Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1888-07-28
A TWO-EDGED SWORD.


desist from stone-t throwing, lest brick
bat or two should come crushing in
upon them. The ErpoSitOr of last even
ing, under the heading of 1.-The Printers
and the President" states that Harrison
is the principal owner Of the lndianapo
lis JOHHui, "one of the most notorious
rat offices in the United States" 1t
also says further ON:
The last presidential election was
carried 10y the international Typograph-
| zeal Union, ii voting almost solidly for
Cleveland The reason of this was that
the New York Tribune, Blaiue's recog-
nzed organ, is also rat paper"
That edge of the sword cuts very well
for the Democrats, and doubtless they
will use il till it is SO dull it won't cut
melted butter. But the sword has
another edge, which cuts fully as well
for the advancement of the Republicans.
Please read what follows and see for
yourselves how much like the edge Of a
famous Toledo blade is the size of the
sword which cuts for the Republicans.
Away back i'll 1869 there was a session
Of the International Typographical
Union held at Albany, N. Y. A man by
the name of Alexander Troup was there
as a delegate from No. 6, and Gussie
Lewis, who afterwards became his wife,
was president of the Woman's Typo
graphical Union No. /, working under a
charter from International Typograph-
ical Union. In 1871 and 1872 this same
Alexander Troup stumped the State of
| Connecticut, posing as labor reformer.
| About this time he obtained an interest
in the New Haven Union, and made it
the organ of the Labor Party
1t Is now listed in the directories as
Independent Democratic, but is strongly
Democratic. During the Cleveland
campaign four years ago the trade was
made with him that if he would throw
his influence with the Labor Party he
should be rewarded.
This is incorrect; Troup had no influ-
ence during the Cleveland campaign
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He did so, and received a revenue
appointment for his work. The follow
ing from the CTofSmdn the official
| paper of the international Typograph-
ical Union, of May 10, 1888, tells the rest
OF the story:
alexander Troup, the erstwhile
labor reformer of New Haven, but more
lately a federal officehoIder in that city,
has locked out the union men on his
paper - the tnion -- and employed
rats,
And now for the cut of this edge of
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recently published in the Craftsman,
| stating that unless this Cleveland Office
holder was removed from his federal po-
| sition every union printer in Connect
cut would be instructed to vote against
| Cleveland, and all the other labor organ
izations would fall into line with them
| Connecticut being one of the doubtful
States, it can be seen how much the
more keenly the sword cuts.
But this is not all. Have You heard
of Henry Watterson, of the Louisville
CoUjer-JOuy71dl? 1t will be remems
bered that he wrote the Democratic
platform adopted at the recent st. Louis
con vention. He poses as the leading
Democratic politician of America, and
sets his paper up as the head and front
of Democratic journalism in the United
States, it being evidently his intention
to assume the position in the party which
Manton Marble and the New \ ork Horid
held in years gone by-eXcept that he
would add to himself all the political il
neSSe of old August Belmont.
Now for the cutting qualities of this
edge of the sword This same Henry
Watterson, this would-be Marble and