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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-05
HARRIsoN's $1,000 FOR A WEEKS WORK.
The Difference Between His Wages and
Those of The Laborer.

The Difference Between His Wages and
Those of The Laborer.
1t appears, however, that Gen. Harrison
places widely divergent estimate upon the
value of mems time and services that he es-
teens the abilities of his own class far more
worthy of their hire than the poor mortals en-
gagged in the more ordinary pursuits of life.
While an attorney of the o. & 81 railway com
pany, heretofore referred to, in March, 1877,
a petition was filed in the U. S. court at lndl-
annapolis for the removal of Mr.. King, its
ceiver. BENJAMIN Harrison, with others, APP
peared to oppose the petition and then the
amount of time expended and the value of the
service given. Mr. Harrison made the follow
ing affidavit:
BENJAMIN Harrison, being duly sworn, says upon
Harrison, Hines Miller was employed by John
King Jr, and Daniel Terrence, receivers appointed
by the court in the case above named William King
Robert Garrett ct al. the Ohio & Mississippi
Railway company on the property and effects of
the Ohio Mississippi Railway Co., to aid in their
Setenss upon the application Of Thomas Emory
removal of said receivers, and that with the Hon.
George Hoadly Of Cincinnati, o.; w. I. McCintock,
Esq, OF Chillicothe, o.; and Henry Crawford OF Chi
Tense of said receivers. The evidence taken
by affidavit and deposition was very volul nous, as
that tbeP eGe rTeT Questions eo ie o Ia. Of &
hcuIty which had to be carefully examined by the
counsel aforesaid That hearing Of said cause Sss
had at Springfield H., before the Hon. Thomas
Drummond, circuit judge, and the Hon. John !.
Treat, w. O. Gresham district judges; that in going
to and returning from the place appointed for the
hearing and presenting and arguing the case nearly
tchoLs treek Of he time consumed by all the
counsel aforesaid, every night until late hour being
given 10 the case. And affant says that he is &C
quanted with the usual rate of fees charged and paid
for such business in said court and that he believes
the services of each of his said associates and of ami
ant we're reasonably worth the of thousand
dollars. BENJAMIN hal ri ON
Subscribed and to before me this 3isl day OF
March, 1877. HOWARD GALE.
TSeaL1 Notary Public.
We have discovered the leak. Each attorney
in the case in question swore "said associates
and said affiant" were reasonably entitled 10
Isl 0O0' for nearly one whole weeks work"
Pulling each other through. With : Il crop
of lawyers constantly at the crib, is 1t longer a
mystery why railroad employees mad to work
for "a dollar day" or strike. Mr. Harrison
knew of these things when he stood before that
committee and argued that the roads were una
bic to pay more. The affidavit read was made
March 81, 1877 The conference meeting was
July 20, 1877. One thousand dollars for less
than a weeks work is reasonable pay for Ben
Harrison, but Sc week is enough pay for
laboring man.
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THE DANGER POINT.
Can the Worlzingmen Afford to Place Their
Affairs in Such Hands?

Can the wOrkingmen Afford to Place Their
Affairs in Such Hands?
Is this not danger point? Is not vote for
the creature of such influences opening wider
the gates for class legislation and breaking down
sovereignty? You who would be stampeded by
the false and malicious cry of "free trade"
should pause long enough to learn whether or
not this alarm is sounded by your enemy or
your friend. Whether il be a snare to further
entrap you into the entangling clutches of
capital. or the unselfsh admonition of those
who would preserve your dearest intere sts
When you shall have done this, my word for
it, you will find the signal to have been sounded
by a class of cormorants who would utilize YOU
only for sordid and selfish purposes and the
supposed danger without reality of substance
at ala mere apparition improvised with
blood-stained shirt suspended and held in
form by the joss-stick of the oriental heather.
The question of labor and of laboring men is
in this campaign. President Cleveland in his
message says: "An will acknowledge the force
of an argument which involves the welfare and
liberal compensation OF our labOring people"
Mr.. Cleveland states a fundamental fact in po-
litical economy. There is no development
there is no progress without labor. Strike
down labor, and as IL by a decree of Jehovah,
you stop the wheels of progress. Strike down
labor, and you remand the world to wilder
ness and to slavery. Strike down labor, and
another keel would never cleave the waves
another railroad train would never thunder
across the continent-and the man who would
cripple labor, who would impoverish it, who
would degrade il, who would place obstacles in
its pathway, who would reduce its compensa-
ton and embitter its life, like vice
Is monster of so hideous mien,
That 10 be hated, needs but to be seen.
Labor is now coming to the front. 1t is de-
handing audience and recognition. 1t pro-
poses to challenge candidates, to PROFOUND TO
them certain questions and have answers with
out prevarication.
Benjamin Harrison entertains the same opin-
ions of workingmen in 1888 that he did in 1877.
He has not changed. There is no record of a
change. Ii is nowhere reported that Gen. Har-
rison was ever the friend of the workingman !;
that he ever engaged himself in lettering their
wages or condition; that in the senate of the
United States he ever cast n vote, intro
duced a measure or advocated one that was in
tended in any degree TO ameliorate the burdens
or embarrassments of anything or anybody
which did not attach to its signature the inn
print Of a corporate seal.
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INFLUENCES an cHIcAoo.
why and How Gen. Harrison Was Made
the Nominee of tho Republicans.

why and How Gen. Harrison Was Made
the Nominee of tho Republicans.
In line with the foregoing thoughts let us
view the influence at Chicago which
secured Gen. Harrison's nomination. 1t
was body representing vast aggregation of
capitaI-it is said something over 81 600 900, 0OO
1t would be interesting to know the amount
with certainty, but surely the banks, railroads,
trusts, land-grabbers and bondholders were in
the ascendency. Normally they spoke for a
party of several millions, but in fact only one
element was considered. One railroad, alone
owing debt of over 100000 to the United
States, was numerOusly represented by It's
agents and solicitors. Chauncey NJ Depew,
president of the Vanderbilt property, of near
S300,000000, aspired for leadership. He held
the Empire state delegation under perfect con-
troll; fear of revolt in the agricultural West
alone checked his personal ambition but he
could dictate the candidate, and did. He
sought leader as far from the people and as
close TO the corporations as possible-one
whose life, record and sympathes were in close
accord with his own. A conference of money
magnates at the Grand Pacific hotel in Chicago
canvassed the field and agreed upon their
man. His name was benjamin Harrison. In
the work of choosing this distinguished rail-
road lawyer of Indiana, which was soon after
confirmed pro forma by the convention, he
called 10 his aid such men as DOdd of Council
Bluffs, who Mr.. Gould's Wabash receiver
until decapitated by Judge Walter @. Gresham;
Greed Raymond, of California solicitor of the
Southern Pacific, and Fred Croker, vice.
president of the same road; III. K. Walcott,
of Colorado. solicitor for the Denver & Rio
Grande; j. n. Thurston, n Washington lobbyist
and solicitor of the Union Pacific; Senator
Spooner of Wisconsin, solicitor Of the Chicago
d Northwestern; Steve Elkins, Of Maverick"
fame, and cattle partner of Dir. Harrison, the
general manager of the Missouri Pacific;
Clarkson, vice-president Of Goulds lines in
Iowa; 3. B. Landon Of Wyoming, brother-in-
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A DOLLAR A DAY ENOUGH.
What Gen Harrison Really Thought Should
IL i.

What Gen Harrison Really Thought Should
BE the Compensation of Laborers.
shall draw my conclusion from the infu-
ences surrounding him; from the nature of the
subject under consideration; from the events
them; from ample and indubitable court and
newspaper evidence to his attitude toward
the strikers, ana last, from the overwhelming
testimony Of brave and true men who were
present and felt the rebuke of his unjust
aspersions. He was there, then, the richly
paid attorney of the Ohio & Mississippi rail-
road, though by bold disregard of common
decencies, he had slipped on the jury of arbi-
traitors. He was there as the paid sol
der of the state His heart was in his employ
ment The cause of the strike was low wages.
This was the subject under discussion.
This was the topic under debate. None other
was before the meeting. Three grades of
men, as have shown, were getting one dollar
per day and the roads were refusing to con-
cede more. Mr.. Harrison was their paid at
torney. He was there to represent and defend
their position, Notwithstanding he had slipped
on the jury. Could he have done this without
taking the position, tacitly if not in words,
"that one dollar day was enough for labor
ing manP Was not his conduct stronger even
than any language he could have employed?
He offered no relief, suggested no compro-
mise; would accept nothing but absolute
render. Do not the circumstances make it
probable that he should have discussed wages,
and in a manner agreeable to his clients?
Could he have said anything on such an oc-
casion and have been silent on the matter of
wages? 1t was not picnic nor prayer meet
ing. It was a wage meeting. Ii was a wage
meeting at which his clients were contending
that "a dollar day was enough" he was Tor
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-05

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law of Depew; Senator Stewart of Nevada,
solicitor of the Central Pacific; w. J. Sewall
and John l. Blair the railroad millionaire of
New Jersey; James +. Wilson, solicitoh of the
Miner, a railroad lawyer OF Washington Ter
ritory, who gained much notoriety on the
Pacific slope by defending the Chinese in their
recent riot at Seattle. These are among the
few who directed the choice of the Chicago
convention. Fir. Harrison is the man thus
named, standing upon a platform of high taxes
and free whisky, to which the American laborer
is asked to look for his personal protection
and prosperity. Is this picture inviting? Does
it have the clear, honest ring of fair dealing
and an unbiased treatment Of popular rights?
Will the laboring men OF this country place
their hopes in the control of these Chicago
iugglers? Or can they have a less distrust In a
product of their creation?
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with all who knew him. When approached he
proceeded as follows:


proceeded as follows:
In 1877 was running switch-engine for the same
road am working FOR now. l knew nearly all the
things that occurred during the strike saw Benja-
min Harrison on lllinOs-st in charge OF company of
militia. On the day Of the meeting In the old coun
ell chamber, was present, and member of the
member who presided Before Mr.. Harrison spoke.
Mr. Wilson, ! think, a merchant on 5. heri-
disn-st., charged w. y. Sayer with attempting
yesterday how Indignantly he denied the charge.
Nothing could have been more false. as Sayer with
others had taken the greatest pains to protect prop
Porter had finished As soon as he became warmed
up be became very severe on the boys cannot pre-
tend TO give his words exactly they we're spoken
and the impression he made. He said the boys were
Claw breakers and had right 10 even ask for srbi
tration long they refused 10 return 20 work
He att empted to show that the companies could
pay any better and that they (the mem ought
TO be satisfied with what they we're getting. l re-
member that Sayer interrupted him more than once
but can't recall what he said. do know that he
got so bitter against the men that Fred Crane,
leg off," With that the men jumped up and began
TO leave. Finally Sayer jumped up and said
"Hold the boys; he's entitled to hearing. Very
returned after he had finished The boys congregated
at the bottom of the steps and called Gen. Harrison
some pretty bad names. They wouldn't look well in
print but they felt greatly outraged at the manner
in which he had treated them. One would say The
--- is In the employ Of one OF the roads
anyhow" Another, "Wbat more could you expect
from = railroad attorney" and like expressions.
know that Benjamin Harrison, few days later
sisted in prosecuting number of our people, who
were sent TO the prisons OF Indiana The claim that
he ever showed them any kindness will be great
news to all that participated in that strike, and
nothing could be more dsmnably false 1t may be
bad for him to view the infamous record he made in
those days. but il Is enough 10 make the blood OF
railroader boil for his party friends 10 haunt
such an absurd claim in very faces. All the
fellows imprisoned signed petition TO the court for
o pardon, and Judge John I. Scott OF Terre Haute
got il up and took il around 70 the different jaers
to sign. think, also, that w r. McKeen, president
OF our road wrote letter for them but never word
came from Mr.. Harrison. In those days ne would
have as soon shook a railroader's hand 10 have
those cases. WILLIAM HUGO.
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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-09-05
ENOUGH TO MAKE THE BLOOD BOIL.

RaiIroaders Were MortalIy Offended by
Gen. Harrison's Words.
To present anything more would seem folly,
but having the recollections of William HUI GO,
give them:
William Hugo, engineer in the Vandalia yard
and residing on Ruckle-st. in the city of Indi-
annapolis, was actively engaged In the strike of
1877. Mr.. Hugo is fair, conscientious man,
and in 1854 was a candidate for the legislature
in Marion county, being especially popular
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The SIGNAL SerHica Sfarfnn tn Co

The Signal service Station to Go.
After April the signal service station in
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issued yesterday to that effect. Sergeant
Sherman said yesterday that steps would
probably be made to have the order counter
manded, as the station is an important one.
He thought that the station would be kept
running. The New London station was
closed last month, but owing to the pressure
brought to bear on the War department it had
been reopened the next day. Mr.. Sherman
said that if the station here is abandoned the
flag station at the lighthouse and the flag
systems all over the State will also have to be
given up. Mr.. Sherman said that SO far as
he was concerned personally it made no diff
ference to him as he belonged to the War
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cent
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