The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-02-23
THE UNITED LABOR PARTY,

That has been promoted and fostered
by Henry George and DR.. McGlynn has
gone to pieces. What will be done with
the pieces is hard to say.
In his Standard last week Mr.. George
replies to the attacks upon him by Nc
Glynn and others, and says that they
froze him out of the party, and it is
their intention to run it in the interest
of the Republican party. 81 am not
ready" he says, "to become the stalking
horse and decoy duck of any political
combination" The McGlynn party
and the fag ends of discomfort, and
then make a vigorous campaign this
fall in New York, Connecticut, Indiana
and New Jersey, with the idea of help
ing the Republicans defeat the Demo
Gratis in these pivotal States. Speaking
of a meeting of the central committee
of the United Labor party at which
this policy was resolved on, Mr.. George
says;
Practically, this central committee
consists of DR.. McGlynn, John Nc
Mackin, and last, but notleast, Gaybert
Barnes. When the questions came
up about having national conference
and national convention, Barnes and
McGlynn objected to the great expense
of two national gatherings. Barnes
said it would be necessary only to
make vigorous campaign in those
States that were "anybody's States"
and these were New Y York, New Jersey
Connecticut and Indiana. Some one
remarked that that would obviously be
campaign in aid of the Republican
party, and Mr.. Barnes said 'it was
necessary to our cause that the Repub-
lican party should win" DR.. McGlynn
added that the Democratic party was
so thoroughly identified with the Roman
Catholic machine that its defeat was
imperatively necessary. Mr.. George
and his friends then withdrew.
Mr.. George shows what may be ex-
pected of DR. McGlynn and his CO.
workers. Mr.. George, for himself, says
he would rather support Presidential
candidate who would stand for the
principles of the United Labor party
as he understands them. Speaking
through his paper, the Standard, Mr.
George declares:
But it now seems idle for him to hope
that, if the United Labor party were
to put up such candidate, it could
poll its real strength for him. Under
these circumstances he will support
Mr.. Cleveland, not as the thing he
would best like to do, but as the best
thing he can do. In supporting Mr..
Cleveland, if he shall stand against
protection and the struggle between
him and the Republican nominee shall
be made on the tariff issue, Mr. George
will not be supporting the Democratic
party nor interfering with his liberty
to oppose that party anywhere or in
any other thing. 1t may, perhaps,
even be that the support of radical free
traders like himself will not help Mr..
Cleveland's election. But he cares very
little for Mr.. Cleveland's election, and
only wants to bring on the tariff dis
cussion.
Further, Mr.. George says he has no
personal acquaintance with the Presi-
dent, nor has he had any communica-
ton with him or his friends, directly
or indirectly, and in the last Presiden-
tial campaign he refused to make
speeches for Cleveland when asked to
do so. He would have worked and
voted for Butler, he says, had it not
been evident that Butler was only in
the Fl ED to help the Republican ticket.
Mr.. George left the country, but first
got Blaine man to agree not to vote
paired or, as it were.