The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-09-05

manu, nnd ha.Slly 0 day passes but I'll.
tho secretafyo. State Is called upon
supply them. The only excuse offered b
Governor Cleveland was to codify them
needed asperson ti,niliar with the dutie
The Secretary OF State Is d Republican
and therefore, could not he entrusted Wit
the work. Could partizansl,ipgo further
nEAocRAcY,ASD CONVICT LABOR
The south-tho home Of the Bourbo
Dcinocracy--for over sixty years held hi
man creatures as things to he bought mn
sold for, the labor they could DO made /
yield, with no return for sucl, labor b.,
board and lodgings. When tho lsepubli
can party, through Abraham Lincoln, It
representative, gave 10 the black tnen Q
South the right to own their own soul
and bodies, 1t WINS rs much the emancjpa
ton oil labor rs It was the emancipation O
slaves. It opened up the entire South /,
the Tree white laborcrs OF tho North, wht
had always been excluded. The South
which fatteued on slave labor, Is to.da,
heartily In favor OF, convict labor Ii
Georgia the State 3 conyicts ar,
employed by contractors, p,g chicl
among whom Is United b. State,
Senator Brown, In Kentucky, up to las
May, convict labor was given to contract
ors Tor use only upon public works. Ma,
~, 1854, Governor Knott, OF that State, Il
Democrat, approved IN net OF tho Demo
cratic Legislature, authorizing tho en-.
ployment Of tho State convicts by the co1l
tractors IN mining. They are no employed
to-day and have driven out OF tho Slate
thousands OF miners with their dependent
wives and children. These Kentucky
contractors do not pay u cent to tho State.
bntreceive this convict labor In return,
for the care OF the prisoners. In New
York State tho Republican party has Tic
honor OF putting an end to contruct con.
Wet labor. These are facts: -, ~
1.-The Democratic State Conyention's
platform IN 1882 favored the repeal Of con.
tract labor In State prisons. iig6Gi'
Tile Democratic Legislature OF 1851
did mot do away with convict labor, but
LETT the question TO tho people. M
3-The people, in 1883, by large ma.
lority Of the vote cast, favored tho aboli.
ton Of contract convict labor. .lfll,TI7,l
1.-The Republican Legislature OF 1883
passed 4 bill presented by Senator Com.
stock, y Republican, abolishing contract
convict labor.
5-The Republican Legislature Of 1884
passed bill presented By MIR. Howe, a
Republican, for the appointment Of com.
mission to decide What should be done
with convict labor. The bill was passed,
Int before the commission could examine
into all tho extensive ramifcations Of the
subject its term Of office expired. s :
G-The Republican members Of Tho Ton.
stature tried to extend tho term of the
commissioners, and passed bill after n
ons struggle against Democratic opposi-
ion to effect this object. The bill ,rds re-
otd by Goremor Clereland, a Democrat.
AFTER the passage Of the bill abolish.
ng contract convict labor it was Discovered
hat by the expiration Of certain contracts
II Auburn prison over 500 prisoners would
oe lett III idleness US no substitute ior con.
vet labor had been suggested by the Leg
stature. 49,
3 S:.Mr. Howe, a Republican, introduced
bill to keep these few hundred under the
ID system for about one year or until some
1lan for giving them employment. could hc
levised. This bill was defeated Nv the
totes OF Republicans and De,aocrats.
Worklnsmen can draw their own con.
Illusions from the above plain recital OF
acts, IS 10 who have stood on their side in
10 prison labor question, - :. >:
BLAINE on AMERICAN LABOR.
Read what James G. Blaine said in his
euef oil acceptance about American labor
NO compare 1t with few stinsy common
'lace lines on the same question in Gov
'flor Cleveland's letter. Mr.. Blaine said:
me Republican party is not contondiny
or ,lse permanency OF any particular
tatute. The issue between Tho two mr..
les does not haye reference to 4 specsiIc
aw., II Is far broader and lar fceper, It
nyolvesa principle Of wido application
md beneIicent influence, against a theory
yl,iell NO believe to be- uusound in cor,
:eption and inevitably hurtful in practice,
n TIC many tariff revisions which have
,een necessary for the past .twoN,y-,hrec
ears, or which may Hereafter become
necessary, the Republican, party has main.
AIMED eHN VIII inainsain tho policy Of
to American industry. While
'ar opponents Insist upon q revision.
which practically destroys that pol;cy'
The issue is thus distinct, well fIcfinc,i
md unavoidable. The pending cleoiIom
nay determine the fate OF ,,rotsctton for
generation. The oyeythroW al Tie polioy
means a large ,sHd permanent reduction
Il NE wages Of the American laborcr, be.
\ .oseS MFoiflng the loss OF vast amounts
II American capital invested in manuiac-
nytna enterprises. - 81 II is into
his vast field Of home trade-at oneo ,He
'rcation and the heritage ithe American
'eor.e-that foreign nAtiu,s ;,re striving
y every device Ia enter Il Is into this
leld that the opponents Of our present
eVenNe system would freely admit the
countries Of Europc-countrics into
whose internal trade We could not re-
'ilproeally enter; countries to which We
'honll be suFrendering every advantage OF
radc:; IRON which We would DO gaining
sothlnS in return \ policy al tlfs Kind
would be disastrous 10 the mechanics and
TaTAlngmen Of the United States. Wages
IRE unjutly reduced when an industrious
nan is not ahle by hls earnings to live in
.omiorl educate his children and Law by a
Inilicient amount for the necessities OF nee.
The reduction Of wages inevitably cnnse,
lnent upon throwing our ha,ae market
open to the world, would deprive them Of
he powers4 do this, It would prove a
,TpA. cAlaMAty to our country. 1t would
produce q conflict between the poor and
he Eoh, and in the sorrowiul degradation
oi1abor would plant the seetla al nublic
LANCER. The Republican party has steadily
lined to mainiaia Just relations between
abor and Notwithstanding with care the
lights al each. A conflict. between the
NO has always led in the past mud viii
llways lead in the future to ne lnjury OF
10Th, Labor is Indispensable % tho crea
ion and RrAiltahlp Nso : Of capital, and
'alilal lncreases the efficiency, and value
i labor. Whoever arrays the ono against
he otheN Ia an enemy OF both. That
'olicy is wisest and best which harnon-
yes tho two. on the haals az absolute
ustice. The Republican party has pro.
ected tho irc1 lahar Of America SO that its
compensation Is larger than is realized in
my other: country. 1t has guarded our
,nAytn af,as,,rS