Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-09-27
PowptRlV ON TIE HOMESTEAD
TROUBLES

Would u not be well for Grover
Cleveland. Who, like his party, always
quick 10 catch At any misfortune ne .
chance IN make Democratic capital, alb
surily referred Ia the Homestead strike
AZ a result 81 the Mckinley- bill. Ia read
the following from Mr.. Po~derly, Grand
Master ~ the knights 81 labor. In the
Journal % the knights % labor. In =
long letter on Carnegie and Tinker
tonism, Mr.. Powderly says, anon.
other thlngs:
Partisan papers are endeavoring Ia
make political capital out Of the terrible
scenes which took place NJ Homestead
the other day. The Democratic papers
are vehement Ia their denunciation ~
the Republican party for enacting q
tariff Law under which protection MAS
afforded to manufacturer. There Ia no
cove for workmen In the hearts of these
elitors; q desire to serve party interests
alone actuates them. let us review the
situation In brief. Tariff laws could not
be- passed without discussion, and In all
81 the debate. which took place In Con-
sre.. over the Mills and Mckinley bills,
| can not ind that single amendment
~orkmen a crrtsin portion 81 the tarifi
shen collected. The Mills bill and Nc
kinley bill differ very little In the duty
on steel rails, plates, etc. one Gas a
Democratic bill, the other Republican.
The Mcklnley blu reduced the duty on
the articles Manufactured at Homestead.
The Democratic papers In asserting that
the trouble AZ that point IL due to the
Mckinley bill. are but coniemnlng the
yery thing that they Themselves advocate
and on which they base their claim to
power--a REDUCTION 10 the tariff. The
Iinksrtons existed before the Mil. bill
was introduced In Congress, and that In
.titutiOn continues Ia flourish now that
IA. Mckinley bill IL In force. Whether
the tariff went up or down. disputes be-
tween employer and employed would
continue. workingmen ARE no, the fools
that politicians believe them "a be, for
We do not feel that the comm. of the
millennium depends upon the Way Con-
grc-s lcgislsies on the tarifi.
IN our Democrats, Who are so eager to
max. political capital out 10 this diffi-
Guilty, will lend me their ears, I ~ill
whisper Ia them that representative
Watson 20 Georgis, has had TIN before
Congress for the Lat four or five months
which sim. 81 the abolition 81 the Fink
ert"ns AZ factor In the Industrial life
10 the United states. The DsTmocrstic
party has a sweeping n,sj"rity In Con-
grcss: IL has q full knowledge 81 the
acts % the iinkertons on previous occa-
slons. I have presented evidence enough
10 Congress to prove that the l1nkerton
IL an enemy % American liberty. That
Democratic majority has knowle,ige of
the existence % wafson's bill, and u has
up Ia the present time dllliei and dAlliexi
with Il and has M idea of passing 10.
" We have petitioned for redress" have
endeavored Ia get the ear Of Congress,
but "our repeated petitions have been
answered only by repeated injury" and
civil war at Homestead. Democratic
editors who now rave about the Tinker
tons aud coodemn the Republican party
Tor their actions st Homestead, would
lend an air of sincerity to their writings
u they would but demand Of the major
lty, held BY their own party In Congress,
to pass the Law which will wipe the
Pinkertons from the soil Of America.