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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

With few exceptions the labor papers
d~enounce Harrison and Morton. The
following from the Hannibal Labor
Tribune is a sample of what the wage
workers think of the republican ticket
Levi P Morton has a controlling
interest in a bank III Paris; is a director
of n of the principal railroads In Eng.
land: is at the head of one OF the lead.
ing banking houses in London. He il
in league with the London money power
aud is a Wall street Shylock. Yet the re,
publicans are foolish enough To suppose
that laboring men will vote Tor him for
vice-president. RatsV"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Mr.. J. D. Shewalter made a very
able and convincing argument in his
speech at the courthouse, last Monday
night, upon the subject of the relation
of the tariff to wages. This speech
should be repeated at every point in
the state where there is anything of a
labor vote,
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

. 1t don't make any difference who ia
RAINING the trusts, Mr.. Blaine, though
- a m~atter-of- fact they are nearly all
of them republicans, including the
Standard oil trust, you said they were
largely private affairs with which
neither Mr.. Cleveland nor anybody
else had anything to do. Mr.. Cleve.
land calls them hateful monopolies,
conspiracies, and says they should be
crushed by law. AS you are the man
who is really running for president Oh
the republican side, the people will
know how to choose.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

From the report of the republican
tariff commission appointed by Presi-
dent Arthur, 1881: at would seem that
the rates OF duties under the existing
tariI-hxed, for the most part, during
the war under the evident necessity at
that time of stimulating to its utmost
extent all domestic production-might
be adapted, through reduction. to the
present condition of peace, requiring
no such extraordinary stimulus. And
In the mechanical and manufacturing
industries, especially those which have
thar
and processes made within the last
twenty years and the high scale OF
productiveness which has become a
characteristic of their establishments,
would permit our manufacturers to
compete with their foreign rival,
under a substantial reduction of ertstin4
duties. Entertaining these views, thu
commission has sought to present
scheme OF tariff duties In which sub
%stantial reduction should be the distin.
gushing feature. The average reduc
ton in rates, including that from tn,
enlargement of the FREE LIST and tn,
abolition of the duties on charges an,
commissions, at which the commission
has aimed is not Tess on the averag,
than 20 per cent, and it is the opinion
OF the commission that the reduction
will reach rs per cent" The Mills bill
proposes a reduction of less than z pc,
cont.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

'.Thc democracy is not Boosting
qdite 90 loudly about the poor mans
blanket as it was a few weeks ago.
Its guns on that point have been spik-
ed" How, prayP You don't mean
By the senate bill, surely. II you do
YOU are away off. That measure gives
no relief in that direction.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Flour is getting dearer. Loaves OF
bread are either smaller or higher
priced. Crackers have gone mp a cent
a pound. Trusts are "private affairs
and have "no place" in a national
campaign. The poor man has no rights
which a combine is bound to respect.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

That was rather a cruel speech Of
Mr.. Blaine's the other day against
putting salt on the free list. When
Mr.. Levi P. Morton, the republican
candidate for ice-president, was in
congress he voted for free salt. Is Mr..
Blaine trying to elect or to defeat Mr..
Morton7 II seems to be q matter OF
dOnht.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Remember, conservative citizens,
who now desire a reduction OF tariff
taxation, but who are inclined to be
alarmed by republican threats OF disas-
ter should Mr.. Cleveland be reelected,
that all these threats, aud more too,
were made four years ago. They were
false then and they are false now. No
rebel pensions have been voted; no
rebel debt has boen paid; no negroes
have been re-enslaved; no financial
panic has occurred; no mans wages
have been reduced; no mans civil or
political rights have been abridged. On
the contrary, Mr.. Cleveland has given
the country an eminently safe and sue
cessful administration, and, had he not
arrayed against himself aggregated cor
| perate wealth by his bold stand for
the people would have been reelected
with scarcely any opposition. All the
land thieves are fighting him; all the
timber thieves from the government
reservations are fighting him; all of
the trusts are fighting him; and all OF
the Unfortunately protected monopolists
are fighting him. 1t took a brave man
to array himself against all OF these,
but Cleveland is a brave man. lie is a
pure man, too. In his administration
there is no faint of star route rings, no
flavor of a whisky ring, no whisper OF
naval repair frauds, no odor of post
leadership corruption, but all is clean
and sweet and wholesome with an
honest endeavor to economic the peo-
ple's money and to ecure for them in
all departments honest and faithful
service. Therefore, don't believe these
harbingers of evil, partisan birds OF i'll
omen, the country has been all right
under Mr.. CLEVELAND for the past three
and a half years, and it will continue
to be all right under his wise leader
ship during the next four and a hal
years.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Fancy the impudence which can
claim that protection regulates the
wages III this country Of blacksmiths,
bricklayers. carpenters, conductors,
engineers, hod.carriers, common la
borers, printers, policemen, saleswo-
man, transfers, walters, etc.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

The people Of the Pacific slope are SO
well pleased with the position of Pres
ident Cleveland on the Chinese ques-
ton that II Is regarded as more than
probable that upon that issue alone the
electoral votes of California will be
cast against Harrison.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Senator Benjamin Harrison, Novem-
Der 20, 1ss2:-"The creation of the
tariff commission was a confession that
the tariff needs revision. II the report
comes in it should be promptly acted
upon. Ny opinion is that no time
should be lost after congress assemblies
in bringing forUard these measures"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

The Pioneer Press, the colored
people's paper, published at Martins
burg-the only paper In West Virginia
specially devoted to the colorcd people
as a ~class-says: THE colOred voters
were never go much divided as they
are now. Go ii, boys, for you have
been tails TO the republican kite entire
~ too long"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

The whole earnings of labor in the
protected industries only amount to
S1S in the 300 of product. The aver
age tariff tax is SAT in 800. IT for
eign labor shOnld be twice as cheap as
our own labor, a tax Of 80 on the $1G0
would make good the difference in
labor cost. The remaining $3S in 800
is wrung from the earnings of work
ingmen, who receive no equivalent in
wages or advantage. 1t is this 1888 OF
"protection for the sake OF protection"
that fills the pockets of the few and
ilches from the pockets of the many.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Mr.. Tarsney has discovered a scheme
to ~colonize voters in the suburbs OF
Kansas City to defeat him and part
OF the democratic county ticket. He
exposed the matter in a public speech,
and it is hoped that the rascally purpose
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

James A. Garfield was not a British
or and democratic Hessian, was he2
And yet here is what he said OH the SUBJ
ject:-"Unless the tariff men take heed,
unless they consent to a rational and
considerate adjustment of the tariff,
such as only "a be made by the full
light that q careful statistical
study of the subject will bring, |
fear from them, more than from any
other source, a reaction that will bring
us, by and by, into free trade and all
its consequences of evil to the manu-
featuring interests of the country. l
desire to say that, in my Judgment, ii is
not the best mode Of defending a tariff
to denounce every man who does not
pronounce the shibboleth after our
fashion as an enemy of the tariff"
We commend this to some of the muir
dorers of The evangelis S of the poor,
who are now out Heroding Herod.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Henry Eyring, representative Of the
Mormon colonies in chihuahua, Mex,
denies that the Mormons have bought
1000, 900 acres of land there and pro-
pose to move en- masse from Utah.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Philadelphia Record:-''The rooster
that can crow loudest when the Ie-
turns are all in is the rooster TO bet
your money Oh. The latest news from
Connecticut indicates that the land OF
ste idy habits has not wobbled. The
town elections Indicate tho usual DEM
ocratic majority on a full vote"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Mr.. Blaine is frothing at the mouth
because the democrats propose to Tut
some things on the free list. Why
don't he hop on to the republican sena-
tors? They do the same thing in their
bill only TO a slightly less degree.
What did Gen. Grant say on this point
Why simply this:-'A tariff on raw
material is protection to the foreign
manufacturer" Why don't Mr.. Blaine
call him q blasted Britisher and a dem
Gcrstjc HessiaB2
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

1t is stated that Sir Charles Warren,
chief Of the London metropolitan
police, has decided to employ blood
hounds in his efforts to discover the
perpetrators of the Whitechapel MUIR
dcrs. Would It not he a better plan
for him to hire some de~tectives2
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Fer torty-five days almost steady rain
has poured down in Colletan county,
Sonth Carolina, and the people have
been unable to make crops. Prior to
the rain there was fonr months drought.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Recently nine questions of y political
character were mailed to General Mas
ter Workman Powderly, to which he
was requested to respond or stand be.
fore the public MS a man of double
dealing. Mr.. Powderly's reply, ad-
dressed to District Master Workman
Doyle, of Pittsburg has been published.
To the first four questions Mr.. Powderly
makes no reply. To question five, ''Is
1t not a fact that yOu were offered the
appointment of the commissionership of
the department OF labor?' presumably
In this canvass by the democrats, MIR.
Powderly replies: Eyes; the republic
can party through some of its leaders,
and | am told u, the instigation of MIR.
Blaine himself, offered me that position
in 1884, provided | would say a word
for Blaine. Two weeks after the nom-
ination of Harrison l was offered the
position which Col. Wright now holds
in Washington, by a man who came
direct from republican headquarters,
provided l would pull the KnIghts OF
Labor off Harrison's back in Indiana.
This, of course, was to be my reward
in case Harrison was elected. l am
not entering into political deals, and
while | thanked the man for his kind
ness and remembrance ofme,l declined
to even consider his proposition" The
remaining questions i answered col'
lectively in the body of the letter, after
refuting the implied charge that he
had manipulated the proceedings of the
Minneapolis convention to his personal
and political interests by referring to
minutes of that convention, and stat
ing positively that he will not be u can
didate for re- reelection TO his present
position.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Mr.. Blaine managed to include one
sensible sentence In his polo speech
when he said; "lf the great army OF
wageworkers In this country cannot
protect themselves, there is no other
power that a protect them.' Mr.
Blaine need not have taken the trouble
to tell the wagewOrkers this. They
understand it very thoroughly, and
will protect themselves ut the ballot
box against the monopoly oppression
Of the party of Mr.. Blaine.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Mr.. Blaine in Michigan took good
care not to remind the people of the
amount of their savings in banks. He
keeps that sort of talk for New Eng
land
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Harrison2 Hsrrison2 D, yes, he Is
the gentleman who thinks he is running
for president, but Mr.. Blaine seems
really to be the man.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Carl Schurz has written an able let
ter in which he declares himself for
hir. Cleveland. The letter was written
in response to a republican friend who
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Mr.. Bullene's advocates claim that
he should be elected because of bis
ability in the past to give money. That
means that a rich man is better than a
poor man In the republican party.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

The speech recently made by Hon.
Xenophon Ryland, at Carrollton, Is
spoken of as having been a very able
and eloquent effort.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Mr.. George T. Downing, the wealthy
colored democrat Of Newport, X. l.,
dropped into tho national democratic
headquarters, recently and being asked
what he thought of the political situa-
ton in his state. said are feeling
very hopeful in Rhode Island and think
that the republicans will be greatly
surprised when they wake up the
morning after election. The people
have been educated to the principle of
tariff reform and have been much i'm
pressed by the change in the attitude of
many prominent manufacturers.
Many foreigners who are residents are
becoming ~naturalized, and the vete
will be the largest that the state has
ever polled. The only thing we have
to fear is the o%xtravagsnt use Of money
by the republicans. The colored peo-
pie arc happily looking at matters
more carefully than ever before and are
thinking independently for themselves.
My advices from all over the state with
regard to the coIored vote, are to the
effect that it is inclining toward the
democratic party, and [ hope that the
democratic managers will give all the
encouragement and assistance possible
Mr.. Isaac Bell, Jr., who has charge oil
our canvass, is conducting a wonder
fully aggressive campaign. His man
agement of matters is most satisfac.
tory. Ho will surely bring up a grand
result. The outlook in Rhode Island,'
concluded Mr.. Downing, sis decidedly
more than fair.p
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

The effort to make 1t appear that
Vermituge Tom Is a better Irishman
than John Tarsney is too silly to aspire
to the dignity Of being ridiculous.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Mr.. Bullene does himself infinite
discredit in making misrepresentation
answer the place of argument.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Senator Beck %pertinently sums up
the republican tariff bill as going to
"the extreme OF protection, restriction
and destruction"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

The twelfth annual convention OF the
Young Mems Christian Association Of
Missouri, will be held at Lexington,
October 26th to 28th.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Mr.. Tom vermifuge Bullene is run
ming for congress on the merits OF no
one at all-certainly not upon his own.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Take Doodle out OF the canvass and
Vermituge Tom would SIMPLY be no.
where.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Chicago Times:-"Cheaper wool,
cheaper wOolens, cheaper woolens lar
ger markets, more product, greater I'M
ployment, greater employment larger
DAY."
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

II is the veriest rot Imaginable to say
that the democrats intend to ''extermi-
nate protected industries"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Mr.. Cleveland never vetoed a meri-
torious in the interest of labor.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13
A trial for $40, 900 damages is before

A trial for $40, 900 damages is before
the circuit court at Warrensburg. a
coal company claims that the Mis-.
8 uri Pacific railroad company i'll
flicted the above damages by unjust
discrimination in freight rates. A hun.
dred witnesses have testified in the
case.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Cleveland Plain Dealer:-"rhere is a
constant stream of weak and dish
watery sentiments flowing into the
columns of the newspapers from CAM
didate Harrison, OF Indianapolis. lie
ia old talkee talkee-a windbag."
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Hello, Mr.. Harrison, where are you!
It is all Mr.. Blaine, of late.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

The idea of Vermiiuge Tom running
on his merits. Stuff and nonsense.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Vermifuge Tom can't get into con-
gress from this district.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

The Lord is on the side of the demo
Gratis this year.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Harrison's friendship for American
labor was illustrated by his fourteen
votes in favor of Chinese immigration.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

The Providence Journal compares
the republican quack notion of reduce
Ing the surplus by laying on heavier
duties to the heroic remedy of a boy
who to c%ounteract the effects of having
swallowed a mouse, tried to swallow a
oat. The common IL of the people
rejects as nonsensical the republican
achnmn
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Bangor Commcrcial:-''The Hoosier
democrats will uniform 5000 torch
bearers this week, aud one orgsniza-
ton will be a full regiment of demo-
cratic grand army men, including some
of the members Of General Ben Harri-
sons old regiment. The Indiana SOL
diers are evidently to be found on both
sides of the political fence"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

In New York and elsewhere the
republican managers have been circu.
lating documents printed i'll Polish and
Bohemian in which it is asserted that
President Cleveland has negotiated a
treaty with Russia for the return to that
power of political offenders residing in
the United States. There seems to be
no depth of ~rascality too deep for the
republican managers to reach ia this
canvass. This is of a piece with the
forged extracts from English papers.
| AS a matter of fact Mr.. Cleveland has
in recent treaties caused specific
clauses to be inserted excepting political
offenders from extradition provisions
This has not heretofore been so care
fully provided for.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

More than two-dozen colored demo.
Gratis, representing the colored men In
Pennsylvania who are opposed to Har
rison and Morton and are in favor o.
the election of Cleveland and Thurman
held a conference in Harrisburg. OF
the 9th inst, 10 take action toward
increasing the colored democratic vote
The delegates attended q colored
democratic msss-meeting at Steelton
where stirring speeches condemnatory
of the republican party and its pre-
sidential candidates were made. An
other conference will be held.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Mr.. Cleveland said in his message:--
alt is not proposed to entirely relieve
the country of this tariff taxation. 1t
must be extensively continued as the
source Of the governments income;
and in a readiustment Of u tarid the
interests OF American labor engaged
In manufacture should be carefully
considered, as well as the preservation
of our manufactures. 1t may be call
ed protection, or by any other name,
but relief from the hardships and dam
gers of our present tariff laws, should
be devised with especial precaution
against imperiling the existence of OuI
manufacturing interests" Is there any
free trade in that?
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13
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The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13
The Philadelphia Times a

The Philadelphia Times announce a
very important fact in a few lines:--
"The one great demand of the peo-
pie of the whole country is for relief
from needless and oppressive taxes on
the necessaries of business and of lie
All parties have solemnly promised II
from year to year, but high war taxes
have continued long after the NECESSITY
tor war revenues has ceased, and TO.
day we present the singular spectacle
of S13e, OOO, 900 of surplus money III
the treasury, exacted from the indus
tries of the nation, Withdrawn from
legitimate channels of business and
trade, and serving no purpose beyond
oppression to taxpayers and whettine
the appetite OF the jobber and profit
gate"
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

In his able and unanswerable message
to congress OF last December, Presi-
dent Cleveland said:-"Under our
present laws more than four thousand
articles are subject TO duty. Many O
these do not in any soay compete with
ana-amn -msnnfactures, and many are
revenue. j. consFfgABFU spgIeEJan n
can be made in the aggregate, by add
ing them to the free list. The taxation
Of Injuries presents no features O
hardship; but the neeessaries Of ly,
used and consumed by all the people
the duty upon which adds to the cos
of living In every home, should b.
| nrenHn chs1nened. = ~
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

That distinguished republican, James
A. Garfield, declared, in the earlier and
better days OF his party, "I am for a
protection which leads to ultimate free
trade" The leaders of his party, in
Guiding Mr.. Blaine, Mr.. Sherman, Mr..
Edmunds, even Senator Hoar, all heard
it. Not n Of them expressed dissent.
On the contrary, they nominated the
man who took this position az their
candidate for president. And now
those ssme leaders are e~ndeavoring TO
persuade the people that a candidate
for the presidency is dangerous to elect
because Lis policy may lead to such all
endl 1t will be remembered that
Cleveland, unlike Garfield, has never
avowed such to be his purpose.
The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-10-13

Our contemporary, the Register,
says:-"The undignified manner in
which the lntelligencer alluded to Mr..
Wallace, a bricklayer, who made a re-
publican speech here, as "a fellow
shows that that paper belongs to the
kid-glove element of the democracy"
This is very cheap demagogy. The
owners OF the Register know that our
feelings toward workingmen are kind.
When they were workingmeu in this
Office they had our personal friendship.
We were wOrkingmen with them, and
worked as many OF more hours than
they did. We respect labor, maybe
largely because we ourselves have
always had to work for a living. A
bricklayer may be a gentleman, and a
millionaire may be a blackguard. So
also a bricklayer may be a filthy fellow,
and that is what we are told this per-
son Wallace was. If the republicans
choose to defend that kind of people
all the worse for the republicans. We
trust no democrat will follow their
example, and substitute vulgarity and
abuse for argument.