Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-15
TUE IunE.KILx CLrs.

DE acitator and demigog am abroad
In de land.- observed Brother Gardner
"a he opened the meeting and motioned
for Bufternut Harrington to draw IN an
acre or fwo Of his feet. de vorkin
man am being appealed 70 by orators
an newspapers to turn cut to discushuns
am dictates an CONVERSIONS, an he am
vaIkin' right up TO de mark. be am
bein' told by orators:
81. Capital am his material enemy.
80. De chief aiTu of ebery rich man
am 20 grim de poo man down
g, Lec1slashun am wanted fur de Ia
boriu' classes to parteot EN- agln DER
~. De man Who Arms twelve shillin,s
a dav has as good right & brlek
house. -blooded bosses. piaRsrs and
diamonds as de man who kin draw his
check for $4,000.
.Gemlen. We am all poo men an Ia
borin' men. Let rs reasoa taeether.
d.. average " rkin' man was born OF
pareis poo'er daa hisself. de took TO
labor ia preference to a purfeshun, or,
lack of eddecashus fo'ced nim 20 Farm a
trade ID place of bloomin' ont as law
yer or a doctor. Am aat de rich man 5
fault! Am il anybody's fauit! Wasn't
il de best thing dat could be doneE by
what right does d. carpenter, painter or
blacksmith urge dat he ortsr have bin
uuihin' else BY what right does ne
sot uD a groxibekase dc nan around de
co ner kin ooGnt dollars To his pennies
Oar am sartin orators an De~spa-
pears DAT shed tears ober de condlsbun
Of de workin' man one day, an mex
morDIn' hold EN- up as better paid, bet
ter dedicated, better fed an clothed dan
de same class Ia any other kentI on
airib, which am de solemn trut. Plenty
| Of men In Detroi. make hundred dol
lars whar make fifty cents. what OF
NJ? II dey made only shiilln' whar l
made dollar, would ! be any better
on Could drap de whltew.shin' biz
ness an go TO pleadin' law! Oar am
40 laws in dis kentry made fur employ
ers. Why should We have any fur EN-
ployees? A poo mans vote counts list
de same As de- rich mans. WHAT, den,
| am de need of n workin' mans CANDY
date! Put a Detroit carpenter IN de-
| White House, an would wages be any
higher dan under de present Incun-
bent. who is rich an gentleman!
Would rents go down, provisions grow
cheaper, an pianers 90 waikiki into
cottages?
II do not know by what right any
man sots hisseif up as de champion oil
de laborin' man. | do not diskIver why
there should be any complaints from de
workin' men as class. Each one Sc
iscted his trade. If dat trade doan
flourish he kin blame no one. Each
one has made his own way. Ii he has
bin industrious an economical he has ii
home of his own, an suthin' left over
II he has bin de opposite he am now
howiin' agin dc rion. tIve-sixth OF our
laborin' men chew and smoke. Ii am a
useless an absurd waste ob money, bot
who am to blame fur it! Three fltths
of our working men drink beer. IT der
money goes To de saloon keepers whar
should de blame restt Not one me
chanIc in ten AN satisfied wild sunday
suit costin' less dan $40. Plenty of Gu
owns horses an COWS. At least one IL
five has his own home. When delr
wives come down town dey are dressed
like ladies. You see plenty of 'em at d.
theater an circus an on de boats. De
great majority belong TO life INSURANCE
lodges and societies which cost from 81
to $22 per year. DE mechanic smokes
his ten cent cigar an enjoys it. Deg
sem DER chiI'en to de- best skHles. You
hear pianers or organs piayin' In every
square. You see lace curtains at cottage
winders, an Brussels carpets on de tio's
De agent wild Sl2 Bible will II mo
amoAg do poo dan among de rich. d.
lsborin' man has his daily paper, an
not one in fifty asn eblee.ed TO coBtin'
hisself to de necessities OF life. If h,
am groun' an oppressed how does h'
git along so we'll? Ii he amt eroun
an oppressed why de need of champions
an orators an all dis fuss? Let us par
eeed TO bizuess."