The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-08-22

eaS n<tAAtS IGluuH0lallF6 wages WuCu bAACy w
the same work as men, so that they may at
thralld6m."
He continues: 'sThs Republican party has
released the c6lored man from bondage and
given him the bal OF for his protection. Why,
IN the score OF years since, has not that party
by the SANS species OF class legislation saved
the white womeu of the Nation from detert
Grating its chi.dren2
with an overwhelming majority. Repub-.
hcans have spent months and months IN de-
yising laws for the elevation of womanhood
in the Territory of Utah. Be it so! Why has
not some Republican statesman given q few
hours in these later years when Southern
troubles have passed away, or been over
looked. TO the question whether the women
of the Nation If not protected by other legis-
ation, should not be allowed the ballot with
which to protect themselves as that party
gave it for like purposes 30 the negro!"
The Republican party Is arralgneo Tor.
granting subsidies to railroads. Tor erecting
millions in onenlnr the mouth of the Missis-.
sippi some OF which are all rlgnt, Dut IL nsS
never done one act for the Worklngman.
Referring to the fact that tne aomlhanss
party had protested TO protect the LABOR OF
the South in its rights and the iaDorer OF tue
North in his wages, he says: II call the at
tention of such men 20 the TACT tnae tnas
party has failed to do either. Lab0ring men
are out of employment afld starving after q
quarter of q century of Republican rule.s
Nay, more. It is well known in MaSsachu-'
setts aud Rhode Island and how Tar IN other
parts OF She North leave the good and Just
minded of th0ss localities 10 speak, capital
has coerced the votes of the labOring men to
its own purposes by threats, intimidahons
and in some cases worse means. The negro
of the South. also, can not go TO the ballot-box
for fear of the shotgun, and. if he does, thS
baIlot.bOx StuHer puts in two votes to neu-
tralize his one."
|, In the matter of finance there is nothing to
hope for from either party. The bankers and
capitalists of both parties have united for
twenty years to control the financial legisla-
ton of the Nation. And now, with money
enough for all wants, with golden fields, with
Inexhaustible crops, with an overprOduction
of stocks and provisions, with plenty on every
hand because of the present financial system
''the producing laborer goes about the street
unemployed; and the farmers wheat, which
with the fathers was measure or value, is
drug in the market; and that which he raises
to-day. produced by the sweat of his face, is
Witho 1T profit to his industry.
I'VE the despised Greenbackers, offered
| remedy for all this, which no rejecting, keen
| sighted business man will now say would not
have been effectual. Myself in Congress more
| than fifteen years ago proposed That instead
! of issuing a United States bond which would
! be held by capitalists only, and for the pTr-
pose of securing bank currency only, Con,
/ rress should make an 1nterconyertDle Dond
| ut a low rate of interest, TO be issued
| bv the Government, so that any man
| might invest in it, instead OF placing
| his money in savings banks or trust
1 kitirg stocks, and then lost when he called Ter
| 1t. That bond, bearings 60-lOO per cent. IN
! terest, to be presented by the holder at any
lime 1s the Treasury, and legal tenders to be
;sS,1ad FOR n. aud thus the interest to that
amniir,t Of The MAJ. onal debt accrues to the
| Government, instead Or oelng pald Dy II from
the taxes b Of the as 99sSRe by The yestor one
| should be issted by the Government, A2sy1 III
tereSt thereon begin. Every finanelef KnD1S.
| that it is the odd sou, O00,000 withdrawn or pGg
| out that makes REDUNDANCY Or scarcity OK
| circulating medium; ana is there man who
| dares say now that such bond woulo nos
! have prevented the panic and desolatlon 70
bttsiiess through which We t are n0% psTs Is s
tanned by the Supreme Court as constltu-
tional currency against the opinions OF the
! pa d attorneys of every hngnclef OF Ene coun-
| try The time will come, if the people OF TINS
| country can get the clutch OF monopoly or Tvs
| currency Off It's throat, when sucn sysLen
| of finance as l have sketched viii give 1ree-
! dom to the industrial and business interests
/ Of the country from the terrible fluctuations
which the people now suffer-
! He appea s to the laboTlng man to declare
| his independence. 'sYOu have the power,
he saws. ito make this G6vsrnmentyOur Gov
eminent as did your fathers. Ibis can only
be done by acting together BE not deeelveo;
stand by each other. Let the people uhlte
for the good of the people. 10 prevent sucA
union has been the policy of the leaders,
monopolists of all shades OF opinion, en-
emies of the peop'e, who; while tney JOIN
| claim to belong TO different parties. You
know that it makes no dhsrence TO you
whether one set of men or the other Is III
power, no burden on the people is hGntenea,
| no monopoly is crushed. Whenever party
| carries on the Government laborlng men ana
women are permitted to enjoy only
the benefits of a primeval curse: IN
the sweat Of thy face shalt thou eat bread
] You enjoy none of GODS blesslngsl why
| not? You earn and produce them all-ail tnaG
He vouchsafes to man the ar h we PTeaSa1
Stand together and just share OF them ID
! yours.
the British party. There is alteady an arts
| tocracy, he says, in America, apIng the 6ElV
| ish. The American mechanic can not MAKE
clothes good enough for these apes; tney are
waited on by British servants; they cut their
whiskers British fashion, so as to appear as
| I'M American as possible.
s'In the fight between the Federalist against
| the Democrat there was no third party. rms
continued until the time of jackson, when
the great banking monopoly was broken
! down. Then arose minor questions between
| the parties industrial and economic. The
! question of the abolition of slavery caused
contention. This produced the war Jhs
war enabled the monopolist to get possession
of both parties. Now there is no actual al
ference between parties-only enough 70
make distinction"
| He abjures laboring men to vote together.
He tells them not to be alarmed at the cry
that he who votes for third party loses ms
/ vote. Not so. There was seed time ana a
harvest. Here is his plan: I'm framing your
electoral ticket make fusion In all the states
| this theory: Not that you are going to vote
for the electors of any candidate opposed TO
your interests; not that the friends Oh the
other candidate are going to vote for yours,
but agree that you will run the same cleo
toral ticket, provided the electors who COM
pose it are, as they ought TO be, reputable
men who will be bound by their honorable
| undertakings, which is all there is hat nds
the electoral college to vote in any direction;
and then have it agreed that the electoral
vote of the state shall be divided in the
/ electoral college according to the number
of voUes thrown for your candidate, and
the number of votes thrown for the other
| candidate on the same ticket The number
of votes which each candidate gets Will be
known with substantial accuracy long before
the official count is made. Therefore you
will have every incentive to vote for your
candidate because the larger number of
votes you cast the more electoral votes Will
your candidate get, and the less Will the
| other have. And those who are voting for
the same electors with you will throw as
many votes as they can for their candidate
in order that he shall have as large share
of the electoral vote of the State as possible,
neither in fact voting for the candidate OF
the other. Thus you will show your strength
and hold the balance of power.
"In many States, if we exert our strength,we
already hold the balance of power. In quite
| one hundred Congressional districts less than
one thousand votes will determine whether
friend of labor and the people or the tool OF
| monopoly shall have seat in Congress. Let
us organize. therefore, in every district to see
to it that no man goes to Congress from any
district who is not with us and OF us; strong
enough in moral rectitude to stand for the
rights of the people 'unawed by power and
unbought by gain
again, in balanced States make an alliance
with whichever of the other parties will choose
SO to do. Minorities naturally gravitate to-
ward each other. Give them some State Off
GERS and take others to your
selves upon an agreement that both parties
shall vote the same ticket. Be particular to
see to it that your own
friends are sent to the State
Legislatures. There are many States where
laws are needed for the protection Of the
workingman, the farmer and the merchant,
against oppressors and monopolies, and il
these will stand together they can get pro-
| lection in spite of the monopolist For ex-
| ample in the State of New York as elsewhere,
the producers and traders and consumers
need cheap transportation and competition
between water-borne freight and the rail-
roads. The laboring men and toiling
| women want a hve-cent fare law for the
| elevated railroad. The mechanics need
good Lien law. Ali need law to limit the
hours of labor, whether woman toIling in a
mill or standing behind conner, or q con-
ductor driver standing on car IT any
body tells you that this is class legislation, re-
/ ply to him: Yes, we know it; we are iegts-
lating for our class little while, for it is the
first time we have had an opportunity. The
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