The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1886-10-07
Glen Roy Again to the Front!

Glen Roy Again to the Front!
The Republican club Of Glen Roy,
composed mainly of miners, is opposed
to the election of Hon. John Mcbride,
President Of the Miners Union Of
Ohio, to the Office Of Secretary of State,
for the following reasons:
First: He is Democrat, nominated
by a Democratic State Convention,
without the advice or consent of work
ingneh:
Second: His nomination was made,
not because he is competent to fill the
office of Secretary of State, but because
he was supposed to be able to control
the votes Of Republican miners and
other wage workers, in favor Of his
own candidacy and the Democratic
ticket.
Third; We are opposed to the gen.
eral officers of Trades Unions mixing
up in politics, and accepting nomina-
tions for office from either the Demo-
cratic or Republican party. The pres
ident Of a labor union, il ne attends
to the duties Of his office, and has the
well being OF his union at heart, has
all the work he is able TO attend to,
without mixing up in politics; and we
regard the gomination of Mr.. Mcbride
for Secretary Of State OF the Demo-
cratic ticket as fraught with evil to
the cause of organized labor; as an
attempt to trade upon the votes of
workingmen; as an attempt, i'll short,
to sell them out for the spoils of Office.
Fourth. Mr.. McBride's course in
the Legislature has fully demonstrated
the fact that he is controlled body and
soul by the Democratic politicians;
for whenever the interests of work
ingmen and the interests Of any Dem
ocratic politician have come in con-
flict, he has stood by the Democratic
politician and left the workingmen,
and has resorted to lying and double
dealing to explain away his treachery.
He has on party questions voted
against the interests Of labor to MAIN
tain his standing with the Democratic
party. His first vote in the general
assembly was cast for Coal Oil Payne
for United States Senator, the repre-
sentative of the greatest monopoly in
the world, because Mr.. Payne was the
choice Of the Democratic caucus for
Senator. He voted in favor of the
Allen O. Myers bill to establish the
piece price system in the Penite ntiary,
because it was Democratic measure,
disregarding the petitions of the labor
organizations Of the State, which pro-
tested against the passage of the bill.
He owed his first nomination on the
Democratic ticket to the influence of
Democratic mine owner, Hon. John
G.. Warwick, who also paid his assess
ment Of one hundred dollars, and in
payment Of this consideration, when
called upon by the Trades Assembly
Of Cincinnati to state whether Mr..
Warwick had used his influence to
have troops brought to his mines to
protect blacklegs during a miners
strike, Mr.. Mcbride returned a lying
answer, denying the charge, the Dem
ocratic leaders threatening to put him
off the ticket unless he would deny it.
Fifth: He opposed the bill in the
general assembly for an increase in
the number Of Mine Inspectors from
two to four, against the interests Of
the miners Of the State, because the
candidate he supported for State In
spector had not been appointed to
that Office. He opposed a bill intro
duced in the general assembly by Mr..
Love, Of Columbiana County, provid-
ing that Mine Inspectors and Mine
Bosses be required to undergo exami-
nations and receive certificates of COM
potency in order to fill such response
BILE positions, because the bill was sug-
gested by man he did not like.
Sixth: Under pretence Of addressing
the miners on matters relating to their
State organization, he has by direction
of the Democratic leaders made polit-
ical speeches in the interest of the
Democratic party, said speeches being
afterward printed by Democratic
authority, and sent broadcast over the
mining regions Of the State for the
purpose Of influencing the mining
vote in favor Of the Democratic party.
Seventh: He is at present member
Of the general assembly, and has
year to serve before his term of Office
expires. As member Of that body
he is in a position, by breaking away
from the control Of the Democratic
politicians, to work for measures in
the interest of labor; yet he is ready
and willing to resign his place in the
general assembly for the office of Sec
retary Of State, the duties of which
office are mere y clerical, and in which
he could be Of no more service to the
cause Of labor than the man in the
moon, thus turning his back upon the