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The Labor enquirer., 1884-11-01

I now Tie laDOferS SpenQ>lnelr leisure. i
told you they were irreclaimable and
that giving them freedom meant allow
ing them to hurt themselves, This proves
they cannot be redeemed and must for
ever toll and accept our domination"
And what else could or would the la
Fhorers do utget little excitement to
raise their spirits after depressing work
I am no believerli in the bourgeois cant
about the peoples depravity. But there
is no use overlooking facts which per-
sistently stare US in the face. Nor is it
logical to say this is step in the. direc-
~tion of labor8emancipation. This is a
compromise, and will only result In de-
lay and distraction. Let us who are at
present the minority agitate the masses
and stir them up>to discomfort with their
condition, and we will find that when
the workers begin ogrumble and muir
mur about. their rights, and demand
their whole rights, the capitalists will
only too eagerly offer eight-bour bills
and any quantity of other paltry bills in
the hope that it will appease the appe-
tite for justice which the workers begin
to possess, If there is to be any COM
promising in this matter let the capital
lists be the first to offer terms and there
cannot be any doubt but they will offer
and give eight-hour bills and children
feeding in schools and many othermeas
ures much quickerif wedo not demand
them, than if we do. This idea may he
at once secuted by some people as quite
nonsensical, but a very little reflection
will show us that it is quite reasonable.
II we steadily preach to the workers
that all wealth iscreated BY and belongs
to labor, the capitalists will be glad to
concede some to avert the loss of all.
Again it is quitetruly said that hungry
people are more easily reused to revolu-
ton than contented. 1t surely follows
that when the capitalists perceive that
we are stirring the people v revolution,
they will for their own interest try TO
conciliate the people with reforms
enough. I thus contend that these
measures should not be part of our pro-
gram for reasons
. /. Because they are reactionary, i. e.,
tend to improve the present basis of the
social system, instead of abolishimg it
and substituting another.
2. They will come much sooner if we
9confine ourselves to thoroughly reVolu-
tionary propaganda, because the capital
lists with natural instinct will sacrifice
little to saye much, sooner than sacri-
fee little when it is merely demanded.
The measures ! have just discussed
may be called means Of alleviating the
position of the masses. There is another
class of measures which are immediate
attempts to attain the economical trans
formation, Or in other words, are means
Of introducing Sociahstic arrangements
into societyiat present For instances of
such measures take the proposal of the
Social Democratic Federation to institute
national banks, land naturalization,
railway naturalization, and other meas
ures, all of which aim at what is some
times called State Socialism. or Social
ism whose benefits are to be withheld
from the proletariat.
It seems very self-eyident that it must
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oERTAIsLY a sENsTsIE IDEA.

Editor Labor Enquirer.
=. To the members of the Peoples party
in Colorado / want to say a few words:
The world does not end with next
Tuesdays election, and your work for
your country and its welfare is not con-
cluded. You have. in fact, only begun
to labor in the right direction. You
have organized party which has the
power to rescue this great land from the
grasp of scoundrels who have forced it
to the verge of ruin and do it peace
ably. You must push on in this good
work.
In Colorado we have made already
made great sides, although we have not
been situated SO as to do hardly a frac-
tion of what were possible under some
circumstances; but we have fine start
Now to get along with the work to make
all the progress every year, every month
every day, which is possible.
The greatest trouble we have eXpe
>rienced this year has been lack of faclli.
ties for reaching the people with oul
views, to let them know what we are do
ing, to enlist their cooperation. Now
do you see what I am getting at?
Well, we must extend the circulation
of our literature we must build up oul
papers. If we cannot maintain weekly
journal DEVOTED to our principles in every
town or county in the state then We
must have them in as many places al
possible. If we cannot start new ones
right away. we must rally to the supper
of those already established, and we mus
show the champions of our cause tina
we are willing to contribute our mite tt
help them in the onerous and unprofit
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that this assessment may be promptly
paid, IS the association is at great ex-
pense and needs this money to- procure
leeislation and control Judicial action."
The national and state legislatures and
the courts, low and high, must be held
BY men whose action cannot be procured
or controlled.
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prosperity. thst every citizen Of the state
investigate this subject and be just and
humane in his decision upon it
All operators are not unreasonable in
their views on the question Of their em-
ploys,s rights, but the good are forced
to go with the bad-a long WAYS at least
-or be forced out Of business, and the
hard working, honest digger have to
stand the blunt of it all.
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JUDGE MILLER, in his speech at West
Turner hall Tuesday night, told the PEG
pie how as bank attorney he once
chanced to find among some papers
acircuiar notifying national bank ofa
assessment for the use of the National
Bank association. 1t said: ut is hoped
The Labor enquirer., 1884-11-01

VANDERBILT is kicking at the wages
paid the workingmen in this country
He'll die kicking in the same way, and
if check isn't put on his and his associ-
ates' robbery of the same workingmen
pretty soon, he may make the final kick
before he is thousand years older.
The Labor enquirer., 1884-11-01

THERE were over forty Butier meetings
in the city of New York last week, and
yet there are some lard shells who say
there is no enthusiasm for the old war
horse in that city. Stubborn folks, some
of these party-blind people.
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Our Cause.

Our Cause.
Hon. Alexander Campbell, ex-member of
congress from Illinois a friend of the lamen-
ted Lincoln, at present residing at LaSalle,
Illinois, has a fine article in recent issue
of the Rock Islander on the great questions
1.-THE day, and he concludes by expressing
his views about the Peoples candidates. Mn
Campbell has lived many years and has been
actively and intimately connected with pub,
lie affairs and public men, and his opinions
are worth something. He says:
II first met Gen. B. F. Butler in committee
of the Greenback party in Washington in
the winter of 1869 or 70. Theyiew he then
expressed on the subject of a legal tender
government currency Tgreenback ks satisfied
me most fully that he had carefully consid-
cred the question in all its bearings and
clearly understood and appreciated its great
importance to the government and the peo-
pie. l have, since observed his course in
reference to this and other measures in the
interest of the working classes and nothing
that he has said or done has In the slightest
degree impaired my confidence in his sim
cerity and honesty.
II have also taken retrospective view of
his previous course in public life and am
forced to the conclusion that he is the most
misrepresented and lied about man, and at
the same time the most thoroughly Yindi-
Gated in every instance where his conduct
has been investigated, of any public man of
his age. l know no man who believe pos
sesses, in so eminenta degree, the exper'
ence, intelligence, integrity, moral cour
and other good qualifications, or who ]
lieye would so fearlessly and faithfully 1,
form the duties of the office of president,
the present state of the country.
Il first met Gen. A. NJ. West,ln green
back national convention in Philadelphia in
1859. He was then an able and earnest ad-
vocate of the financial and other principles
of the party, and has since, | am satisfied,
been faithful worker in the cause, and
under very unfayorable circumstances He
is an able, honorable and upright gentleman,
and eminently qualified to fill the office for
which he.has been nominated
'.The Peoples party have good cause for
being proud of their candidates. they are
certainly at least the peers Of, those of any
other party, and they should receive every
Vote OF theparty mot because of the prospect
of their election at this time, but because
they are worthy, and for the good of the
cause next time.
9 SIN case of failure at the approaching elec-
ton, nominate the old ticket and move
that the campaign open at once, and be pro
secuted vigorously until we elect our candi-
date in November 1888. We shall then have
the pleasure of inaugurating them on the
hundredth anniversary of Washington's
Inauguration. "a. CAMPBELL.
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Hegfsscr.

Ifyou are not registered you will have
one more opportunity on Monday. Take
two witnesses, who resides in your pre-
cinct, and get yous name on the books
Be sure.
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vance them. Happiness is only possible
when knowledge is supreme. Let US
therefore combine to spread knowledge.
When we. have effected that our success
is already attained.
JOHN LINCOLN MAHoN
The Labor enquirer., 1884-11-01
1HE PEOPLES i,A7losAL TICKET
PEOPLES s4rf TICKET


For Presidential Electors.
J. D. BAILEY, OF Artpahoe.
F. C. MESSENGER, of Weld.
H. BUTTON, of A'apahoe.
For Governor.
JOHN E. YtAsHFURNE.
: For Lieut. Governor.
DUNCAN Nick. MHYTE,
For Congress.
GEORGE w. WoY.
For secre ary Of State.
NJ. G.sDBNE.
For State Treasurer.
JOHN CHURCHES.
For State Auditor.
PETER ADAMSoN.
For Attorney General.
A. j. MILLER. r
For Supt. Public Instruction.
T. R. I,ALMFiR.
For Regents.
WARREN BLYNN, of Boulder.
j. K. MILLS, of Cleal Creek
GILBERT DE LA MATYR, of Arapahot
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b6r Children's and ladies' cloaks and
wraps of this season styles just received
at lower prices than any house in the
CITY. at M. A. Hirsh's, 278 LarImer street..
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PEOPLES c,UH7Y TICKET.

For State Senate,
Sixth Senatorial District,
CHARLES L. MERRITT,
JOHN T. HENDERSON,.
For State Senate, -
Ninth Senatorial District,
= LEONARD W. WELLS.
For State SeE,ate,
Tenth Senatorial District. -
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See that the votes in your precinct are
correctly counted and returned. u
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SEE that you are registered on Monday,
If you are not, take two witnesses with
you and attend to it. -, -~-
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Bas- Do not. fail to take advantage of
the unusually big bargains offered at
Hirsh's this week in dress goods, from
4c to 50. so per yard, iu all shades. E
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The publisher OF this paptr tr Is not resgofi-
sible for the opinions Of contributors. The
columns will always he opell for the discus M
sion of all sides of thu. labor questions OF the
day. Contributions a WAYS welcome.
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e.. "A. SWARTROgT,
GEORGE G. GRtFFEN. r
For Justice Of the Peace,
East Side-WlI. j. CALDWELL,
West Side-H. ]. FOX.
For Constable,
East Side-"..t.....,......y,...........
West Sids-J. s. CLANTON.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-07-03

The most important part of Il picnic,
however, is not the weather or the
place or the dinner. You may choose
the most beautiful spot in the world,
and spread the most delicious lunch
ever prepared, ant yet have the whole
thing Il complete failure, simply be-
cause the company was not well Sc
lcctcd Out-of-doors, where people
are free from formally, unless they
are congrnial friends, and what Mrs,
Whitney calls Real Folks they will
he likely to feel i'll mt ease and miss the
support given by company, clothes and
manners. Small picnics, for this rca
son among others, are usually much
plcasantcr than large picnicS,
In making up the party, be sure to
leave behind the girl who is certain to
be too warm or too cold. or to think
some other place better than the one
where she is, and who has "a horrid
time if she has to submit to any per-
somal inconvenience for the sake OF
others; and with her, the boy who
loves to tease, and who is quite sure
that his way is the only good way.
Put into their places some others,
young or old, who love simply pleas
urcs, and are ready to help others to
enjoy them.
Next in Importance to the company
is the place. 1t must not be at Il great
distance, or you will all be tired, not
to say cross, when you arrive there.
1t must be reasonably shady, and not
too far from supply of good drinking
water. If the company are to walk,
you must be especially careful not to
be ovcrburdencd with baskets and
wraps, for the bundles which seemed
so light when you started are sure to
weigh down much more heavily before
you reach your destination. BE care
ful to have this wolk fairly distributed.
Never start until you are sure that you
know just where you are going, and
the best way of getting there. Wan
dering about to choose PLACE, and
thinking constantly to find one more
desirable, is very fatiguing. That
matter should be settled beforehand
by two or three of the party, and the
others should go straight to the spot,
and make the best of it, If any do not
like it, they can choose different
place when their turn comes to make
the selection. - Susan Anna BrO,Gn, IN
81. Nicholas for July.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-07-03
A WnY TO Grow WiSr.

After reading Il book. or an article,
oran item of information from any re-
liable source, before turning your at
tcntion to other things, give two or
three minutes quiet thought to the sub
icct that has Just been presented to
your mind; see how much you can rc-
member concerning it; and if there
were any new ideas, instructive facts,
or points of especial interest that i'm
pressed you as you read, force your
self to recall them. 1t may be Il little
troublesome at first until your mind
gets under control and learns to obey
your will, but the very effort to think
it all out will cngravc the facts deeply
upon the memory, so deeply that they
will not be eilaccd by the rushing in
of new and different set of ideas:
whereas, if the matter be given no
further consideration at all, the i'm
pres ions You have received will fade
away so entirely that within u few
weeks you will be totally unable to re-
member more than Il dim outline Of
them.
Form the good habit, then, of always
reviewing what has just been read. 1t
exercises and disciplines the mental
faculties, strengthens the memory, and
teaches concentration of thought.
You will soon learn, in this way, to
think and reason intelligently, to sep
aratc and classify different kinds of
information; and in time the mind, in
stead of being lumber-room in
which the various contents are thrown
together in careless confusion and dis
order, will become n store-house where
each special class or item of knowl-
edge, neatly labeled, has its own par
ticular place and is ready for use the
instant there is need of it.-Mdrtha
Holmes Bates, IN 81. Nicholas for JNiH
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-07-03
Starving Sailors,

"Do You know that the sailors inthc
United Safes navy are halt-staryrd?'
remarked a recruit of Il few months
yesterday.
"Wmt do you mean" asked the IT.
porter.
II mean simply what say. They
are starved, and also robbed, and if
their treatment was generally known
there would not be- one recruit where
there are now ten. would like to see
the publication of Il statement showing
the outrageous manner in which we
sailor are treated.
"Of what do you chiefly complaint"
"Of the food. For breakfast we
have hardtack, which has TO he broken
with Il hammer. and So-callcd coffee. Il
dccoction more nearly resembling
burnt Saw-duSt and hot water Once
a week roast beef is served, and while
it is of the poorest quality il IS really
the on y meat we get. At other meals
we are givcn cuts of salt pork with
five inches of fat, and of twenty pounds
of il we have onl Y about one pound of
lean. 1t is impossible to eat the fat,
and the men throw it overheard. One
day in the week we are dealt out So
called boiled beef, which is as tough
as Il piece of canvas. But ot all the
stuff served to us sailors the worst by
far is the alleged corncd beef, known
among us as salt horse. This is our
Friday dish. 1t is SIMPLY impossible to
eat it, and the chief duty Of the cook
on that day is to throw the stun over
board. This is the bill of fare for re-
cruts on the the rocciving-ship Vcr-
mont, and on sea-going ships it is even
worse. Each man is compelled TO pay
81 Il month into the mess TO buy Il lit
tie extra food, in order that he may be
able to live. There ought to be no
trouble about feeding the recruits on
the rcceiving-ships if the men had
their rights. The men receive 80
month and many of them spend it all
rather than ca t salt horse. But af-
ter their money is gone they must cat
it or starve. The starvation and priva-
tions to which the sailor is subjected
prompt many to desert. That is why
the POwhatan can not obtain recruits.
No man will enlist in the navy if he
can get anything else to do, or unless
he knows nothing about the way re-
cruits are treated, ,'-NeC York IHOrM.
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-07-03
Canning Fruit.

We find the following in an ex-
change: We would not advise any
one to trust any great amount of fruit
in the way described, but some may be
interested to try it as an experiment
The scientific experimonters with
germs, and their entrance to various
solutions have used cotton successfully
as germ trap, but if you try ii with
fruit and fail do not blame us. The
following is the cXultant note of our
exchanges: mo more breaking of
glass jars by putting hot sauce into
them; no more wrestling with covers
that won't screw down tightly, or that
being screwed down won't unscrcw;
no more disappointment in finding
when you open n jar that the cover
did not fit tight and the contents are
spoilt. Use stone jars, bowls, mugs,
or any earthen or stone dish you may
happen to have, fill them with the her,
ries or fruit while it is boiling hot, and
prepared the same as for putting in
the patent preserve jars, cover i'm
mediately with one thickness of cotton
batting, fastening it with string or
good rubber band and the work is
done, and your preserves will keep as
long and rs well, and even better than
if put in the best glass fruit jars. Use
cotton batting such as come in blue
papers, A roll costing only few
cents will cover one hundred or more
jars. 1t is only necessary to remember
that all putrefactidn is caused by the
invisible animal life floating in the air.
Heat destroys all that are in the fruit
and they can't pass through the fuzzy
cotton. One of our exchanges has
berries that have been kept two years
in this way.--Erchange,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-07-03

"But | once had the qucere.t rail
road ride ever known in the world, ~
remarked the brakeman, as he and the
train boy settled down into the corner
for chat. at was about ten years
ago when | was yardman One night
| jumped onto the pilot of an outgoing
freight to ride out to my cabin. 1t was
snowy and slippery, and when | went
to jump off | lost my foothold and
came near falling right in front of her,
but l straddled out my legs and my
toes and caught the bars that run up
from the pilot to support the headlight
frame. There | hung by my feet, with
my head clear down on the nose of the
pilot | had to use my hands to hold
my head up clear off the ties, yelled,
but | couldn't make myself heard. The
engineer couldn't see me for the boiler,
and though he hadn't seen me jump
off, supposed had done so on the other
side. There hung, getting stiff and
cold, with my bones and joints aching
as if had the gout, the snow thrown
up by the cow-catcher covering and
freezing me; my nose skimming along
within an inch or tive of the ties, and
the most awful pains in the cords of
my neck | have ever known, Every
minute it seemed to me | must drop to
death, but i hung on to her for eight
miles, when we stopped at Woodstock
for orders. couldn't walk for week,
and | believe my neck is little stiff
yet. I'd rather walk 800 miles than
ride another eight in that fashion, -
Chicago News,
Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-07-03
Too GOOdNatnrel People.

Of all the mistaken people in the
world, the good-natured folks are the
most mistaken. Their policy is to &C
through life making as little trouble as
possible, and to submit TO any injustice
rather than raise row, All their rela.
tives and friends promptly and system
atically take them according to theil
own programme, and their wishes and
wants are never considered. Why
should they bcp What is the sense Of
treating fairly people who alc satisfied
with anythingP And so the good-na
tured man loses all the while his due,
and puts up with inconvenience that
he may not make the people who are
wronging him lose their tempers. The
ill-natured fellow, on the other hand
lives in clover All the best things are
put aside for him; his comfort is care
fully watched so that his anger may
not be aroused. In reality, 1t would
be impossible to do that, for II is never
asleep. 1t is always on guard, alway:
on watch. He is a shrewd chap, the
ill-natured fellow; while the good-na
tured man is nothing less than down
right fool. He thinks that by his sub
missiveness he gives himself quiet
easy existence, when the actual fact il
that the other fellow, whose flight |:
never ending, has altogether pleasant
time Of it. Philadelphia Progress.
-E-. .->--.-----
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A Young Patriot.

Richard Lord Jones was born AT
Colchester, Conn, on May Ii, 1867 lie
enlisted at Hartford, for the term OF
three years, in Captain James Watson 5
company Of the Third Connecticut
Regiment, commanded by Colonel
Samuel h. Webb, the father of the
venerable General James Watson
Webb, and was the youngest enlisted
pcr'on on the payroll Of the Army of
the Revolution. He was Immediately
placed under the charge OF Band-mas-
ter Ballcntinc. and instructed to play
the fife.
The regiment was Mt one time en-
gagged in an enterprise having in view
the destruction of Il large quantity Of
lumber on Long Island. But the colonel
and a rumbcr of men, among whom
was Richard, were captured while re-
turning, after Il successful expedition,
by the British sloop of war "Falcol"
and taken to Newport.
Upon the arrival of the prisoners at
Newport, they were taken before Il
British officer for examination. The
colonel, being called forward, was fol-
lowed by Dick, who was anxious to
learn what his own fate was to be. The
British officer, noticing the little fellow
at the heels of his colonel. stcrnly in
quired;
"Who are you?'
81 am one Of King lIancock'S men, ="
answered Dick, Strengthening himself
proudly
"What can yoa do for him. asked
the officer, with Il smile, and 50 strong
an emphasis ON the "you' that Dick
answered dcliantly:
81 can fight for him.
Can you fight one Of King George,
mcn?n
"Ycs, sir" answered Dick promptly.
and then added, after little hcsita-
tion, "if he is not much bigger than |"
The officer called forth the boat
Swain's boy, who had been curiously
looking ON; then turning TO the Young
continental, asked:
"Darc you fight him?'
Dick gave the BritOn, who wa, con
sidcrably larger than he, Il hJsly sur
vey, and then answered:
''YcS, sir.
"Thcn strip said thn officer, and
to the British lad, "strip, and
do battle for King George"
Both boys dlvcStcd thcrhSrlvr, Of all
clothing as rapidly aS pos.
ii, Il.