New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-01
NORKMEN AGAINST HILL.
HIS RECORD ON LABOR QUESTIONS.
AN ADDRESS BY REPRESENTATIVE woRKiNGMEN
10 THE VOTERS.

AN ADDRESS BY REPRESENTATIVE woRKiNGMEN
10 THE VOTERS.
Governor Hills efforts to catch the votes OF
worlnp,oen have disguised David J. Healy Frank W.
Webb Ralph Beaumont Robert Bissert, johnson Beers
and auy Others of friends and advocates OF working
mems measures. They have caused his record 10 oe
carefully examined and the result Is found In the Hollow
ing address:
10 he Workingmen OF Ne,o- York: , -,
FELLOW LABoRERs: As the coming election ID one OF
great importance to the workngmen- and as special
efforts ale being made By designing men TO lhb"enee
your yGe %s aa re You
when prevailed ia New York cay ana niate unuer lho
rnIe If ma. men WHO formed the Tweed King the Cana
King the Erie and other Rings. snch government is
ALWAYS followed by high taxes, high rents ana Tow
concerned in securing the elect in of men who VIII ave
an honest and economical government taap IN me
of who promiss inucn ana 40 itue no .
yOu to the character of the Candidates 10 Tue
light CT their past records aud DECIDE whether h
for you that man nike David b. Hili VINO ASSIST t
Rings in fastening heavy burdens upon us shail po
elected Governor. or man IKE ira Davenloln "m1 III
life Is sure guarantee that he has no sympathy WIN
such government. a. ,... 49,,
Labor Questions For many Years he was ne oihclai
head and the acknowledged owner OF me h"Hn
GL.cue It was "a bitter opponent Of trades unions aud
IL has only partially changed since ms canvass
telegraph operators Mr. HIS paper WAS not The ehd
of the worklueu AS Lieutenant Governor ne gave
vote on the Elevator BILL which was III Tie interest VI
nonopoy aud against that or the worliuSmen ASK the
representatives Knights OF Labor of Ehira ana
PROMISES as . has not been their friend. ,o.o ,,
Examine the record Of the tw" parties IN 70 i '"e
prison contract talbot II obtained entire ,ssou OF
the state trn'neu, aud y refused " reue . a ,he
law The Demo rats IN control vi one OF lne iar1e
BASED renewed year lore xpired vc-years con
tract for labor Of that prison The Law Fas e'an.u
wrong Ali that we yet secured ON this snbirct we
have obtained The Republicans bovrrnor mn
failed his message to recommend 70 lhe Legislature
anyp an as substitute OF TIE contract systeui
The Life and Limb hill was passed 10y the kepuDiicahs
after 1t had beei defeated In Democratic lEss''aro
The hill relieving engneers from an unjust TAX Sa u
passed by the kspacan erep q" Te Ne eapcs
Lien bl, which Cle Gland vetoed was PASSED a second
nrslature defeated the bin 60 to female EN-.
poges their wages, the Mechanics lien H. the Lie ana
Lamb b the reducing the hours o! labor OF cb'fe
the FOR the enforcement OF tie eght hours law, hu
0ers Of our The committee OF the Wofkng,
LABOR bill reported that had 1t not been Tor The course
Of Hill tue bill would havo pisSo'
Tue last Republican state Convention incorporated IN
its PLATFORM the plank prSrss~d Sy hG tine @ prmoerac
ignored The Republicans declared ~ Is.r
OF limiting the hours OF labor for children III favor OF tns
coutro OF factories the enforcement 81 the school
laws the protection OF chdTcn ana against te I'M
poration of contract labor krah the Dehocrauc ; at
form and you will such consideration
irG The Nation the Democrats ny their the
,ois nave thrown armies OF OF employment.
tncv have lowered wages and done iucalcuiai lie III
sury Tn the shops Of one shlpbul ding firm alone 5000
men ver. t6rwn out of work. In their platform now
Is,ore you The Democrats demand another revision Of
n a ,aria while the Republicans demand that II he let
aon. aud that the business Of the country be- no longer
disturbed by such agitation. 80 .
The secretary OF the Treasury. In opposition Ia the de-,
mands Of your representatives. has gwen government
contracts 10 men employing prison contract labor
Fellow abOrers: These facts demonstrate thai Tvs 20
onr Interests to the Republican ucset both on TIE
r.cnrs of the candidates AMI OF The parties The TX
gently We Committee of the Political Branch OF the work
gmens Assembly instructed by that body TO con
fine s work TO candidates for tue Legislature he sec,
reary OF that committee has taken the stump Tor i'm
and some Of its have issued documents I" make
in nppar that orgauized labor representatives FAVOR MIN
We warn Won against such iU.ppsinoh and VIC ieel
Confident that IN Of the facts Will convince
YOU that you can ourselves and your country pes
by voting for Ira Davenport