Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-10-27
W0RKINGMAN'S PARTY
IS THE GRAND OLD REPUBLICAN
PARTY.

Eloquent Arraignment Of the Democratic
Party and Its Course by Hon. A. ID.
Fa.sett. a knight of Labor.
A Knight of Labor and a member of labor
unions from their very origin, Senator A.
Fassett, of Youngstown, said in his speech at
Akron, last week:
Il do not think ever found it so easy as
In this campaign to find reason why should
identify myself with the Republican party,
when the people have sickened nigh unto
ment Of state affairs. As an evidence that
the Democrats never kept a promise, either
state or national, | will ask YOU what was the
most conspicuous promise made in the Cleve-
land campaigni 1t was TO turn the 'rascals'
out ask you hungry Democrats all over
the land, has the promise been kept. Take
the distribution of the surplus in the treas
ury. Take any matter that was promised in
that campaign and you will find everything
the same, all broken promises They cried
down monopoly, but their first act was toput
into the United States senate one Of the
greatest of all monopoliSts. There was a
promise made in regard to convict labor in
this state IL was in the campaign Of 1888.
There was a movement to dispense with con-
vict labor contracts ana the Democrats
promised to do as the people wished.
But the original bill was burdened with a
rider to reorganize the penitentiary, and that
was passed. No sooner had the last Rcpubli-
can been turned out of the management Of
the penitentiary, and Democrats put in their
places, than another bill wss introduced tC
restore convict labor Every Democrat in
the hou So but two voted for it, and Mcbride,
who is at the head of the Democratic state
ticket this year, voted for it. So every
promise that | can remember that was made
by the Democratic party has been broken.
have always been a Republican, not De
cause of party affiliations, but because the
party has always presented issues that COM
mend themselves TO me. The Republican
party is the first party that ever gave &c
labor its true regard. 1t was the party that
put rsilsplitter and a canal boat driver in
e presidential chair. 1t recognized the dig
mites of labor by these acts.
The Democratic party is hiding behind the
laboring man. And if had such a record
as they have got, would want TO hide be
hind something too, if it was not more than
cabbage leaf have not one word Of dis
respect for Mr. Mcbride, but he is a Democrat
in all the word implies. In Cleveland there
is rolling mill that employs 5000 men. II
is controlled by three men who refused labor
the right to organize, and in several year'
the men in that mill have been change
three times because Of this fact One Of the
men who controlled the mill was a candidat,
for United States senator. and can find re
corded the name of John Mcbride as votin.
| for that man who refused the right Of labol
to organiTe. There was a sheriff in thu
Hooking Valley who plundered the rights o
the miners there during the long strike. Th'
sheriff came down TO Columbus with bill
| for 5000 for extra services performed.
/ called Mr.. McBride's attention to the fac
that the bill WAS simply TO pay deputy sheriff
who had oppressed the miners. McBrid
voted for it, notwithstanding. He did it be
cause the sheriff was Democrat"