Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-16
TREATS EMPLOYEES.
They Enter Protest 60 this LIbels Pub
ilshed by Every Evening" Editor
Who Had "a chin.


BY Letter 10 EVENING JOURNAL
GEORGETOWN. Del, October 49, The
officers of the Democratic Hundred Club
advertised very extensively meeting in
the Court House last Saturday evening
Dodgers were scattered around town by
the hundreds in the morning, and they
succeeded in getting out a respectable
showing, about half as many being pres
emit as attended the Republican meeting
last week. x-Secretary OF State Causey
and / Judge Paynter, the man who
was not put on as elector as was recon-
mended by the gentleman who withdrew
from the ticket, were the speakers Their
remarks were confined to answering the
speeches made by Messrs. Treat and Bach
at Odd Fellows Hall ON the 10th instant,
and taking Democratic testimony 1t was
not satisfactorily done. The Judge
acknowledged that he had chill after
Mr. Treat got through with him, though |
he scarcely thought the term 'icicle'
should apply TO him. He seemed to prefer /
being called an ice berg It is predicted |
that there will be more than one Demo |
cratic editor given the "chills about |
November g.
The plan OF attacking Mr.. Treat, the
Republican Congressional nominee has
nti NOiktu mere rs ilit itIhRtINt1 HhHtAA !
Every effort they have made to injure
Mr. Treat has made him votes. Scores
Of Democrats will repmdiate these cam
paign ISLANDERS by giving him their votes.
The following protest from the voters in
Mr.. Treats employ without regard TO
their politics has been forwarded TO
Every Evening the paper lending itself
to the campaign slanderer, for publica
ton. Were II not for the misrepresen-
ton away from home no notice would be
taken Of this or other false charges
The undersigned, employees Of Mr.
Charles H. Treat at his factories and
store in Georgetown, desire TO denounce
as false and base the charges made under
the caption Mr. Treats Traits" over
the signature "a Laboring Man in
the Every Evening of Wednesday, Octo.
Der 10, to which our attention has been
called, and we unite In asking the paper
which gave publicity to those false state
ments to insert this protest from the
laboring men.
We believe that those charges were
made for political effect, and as true men,
representing both political parties, large
majority Of us being Democrats we feel
that we should do our employer an injus-
: tice and ourselves greater Injustice and
wrong did we not denounce them as false
campaign lies put forth to injure man
for political purposes. This statement is
made by us voluntarily, without the
knowledge Of Mr. Treat and in hisabsence
from home,
I First. Mr. Treats order system Is
perfectly satisfactory to MS, as through
! tive receive our pay regularly eyery,weeh
and by il ~ many Of us as have wishee
have been able to furnish oar homes CO
4 the nstallment plan and that without
!, cent additional for the credit given. Part
!. Of our pay is received in cash and part II
orders on the store but there is not
man among us who has not received
Of Mr Treat cash on his orders when he
y has requested IT, Az matter Of fac
: there are those among as who have lef
il other employment Notably the railroad
Il for Mr. Treats factory, becaus'
4 under his system 1t has been 4
the advantage OF such TO do so
j Second--We say that the claim tina
1, more Is charged employees for goods thai
Il Is charged other people is false and tn
clerks in his store testify TO the basenes
~ Of that declaration by signing this pro
Test
4 Third--This charge is base unmiti
4 gated lie, like the others. We have know
~ Mr.. Treat when disappointed in receiyin
4 an invoice Of expected and needed good
i to 20 TO the other merchants In town ant
purchase of them in order TO accommodate
a bis employees and other customers.
Fourth-The tenor of this charge
II absolutely false. Mr. Treats orders ar
never offered in this town upon sue
h terms. and only man who will pawn hi
coat or shoes to finish a glorious drunk
~ will discount Mr.. Treats orders IN an
/. such way.
? Fifth The reply to the Fourth IS
4 full answer to this.
Sixth--Itis false that Mr.. Treat has di.
n charged for political reasons a workman
lately in his employ. This workman wa
not employed by Mr.. Treat but by one ,
his foremen on contract work, and thi
~ same workman has TO our knowledge dc
n clared his intention to leave the factor
4 several times, and has done so recently
no looking for a job elsewhere, and, morI
s over. he is understood to have been
i. very inefficient workman in his position
. Seyenth-This charge is, if possible
r more base than the others. Instead Z
az the workman referred to above as bein
an discharged because he persisted in votin
u. the Democratic ticket. we understood
al that said workman had declared h
NJ intention Of voting for Mr. Treat Til
IN charge that Mr.. Treat has PERSONAL
III solicited MS to vote for him is basely fals'
He has not spoken one word to us abol
political matters or voting FOX OF againi
any man.
az Eighth-The only foreigners" NJ
rs Treat has in his employ are America
NJ citizens, possessed Of the right Of su
~. frage The only men in the factory guilt
"a. of the high crime Of having been boz
~. outside this country and consequent
eh dubbed foreigners, are and have be,
NJ Democratic voters. II is false, basely 8
ife that any persons ever employed in thei
a factories came directly from Cast
.be Garden
I'M Ninth--We understand the ladies
,as the Benevolent Society have complete
n. and satisfactorily answered the base
charge of all, and their just indignant,
should put "a laboring man to shame,
A. B. Banghart. Edwin Balfour, o.
he feathers, G. w. Coffin, John H. Lat
on bury, William p. Murphy, George
,ho Magee, John c. Hudson, w. w. Simple
, Is John T. Calhoun, Frank Kitchens, K.
for Pride, d. J. Mitchell, f. NJ Foreake
,at James A. Tunnel, Willard s. Abbot
CO Joseph +. lsaacs. John c. Short, Hirs
ut. Ellingsworth. Charles Bethards, Edwa
ers Carpenter, George Kitchens, Philip b. Ca
ne non, John Clark, T. H. Heinzer Villa
m. Toomey, p c. Mcdonald, William Tyl
re- Robert Reynolds, J. H. Mitchell, II.
~. Hutchans 4 w Lynch linn Ed McCrt