The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-10-15
Black at Pittsburg.

held at Pittsburg on last Saturday even
ing. which was addressed by CnaunceN
T. Black and other speakers. Amoue
other things Mr.. Black said
Gen. Beaver does not want to discus:
| this canvass upon our State issues. l &c
not think that Federal Congress would
send Gen. Beaver tariff bill to sign il
he were elected. Fortunately, we have
a good, cool. clear-headed Democrat
| down in Washington who will do all the
| signing. | am not going to follow Gen.
! Beaver into his tariff question: L stand
/ here to night to rehuke the parry which
| Gen. Beaver. represents for its attempt
/ to draw the attention of our people from
our State questions, from the affairs OF
/ State that is greater than the British
! Empire under Queen Elizabeth, a State
/ able to pour out armies whose very tread
/ would shake the earth. Think of the
vast interests; think of she freside
| rights for which the State must care
and tell me if we have net enough to
engage our very best thought and intel
ligence. Why do they attempt to evade
the question at issue 10 the great State
of Pennsylvania? Simply because they
cannot and dare not face US.
in the canvass First, the enforcement
of the State Constitution second, the
necessities and the rights of labor. In
speaking Of the grievances you bad or
fancied you bad, you were told to call
around and talk it over with the capital
ist, and they would try and adjust
matters. l come to you tonight with
a different story altogether, and | want
TO make no secret of il. | have put IT
down in black and white in my letter of
acceptance, so that every man In the
State may call me down if l fail hareaf-
ter. Applause. Neither Gen. Beaver.
myself nor any other man in this great
State can tell. without studying the
question, exactly what labor wants. You
don't know precisely yourselves. mean
the specific measures of legislation cal
culated to give the spesdiest relief. But
there is one grand thing you do want
You want a friendly legislature and a
friendly Governor. A voice-that's 80.
Instead of telling You, as Gen. Beaver
told you, to call around and let the cap
italists talk the matter over with you,
tell you TO night to take care of your
selves. Maintain your organizations
Put at the head of them your most intel
ligent men. If you can't find them in
your own ranks. hire them, as the great
railroads and corporations do whenever
they warJ to carry their point. Go up
to the polls and vote for your own inter
ests and your own friends. You don't
need to be afraid that your employers
will discharge you for doing so. There
is no excuse in Pennsylvania for violence
You have been robbed, you have been
plundeTed and grossly abused, and it is
vOur own fault, because YOU didn't use
the power you possessed. n voice Y ou
bet you are right. l ask you to read
my letter of acceptance, and then read
that of General Beaver. If you think
that the man who is presented to yOu by
the bosses, and as the representative of
the corporations, is the best man for
your interest, then vote for him. On
the other hand, if you think that men
who were elected on the reform ticket
of 1882, and who have been part and
parcel of that administration. and who
have tried TO wrest from the corporations
some of their stolen privileges. then vote
the Democratic ticket. If the Demo-
cratic party polls its full vote, with the
assistance of the nOn-partIsan vote, we
will be successful as certain as the sun
will shine tomorrow. Let every Dem
Ocrat go to the polls and do his duty and
there will be no chance for failure to
elect the ticket. There are no dlfferen-
ces in the Democratic party. We NAV
have our own little party quarrels, but
we always adjust them before election
day. Let it be so now, and we will go
on triumphantly to victory
There is one word | wish to saw before
closing. l found as l came into your
city copy of ar organ published here.
l wish TO say that that organ is sadly .
given to lying. They published "A story .
that was manufactured in their office .
here, for there Is not in Clearfield county
a man who would dare TO publish or .
write lie like this. 1t says that sta
tel in a speech that had made arrange
meuts with the Knights of Labor. and
that l was to receive the support of the
knights Of Labor. I have only to say
hat never before tonight in a publIc
speech have l made use of the phrase
the Knights Of Labor" except on one
occasion when, by special request, | ad
dressed an assembly of Knights OF Labor
n my native town. l know full well
hat the Knights OF Labor is a non
political organization. and the wise men
who are at the head of il would resent
Iuch an imputatiOn 9s that they would
degrade it by dragging it into partisan
politics. The published story is A false
loOd, or in the language used up in the
Mountains where / was born, it is a
'aid- headed lie out Of the whole cloth.
thank yOI for your kind attention.