Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1886-10-14
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rials But the error of this doctrine is that
such construction would deny to the farmer
and the miner the same degree of protection
to his labor thai Is freely conceded to the
manufacturers. The wooden manu-
facturer may think that the article of wool
is raw material, but to the farmer it is the
representative of so much labor spent, so
much care taken, SO much money expended,
and so the coal and iron ore delivered at the
car or at the furnace is the representative of
so much American labor bestowed, and this
labor is entitled to the same protection as if
performed in a workshop. Any other prin-
clple would be unjust, and would array
against the whole theory of protection the
farmers and miners of the country. 1t is the
labor of the artisan, the miner and the
farmer that needs protection, and not the
money Of the manufacturer or the capital in
vested in the farm, the mine or the work
shop. l appeal to the good sense Of
every man who agrees with me on this ques-
tlon, and especially to every laboring man
whose wages and life depend upon the main
tenance of the system, not to be induced on
any pretext whatever, by any pride of party
or by any side organization, to fail to vote
for the Republican representative in con-
gress. This is the only safe way to preserve
the present system of American industry
@Among the false pretenses of the Demo-
cratic party none is more false than their pre-
tense that they ever have been or are now
the friend of the working man In their
platform and speeches nothing is more COM
mon than the repetition of this falsehood-
The Democratic party has never framed or
adopted any measures of substantial benefit
to laboring men. | make this statement
without reserve, doubt or qualification 1
have already shown how that party stands
upon the tariff question, the vital policy
which. more than all others, protects the
laboring men from undue competition with
foreign labor. As have shown, the compo-
sition of that party makes it the natural en-
emy of the protective system, and its chief
effort now is aimed at its overthrow. The
Republican party has given it success and
triumph. So with the homestead policy. The
Democratic party resisted it, and it only be-
came law when the Republican party was
in power by the election of Abraham Lin
coin. This was the second great measure for
American laborerS.
Il know it is claimed that the recent seq
sion of congress, a Democratic house, passed
the arbitration bill, and it was voted for by
members OF both parties. 1t came to the
senate and was favorably reported, but Lead
ing Representatives of the Knights of LABOR
denounced it as fraud and a sham, and so it
was. 1t only permitted what was the law in
every Standardization between parties
willing to arbitrata. 1t was the barren husk
of true demagOgism, without virtue or r-merit.
The Republican party has placed upon the
statute books of Ohio and the United States
every measure of practical utility to laboring
men to be found there, and is ready to adopt
any practical measure that will tend to i'm
prove, elevate or advance the condition,
mental, moral or physical, of the men who
toll and labor, and their children It is its
interest and its duty to 90 So for upon the
intelligence, worth and happiness Of our peo-
pie our safety, as well as the success OF our
party, depends
alt is to the intelligence Of the people and
not to their prejudiceS we appeal / have
personally given to the many questions in
volved in the labor problem much study, and
believe that projection, arbitration and CO
operation, together with general education
OF all classes and conditions alike, Will in
time solve all disputes as to the division of
the results of production, without resorting
to anarchy, communism and socialism The
Democratic party will have to be born again,
it will have to give to the five million labor
ers in the south under its thran some portion
of their rights, it will have to educate the
body of its adherents to respect the rights
of free men before it can deal with the INTEL
hgent laboring men now organized to secure
fair wages for honest work The demagOg-
ism of former generations will not answer.
THE UNION SOLDIER
@There is another class of subjects upon
which, as was shown during the recent ses-
sion of congress, the Democratic party can
not be trusted to legislate, and that is the
question of pensions to soldiers Of the Union
army. This is not because the large majority
of the members of that party in congress are
from states lately in rebellion though this
would naturally have its influence, but it is
because the Democratic party has, from its
composition and organization, no affinity
whatever or sympathy for the Union soldier,
however much its leaders may pretend it.
"As have said before, many gallant Dem
0crats served in the war, severing themselves
- -.
and returning again to 1t after peace was re-
stored; but SUCH men cannot be ignorant of
and must be affected by the general feeling
of their political associates. The best indi-
cation of this feeling is shown by the amend
ment to the rules OF the house of representa-
tives proposed by Col Morrison, the leading
member of the house, himself a soldier,
which, if adopted, would allow the general
pension bill to pass the house unless it had at
tached to it a special tax to pay such PEN
sions. This would be- under the rules of the
house. a practical prohibition against the
passage of all further pension bills for Union
soldiers, for the difficulty of adjusting such
a tax would be such discrimination against
pension bill that none could probably be
passed, the money to be paid out of the gem
eral revenue, but Union soldiers could not
have increased pensions until after the details
and disputes of special tax law should first
be settled.
~Nor is this the only Indication Important
bills sent by the senate to the house contain
ing provisions proper and necessary TO facili-
tiate the action of the bureau of pensions on
pension claims were either not acted on or
defeated in the house, and throughout the
recent session there was a manifest indiSposi-
tion on the part of the Democratic majority
of the house to grant any supplemental legis-
lation in aid Of pensions to the Union soldiers.
THE STATE CANVASS.
"Two things ought by common consent to
exclude the Democratic party from success
in this state for five years at least, reason
able penitentiary sentence, and these ara,
first, the crimes and frauds committed at the
elections last fall in Cincinnati and Column
bus and the acquiescence in them by the
Democratic party, and the second is the dis
graceful conduct of the Democratic senator's
in holding on to seats obtained by fraud after
the fraud was fully established, and when
this no longer could be dOne, running away
out of the state in order to stop all legislation
and the payment of current debts of the state.
The election crimes in Cincinnati were open,
fragrant, and included forgery, perjury, bal
in the south and in New York They were
crimes, bought and paid for by
large sums of money, with the view to con-
troll the legislature and the election of 8
United States senator.
'sThe result of it all is that the Democratic
leaders am press lCieTdtcu anu dCAul0SCc4
in these crimes, and uttered no words of re-
rrcach. Some of the miserable tools only are
consigned to the penitentiary.
SALE OF SEAT IN TIE SENATE.
GFellow citizens, these events following the
purchase and sale of a seat in the United
States senate by the last legislature, have de-
graded and dishonored the state Of Ohio, aud
will fix a lasting stain upon its fair fame.
unless they are repudiated by the people
Of Ohio. You, cannot pass directly upon
these frauds or the conduct Of the Ohio ssnA-
tors who ran away from their duty, but you
can pAss your Judgment upon the party ehas
permitted and acluiesced in proven election
frauds II such crimes become the rule IN
stead Of the exception there is the end OF free
government, and the sooner we get to light
ing :he better. for one would rather sub
NIT TO the worst tyrant who rules by open
iorcs than TO the cowardly criminal who
forgsS and cheats and lies. IL our Demo-
cratic neighbors will import from their
friends in the south their rfodes OF election,
thew niayAs well understand that the people
Of Ohio will not submit to them, and others
besides Tosney and the ike will be in the
"Fellow citizens, the time Is ripe for honest
elections, for thorough reforms in admins
iration, for an improved civil service in both
state and nation, for wise and effective tenn
perance laws, and for 4 careful and studlouS
of the labor problems, with q