The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-07
A TAMMANY WAR CRY
Thomas F. Grady Bears Good It'd.
ings From New York
Feeney's Warning.

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evening in St. Michaels Hall. Every
seat In the house was occupiad. Stand
ing room was at premium. The meet
| ing was presided over by John T. Feeney.
Occupying seats upon the platform wers
! County Clerk Mclaughlin, Comptroller
| Heppenheimer, George B. Fielder, Judge
| keuny, commissioner Cook, Assembly
man Carol. Adam ]. Ditmar and ex-Sen-
ator Thomas +. Grady, Tammany Hall
chief. Mr.. Grady WAS the first speaker
| called upon. He was given cordial
greeting.
TARIFF AND WAGES.
The Republican party men," said he,
"huri with insulting defiance at you the
vast difference between the wages of men
| here and 10 England. That is all readily
explained. We ara not so many to the
acre, and defy any man to show me
single protected industry that pays the
nigh wages that are pointed to except
where our laboring men. bound and
organized for each others welfare have
oy y1nen+ .nelr combined power compelled the
unions that have forced and forced,
higher and higher the wages of American
men. 1t was not because of any high
tariff and well you all know it.
The tariff Is tax. and tell you it has
no more to do with wages than it has
by the eternal law OF supply and demand
today the same as they were yesterday
ana 100 years ago, and even back as far
as the time of Adam. Don't you all
know that where two bosses want one
man wages are high. and that where two
men are looking for one position matters
are just the reverse?
LAS an illus ration, | do not believe
there is any man in Jersey City too rich
to do his own work. just let man ad-
VertlSe Tor man to do a days WORK. A
man comes along and informs the gen.
tieman that his grandfather fought in the
Revolutionary war, some other relative
fought in the Mexican war and that he
himself was filled with bullets in the late
war. The gentleman wanting the la borer
stops all of this nonsense and asks him
how much he wants. He replies 81. so
day. Tnen you see an imitation of man
having an epilept1c fit. He can't and
won't think OF paying any such sum- The
laborer asks him if he has read the Nc
Kinley bill, and the answer is NO, have
been too busy paying Mckinley taxes
You tell him of the protection and high
wages it brings, and he tells you to keep
all the protection you get out of the Nc
kinley bill and he will keep the $3.50
will have to take Ch1naman TO finish
the illustration, because imagine he is
about the only element is this commu-
nifty that IL Is safe TO abuse. The
Chinaman applies for the work and
offers to do it for fifty cents. Now
who gets the job? You can bet that the
two dollars difference knocks all the
patriotism out of your. 4employer and
John Chinaman goes to work. This
vague. shadowy, narrow protection the
Republicans speak of, when boiled down,
you find, gives the American laboring
man one chance. and that chance is to
underbid the Chinaman,
WHO GETS THE PROFIT
"Republicans howl TO you about free
all free trade. II we had every dollar
collected last year and raised by tariff,
we would have $211, 100000 10 the ordin-
ary Republican speakers S21, 900, 900
is mere bagatelle, but to
such men as you aDd ME who
we are dealing with So hills
it's something beyond our comprehension.
The cost of steel rails is about 81 a ton,
but by the present tax levied upon that
material the price is brought up to 1914,
or three times what 1t costs to make
them. The S4, of course. is divided
amongst the laboring men, but the S9.
goes TO the man who can afford to build
castles in Scotland while his workmen
are happy in two small rooms.
THE Republican party levied this tax
first from 1861 to 1865 to meet the ex-
penses Of the war. Capitalists saw what
there was for them in perpetrating it, BY
means OF money they have kept the tax
on. BY expressing you and me just a
favored few have reaped ali the
richness our great country affords.
Our forefathers would not submit to such
treatment as this and they went forth to
war. The God of Justice smiled upon
them and then victory. which gives you
and me our freedom, WAS won. Again
CIR N rcsf n,G
people must arise, but this time without
sword or gun, but by exercising their
freedom cast ballot which will forever
stamp out this oppression which is grow
Ing upon us and bending us to the earth.
TAMMANY's POSITION.
las you all know lammany Hall land
am of that lair) was for David i. Hill.
When heard of his defeat, his first de-
feat,l could have disheartened more people
in twenty -four hours than could have been
entrusted in six weeks. When | gave the
matter sober thought-and bear in
mind am only employing a figure OF
speech-l came out with will for
Grover Cleveland. So did Mr.. Croker,
and today he is backed by all of us.
These issues which are now involving
your liberty and min are in the hands of
Grover Cleveland, and Il tell you we
must elect him, and then see how that
man OF men respects our wishes. never
Al Oh my lilc Hedru OF roaQ OF Sucn an I'M
selfish act as that of Grover Cleveland's
on december 6. 1887. when his famous
tarlH message was sent out. There was
not ripple on the political sea- Grover
Cleveland was advised of the fact that
great combinations, trusts and favored
manufacturers. would defeat him if be
sent that message out. He was asked to
hold 1t over until after election. He was
told that a corruption fund would be
raised which would sweep The country
against him. American suffrages would
be bought and be defeated. All that
grand man could see before him was
Duty and it was evident that his advis-
ers didn't know when they strove TO turn
him from the path that duty indicated
Everybody said that that message de-
feated him. No, gentlemen, Doodle de-
fented him. 1t was raised by millionaires
and your interests were once again
dragged down into the dust. And now
this year will we submit TO boDdIe inf1u-
ences? Win we let that grand man be
defeated?
New York will do her share and
want to see old Jersey roll up such ma
Jorlty for him that he will be overwhelm-
1ngly elected"
Cheer after cheer was given for Mr..
Grady. and on motion of Chairman
FeeDey three extra cheers were given for
MI Richard Croker who VIII nelp TO roll
up a splendid majority in New York for
the National ticket
A FORCE BILL ILLUSTRATION.
Tbe Republican party's Force BILL
sald Mr.. Feeney. addressing the meet
Ing. is an iniquitous measure. / will
show Won h0w IL ia tf, ha vuarkad