Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1888-07-06

troubles OF 1877. He raised company,
armed them in the arsenal, and put down
the strike by force. Governor Porter and
others tried to pacify the warning element.
he could to infame the disorders"
Are these the chief objections Of the
Workingmen against HarrisOn?"
'"They regard him as the candidate OF
the Indianapolis journal" Except the
New York 'Tribune,' no newspaper In
the country has done more to oppose US.
While John G. New is good man of bus
mess. he is strong in his prejudlces. His
paper is nOn-uniOn. In his editorial page
he has never ceased to attack US. If it
were only for his associates we should be
bitterly opposed to Ben Harrison
''Have you already showed your hostil-
ity to Harrison ?"
1--WE beat him in the winter of 1885.
His defeat for the Senate was wholly due
to the labor vote. ALI over the country
there are resolutions of our organization
condemning Tim. The feeling then raised
still exists. 1t is even more bitter now
than then.''
(which party will the Labor party
favor?'
Labor is not partzan. The nomina-
ton of Thurman has strengthened the
Democracy on labor. Thurman ia tower
of strength with US. Hence, if they want
our votes, the Republicans can only offset
Thurman by giving US man of the peo-
pie, and such man is Gresham. Ills
public career is without blemish. He
| feels the need of controlling the corpora
tions; he knows that the rights of labor
have been trodden down. We are willing
to trust him.
Mr.. Andrew T. Wilson said: II have
been an organizer of labor in Indiana for
n X pinhtl Of a
i Dor there is but one sentiment. we do
| not want Harrison. He is Bid-glove
aristocrat. He is our bitter enemy" That
is the sentiment. :"
ssAnd you would bring out all your
strength to defeat Harrison if he were
nominated!" =.
1--WE should do our utmost to beat him. !"
SINCE THE NOMINATION..
The fact that Harrison was nominated
shows that the efforts to avert it, alluded to
{ in the above telegram were unavailing.
I Since the nomination, the Labor Signal,'
which is the organ of that organization in
Indiana, in its issue of last Saturday an
nounces that it will not support him. 1t
says:
1.-THE nomination of Mr.. Harrison was
ingmen of this State, because their atti
tude toward that gentleman is we'll under
stood. and it does not seem possible that
convention OF sane men would invite the
opposition OF large number of voters in
an extremely doubtful State by naming
candidate SO Objectionable.
Mr.. Harrison's candidacy for the Senate
two years ago, aroused opposition among
the labor organic atoms. 1t was expressed
in scores of resolutions adopted by as
semblies and unions. This paper opposed
Mr.. Harrison's election to the Senate for
the reasons which would prevent it from
supporting him now. His public record,
in our judgment, has not been such as to
commend him to the favorable considera-
ton of the people this paper represents.
We tried all within our power to warn
the republicans in time. That they did
not think advice from such quarter
worth needing cuts no figure now. but
hundreds of letters from representative
workingmen in this and other States in
dorsing the ''Signal's" position and
breathing intense enmity to Mr.. Harrison
are convincing proofs that our position is
correct. at least from the labor stand
point.
Organized labor will decide the presiden-
tlal contest this year, and it is almost
sOlidly arrayed against General Harrison.
In our judgment Mr.. Harrison's defeat is
foregone conclusion. even if Governor
Porter should lend himself to the common
ly talked of scheme of running for Gov
ernor in order to help the Chicago nominee
through in Indiana.
"a second source of weakness to the
Chicago ticket is Levi 2. Morton, the
Wall-street banker. It looks as if Sena
tor Ingalls's advice to the Kansas delega-
tion had been carried out to the letter. 1t
is principle as strong as written law with
Knights of Labor not to aid in the eleva-
ton of a national banker to any Office.
The organization is opposed to the natlonl
banking system. and recognizes in it the
handspring Of all monopoly.
For a great political party to go into
Wall street-over which the curses OF the
farming and producing classes of the ma
tion hover like an angry cioud-to select
candidate for it's national ticket Is an
other thing that astonishes the average
workingman and causes him to wonder
whether the monopolistic interests of the
country have not foreseen the inevitable
conflict and concluded to force the issue
without giving labor a further opportuni-
ty to organize and inform itself.''