Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-03
SUNDAY MoRNING. ocIoBER 3. 1886,
General Kennedy. Position.

Ihere Is no question ds 10 lilc icsult IL
this congressional district, at the coming
November election; 1t is simply question
of a republican majority. That the majority
should be as large as in former years, should
not only be possible but should be realized.
The unenviable record made by the demo-
cratic administration, in national and state
affairs, should call down upon that party
such q crushing rebuke, at the polls, that
would have tendency to cause the party
to better consider the interests of the peo-
pie, during the remaining hours of public
service This, and the additional fact that
the republicans have put an unsxceptiOns-
bly, strong ticket in the field. should insure
q glorious victory. The attempt to place
General Kennedy in an unfavorable light
before the voters of the district, is as un-
fair as the charges are untrue. The state,
congressional, judicial and and our county
tickets are strong throughout and Kennedy
stands the peer of any, in every respect.
That he is the enemy of the laboring men,
opposed to organized labor and the friend
and tool of the Whiteleys, in their wal
againts the knights of Labor, misreprssents
him and is used for the purpose of driving
that class of republican voters out of the
party. The GLoBE-REPUBI.IC has frequent
Iy stated that to attribute the nomination o.
General Kennedy TO the influence of VIM
whiteley, is absurd and an insult to thu
great number of republicans in the district
VIM. whiteley is supposed to be republi
can and is supposed to favor the election o.
the party nominee, but further than his
own vote he is not known to have any In
fiuence in party results. That he could
nominate a congressional candidate and
own him. Is contrary to the spirit and In
telligence OF the republicans of tn,
Eighth district
General Kennedy is not only not the
Whiteley candidate, as charged, but he is
as We understand his position, vigorous in
their employees last spring. He stand'
squarely upon the republican state platform
which recognizes the right of labor to orga
nize for their own protection. BE recog
nizes the right Of capital to organize fol
the furtherance of their business enterprise
and protection in the same, and extends t
labor the same right to combine for the pro
lection and sale of their com
modify, which is their labor, upon the mar
ket OF the country. That an employer is
justifab,e in discharging a Knight Of La
bor, or any Union man, from his employ
simply because he belongs to such all orga
nizatisn, General Kennedy does not recos-
nize as right.
His position upon this question is strong
and well defined and can not but meet the
approval OF every fair minded man, both
laborer and capitalist, in this district.
Republicans who have been inclined to g
astray, should stop long enough TO consider
and realize, that this local labor trouble i:
MT an issue with which the party has any
thing to do. The republican party is op
posed to this Whiteley method, and can not
in any sense be, justly, held responsible fol
it. That General Kennedy is in sympathy
with his party, on this question, is true be
yond doubt, and In the halls Of congress
the labOrer would find a no more willing
exponent than he. Let republicans see Il
it then that Clark county's old-time majori
ty is swelled up this fall. The campaign i:
on. and let every man be found doing his
duty.