Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-07-16

zen all entitled him to your faithful support; |
and beg to assure you, as l have assured |
him both before and since the convention, |
that did not and would not upon any consi- |
deratin have made any attempts against HIM |
upon the Ohio delegation. Applause
The club then spent few minutes i'll social
talk. and then marched to the railway sta
ton and started at once for Cincinnati.
STREeTER'S ACCEPTANCE.
The Union Labor Nominee VIII Make the
Race for President.
CHICAGO, Julv lG-Hon. A. J. Streeter,
the nominee of the Union Labor party for
president of the United States, has replied
to the official notification of his nomination,
thanking the party for the honor, and ac-
ceptng it as duty he owes both to the CON
vention and the people represented there
land if it shall I've the will of the people To
elect me there will be some radical changes
made in the administration of affairs, And
to the extent of my ability and energy, and
with a firm hani, the government Will he
administered more in the interest of the
great common people, hut not to the injury
Of any class Of our people, for all should be
equally protected in their person and prop
erty by the firm hand of the law"
The people-the common pcuple-he says
have not had justice; through bad laws, land
their wicked enforcement corporate monop
olies, greedy combinations, and avaricious
trusts have become favored classes III the
administration Of affairs, and these have
forced the people into their present and I'M
fortunate condition They now cry aloud
for relief, and the government should grant
the T. lief He hold, that the property Of
nation is measured by the prosperity Of IFS
industrial people, and that the industrial
people of this country are struggling with
POVERTY. taxes and debt.
Governments are instituted among men to
foster the weak the strong are able 10 care
for themselves. We have a government Of
the capital class He then says that If elect
ed silver Will Ice coined Ia the full extent of
81. 900, 000 per month, and bonds called in
and paid He says:
IL am advised that the act creating the
per cent bonds was thmpered with and
time ot payment changed in the interest OF
the hundhoidrrs, and this after the act had
passed congress deem it good
law that the bonlhotders should not reap
benefit from their unlawful acts, and such
bonds should lee called and paid at their face
value We have tried a change OF
administration from one oil party to the
other, but It gave the people no relief We
are even worse of now than when the
change was made Still interest. taxes, high
rates for transportation, and other combina-
tions take nearly all we annually produce,
and leave but little on which to live and less
u pay debts.
"A government that does not aid its indus
| trial and working people To pay their debts
| is not a government of the people and IS
unworthy Of their support. 4 government
| that has by its policy tolerated monopoles,
/ greedy combinations, aud trusts. and has not
protected the people against their spohations,
| is unworthy the support Of it, working
people"
These abuses have increased until We have
another ~irrrpreSshle conflict upon Us,
which involve Gu0o0 aoa people instead Of
4NDU.OOO Wise craftsmanship is needed to
settle this conflict
but settled it will be- and let rs hops
without saas Of fire and rivers Of blood
| Hence it Is the part Of wise craftsmanship ID
look tins growing conflict square IN tue face
and To make such changes i'll the laws and
the administration OF the same II, viii restore
confidence and prosperity to the people
such is the object and intent Of the Unior
Labor party
There is, he says, no use looking to the OLE
parties TO give the necessary relief partie,
do not reform within themselves. The
tariff is a minor issue. II" legislation on tha'
| question VIII give cheaper rates Tor Trans
portaton, nor cheaper rates Tor interest oil
morley, nor protect the people against the IN
| creaSIng combinations, mbnoprlles ana trust
now saPpnE the prosperity OF the people
tie believes, however IN revision 81 tilt
tariff laws with protection gwen "her
needed, and the tax reduced where II can
safely he done. lie opposes the removal O
the tax on tobacco and WHISKY, ami says th'
the Union Labor party Is a Temperance
party, fayorinE better morality and htEhe
Christian civilization.
we are the friends Of the soldiers too
Not in sectional sense. to antagoni2e th
blue and the gray No Rut forgetting tn
past, let Us plant freedoms flag upon the hill
tops Of every state, and conceie To all til
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CUNT , ,''" ,"' - . -,
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