Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-26
THE LAB0RMOvExENr.

Difference Between tho Union LABOR Party
and the Unitsd Labor Party.
JACKsBoRo, TEX April %, 1888.
To the Editor Of thu Gazette:
Your paper has the reputation OF fair
ness In the treatment of public questions,
which we hope you will justify by an ex-
PLANTATION Of an :rticle in your Saturdays
issue, headed "The United Labor Party"
We know you are a partisan of the
straightest sect and we admire you the
more for that so long as you do not deal
unfairly. In your unexampled advocacy
of your city and her interests, for which
we love you, you have not kept posted on
this labor movement. 1t has come upon
you unawafes. The United Labor party
of New York and the Union Labor party
now organizing in Texas are two distinct
and very different things. The United
Labor party is Henry Georges patty. Do
not De frightened at the Sire
mendous vote polled for Henry
George" The Union Labor party
does not lay any claim to that
vote. The United Labor party ia an
eastern institution; born of Henry George
and died with his political hopes. The
Union Labor party was born at
Cincinnati, February %, 1887,
is southern and western
movement, organized by representatives
Of the industrial people OF all the states,
and expects to live until every law bears
equally upon all classes Of che people, IN
til no interest or class of citizens is fos-
tered at the expense of other interests and
classes. You say it is a "class organiza-
ton 1t is called the Union Labor
party because 1t is union of all laborers
of whatever class, whether merchants,
lawyers, doctors, mechanics, artists or
farmers. The Bible tells us, "In the
sweat Of thy brow shalt thou earn thy
bread" All who fulfill this command
are laborers and should properly belong
to the Union Labor party. You won't say,
friend GAZETTE, that there are no
Christians among the merchants, lawyers
ct ceters, or even that an editor might
not, under favorable influences, become q
Christian and labor honestly for his
bread.
There is only one class who cannot enter
the Union Labor ranks, and that Is the
class which combines great wealth in
pools and trusts to buy courts and Legis-
latures, to corner the markets, and to
found foreign landed aristocracy, which
will make one class hewers Of
wood and drawers OF water and another
class "gentlemen Of elegant LEISURE"
Why then call 1t class organization?
Why not deal fairly and, II you have any
good reason for thinking the Democratic
party will be able to shake of that cold
man Of the sea-" (the eastern monopoly
Democrats), state it candidly.
You convention Democrats insisted
that the Farmers Alliance members and
the people generally should take part in
the convention Of 1886 and help
to purify the party, and when
they did SO, you raised the cry that
Farmers Alliance had captured the Demo
cratic prinaries, and kicked them out of
the party, and thumbed your noses at
them sitter you got them out. Now,
friend GAzRTTE, be honest! What do
you expect? You won't let US in, and
you won't let US stay cut of the Demo-
cratic party. Make us q suggestionl
Anything that will not require us to vote
simply to carry New York4nd the offices.
IA MRMBER
- OF the Unfgn Labor Party.