The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1888-08-16

BE is a mau of great experience in t
public affairs, and is mao of ability, I
and if any man had any claims to lead
your party, it would appear to have
been he. 1t is john Sherman. Your
party did not w 0t him. Why? They
wanted another. Why? For bis quail
tiles. What are they? He IS an extrem-
ist on this class legislation, I believe.
He is said to have personally raised
of militia to subdue some
idle laborers-strikers- condition
which is the legitimate outcropping
from centralized capital and monopoly
He is said recently to have voted in
fourteen times in Congress against our
bills whereby we were trying to restrict
or stop the bringing of these pauper
laborers to our country, to take the
place of honest American laborers.
These pauper laborers gather together
like rats in a hole; little cost and ex
pense for living, and they eau work
for less wages than a white man can
but we insist that they have no busi-
ness to crowd out the white laborer in
the IA ines and fields and factories. at
any price, and SO much the more strict
and certain should be their exclusion
when we consider the fact that agents
of syndtcates, trusts, end monopol1es
go to China and hire them in hordes
to come here and work for one third
to one half the price it would take for
the white man and his fanily's sup
port. OF course the monaghan can
4 afford to work for price for which
the white man cannot; they live like
cattle. in herds, live on the waste OF
the markets aud public places, aud as
rule do not have their families here,
go that their cost for living is merely
nominal, and they save most of their
earnings, and when they have accu'
mulated few hundred dollars, away
: they go with it to China, there to
, spend their money which they gath
cred here. Now one thing i will say
of their work, that is, cannot believe
!, THAT even at the low wages they get
!, they are of any benefit to their EN-
:, ployers. over and above what white
!, man ia at fair wages. In talking will
lforemen of public works, have hear'
, but one universal statement Of tn
:. matter, and that is, that the white mai
as q rule is worth from two to three Q
:. these pig tails, for the white man un
:, derstands his work better, knows bel
- 4. 80 kob hold of hfo vunrR
). Understands and comprehends the ol
ders so much better than these mor
golians can, that his work is wort
more than it costs over theirs. But
- don't care. even if John could work
we'll as the white man, the democrat
party insists that the mopgolian b,
=, no business here he is not one of Oh
81 race, though he may belong to tt
=. genus homo. His presence here is
curse to the best interests of our worl
ing people. Yes more, it is publ
- curse. have said this much on th
branch of Pauper labor, against whie
the democratic party insist there shs
- be restrictive laws. This is the pr
- lection to the American laborer f
-, which the democratic party have be-
and are making the fight. How Be
iamin Harrison could vote to let the
- Cinnamon (without stint or restr
tion) come into our country, and
their habits and low wages drive O
Iaborers from the shops and fields
cannot see. We ask for protect
that shall protect the honest, pO
needy and industrious laborer, whel
H. er he works the mines or on his lit
.iIs farm for which he is trying to pay,
r. whether he seeks employment on
public works. against this import
pauper labor. This IL democratic d
trine, The republican party are ella
oring for protection that will prot
the moaopolist against the rights
= the American laborer to purchase
ttIo sugar, unless he shall pay tax of
80. cents pound thereon, for the BEN
80 of the sugar trust; that he shall
49, buy his lumber without paying
of two dollars on each thousand
thereof, for the benefit of the lum
trust and, in fact, that he shall p
80. chase nothing bat whisky and tObae
wiahont paying a tax OF A cents,
..h erage. on every dollars worth he p
- ehases, for the benefit of some syr
cate. trust or monopoly, all of wb
he now pays. in the price of his 2
chase. These are cold facts, that
genius and cunning of men can
shake off or intelligently or trnthf.
- deny. To be continued. 8. d. \