hundreds of working
men out of employment.
Fifteenth. We will vote for Cleveland
because he signed the emigration commits
sion bill the provisions Of which protected
emigrauts from robbery, injustice and cx-
tortion.
Sixteenth. We will vote for Cleveland be-
cause he signed the bill limiting the charges
of pawnbrokcrs and preventing the sale of
a poor mans furniture.
Seventeenth. We will vote for Cleveland
because he signed the bill which gave the
people Il chance to speak their opinion Of
convict contract labor. The people having
spoken he signed at once the bill which
carried out their wishes.
Nineteenth. We will vote 70: Cleveland
because he signed the law to give pure but
ter and cheese. and also TO prevent the sale
of watered mild.
Twentieth. We will vote for Cleveland
because he recommended again large ap-
preparation for the employment of men on
the new capitol which appropriation was
refused by the republican legislature.
This action of the republican legislature
in refusing to appropriate money has made
it necessary to discharge hundreds of men.
There is plenty of work, but no money to
pay for it.
Twenty first. We will vote for Cleveland
because he signed two bills, one in 1883 and
one 1854, to prevent cruel and unjust treat
ment of children.
Twenty-second. We will vote for Cleve
land because he signed the bill which large
" reduced the fees of receivers of corpora
tions, and saved the money for the people
to whom it belonged.
Twenty-third. We will vote for Cleveland
because he signed the bill which compelled
insurance companies to keep their promises
and so protected the widows ami orphan:
of men who had paid their money to be in
sured.
Twenty fourth. We will vote and work
for Cleveland because he has done more fo
the workingmen of the state of New York
than any Governor we have ever had; be