The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-11
THE LAWLESS VOTE.

The enormous majority obtained by the
Democracy in Chicago i. not surprising.
Chicago has very large foreign labor ele-
ment that is exceedingly lawless and
anarchistic both in theory and in practice.
This lawless vote was cast for the Demo-
cratic party. whose demagogues have lost
no opportunity in this campaign to ex-
press their sympathy with iawlessness.
Democratic Congressman Springer, in all
his campaign speeches, charged the Home
stead riot to the tariff, and among other
things charged the employers with trying
to grind the men down to starvation
wages, in face Of the fact that Democratic
Congressman Oates, in his report to con-
gress, said that the average wages paid the
$500 workmen was s. day.
Congressman Springer justified the &C.
ton Of the Homestead rioters, and 50, for
that matter, did the New York World and
nine-tenths of the Democratic journals and
speakers throughout the country. The
moment the Homestead riot was an
nounced the Democrats began to try to
hees wished Carnegie had been present
and had been shot down by the strikers:
Senator Palmer said that the strikers who
invaded and held forcible possession of
the property of the company were right;
that they were where they had right to
be; the New York World defended and
stimulated riot until the loss of subscrib-
ers compelled it to abate its violence.
The Democrats. East and West. during
the whole campaign hastened to hold out
the right hand of fellowship to riot. The
Democratic state convention of Michigan
militia to put down the rioters. The
Democratic state convention of Iowa
passed resolutions dishonesty denouncing
the Republican policy of protection as
responsible for the labor troubles at both
West and East. Other resolutions were
passed which in effect told the incendiary
fa!sehood to labor that every employer is
a robber and an enemy of the human race;
that every workingman is the victim of
the rich; that riches are a crime against
society and especially against labor.
In the same incendiary spirit Demo
cratic JOSIAH Quincy. q Massachusetts,
Mugwump, wrote that 'the fundamental
issue of the campaign was plutocracy
against democracy; the rule of special
favored interests against government by
the people," This is a lie. Plutocracv is
government by rich people only. A rich
man in this country has but one vote;
while in England, which has tariff for
revenue only. n rich man can vote in every
election district where he owns land.
There can be no such thing in this coun.
try Is ga rule of special favored interests
against government by the people" The
will of the majority rules, and makes the
policy of the republic for the benefit of the
whole, not for the special benefit of the
few. Every citizen can vote as he pleases.
Wayne MacVeagh talked the same kind
of incendiary falsehoods from the stump
concerning the robbery of labor by the
rich under the Republican policy of pro-
lection. The Democratic state convention
of Idaho also offered the right hand OF
fellowship to riot by denouncing the pres.
ence of the militia to restore order. and
denounced the Republican administration
of Idaho for invoking military aid TO put
down lawlessness.
The Democratic demagogue all over the
country tod rioting labor TO vote the
Democratic ticket: that ''the policy of the
Democratic party, If put III force, would
give the country contented labor" This
was unnaitiga;ed rot; the labor problem
comes up for periodical solution in every
civilized country on the globe; in free
trade England. in Germany and France
far ofsener than in America.
The Republicans fairly answered by ask
ing wha; were the railway riots at Buffalo
due TO? Surely the protective tariff could
not be stretched into an explanation of
these disturbances. To iaw-sbiding labor
this answer Was sufficient, bat to the law
less, anarchistic labor factions Of New
York city. Chicago and Milwaukee this
Democratic demagogue justification Of
laslessness and avowal OF sympathy for
defeated rioters was most grateful, and
the anarchists elements In these grea.
cities have clearly voted solid for the Dem.
oc-atic candidate.
The campaign is over; the anarchistic
forces have greatly heped 10 swell the
vote Of the Democracy; the Republican
party cannot afford 10 outbid the Democ-
racy for the support of the iawless vote Of
the country. There is but one plain duty
before the Republican party. and that IS
to command the support of the conssrva-
tive forces of both labor and capital by
refusing TO stoop to give the hand OF fel.
loxship or sympathy to lawisssnsss. 1t is