Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-10-16

the government OF the country, and that
he has power OF expression denied to
most men, The following from him in
reply to question by Plain Deuler re-
porterin Cleveland recently, when asked
il he was in favor Of labor and its inter
ests, hits the nail squarely and elo'
quently:
~ am in sympathy with laboring men of
all kinds, whether they labor with hand or
brain. If the objects OF laborinR men are to
improve their condition, without inJuring
others, to have homes and firesides and
wives and children, plenty to eat, good
clothes to wear, to develop their minds, to
educate their children-in short, to become
prosperous and civilized, l sympathize with
them and hope they will succeed: have
not the slightest sympathy with those who
wish to accomplish all these objects through
brute force. Nihilst may be forgiven in
Russia-may even be praised IN Russia; q
Socialist may be forgiven in Germany, and
certainly n Home Ruler can be pardoned in
Ireland, but in the United States there is no
place for Anarchists Socialist or dynamlter.
Now the laboring people are largely in the
majority in this country. If there are any
laws depressing them they should have them
repealed. [ want them to convince both the
other great parties that they cannot be pur-
| chased. This will be an immense step in
the right direction"
Ing9fsoll, like thousands of other men,
does not believe that man must neces-
sarily be clothed in dungaree jumper
and overalls and have his hands cal
loused, in order to be working man, but
includes every man in that category who
produces something the world must have,
whether it is by manual or mental labor.
There are no harder-worked men in the
world than the men OF the various pro-
| fessions Of law, letters, medicine, and the
arts and sciences, and until the rank and
file of the laborng men Of the country
feel this to be truth and that the inter
ests of these men are identical with their
own, they can never succeed in con-
trolling the popular voice in any measure
they may undertake. Henry Georges
idea OF ease and happiness for all, with
no manual labor only such as each mar
puts forth for himself, looks very we'll in
print, but is altogether impossible in
practice. Education and enlightenment
will forever exist in certain degrees
among the people OF the earth, and those
to whom falls the highest learning and
attainments will naturally lead those
who are not so fortunate, and the curse o
this poor, weak human nature OF ours is
such that there will always be great
majority who will be those who are not
advanced in education and enlighten
ment The Constitution and the coun
try guarantees every man an equal
show at the start OF his life, and if
he is outstripped by his neighbor, il
is his own fault There must be hewers
of wood and drawers OF water, and those
who fall behind in the race OF life must
do this work. Prosperity and civiliza
ton in the highest degree attainable viii
never remove the necessity for toll in
this cold world, and there will always bt
horny-handed class OF men to do it, but
they should not assume that they are the
only workers, and should permit some
voice in affairs from the other large class,
who, though better paid, are equally
hard worked, and desire to have voic,
in the labor questions of the day. 4
| broadcloth coat to the average working
man is like red rag to bull. Th
should not be 50.