Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-07-24

would not be an advantage for them to
speak against Cleveland with their en-
plOyers. A Blue Island avenue street
car driver said:
g | am a Democrat, but you can bet
your life | vote for Blaine. Cleveland
has not friend on a street car. He We
tOed the bill Of the New York car COM
pany men when he had a chance to give
them lift, and you can bet your life
that the boys will help to veto him at
election. l drive and I can hear men
talk. When [ came down town this
morning five men sat behind me on this
seat, and all said that they would not
vote for Cleveland, and / told them the
here. Those men were Democrats and
voted for Cullerton, every one, but you
bet they don't swallow Cleveland"
An iron worker in building on Gin
ton street said: "Our gang have liked
Blaine right along and we did not know
which we would take, Blaine or Butler
You see that we expected Butler would
get the nomination, and if he did his
platform would have a good bit Of pro-
lection in it, and he would see that there
wasa great deal more Nearly all the
wOrllmen around here were disappointed
We Taust have protection and we like
Blaine. We don't like free trade and
won't have Cleveland, and you bet that
four out Of five of us won't vote for him,
though there are good many Demo-
Gratis here. Why didn't they putup old
Thurman? He would have suited us
first rate, for he don't like corporations
to own men soul and body"
A carpenter working in a building on
l. I I. I 10
for Cleveland, for [ am a Republican,
think Blaine put it up on the Democrats
and had them nominate Cleveland? 1t
looks a,S if he did and you bet he's sharp.
The unions are all hot at Cleveland, and
some of them have declared so. Others
may not say anything about it but you
bet they don't go to sleep. They don't
like him, for all seem to regard him as
friend of capital and against the poor
man, and my partner is Democrat, and
when he heard Cleveland was nominated
he commenced to swear. [ did not
know what it was all about at the time.
[ thought he would set the shavings on
fire, it looked so blue Then he went off
and got drunk, and / guess he is drunk
and swearing, yet, but you will remem-
Der, he will be sober and vote for
Blaine"
A stoneman said: 81 am an Trishman
and an Old-line Democrat from New
York. My boss is a Democrat, too, but
neither of us will vote for Cleveland.
You see he knows Kelly in New York
and likes him, and because Kelly talked
against Cleveland he won't support him.
[ won't vote for Cleveland because
Blaine knocked out the Chinese in
California for white men, and be-
cause Cleveland knocked out the poor
man in New York State for the big bugs.
The knights Of Labor won't talk against
Cleveland as a society, so that the out
side public can hear it, but you can bet
your last nickel that every man in the
order will know just what there is
against Cleveland by the next meeting
night, and the members will go out and
work against him. You see when a
union in New York has dealings with a
fraud, why then they let the branch
here know how he works. Those in
New York City are all against Cleve-
land, and they will let their reasons why
spread. The laboring men can Join
hands with any party and beat the other.
With nineteen out of twenty mechanics
their ideas were about the same as ex-
pressed in the above interviews, and they
intend to see that their votes are the
same as their talk.