Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-02
COaGREsSs Han 80 ABBOrT,
Why the Laboring s1sn Should Vote fo
Him ss AEsinse Mr.. San Evans.
LADIES HoMR JoURSAL,
Philadelphia.

Him Cd AEsinse Mr.. Sam Evans.
FORT WORTH. TEX, Sept. 80, 1883.
To the Gazette.
AS MIR. Sam Evsrs OF Fort Worth ie
posing SIS tie workingnsr's candidate tol
Congress from his district, against Hon
10 Abbott. the regular nominee OF the
Democratic party, allow ne, as s wort-
ingman and one who is now and
n&s been for the past twenty
years a member in good standing
Of one Of the strongest and best organ
lied labor organizations in the world, to
| soy 6 few words through the columns #
The GAZETTE to my fellow-workmen IL
behalf Of Judge Aobots. II tie first
place, l would ike 10 know why should
the WOrkingmen and farmers Of this dis
trlct support Mr. Evans in preference 10
Mr.. Abbott. Is he (Mr. ET.1a) any moEe
of s Workingman than Judge Abbott? |
dare sag nor. Judge Abbott has Fever
sought offce, but, en- the contrary,
his Is ore Of the few inEtencss
| wherein tni3e hss gought the man,
and he has honestly and faithfully full
filed every trust impaired to him. Be-
ginning life at The bottom es 6 peer farm
BOY, he has, by industry aEd hard work,
attained his present prominence as q
| politician and fsithful citizen. Every
cent ne hse. and thst IL no: z great deal,
he made him self sid made Il honestly,
too, and the msn does not live who can
say he ever ground 6 cent out CT the poor
working n1n, bat, on the contrary, al
who live In his county Snd know him viii
unite IN praise OF his generous character,
and hundreds Will s2ard up to
testify to bis many generous sets
and deeds towards the poor and
needy. IL tact, IL Is 8 Common remGlk
among those acqusiateI with kin that
$40 Abbott Is alw2 ys soand taking uF f3F
the under deg 10 the lgh:,n sad e per-
solal obseIysti n and Acquaintance wi.a
him fuii7 convinced me OF tie truthful
ne2s Of this remark, ind 1 en- assure NJ
Acknowledgment fhst OF al the poll
ticians l have met n life, l believe Judge
Abbot to be as pure AID as much or mere
d ssriend OF the lGboring man than cay
kaisb0F candidate" SO called, IN tn
universe. nave mace tie labor pTcbl n
. study for the past zen ye&-s, and
have studied II IN al its phases,
closely Observing zen 2nd sch2IeP, anG
| hGva Griivad al TIE conclusion shat the
worst enemies of labor are the men Whc
60 (1nder the gUise CT tie Isb0rirg msn's
ffiend) srouad the country crying down
cspitai AID depicting me imaginary
wrongs perpetralld upon the l4boring
class in order to ecuve o1i:e, and all TIE
g3cd ever accomplished by tais class
could easily be stored under u hunning
oiTQ's ey3-brow and tae eye placsTded,
Groom 10 let" Therefore, 1 say TO my
fellow Tork.IgUe2, The sooner We GhEoW
! .a-aH n EnEa enn o. IS ElT-1N- 10 h1a
Ter 1t will be for ps. Let Us assert
G2r rights in tbs primaries as men,
eud COme cut boldly ter one or the
other great psrtieF, auG va will accom-
plish more in one election than can be
done in 100 yesrs by secret caucusee.
ID fac, secret poii .lcai organizations by
wh.Eev5r nam, ere repulsive to the very
theory Of tree government, gnd will never
accomplish oae iotS Of good to those
who advocste them, and whenever a
labor union allows Itself to be drawn into
politics By these selfish politicians, il
destroys its usefulness and viii eoon &C
to decay. Take the pss. history OF such
institutions and you Will fii this the
csse.
Ia conclusion, le. me ssy to the work
ingmen Of this district, vote for honest
10 Abbott. You have no better friend
tean he, and 10 party has ever proven SO
true and tried a friend CO The good old
Democratic party. she has battled fer
your rights in the pss', is fighting for
them nov, aDd will continue so to do in
the future. Keep up your labor unions.
but Keep them out Of politics, remember
ing the words of the noble old Roman,
WHO said, "Lsbor unions have done more
to keep up wages than the protective
tarif," end the remark OF the Republican
csn' idate, Harrison, who Gays ION dollar
q dsy is enough wages fora worhingmsn."
J. W. 81.