Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1888-08-10
The Most Popular Democrat In
all Hancock Comfy DenOun-
ceS Cleveland and Free
trade.

all Hancock Comfy DenOun-
ceS Cleveland and Free
trade.
Intelligencer.
Mayor Samuel Murray, of New
Cumberland, by all odds the most
popular DEMO- in Hancock
county, has severed his connection
with the party of Free Trade. Mr..
Murray is workingman, clay
miner. So highly respected is he
in his own to wn that he has been
twice elected Mayor, the first time
beating Republican candidate,
and the second time having no op-
position.
In an interview on Thursday
evening Mayor Murray said: Il
am entirely opposed to free trade,
or an approach to it. have been
a Democrat all my life. but when
| sec Northern indus tries threaten
ed by sectional element in the
Democratic party, | must, as an hon.
est thinker, denounce it When |
see our own industries of this coun-
ty Of Hancock threatened l mus,
further dcnounce it, as it strikes
nearer home, brick being placed up
on the free lis, by the Mills bill
Well can recollect just such an
issue as the Administration has
compelled the party to adopt. /
am Il native of Scotland, and lived
there when all her interests were
prosperous urder system of pro-
lection, when men enjoyed the fruits
of well-paid service to their en-
ploy ers, when they were like the
people of our o wn town here, now,
living in houses Of their own and
happiness and plenty their lot.
Then came this Free Trade do ctrinc
of Gladstone. Bright, Golden and
others, which deserved the fate the
present bill will surely see
But the doctrine prevailed. Why,
| know of one town, Lancaster,
that was completely ruined by the
effects of Free Trade. Where men
had been well paid before, their
they were glad to do anything, even
working for the mere pittance of
I21 cents per day. That's Free
Trade for you. left the country
of that persuasion and don't pro-
pose to help this country to the
same kind of medicine. The way
a man thinks, he should vote, and
an American citizen, native or
adopted, should cling to the princi-
pie none can gainsay, America for
Americans.
Why should regard former par
ty affiliations when / see that same
party aiming death. blow at the
future prosperity of me and mine,
and not only that, but of
the whole country? Men should
take a broader view than
merely his own or family's
interests. Ore family depends
on another in this great family of
States, and for that reason the
American people should rise in
their might, and when November
comes, crush this unpatriotic doc
trine with the weight Of American
ballots.
| see by the papers that the agent
of firm used TO work for in Scot
land, is in New York now, negotia-
ting for the sale of iron, provided
the Mills bill goes through. They
employ, or did, about 5000 men, and
keep thousands upon thousands of
tons OF pig iron on hands all the
time; but if the Democracy succeed
in carry ing out their intentions, they
would be behind in their orders two
years hence. They have two pay
rolls, 1000 men this week, say, and
4 900 next week. And their pay
roll each week amounts to Ga 900. |
Compare that pay with the same
number of men in America.
How can man know these
things and then vote with a party
whose policy favors European pau
perism?
There are other reasons why IL
dcuounce the Democratic party.
but those that have given arc all
that arc necessary And all men
who have the welfare of themselves
and country at heart should think !
seriously before they exercise the
grandest privilege exercised under
any government, that Of casting their
ballots according to their own ideas
Of political economy.
May you publish what I have
ssidI Certainly; and you may al |
low people to draw their own in.
ference as to how shall vote"