The Labor enquirer., 1885-01-17
Tn publisher Of this paper IS not resRon-
sibles for the opinions of contributors, Inc
coluI ms will always be open for the discus
siont all sides OF the labor quesrons Oh tne
day. Contributi0ns always welcome.
xrrp xouR EYE on HIM.

/ KEEP YOuR EYE ON HIM.
Tie cloven foot. the serpent's fangs,
the ,orns, all have shown themselves IN
the ssislature, and the foul, lecherous
bod, 10 which they are attached is that
Of s mator NJ. B. MAKE Believe) Carpen-
ter. This snake in the grass has shown
that the cold -blooded, tyrannical, would
be aasterS Of the producers we're not
mist AIKEN in their estimate when they
sele tied him as the tool to do their
COW irdly, dirty work in the general
asse mbly. They could not have done
better mad they ransacked the bottom
less pits Of hell, for Satan would refuse
adm ittance to creature 80 dead to all
thai makes man fit subjects for his ann
biti,us rulership.
What has this tool done2 He has
inti oduced bill the object of which is
the enslayement of the workipgmen OF
Colorado, He has said, at the dictatson
Of | is masters, that the producers of khe
stat }, the men whose sweat anti muscle
have made Colorado great, have no
rigf rs as American citizens; that tEelr
onl mission is to dig and delye, grllnt
and sweat that those who are called
their employers may live in idleness
and luxury, undisturbed by nutterings
A of tliscontent or appeals for Justice and
4 me cy by their victims. He says the
waie slave shall not protest against the
me..gerness of the wage which is doled
out to him as the price of his blood and
Dor es, and shall not ask his fellow-slave
\ to d sarch with him for the means of OBJ
taiIting liberty. IL T..
This man Carpenter has beer reprdi-
4 ate,l by the colored men who know his
sla, e-driving soul. and who have learned
g 80 z - a iS..anee between. slavery and fee
doIa, and now this would-be trader in
{ huInan flesh and blood would, make
tra,le with Satan that he might fasten
the shackles on all of the earth's poor
white, brown and black.
Criminal law, did you say? Why, the
document which this kid-gloved fond
would have become the law of Colorado,
30 ar out-Herods the criminal laws' of
9th er states that they are as mcssagef of
ANGELS beside it, and God knows they
are blots which all the water of the
Atlantic can never completely wash
fro n the American flag. Under such
q law as Carpenter would have the
"pe ople's representatives" pas, every
man and woman in the state would be
deprived of the right to have one word
to ay as to how many hours thsy should
I toi or how much they should be COM
lpelled to give their masters out of what
they produce; the proportion that the
producer and his family exist upon HOW
but eases their passage down the cruel
road of starvation, and yet our modern
Shrlock would have more than the
pound of flesh. In land burdened by
sso,er-production" and idle producers,
he would forbid the workers TO divide
sthe work, by decreasing the hours of their
daily labor, thus giving the army of
ldls ones chance to make an honest
living.
4 lind this is the kind of cattle our
salnted franchise scheme selects to care
or the welfare of the people Of a great
oIamonwealth. Bah Out on such
lysteml To the guillotine with the half
II IS productions
NEorkingmen, ye despised srovellers,
Fho have no rights which the tools of
Eoilr masters need respect, YOU have
sol forgotten how Carpenter bscame in
! sposition to insult and tryNt to tram pie
In your He was on the ticket of the
{ grand old party" which, in this city,
konld insure the election of the low
ht scoundrel on. earth, Did you vote
i him2 If you did, go and put your
sll .ln sack-cloth and ashes and register
WOW to never again touch ballot, un-
equal rights has been established
nong men,
Ais for this fellow Carpenter and his
a,ery bill, get together in your organiz-
ins, read the bill several times and
en put your strongest opinion. on paper
II present 1t to the legislative COM
tee of the Trades Assembly. Let
state legislature understand Chat
8 know your strength and dire use it,
E,wed by the threats and l,lustel of
Etyrants jumping, jack.
Is for the modern slmon Legree-