Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-08-25
WHAT THEY SAY.

The CHEERFUL COBDEN CLUB
The annual general meeting OF
the Golden Club was held this aftec
noon Mr.. T. B. Potter,M P. (hon. Sc
Icretary) presiding. The chairman, in
opening the meeting, said he saw
no reason to despair of the ultimate
acceptance of the principles of the
Golden club at home and abroad
Free Trade aconld shortly dchiere a
Triumph IN AMERICA. The report
for the past year was unanimously
adopted.-The Telegraphic Ne,cs-
England, july 81, 1888.
Hon. Frank Hurd, of Ohio, says:
-" We can't carry New York, New
Jersey or Connecticut, and our only
chance is to make a fight for North
western States, where the free trade
sentiment is strong among the peo-
Pile. If we can't do that we're lick
ed. We're licked for sure in the
East"
Henry Watterson says : There
has been so much talk OF the person
al popularity of our candidate that
! believe Mr.. Cleveland thinks that
if we were to close the national
headquarters tomorrow the canvas
would move along just as well and
he wonld be triumphantly elected.
Under these circumstances the par.
ty leaders are naturally apathetlc.
They want some assurance that
their labors in Mr.. Cleveland's be.
half will be appreciated. Let him
tell us where he stands; is he with
us in this fight or is he not 7"
WHAT A WORKMAN SAYS.-I
would ask the opponents of free
trade why 100000 foreigners came
to this country last yearf Do Am
erican workmen go to Europe to
better their condition. II so, / have
never heard of it. Why have so
many English manufacturers estab.
lished themselves in New England
and withdrawn their capital from
EnglandF In conversation with an
Englishman who works but few
feet from me, he said: "What did
/ come to America fors Why, to
better my condition but if they are
to adopt the English idea here, l
shall go back to England" These,
fellow workmen, are not sentiments,
but facts that burn deep.
The laboring men of this country,
thanks to a grand public school sys-
TEN, are not so ignorant as the poll.
ticians would seem to think.
| am not Republican at least, |
have never been one, but if free
trade is Democracy, | am not a
Democrat. l do not plead for the
Republican party, but say to my fell
low.men, think this matter over
carefully, and do not allow yourself
to be driven to the slaughter pen by
your own votes.
plead for the life and prosperity
of my class. Respectfully yours,
JOHN +. STINsoN, Baltic, Md.
THE REPUBLICANS SAY: The
thing which the Democrats would
like to accomplish above all else at
this stage OF the campaign is to
throw the Republicans off their
guard, persuade them that they
have a sure thing, and so cause a
cessation of Republican work. That
the Democrats have been dlsap'
pointed at the vigor and activity
the Republican campaign has shown
and alarmed at the number of Dem
ocratic manufacturers and working
men who have declared their pur
pose of voting for Harrison is I'M
doubtedly true; but that they will
Oh this account fight any the less
desperately for the retention of the
spells there is no reason to believe
So these signs of Democratic demon
alization should only influence the
Republicans to WORK THE HARDER
AND THE MORE EARNESTLY.