Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-09-15
HOW THEY sQUIRM AT THE TRUTH.

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that he can not make provisions in
his days of vigor for the incapacity
Of accident or the feebleness of old
age."-Beyamin Harrison.
That's the principle of our candi-
date for President, and in all his
public speeches he has shown him
selfthe plain, honest friend of Labor.
This is also proven by the visits and
cordial endorsement of thousands OF
laboring men in his own state.
A false cry has been raised against
him and is painted Oh every Demo
cratic banner and heralded forth
again and again in every administra.
ton paper, that he should have said
"one dollar day was enough for
the working man." A reward has
been offered OF $4,000 by the India
napolis Journal to the person who
should bring the proof. A lot of IN.
principled politicians made up set
of forged affidavits of jail birds and
ballot box suffers whose oaths would
not be taken in any court OF justice
where they were known. Some OF
the men whose names were used
denied that they ever said so. And
if authority is wanted that Gen. Har.
rison never made the assertion, there
are men of good standing in both
parties who will give their testimony,
among them John o. Hicks, general
yardmaster of the G. l., st. L. & G.
railway; Joseph Averill, general
yardmaster OF the Vandalia line
Joseph Sanger, secretary Yardmas
ter's Association Alexandra Il.
McAlpine, Superintendent Western
Car Company, formerly master me-
chanic of the Bee Line road Angus
tus d. Shaw, assistant yardmaster
G. c., G. & /. railway; David S.
Crawford, yard conductor Vandalia
line; John Wethers, switchman Big
Four road, and William p. Mcbride,
engineer Cleveland, st. Louis and
Pittsburg Railway, all of whom were
members of the strikers committee
in 1877. Ex-senator Mcdonald,
General Daniel McCauley aud ex.
Mayor Caven, all Democrats, have
asserted that General Harrison made
no remarks whatever at the confer
ence with the strikers in any way un.
friendly to the workingmen: and
Henry McPeet, chairman of the
Strikers Committee, with d. S.
Crawford, a member of the commit
tee, have just published atfidavits at
frming the entire falsity of the
charges against General Harrison.
Still the false report is kept in cir
culation wherever there is skilled la.
Dor. 1t does not appear in any
Democratic paper in strictly agri'
cultural district, as in the farming
counties of Maryland and Pennsyl.
vania, but wherever there are rail
road shops or manufactures there it
blazes forth in all its political ven
geance. The reason is plain. Farm
ers complain that with wheat at less
than dollar they are unable to pay
a dollar a day and board for labor,
and it is an issue with them, on
whose side the remarks would make
Gen. Harrison appear. Therefore
they are not published, showing con-
clusiyely that the false report was
gotten in circulation for the special
purpose of iniuring Mr.. Harrison
wherever skilled labor is employed.
for it should command from 30 to $3
a day, while unskilled labor only 81
and $3.50.
1t is also used from the f:ict that
Gen. Harrison belonged to a military
company that was called out against
the strikers, forgetful Of the fact that
some of our highest Democratic
leaders acted in similar capacities
and actually ordered fire upon the
strikers by which men lost their
lives. If it is argued that they sim
ply did their duty, why doesn't the
argument hold good for Gen. Harri-
SOM No one was killed by his or
ders. He did all he could to settle
the labor dispute by arbitration, and
appealed in the interest of the strik
ers to the authorities, the labOrers