Nevada County picayune., 1888-10-24
A UNION LABOR PROTEST.
THE LATE CANDIDATE FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL ON THE STATE CAM PAIGN AND THE PRES
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To My Union Labor Friends:

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 To My Union Labor Friends:
 When the labor convention met in Little Rock in April last, the dele gates came for the purpose of nomi. hating strictly union labor ticket. The labor convention at Cincinnati had passed a resolution against afiili- ation with either of the old parties. It was evidently the intention of the Little Rock convention to keep the letter and spirit of that resolution. - As part of its ticket required two lawyers, chief justice and attorney general, that convention had to go outside of the labor organizations for the material. The delegates soon learned Mat Duval had been a demo- crat, but for ten years had been an advocate of this third party move ment, and was at one time an active member of union labor club, and they were informed that he was com petent and honest, but poor. Their own language was, ''He is the kind of lawyer we want, and I was nomi- hated for chief justice
 l was out of the city when the nomination was made, and when returned about noon was congratu- lated by friend after friend and by the delegates in particular as they went to dinner, and I was invited to make them speech, which l did that night, accepting the nomination for chief justice. When I went to my little cabin in Argenta, wife and the little ones gathered around me and shouted loud hurrahs for the union labor party.
 Hut some subtle influence got to working upon that convention and a committee was appointed to request me to let them make a change, to nominate a republican for chief jus tice and myself for attorney-gencral. This l positively refused to do at first 1 told the committee, You were hunting men who would stick, that was of the sticking kind" finally agreed to consider the matter until next morning.
 When l went home that night asked wife's advice; she said: "Con, sent to tho change; the delegates ar, your friends, and, though they are acting like children and will defeat their own object, 1t is hest to gratify them. still l could not bring my own mind to consent. so l went tC the convention and we discussed the matter for two hours. l argued from every conceivable standpoint that it was a mistaken move: thai aifiliatIon with the republican part, as to the state ticket, would injurt the union labor party, if not ruin it but the convention differed with me Seeing that the delegates were hon est, and earnest. l consented ana then acetpted the nomination for at torney- general, and I then by letter: appealed to Judge Scott, the second nominee for chief justice, to accept but he hesitated, evidently feeling ashamed of the company offered him, and did not accept until we were virtually indorsed by the reput lican party,
 None can imagine my humiliation For ten years had worked to bull, up the third party, and for this hat been called crank" and to hay, to realize that the union labor party of Arkansas its birth being christen ed republican, dispelled my hopes O its success or usefulness. Yet in goOt faith l gave the ticket my earnest support until the election was over and by my pen offended many of In, professional brethren, and I actually got to believe that Dr. Norwooc would he elected by about 40,00( majority,
 l did not object to the nomination of any one because he had been ; republican, but because he was still ; republican. The third party mus necessarily be made up of men from both of the old parties, but wher they come into the union labo ranks should burn the bridges be hind them.
 Friends of the union labor cause, would not write this now, but l sc' danger ahead for the homes, wiye' and little ones of Arkansas. Tn, brutal passions of man have beer stirred, and unless checked by some soothing, brotherly influence vii