The examiner., 1886-08-21
STATE POLITICS.
FIRST ON THE LIST.

his time. He is one of the most original
| and entertaining of speakers. He has al
ready published an address in poetic style
which sells for three cents copy, the pro-
ceeds to be devoted to the expenses of his
campaign. Mr. Stephenson would undoubt.
eddy like to meet his competitors, whoever
they may be, in public discussion on the
issues of the canvass. But he will be de-
MED the privilege, as old party candidates
nowadays are not so much after dis
cussion of principles as they are the acqui-
sition of power or pelf.
Mr.. Stephenson is an honored member
of the K. of L., and senior delegate of his
assembly to the district convention. We
trust he may roll up a vote worthy of the
cause for which he buckles ON the armor of
justice and independence; and if the wage
workers and other honest producers of the
district were sagacious enough to regard
their own best interests in advance of those
of the wiley politician, Tom Stephenson
wouldnot only capture the pole in the race
but would hold it to the finish
However, eIr-eourageous. friend is des-
tined to be handicapped from the start.
Next week the Hartford Times will have
the Republican managers for the 'boodle, -
and to defeat the entry of the Democracy.
And we fear that the lie singing facilities
of the Times, supplemented by. its efficient
corps of verbal scavengers, will be an over
match for Toms enthusiasm, eloquence
and honesty.
1T SHOULD BE WHAT IT'S NAME IMPLIES.
We are sorry to see that our esteemed
Labor contemporary of New Britain, The
Independent, is the only one in the State
that doesn't seem. to have got into the
channel of the rising tide of Independent
Political action. Surely lis name doesn't
indicate its policy. Nevertheless we give
it credit for the most sincere honesty in its
course. But we believe Bro. Keno reasons
from an untenable basis, when assuming
that the past is criterion fol- the future
that Workingmen will not vote an indpen-
dent ticket now to any greater extent than
they did in the past. If they do not, then
it is an admonition that the whole educa-
tionary work in the State be dropped. It
is convincing proof that We are appealing
to men without heart and brain. If this is
true, we should know it, that the useless
task may be abandoned at once.
But we do not believe in the Calvinistic
doctrine of total depravity. If we did, we
should give up our calling. We acknow-
ledge all we have ever said in reference to
the stupidity of the average worker, and
almost hopeless task of ever getting him
to open his eyes. But the fact is that the
remedy of the Reformer was not sufficient
by itself. 1t wanted the mustard applica-
ton of DR.. Jay Gould, and the peppered
bandage of DR.. Judge Barrett. Both have
been now applied, and the political eyelids
are, we'll apart.yat least sufficiently so to
warrent trial of the patient "going it
alone"
But whatever the program is, we hope
that the Labor battalion in the State will
move together.
We respectfully suggest the wisdom of
Independent action on the State ticket at
least, for the purpose of agitation and edu-
cation, leaving the more local offices to the
discretion of each locality to act upon as
best judgement may dictate. On this
middle ground all should be able to agree
ANOTHER BLOW OF THE FoG-HoRN.
AS we undertook to show last week, the
ipulators has already commenced to blow
against the Independent move of the work
ing-men in the State, even before the
movement is launched at all. We term it
fog-horn blowing for the reason that that
instrument of music has but one note, and
that the most discordant. So the blowing
of the Democratic fuglers is all in one key,
and that the key which they trust will I'M
lock the suspicious of the wage-serf rather
than his intellect.
The conference of the Independents of
the Second Congressional district at New
Haven last Sunday, brought out the first
blow of the fog horn from the New Haven
Union, Judas Iscariot dem.) and now the
Hartford Times (Shylock dem.) sounds the
It is IN. D. Sperry'' just the
same, only with an additional squeak of
about ACKNOWLEDGMENT"
Well, he must be a poor know-nothing
indeed that can be Influenced to retain
his neck in the partisan yoke by any such
foggy blowing as this. The very fact of
the Democratic place-hunters being SO
fearful of their dupes being drawn away
from them, is tacit admission of the fact
that the Democratic managers have
been doing nothing for them worthy of
their further support Or confidence. If
they had been, IN. D. Sperry'' or any
other man would have as little influence
upon them, as the fog-horn blowing will
now have upon their onward march outside
the deep worn ruts of the old fyblown
factions.
Nevertheless, the editor of the Times,
whom at one time Mr.. Troup denominated
''Uriah Heep Burr" and the editor of the
Union, who at one time Mr.. Burr de-
nounced as ''Blatherskite Troup," will not
leave unemployed any of the tricks known
to the crafty and INSCRIPTIONS politician
to render this independent effort of the
as abortive as they would wish
to have it.
SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT CON-
VENTION.