Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-26


Iu order 90 accomplish their object there
ar. many differing methods r%c,oricl to BY
oyerbeariuy men who seek 60 control the
votes Of tnelr employee. The Republicans
have much 90 say about The method which
tiey as.umc 90 De- in vogue IN the South.
Tut we have never seen a word In any Re
publican paper u dcnuDciation Il The "way~
aud means" of tcrrorizing voters employed
hy the Republican monopoll'is iu the North.
Writing to tle Springfield Mass Rcpubii-
crn. a New Haven mau enclosed ana envelope
m whc1 a worLineman had received his
money from a Connecticut corporation. Tins
little envelope was dirty and spotted 10y the
lngors Of soil. and Que end was racgcdWhcr
u had been torn open with an impatient
Land. That envelope was covered over with
staring type. The words are worth giving
In mll. ON the face Of The envelope appear
these statements:
A question Of WAGES AND BREAD. The
one issue Of this campaign Shall American
Goods aud Products or English Goods and
Products Stock our Home Markety Shall
American Wares or English Wages be pad
10 wi Workingmeuaud WOrkingwomcny
ON the back Of tho envelope the inscrip-
ton runs:
DO rnE WORKINGNFN OF AMERICA WANT
PEoTrCuoN or FREE lRAoEi Tho question
rests ENIiRGIY with them. Let them de-
eide ON November 9TH. UNDER PROTECTION
the xsgV-earbers OF the United states have
become the OWNERS OF more property than
I'll other Wage.eafners In the WORLD.
M - A. a.. 49, .....f H.. t.art Z. ..f
al toe money Is this statement:
FREE IRApE MEANS PAUrER WAGES on No
WON.
The Springfield Republican comments as
follows:
1.-THE use Of such an envelope In such q
connection b q brutal aud injeiensible inys.
eion cl individual rights. II Genes too near
The sacred prrrogatiVcs OF American sOye-
Tcignty with threat and meuace. IL NAV
represent honest individual opinion on the
part Oi tie employer, however extreme and
l,Looushiered uie statements may be; but
for employers 10 convey political advice or
iustpucnon W warming when paying meu
for their services Is All indellcate act and a
sci ious Insult TO The citizen. The men have
rendered a fuil equivalent for TIE money
paid, sud their political views are as legiu-
ANNNN wv NAfNA wv 80 Nv ~
The employer. Moral intimidation is no less
abhOFreut Than the employ ment Of physical
force IN influencing elections, and resort 10
that form IT argument algontS the moral
Sense of the people"
"NOr Is the distinction 50 nice that the
pistn mat cannOtSee Il. The next step Is Ia
make che workman feel the heavy hand Of
oppression. Tha, has been made apparent
a. bIldzV port. Il The Farmer newspaper Of
taat city tells the truth. Congressman Me-
MHlin, OF Tennessee, recently made Il Demo-
cratic speech IN That city. aud IN tue course
Of II be exhibited one Of these envelopes,
which had contained $t.46, tie earnings Tor
one week OF an emplOy6 Of the Bridgeport
Brass Company. The woTkmaD's name was
spoken, aud The next morning the supenn.
tendeDt asked for bis pay envelope. The
mkn sah be had thrown II away, and shorty
after this workman was discharged. That IL
what this sort OF .hing leads TO. The super.
tutendsat no doubt thought he was serving
his EMPLOYERS 10 The Discharge OF one who
bad dared 70 e%1tielse their methods. Thus
one abuse quickly follows another. The
.pHy.enNeioPe method Of Influencing voters
T. ncmasis, unfair. and Inean-and it does
rot paw"
THESE oppressors Of white mechanics aud
sp?pretsers OF the votes Of white mea grow
eloquent ever the alleged wrongs Of The
weltfed. Observation-Disclosures, happy, aud
abundaotly -prosieed-ior negro laboreTs Of
The South. What hypocrisy.
TIE question ior southern people to ash
ihemselses h whea shall this war upon the
South oeasel IL viii come to an end for.
ever II the people reject GRoySR C~LsyELAsD
President 81 The United states on Tie 6sh OF
6osemher. Thereafter the States Will be