The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-07-10

They Will Support Republican Principles In
This Campaign.

They Will Support Republican Principles In
This Campaign.
Col. IngersoIl, in New York Press.
do you think that the Knights OF Aabor will
cut any material figure in this election7'
1.-The Knights of Labor will probably occupy
substantially the same position as other laborers
and other mechanics. If they clearly see that
the policy advocated by the Republican party is
to their interest, that il will give them better
wages than the policy advocated by the Demo
Gratis. then they will undoubtedly support our
ticket. There is more or less irritation between
employers and employed. All men engaged IN
manufacturing are neither good nor gener-
Gus. Many Of them get work for a.
little as possible, and sell its product
for ell they can get. 1t is impossiblsto adopt q
policy that will not by such people be abused
Many Of them would like to see the workipgmau
toll for twelve hours or fourteen or sixteen each
day. Many of them wonder why they need sleep
or food and are perfectly astonishsd when they
ask for pay. In some instances undoubtedly
the workinemen will vote against their own in
terests simply TO get even with such employers
Some laboring men have been so robbed SO ty-
rannized over that they would be perfectly will
ing to feel for the pillars and take certain de-
light in destruction that brought ruin even to
themselves.
"Such manufacturers, however, believe to
be in q minority, and the laboring men. under
the policy Of free trade, would be far nearer in
their power When wages fall below a certain
point then come degradation, loss Of manhood,
serfdom and slavery. lie any man hiss a right
to vote for his own interests. certainly the man
who labors 10 that man, and every workingman
having in his will part of the sovereignty Of
this Nation. having within him part OF the
law-makiEg power, should have the intelligence
and the courage to vote for his own in
terests. He should vote for good wages:
he should vote for n policy that would enable
him to lay something by for the winter Of his
life that would enable him TO earn enough TO
educate his children, enough to give him home
and fireside, He need not do this in anger or
for revenge. but because it Is jest. because il is
right, and because the working people are in q
majority. They ought to control the world, be-
cause they have made the world what il is
They have given everything there is Of value.
Labor plows every field, builds every house,
fashions everything OF use. and when that labor
is guided by intelligence the world lie prosperous.
He who thinks good thoughts IL laborer-
one OF the greatest The man who invented the
reaper will be harvesting the fields for thou
sands of years to come If labor is abused in
this country the laborers have il within their
power TO defend themselves
"All my sympathies with the men who
toll. i shed very few tears over bankers and
millionaires and corporstions--they take
care of themselves. My sympathies are with
the man who has nothing 70 sell but his strength;
gence; who has capital except that which his
mother gave him-a capital that he must sell
every day; my sympathies are with him. and
want him to have good market; and 1 want it
so that he can sell the work Of to-day for more
than enough TO take care OF him tomorrow.
81 believe that no corporation should be al
lowed to exist except for the benefit OF the
whole people. The government should always
act for the benefit of all, and when the govern
ment gives part of its power to an aggregation
Of individuals, the accom- pills hmert OF some pub
lie good should justify the giving Of that power.
and whenever corporation becomes subversive
of the very end for which il created, the
government should put an end TO its life.
$50 believe that after these matters. these
Issues have been discussed-when something Is
understood about the effect of tariff the effect
OF protection. the laboring people Of this coun-
try will be on the side OF the Republican party.
The Republican party is always trying 10 do
something-trying to take a step 10 advance.
Persons who care for nothing except them,
selves-who wish to make no effort except for
themselves-are its natural enemies'