The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-24
MIR. POwDERLY AND THE DEMOC-
RACY.


September % has lengthy article from
the trenchant pen of Mr.. Powderlr, IN
which the writer pays his respects to the
chairman of the Democratic national CEN
trail committee, Mr. Harrity. in becoming
stvle.
1t all came about thuswise: Mr. Pow
derry has an article in the September
North american Repiew, in which be ex-
presses his views on the Homestead affair.
In that article the general master work
man inclnes to the belief that the tariff
does not adequately protect the Amer
lean workingmen." The Democratic ma
tional central committee pounces upon the
article with wolf-like greed and floods the
country with such extracts of the same
the house.
To all of which Mr.. Powderly seriously
objects. No one has as yet been able to
learn what Mr.. Powderly's politics really
are, and perhaps no one ever will. But
that much is beyond dispute. Mr.. Pow
derby does not propose to sit idly by and
allow Mr.. Harrity to make Democratic
campaign documents out of his utter
ances. Especially so since it appears from
the article that Mr. Powderly is thor
oughly acquainted with the political char
acter of Mr.. Harrity and Pennsylvania
Democracy.
Mr.. Powderly very pertinently says:
In my North American Revter article I have not
discussed the merits OF protection. one phase OF
1
not adequately protect the American working
man, state a truth which can in no way cid a
party which dare not avow itself in favor OF
free trade-ths opposite OF protection. In Penn
syivania its candidates for congress are
running on their own platforms, some of
them avowing that they do not agree
with the national platform or with Mr..
Cleveland. Mr. Cleveland is reported as not be-
ing in perfect accord with himself on tls tariff
OF late The only reason why the national
committee makes use OF my words Is to catch
the votes Of workingmen who let their thinking
out TO others to do, and who, it is supposed,
would be Influenced more by what woald say
than by what they would know themselves and
il the solemn sense Of duty" still actuates Mr..
Cleveland he does not want such votes.
party which seeks to obscure its villainous
declaration in favor of wildcat banks behind .
whiriwind-dust kind of a tariff discussion must
be in sore straits. When Mr.. Powderly sought
to gain admission to the constitutional c0rven-
tion of 1891, where he could do sonnet hing
practical for labor Mr.. Harrity did not want
any more of me in his. Now he is fishing for
votes, and, without having requested permits
sion to use my words, he steals them so that he
may have some more OF Mr. Powderly in his.
In that same letter Mr.. Powderly says:
Mr. Harrity, the chairman OF the Democratic
national committee, is Gov. Pattson's appointee.
He does. in Pennsylvania. the will of Patti
son, and as Pattison does the will OF the
Reading man pulators why the national com
mittee cannot be said to be free from the infiu-
ences OF the very worst foe that American labor
has to contend against
Abiding to the Democratic national
platform, he says:
Every sentence in the Democratic platform is
intended to catch votes, every paragraph is
framed to gull the citizen, and. if the success OF
the national candidates OF that party would be
assured by throwing the whole platform to the
winds and taking up an entirely different one,
the national committee would not hesitate to
give the winds chance unless they would be
placed under bonds to comply with the pro-
visions of the platform if successful in electing
their candidates.
Mr.. Powderly complains bitterly and
justly of the injustice that the national
Democratic committee has done him. We
take the liberty to remind Mr.. Powderly
that the treatment he is receiving from
the Democratic party is not unusual.
They, the Democratic speakers and
workers, have a way of misquoting every
body, and claiming every prominent man,
dead or alive, among their supporters.
Mr.. Powderly, however, reads Democracy
the riot act in unmistakable terms. He
says.
believe that II it 10 right to place duty on
the manufactured article in order to protect the
woEkmen on this side of the Atlantic. it G mot
be right to allow the foreign workmen TO CO..
here in droves to take the places, at reduced
wages, of the Americans win the national
Democratic committee declare in favor OF the re-
stEictlon OF immigration to such degree as Will
relieve the American workman of the crushs8g
burden which makes il utterly impossible to
sand erect and take what he should nave'
Certainly not. Mr.. PowderIy. You
might have saved yourself the trouble of
asking the question. The Demoera.'c
party will never pass law favoring
the restriction of immigration. The
strength of Democracy lies in Tam
many Hall and the life of TAM
many depends upon the vicious and
The ignorant of New York that can lie
voted like so many cattle. On the W hole,
Mr.. powderlys letter makes very inter
esting reading, and We would recommend
ii especially 10 the American workinemen
that they read il carefully. They will
then learn something of Democratic tricks
| and falsehoods of which they were per-
haps not cogni3ant.
In this connection il might not be aIniss
to remind the workingmen OF this country
that every law restricting migration
has been placed upon the statute boots Of
this country by the Republican party, and
! furthermore that the Harrison admins
| tratIon leaves nothing undone 10 enforce
! existing laws to the letter; as witness
! the various commissions that President
! Harrison appointed to thoroughly investi-
gate the immigration question in all its
/ phases, both in Europe and America: as
| rther witness the quick response of Mr..
/ tosteT. secretary of the treasury. 10 Mr.
! Homrers' request 10 place representa- VS.
( OF the american Federation Of labor
Al our rorss of entrance and prevent
| any possible attempt on the part Of
/ Carnegie & Co to violate the contract
! labor AVS; o. read the speech ami rer,-ts
! o. senator Chandler. Of New Hafnusaira
| chairman OF the senate immigration carn-
m41'ef' 81 of these acts prove corcIa-
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