The evening world., 1888-05-03
SEND In THE PETITIONS.
INV IS THE TINE TO kNNIHILATB THE
WALKER REPEAL BILL.

a. uul IL Merely Waiting to Hear the
v.,c, Of the People Before Vetoins the
u.,euoudsy Repeal Measure -" The
evening Worlds" Fight for the Peoples
Fights Popular With All.
cov. Hills expressed desire to consult the
-,sbsa of the people in the matter of the re-
n..l of the Saturday alf-Holiday law is
ts.x;np n good result. The stream of EVENING
Woa,p petitions asking the Governor to veto
,hs Walker bill has grown to q torrent.
Gov. Hill should be overwhelmed with
.hss. petitions at once. There is no time to
he lost. Every name counts, the same as in
buTy the Walker repeal measure as deep az
though the Staten Island hills stood over it.
Send in the petitions to-day!
The ~liyeliest interest is taken in The EVEN
mo WORLDS crusade. Everybody signs the
sergt. Mcnamara, of the Grand Central
mb.station, put his name to The EVENING
WORLDS petition. He is o stanch ad yocate
Of the appeal as we'll as admirer of The EVEN
mo WoaLD's enterprise. Il hope that the
he. " It is o grand. good thing to give the
iaboring people half q day to themselves.
Think of the thousands of men, women,
boys and girls who are benefited by the pres
emit law. I think that the records will show
that we have much less intoxication ut pres
emit than we did before the Saturday Half
Holiday law was passed"
Letters encouraging The EVENING WORLD
in its fight for the people come to this office
in clouds. Here are sce a few Of them ur;...
Again do 1 read in the valuable EVENING
WORLD the noble stand you undertake in the
behalf Of the working people. w tn such q
champion as The EVENING WORLD. and with
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inhuman and greedy monopolists who are
growing rich through the aid of that much
abused man called the wo-kingman."
w. A. Castle, of Slate Hill. Orange County,
N. Y, writes "Inclosed ! forward you sew
eral signatures to The EVENING .WoRLD's
petition. I thank you for the position you
have taken, not only in this matter, but also
in showing up the men who have been in
trusted with the peoples welfare, and who
take the opportunity of incorporating in
Thomas Smith. Of the Eighteenth Ward,
Brooklyn, writes: am proud to see the
interest that The EVENING World is taking in
behalf Of the working people. The EVENING
people and will do Justice to all, To do
away with the Half Holiday law would be an
injustice to all. As The EVENING WORLD
says, the bankers and brokers' hours are
five to six a day. They do not think of the
toiling mass Of people who labor ten hours a
ooJH oAiA - w ~ h&Ns ~
in the United States that will do justice to
all. That paper is The EVENING WORLD.
That is my paper. .
D G. A. F., of Brooklyn, writes: "Inclosed
you will ind my name to add to the rest of
free-thinking ~workingmen who have signed
your petitions protesting against the highway
robbery committed against them by the auto
Gratis of this free country, although not
thinking or believing for one moment that
Gov. Hill would allow it to become a law"
Patrick j. Hayes, of 8 Dover street, writes
1.-THE Saturday half holiday has been a
boon to thousands of toilers of both Sexes.
Inclosed I send the names of forty-five
cracker bakers. all opposed to its repeal or
amendment. For your earnest efforts accept
their sincere gratitude"
J. Philip Egan, of 115 Carlton avenue,
Brooklyn. writes Keep IN with your good
work and we may yet be able to retain our
few hours of rest each week, for I believe
that zone but a few moneyed people ask for,
petitioning against it. Why does the money
power wish the Half Holiday law repealed
Simply because every day is q holiday with
the rich man if he wishes to make it SO. Give
us the half holiday, that we may at least have.
o chance for o few hours each week to take'
our families to the park or island and inhale
o little fresh air and think that we are citi-
zens of a free country and not slaves under
the iron hand of a few capitalists. Let the
men at Albany that pretend to represent us
remember that a day of reckoning is coming,
and II the money power controls them in the
Assembly we have the power (and will use it,
TO leave them at nome where the moneyed
class will not notice them"