The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-27
HOW THEY LOVE WORKINGMEN.
Some Representative Expressions from the
Press Of the Democratic Party.


is in progress. But when the country is not dis
turbed politically the workingmen do notreceve
such sugar coated words from representative
Democrats. No workinglnan in the country
can point to single act of the Democratic
party in aid of labor or of laboring men
The record of the party is one unbroken
history of expressions and acts in opposition to
the best interests of working people The Re
publican party is the party of free labor, and it
is under the policy and administration of the
Republican party that labor has been honored
and advanced, and maintained in a position in
fnitely higher than it occupies in any country Of
the world.
What the Democracy and the trade
independents really think of Ameri-
can workingmen can be told by their
expressions deliberately made, at a
time when there was no occasion to veil their
real sentiments but when they could and did
speak just as their hearts moved them. Read
what the indianapolis Sentinel said at a time
when there was no political campaign in progress,
and when it was under no compulsion to utter
any other than its calm, deliberate opinion
Here is part Of an editorial article printed in
the columns of the indianapolis Sentinel:
High wages, high prices, and constant eff
fort to make them all higher is the mistake Of
the times A rebellion against Chinese labor is
pending in California because the Cinnamon
can learn the trade and make shoes or anything
else at half price, and get rich into the bargain
What is the secret of thisl The Chinaman's pol
icy is to live on next to nothing, He outAanks
the American by cheap living. But the idea of
anything cheap is repudiated by your American
laborer. He looks at the style and luxury of the
rich and works himself into fury to live the
same way. You cannot sell any but the choicest
cuts of beef, the superine -four and the choicest
coffee to the miner or mechanic. He will have
not the best in reality but the most costly. He
calls constantly for higher wages, and he does
not see that his high wages increase the cost of
above ground to fall further at the crash by and
by The American laborer would
do well to study the policy Of the Chinaman in
his policy of economy as well as Of cheap labor
Economy and cheap living do not necessarily inn
ply ignorance, nor degradation, nor filth, nor
whisky. Neither unfortunately, do high wages
work exemption from all these curses Of labor
which are far worse than the expressions of
capital
Here is another expression of opinion about
workingmen. from the columns of the Louisville
Courier Journal the leading Democratic organ
of the Southwest 1t was written and published
during the strike of the New Orleans laborers:
I'VE see that the deck-hands and roustabouts
at New Orleans are putting on airs and refusing
to work for 500 month. This is diabolical
outrage upon the marine commerce and trade Of
the South Now there must be an end put to
this outrageous state of affairs, and the sooner
it is done the better. These nMPUDENr 'sTRIK
ERs' are fools enough to believe that steamboats,
can not do without them, and must submit to
their strikes and demands whenever they choose
to make them. Let all boats plying the lower
Mississippi and landing at New Orleans quit
running for thirty or sixty days. Give THE RAs-
GALS to understand that they can neither rule nor
ruin. Let the wheels of commerce and trade ali
along the the Mississippi be brought to stand
still, to deadlock, and it won't be long before
the States will take the matter in hand and estab-
lish laws regulating the price of labor. There
| is no use encouraging such rascally oppression
on the part Of men who would ride willing
horse to death. STARvE THEM OUT by tying up
the boats and stopping all river business until
! they are willing to work under contract for fair
living wages Then if they want to Jump let
EN- jump Try EN- before the United States
Court for IUTIEY and SEND THE GUILTY RAscALs
TO THE PENITENT1ARY, where labor is cheap,
and they'll get more HARD-TAcK AND SOW BELLY
TO EAT AND LESS PIE AND TURKEY
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, the leading indie
pendent mugwump in sermon in Plymouth
/ Church, suggested bread and water as the diet
for workingmen; aud we are informed that Mr..
Lindley Vinton, one of the four or five indie
pendents in this county, in speech expatiated
upon the virtues of oatmeal as food for working
men, if their wages should be cut down by the
introduction of free-trade.
Workingmen Of Indiana, read these things,
4 and THINK and then VOTE!