The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-07-27
on CALAMITY TOWER.
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The Commercial Advertiser OF last even
inc had a cartoon which, in few
stickes Of the artists pencil and q word
ortwoof text, worry graphically describes
the hituatiot In the Democratic camp.
Mr.. Cleveland stst1ds on top OF Ca
lamity Towor,n erected on the out
skirts OF Camp Calamity" and from
ti,is eninenca surveys the surrounding
country with a hinge telescope.
The calamity candidate sweeps the
country with his glass, and in the dis
fance discovers "Podunk Mills" at
which there appears to be strike.
Good n exciaiiris the fat man on the
tower. There's labor trouble eyer
there in Pedunkl That helps U.s. How .,
j wish could sighta good earthquake
Mr.. Cleveland's address in Madison
Square Garden. whom the news OF his
nomination was broken TO him, 10 an in
dication that he chooses to accept this
az principal plank in tho platform
mon which 10 stand. Tho Homestead
strike, not having yet developed, there
isnothing in the Chicago platform to
K Justify this position OF Mr.. Cleveland.
Rnt what cares Cleveland for Chicago
al the plattorni7 AS his Mugwump
Tf,nes observes: "Grover Cleveland Is
not only The party's candidate, but Its
platform. the declaration OF Its pfin-
ciples. the definition OF its purposes. !,
And tho Times might also have added
that Mr.. Cleveland is the party's Alpha
and Omega, lie four points Of The com.
pass including the compassi It's right
and left bower; 10 four aces and the
little joker. In short, Mr.. Cleveland Is
the party, and the party cant help
itself. The proposition is reduced to
Grover or nothing, and be hanged TO
Therefore, when Mr.. Cleveland essays
10 climb to the top OF Calamity
Tower" that 10 the platform OF his own
selection, and he one upon which ne
preierA to stand before the people.
What do the people think OF It. and to
what extent do they indorss his posi-
don? Differences arc certain to arise
between employers and employees, no
matter what the conditions may be.
Wages will not always be tho conten'
lion. AT Homestead, tho time OF the
expiration Of the scale is more OF an is
eue than the amount OF wages that are
paid. So 1t will be elsewhere. Labor
will mako no complaint as toits earn
ings, and yet 1t will find reason and JUS
LITIGATION IN other directions for dis.
pute and for a strike.
Out Of this Mir. Cleveland seeks to
make votes. He says that the farmer
Il being robbed, the laborer Is being
oppressed and the country Is on the
None Of those things are true. The
ueliest Of tho Homestead strikers are
the men who earn from $40 to SIS day,
and the farmer has q better market and
receives more for his produce taking
the markets this year arouhd--than
ever before. At the same time, the
cost of production Is greatly lessered.
Land Is increasing In value every year;
but 1t is increasing In value only be-
cause it yields larger profit than ever
before. Tho farmer is the real
commercial pStentiality ,,., in TINS y,
his crops furnishes the basis for all
business calculations, But while this
Is true, it Is also true that Mr.. Cleve-
land cannot make votes out Of q grass
hopper scourge in Iowa or o cyclone in
Kansas. The great American public is
endowed with intelligence and honesty,
and it is not easily led from tho cham
mel by falsc lights.
Mr.. Cleveland may as well come
down from Calamity Tower" and, If he
has an honest issue, make his fight on
TINT.