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The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

SOME labor journals and Labor or
ators are always berating the sins of
the monopolists and their political
tools, while never, or hardly ever re-
ferring to the shortcomings of the
workingmen slaves of these creatures.
This, as a matter of justice or policy
is not the correct thing. Somebody
has we'll said that the slave is always
responsible for the existence of the
tyrant. Without the one to be tyran-
nized over, the other could not be ty-
rant. We therefore believe it to be a
holy and wholesome thought as we'll
as an act of strict duty to hold up the
mirror of his deeds and omissions to
the face of the working man occasion
ally, that he too may be enabled to
see himself as others see him. II is
essential to do SO, even for his own
good. II it isn't done, he will be un-
mindful of the fact that he never com
mits error, or is in any way different
from what he ought to be /; and con-
sequently will be inclined to perseyere
in his blindness. However. things
are changing for the better in this
respect all the time, for which we are
devoutly thankful. We never fail to
inculcate this lesson of looking back
into ones self, and are always glad to
see others doing likewise. Here is
the way our veteran friend, John
Swinton of New York, fourished the
baton of cold truth and indignant dis
gust before his working men audience
at Cooper Union the other night, they
being there themselves to "indignate'
against the limbs of the law who
placed shackles on the boycott. 81
am tired" said he "of denouncine
the authorities of this country. I be
gan it in 1873, when the police broke
the heads of poor working men anc
women in square very near here
The very men who were so abused
voted for the tyrants who abused
them in the fall. They cheered me
in April, and fired a poisoned bulle
into my heart in November. I presumt
it will be the same 100 days from now.
There were replies of "oh, no" which
goes to show that Swinton's bullet o
reproach must have struck its mari
in return. But all that can be saie
while the Gliding goes on is, "Forgiv'
them Father for they know not wha
they do" IF they knew better the,
would act better. Then let the ligh
shine, and let there be more trutl
and less taffy in every appeal.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

BUTTER fit to be eaten by Presi-
dent has recently been costing 81
pound at the White House. It had
to come all the way from Delaware
County, Penn. But since the Presi-
dent got married this rare Democrat
ic article of diet was obliged to come
down to sixty cents. This is right
and carries out one of the Democratic
points of reform-Retrenchment.
But to carry the thing along so that
the goodly members of the Presl-
dents political family outside the
White House might also share in the
blessings and benefits of this impor-
tant measure of reform it would be
we'll for the President to deduct the
saving from his salary and hand it
back to the peoples Treasurer for
as his expences are now SO much less
he can afford to work so much chea-
per. This is the good Democratic
doctrine always preached to the
thousands of the followers of Mr..
Cleveland; and who has forgotten
the article of faith proclaimed by the
chief mouthpiece of the Democratic
church some time ago,and never since
recanted, that the working people of
this country must make up their
minds to work for less wages, to be
no better off than their brothers of
Europe, and thereby to come down to
that condition in life to which 1t has
pleased God to call them. Besides,
if President Cleveland desires his
"boys" to remain true and faithful in
the cause he must set the example
and stop spreading on 90 cent butter
while the great majority of his Demo
cratic children are obliged to put up
with medium quality of oleomarger-
inc. This IS enough to incite strikes
and riots and all kinds of turbulence !;
and then there will be fewer Demo
Gratis to light the next candidate on to
victory with the lurid halo of the bla-
zing torch, for the winchesters and
gatling guns of the Nations defen-
ders will have stricken many from the
voting lists.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10
THE EXAMINER, SATURDAY, JULY. TO- 1856.

there, who, shortly before, to show
his devotion and servility to the rul-
ing powers, wantonly broke up an i'm
portant business meeting at Cooper
Union of the Knights of Labor, to
which Mr.. Powde1ly had been sum-
moned and the doughty Captain,
fearing the influence of the working
men, who he knew would denounce
him at this meeting, and demand his
removal, fastened to Chairman Bis
sert on the platform and began to
apologize, saying, "Now, you know,
Blissert. would not lay straw in
the way of the Knights of Labor
when down went the floor Of the plat
form, and literally "between two
stools he fell to the ground" warn
ing to all office-seekers not to try to
ride two horses at one and the same
time
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

THE principles of government by
the people, are best learned by prac-
tice. The town meeting in New En-
gland has been the school in which
the alphabet of Democracy has been
taught to the people, and of which the
inhabitants of the Southern States. or
at least, in many of them, have never
had the advantage. Consequently,
there is far less real Democracy in
the South than here, Notwithstanding
every State is said to be under Demo-
cratic rule. Not long since, we heard
it suggested by gentleman of super
ior education and ability, as remedy
for some of the evils growing out of
our caucus system, that nominations
be made by a bench of judges, men
not dependent upon the voters for
their position, and less subject to cor
rupting influences. Also that we
have fewer elections and more offices
filled by appointment, instead of cleo
ton. But with all the evils connected
with our electoral system, and the
lack of intelligence and integrity in
the voters, we would rather trust them
than hazard the dangers that might
arise from the despotism of central
lied oligarchy. In some of the South
ern States, where almost every kind
o. official down to school director
and postmaster was appointed, the
amount of barefaced bribery and cor:
ruption was perfectly astounding; ex
elusive privileges, and Offices of trust
and profit were bought and sold with
out even an attempt at concealment
Better are even our packed caucuses
and crooked elections, than the abso
lutism of an appointing power. In
stead of fewer elections we need them
oftener, in order to awaken people tt
an investigation of public matters
and to diffuse intelligence in REGARD
to them,
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

THE government of Connecticut is
supposed to be in the hands of po-
litical party that advocates the pro-
lection of American Labor as against
the competition of pauper labor of
other countries. This was the war
cry of the last campaign, and on
which the changes were rung from
the gubernatorial candidate down to
the least of the imported gang of pro-
air for SO much speech. And
Protection" won the day, ano Gov.
Harrison was inaugurated. Now a
straw is in the air which shows which
way and how fast this Protection
wind is blowing. The Second regi-
ment is to be newly uniformed. The
cloth IS selected. Adjutant General
Smith says, "the sample of imported
cloth selected is A0z0e1 inbrIee than
similar cloth of American manufact-
ure and equally as good" That tells
the tale. And Gov. Harrison as
COMMANDMENT Chief of the State
army does not reprimand his subor-
dinate, nor call to order his "Protec-
ton" tactics. Of course not, for
those who know him, know him to be
"Mugwump' at heart, who only
/ preached Protection because there
were more votes attracted by it's allur-
ing sound. But Gov. Harrison's career
is ended in the Nutmeg State, at least
SO far as elective position is con-
| cerned His professions of regard
for the rights of the working man, and
then his appointment of Yale strip
Ing Mugwump as chief of the Labor
Bureau has earned for him the eter-
nal remembrance of every right-min-
ded intelligent toiler in the State on
whose neck does not rest the imprint
of the party yoke. The working men
of Connecticut have been duped and
humbugged many time by the lead
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

AT one time there seemed to be no
limit to the capabilities of the boy
colt for bringing non-conforming en-
ployers on their knees to Labor; but
the pendulum of fate seems to have
taken its reversing swing, and now
there seems to be no end to the capa-
bilities of the law in its warfare on the
boycott. The last instance that
comes to note is-where a New York
judge commands his district attorney
to bring action against the Volksziet-
ung for suggesting that organized
laborers remember the men who
served on the jury that found the
Thesis boycotters guilty of conspiracy,
intimidation and blackmail. There
fore the only boycott, or even advice
to boycott now exempt from the ma
jesty of the law is the boycott at the
ballot box. This would not even be
safe, if the political judges and the
rest of that fraternity were not obliged
to practice it themselves. However,
it is, perhaps, as we'll that it is as it is,
because it can only result in driving
the beguiled workersEsinto adopting
the only scientific method by which
any permanent advantage can be
gained.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10
1.-THE GLORIOUS FOURTH -


This is our national holiday" The
great anniversary, the delight of our boy
hood, is growing old like the rest of us.
We are weary of the stale hash of our
"orators." The whole nation seems to be
realizing the fact that our Declaration,
after all, was little more than thing of
''glittering generalities."
The child has it's first steps, and often
falls, but it becomes vigorous man in
ton was our first step. Shall it be the
only one? Certainly not, else energy and
brains are worthless.
The toiler had his weary years OF work
with little pay before the Declaration, and
| the same fate has been his portion since.
The declaration did not give him work or
wages, and therefore it was industrially a
failure. 1t went as far as the then world
could carry it. If it had stood on the adj
vanced grounds of to-day the people would
have recoiled from it. But having grown
strong through the events of a century,
they are now able TO formulate another
ecIaiation, more far reaching and potent
for good.
Our spread eagle orators have spoiled us.
They have made us believe that we were
the eight wonder of the world, and had all
that could be given to US by God or man.
We have put on airs, and made fools of
ourselves before the world. We have sung
praise to liberty while starving in garrets.
| The Stree born American gives his
vote to his master" or sells it at the
market price. 1t is a Commodity" like
the voter himself. Surely we need another
| Declaration.
We have no patriotism nowadays be-
cause we have no country. We have no
slaves of corporations, with no laws to pro-
tect us and no judge to give US justice.
Scant work, or over-work, and scant vic
tuals, make men and women wonder what
| they were created for. How can you ex-
pect poor devils to feel enthusiastic when
the annual fire. crackers are heard ? What
freedom do they feel? What did Bunker
Hill do for them ? The suffering of Valley
Forge come to them every Winter. The
politician was mistaken. The true Declar-
alton is still to be proclaimed and struggled
| for. ....s ..-- .....-.. ~ a-.
Fat officials fill the land. The Great
Chief of the office-holders gained forty
pounds in as many weeks. Good living
agrees with them all, and they never
dream that the weary farmer and wage
worker has to pay the bills. They love
the old Declaration, and want no other.
1t has given them good jobs, with power
to fix their own pay and hours of vacuity,
for what is there for them to work at?
Go through every state, and ask the
farmer and wage worker if they are salts
fled with anything? If they do not desire
extreme changes of some kind that will
better their condition? This general dis
content is fatal to the stability of all our
institutions. They are good enough as po-
litical makeskifts but they do not control
| industrial necessities. Robbery is rampant
everywhere. The banker, the landlord,
| the syndicate, the corporation, the nation
al state and municipal government are all
sucking the very life blood of the nation
Who feels like celebrating failure Let
us go forward to a new Declaration.
J. f. BRAY,
Pontiac, Mich.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

WE welcome 10 the defence of the
rights of Labor the many eloquent
and gifted women whom we now can
count among our helpers, such as
Mrs. Elizabeth Delacluze, Mrs. Lille
Devereux Blake and many others
who bring to the cause the enthusiasm
and devotion so characteristic of wom-
an and so necessary to success. Mrs.
Blake in a recent letter to the Woman S
Journal, speaking of those who think
the right of suffrage is ofno avail,
very pointedly says, GLOW are re-
forms to be secured except by legisla-
ton? And legislation can only be
obtained through the men elected to
represent the voters. Revolution is
of no avail unless the changes it aims
at fare embodied in legal enactments.
Would our terrible war have secured
freedom to the slave without cons.i-
tutional amendments? If all anti
slavery men had refused to vote,
could they have been adopted ?" Mrs.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS says,
there is neither equality nor system,
equity or law, in the matter of rail-
road charges; that the first principles
governing common carriers are ha-
bitually violated" Yes, it is true, the
railroad companies may violate the
laws with impunity, but alas for the
railroad employe who transgresses
them ever so slightly. In view of
the unrighteous charges of these insti-
tutions, there is pressing need that
the Government should control and
regulate their management in the in
terest of the whole people. And the
Government will do this just as soon
as majority Of the whole people
know enough to demand it.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

THE Nebraska farmer is said to re-
ceive for his corn in Chicago, Fl cents
per bushel, and of that the railroad
companies take 22 cents for its trans
portation. At this rate the Nebraska
farmer will raise the mortgage on his
farm about the same time as the frog
gets out of the we'll by climbing up
two feet each day, and falling back
three at night.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10
NE W YORK'S BIG MEETING

The meeting on the 9Th inst. in
Union Square, New York, called by
the Central Labor Union, was most
enthusiastic demonstration in favor of
Home Rule for Ireland.
The immense throng, variously es-
timated from 10000 to $4,000, fore
going the pleasure of trip to the
cool seaside or mountain resorts,
stood for hours in the burning heat,
listening TO the eloquent words of
sympathy for Irish patriots from the
many distinguished orators present
who spoke from four different stands.
All the various trades unions were
represented in the parade The
Chairman, Robert Blissert opened
the meeting at 3 o'clock. He said,
this great demonstration would cheer
the heart Of Gladstone in his great
work and it was bound to exercise an
influence upon the Home Rule move
ment, for the shouts and utterances
that day in Union Square would be
heard in Trafalgar Square in London
tomorrow and he predicted that
Ireland would soon have her Fourth
of July too.
Secretary Archibald read an adj
dress from the Central Labor Union
to the working men of Great Britain.
He said the sole object of the meet
ing was to manifest the intense inter
est felt in the contest now waging
there between the toiling and wronged
masses, and the idlers, oppressive,
and privileged classes in the struggle
for Home Rule to Ireland for the
interest of every working man in
Great Britain was involved in the
principle. Granting the same right
to Ireland of local self-government as
was senjoyed by each State in our
Union would make the IRISH as much
attached to the flag of their Union as
we are to ours. He would hail the
success of this contest as the fore
runner of a grand federation of the
whole English speaking world.
DIR. Boyle spoke of Ireland as Am
erica's truest friend in the days Of
the Revolution and at the close of
his speech called for three cheers for
Gladstone and Parnell which were
given with will Henry George
was heartily welcomed, and said he
wanted Home Rule for Ireland, not
only because she had right to it,
but for England's sake, also, as it
would clear the way for democracy
in the United Kingdom, founded up
on the rights of man.
John Swinton made a ringing
speech addressing the "Working men
of England" as did Rev. DR.. Nc
Glynn, ex-Congressman VIM. c. Rob
inson, and others.
But the ladies' stand afforded the
greatest attraction, for here stood the
mother of the illustrious Parnell, sur
rounded by galaxy of distinguished
ladies from the ranks of reform, whose
eloquent words of encouragement
cheered the hearts of every friend OF
liberty. Amongst the lady speakers
was the talented Lille Devereaux
Blake, the noted woman suffragist
| Jennie McAdam, Mrs. Delacluze the
widow of the brave French Commu-
mist, Mrs. Morse, of the Dublin Land
League, and delegations from various
working women's associations: Mrs.
ParnelPs speech was received with
tremendous applause.
At the commencement of the meet
| ing Police Capt. McCullogh was
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

Blake is right. Although it can be
truthfully said that in the case of the
slave the freedom he obtained was
little better than of nominal value,
still, that is not the fault of the meth
cd employed, but of other deep sea-
ted conditions affecting the same re-
suit, which must also be relieved by
the ballot ere the work aimed at be-
comes complete
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10
The man who finds himself in

The man who finds himself in
easy, luxurious circumstances,
whether by 'Iucky speculation" or
other adventurous turn of fortune, or
possibly by some legal robbery of his
fellows, is satisfied with present con-
ditions and should not be expected to
work hard to reform them yet there
are a few of this class whose souls
are broad enough to look beyond the
narrow boundaries of self and con-
slider the welfare of all.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

To elect a set of men to make laws,
and at the same time TO elect another
man to annul them, by the executive
veto, looks little bit absurd and
childish. 1t is the people who should
exercise the veto when they find that
their agents have misrepresented
their wishes or gone astray.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

SOME one has very wittily said that
Common sense is the most uncom-
mon of all the senses" This is GER
tainly always verified when we see
working men voting into Office the
tools of corporations because they
happen to belong to ''the party" Did
we say HAPPEN? That's wrong, they
do not happen, but are there inten-
tionally, and for purpose.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

ers and officials of both old parties,
nevertheless there is none Of them
will ever dare to try again their for
tunes and the temper of the working
men with such a candidate as Henry
B. Harrison.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10
Philadelphia.

Six of the seven New York Bohemians
on trial for boycotting the bakeress, Mrs.
Landgraff, were convicted Thursday after
noon. Seventeen were indicted, but as
witnesses for the prosecution could identify
only seven the others were allowed to go.
Nothing was proved against one of the
seven. Judge Barrett sentenced them to
from ten days in the city prison to thirty
days in the penitentiary, according to the
activity they had shown in the matter.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

No system of education is complete
that does not give the student,
whether male or female, chance to
perfect him or herself in Some sci
epce, art, trade or business, by which
a living may be secured.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

The possession of wealth, So far
from being sign of moral worth or
mental superiority, as is so often at
tributed to it, is many times rather an
indication of the opposite qualities.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

TIE love of power is confined to
no class, condition, sex, or era OF the
world. 1t is inherent in human ma
ture,
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

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The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10
SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1886.

SOCIAL self government is the
first round III the ladder towards a
republic.
The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-10

To facilitate the exchange of com
modities is the only reason or neces-
sity for creating money.
Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1886-05-11
The Common Causes Of N.ur,,.,.

The commonest causes of neuralgia are
defective or poisonous conditions Of the
blood. Large losses of blood are very
certain To he followed by neuralgia in
some nerve or nerves. The red blood
corpuscles are very necessary to the
proper nutrition of the central nervous
system: consequently, when they are not
present in due proportion, the brain
series out for healthy blood, and its de
mand is most often uttered by way of
more or less sharp, neuralgia pain. The
vegetable parasite that produces what lie
called malarial poisoning destroys these
very essential red-blood discs.-Cor.
Globe Democrat.