The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-08

Conspiracy Against Labor.
The Democratic party is becoming
more and more determined enemy
to the laborsr. Those who watch
closely the actions of the party In our
city must be throughly convinced OF
that fact. In advocating free-trade
the party strikes deadly blow at
labor. Wherever labor is degraded
and the cheapest, Democracy abounds
The Sou thern Sta ties are compelled to
be Democratic because they have al
ways been cheap labor states. A sad
commentary upon the condition Of
labor In the South Is that the labor of
that section is confined almost exclu-
siyely to the colored race, while the
poor whites who ought to be laborers
spend their time In cunning. fishing,
corner grocery lounging and politics.
While labor there is confined to the
colored people, the poor whites won't
work and the land owners and cotton
planters OF the Sonth whip them into
the Democratic party make them vote
for free trade and trample down the
rights OF the colored people, the real,
solid labor dependence of the South.
Democracy does this and the Democ-
racy OF the South is the Democracy
Of the nation. The South wants free
trade, because 1t will keep labor cheap,
the Northern Democrats want free
trade because they must have the
South as an ally.
The Democrats Of Wilmington are
es much opposed to labor to-day as
the South Is, and they are trying the
tactics of the South to make labor
cheap. The great object OF the Dem O.
cratic party is to disfranchise labor
and make property pay the taxes.
This principle was never more clearly
set forth than in the present ASSESS
ment so far as it was made by Demo
cratic assessors In our city. The thou
sands of men the Democratic assessors
have left off the assessments are in tue
main laboring men, men who are the
bone and sinew Of our city, men who
operate our large manufactures. the
''greasy mechanics that the South al
ways did despise and despises yet,
men who drive the carts and teams,
men who construct sewers, lay pipe
and pave streets.
These men have been the victims OF
the two Democratic assessors of VIII.
mington. They are now trying to get
assessed, and are applying by hum
dreds day to the Levy Court for that
purpose. But they are fought at every
step by the leaders OF the Democratic
party. Not only have these honest
men of labor been left off the assess
ment, but fictitious names OF men
never known In Wilmington. have
been put on the assessment. When an
honest majority of the Levy Cour;
attempted to strike these fictitious
names from the assessment. they were
met with an Injunction and taken be.
fore the courts. Up to this tlmo the
work of disfranchisement and fraud
was carried on by such men AS 0 iIlra.
Conway, Dickey and MsCloskcy, but
now ADLER help is needed to carry out
the Infamous plot against tho rights
of laboring mon who deallue toe at
the flesh pots Of Democracy There
was no difficulty in getting Defenders
of the fraud.
The real leadera OF Democracy, Iii,
free-traders of democracy, the mel
who in order to please the SoGtI
would cut the wages Of labor dow
TO level with the starvation free
trade labor Of England, Thomas I
Dayard, Charles b. Lore GEORGE
Gray came voluntarily fol ward to do
fend II dishonest assessment by wAial
honest labor was to lie SIN fartheI
dlsgraced. ii these things ARE 10
go, why this great rush Of honest me
chanics and labGr.ug men to tn
Court house at loss OF time m.
money to get asscssed2 We repeat
that the whole thing has this appear
ance OF an organized effort to dlairan
ch!se every aboring man who doe
notcome into the Democratic Itrt
and dance to the music OF iree.tlael
and lower wages. Let laboriHg mei
ponder over this