Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-24
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The summary discharge Of Hon, Z. David H Lea
" from his position as Chief Clerk OF the Br1-s
sreau of Labor Statistics Ut Albany, N, =. be-
cause he presided at q Butler meet Of work.
ing1nen has aroused the greatest Indignation
all over that State Itnow appears that Gov,
Cleveland and Lieut. "a or. Hi were both an
gered at Healy e. action, and that the Commits.
sioner of the bureau was ordered to dismiss him.
Even some of the Democratic papers IN Alba
ny are protesting against it The Evening
Times OF that city says:
It was the act OF a mailman to discharge Mr..
Healy in this way. To throw rotten eggs at
bad enough: to follow this up By Diminishing
him from Office on q trumped-up charge is
worse. If the present Democratic party man
ayers in the State think they can get along
without the laborfvote, and are careless wheth- :.
err they have itor not, then such acts do not
workingmen Of the State and Nation rallying
round the old flag Of Democracy once more
they do not want to offer repeated indgnities
to labor's representatives Of whom MIR. Healy
is certainly one, .
The Press, an Independent paper, which is
supporting Cleveland, also says: zrt
We can scarcely think the headers have given
up the battle and have become careless, no
matter how much this action on the part of
Mr.. Peck has that appearance Thatit looks
that way fair-minded men must admit !,
Z !, The only paper which supports this personal
States is the Argus, Clevelands personal or
gan, which, OF course, stands BY him and APP
proves this dastardly business. The Albany
Evening Journal (Rep.) aptly characterizes the
outrage in the following indignant words:
Gov. Cleveland has long since shown that
his attitude is far from friendly toward the
workingmen. His nearest supporters and
some Of his own appolntees were among the
men who threw rotten eggs at ex-senator
Grady and Dir. Healy at the Butler meeting OF
workingmen in this city. Contemplate as
was this disgraceful assault, the discharge OF
more contemptble Vile and detestible as
were the wretches who assailed Messrs. Grady
and Healy with foul oaths and putrid eggs,
viler and moro detestible are those who would
take from workingman his daily bread SIM
ply because he ASSERT his rights to an indie
pendent stand in politics
Do worklngmen need any further lllustra-
ton of the an1mosity of Grover Cleveland to
them and their interests? If they were in any
doubt after his successive vetoes Of the Five
Cent Fare bill, the Mechanics Lien law, the
Carr Drivers BILL and almost every other labor
bill passed by the republican Legislature, can
they remain in doubt now whether Cleveland
has any regard for them? The summary dis
charge of Mr. Healy because he presided over
a meeting Of wcrkingmen, whose interests he
was representing in this bureau, aud in which
he was appointed at the request Of the work
ingmen of his own state is something they can
understand There is not q workingman in
Illinois or in any other part of the United States
who was not personally insulted in tho double
outrage of rotten-egging and discharging MI.
Healy II they have any spirit, if they are cap
able Of resenting an insult, Grover Cleveland
and his hirelngs will hear from them. Chicago
Tribune