New-York tribune., 1885-10-28

business Oh dDDeituuS W ehSh
separate force. Nevertheless, when a uen"
gogue discovers that he is sure to get uiS'iru1u
and tramplcd under foot by the laborers OIL .ne
State as citizens, he is quite apt 10 appear my
to the same men as laborers. urging chehi ',i'O
il is greatly to their interest to trust MN raVnel
than any party.
The political parties are both composed Oh
laborers. Both are absolutely ruled by the
laborers. who cast more than nine-tenths OF
their votes. These parties differ mainly III
regard to the effect of various measures anu
policies on the interests of labor, ana tiie puih
of the argument in every campaign Is 'hao 'nis
marty. by its known policy and tendencies, Will
really help the interests OF labor more than
that. If nine tenths of the laboring men nave
not the capacity for guarding their interests
through the great parties which they virtually
rule. il is rather hard TO believe that llttle
fragment of them, always less than one-hftieth'
nossesses more shrewdness and more earnest
desire for their own interest than the resi-
Yet that is lust what every demagOgue expects
the working people to believe, when he appeals
TO them to act rs laborers, against the great
body of laborers who compose the party with
whicn they have previously acted. rev
"A belief.
1t is natural that Governor Hill should try
the old method of shallow demag0gues, When
the great body of laborers have found them out
and are about to drop them. Ills career mas
been that of an unscrupu'Ous selt-seeker; OIL
notorious partnership with great pollicu
thieves, who have enriched themselves by
robblng the whole body of labOrers; ana OIL
zeal in the cause of free trade party, winch
cares more for the interests OF foreign I'M
portcrs aud producers than for the interest OF
American laborers. AS Governor, his conduct
has been always for self, aud for the corrupt
rings within his party, which are desplsed ana
hated by tho great body of laborers VINO
compose that party. The man has been IN
every relation and aspect an enemy OF LABOR
and hostile to its true interests, and such man
inevitably gets found out and discarded.
Hence it is natural that he tries to wheedle
some laborcrs with the idea that they are more
sensible or more careful of their own interests
than forty-ninc out of fifty of the laborcrs OF
thr State. and this he calls running the gravel
train
Many things Governor Hill understands, but
one thing he does not understand at all, and
workingmcn of this county. They have sense
enough to know that Il man who Is rotten
nolitician. a c0Irupt leader and faithlcss
official the tool of the worst and most harmful
elements in his own party, is not capable OF
being or becoming useful to their interests.
For the interests of labor are the interests OF
the Nation. Labor wants above all things
good government and honest government. 1t
wants above all things the overthrow oil
corrupt rings which fattcn on the people they
deceive. 1t wants a sound and honest National
policy, which protects American rather than
foreign interests. 1t wants loyal governments
which faithfully enforces laws made for the
good of all. Laborcrs are not fools, as Mr.. Hiii
supposcs. His gravel train Is not one by which
many sensible and sclf-rcopccting people prefer
to travel.