New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-29
MY uHO AGITlTE ron PAr.

Siucc Governor Waite announced his intcn-
ton (, wade through slaughter. if necessary, to
put this country on Il silver basis, and the Den
yer Chamber Of Commerce decided to organize
coinage clubs among the wagc-cllners OF
the East there has been "A marked revival OF
activity IN the ranks of the professional labor
leaders. particularly among those who are
known in politics rs paper union manufact-
urcr>. II has been rather hard times to these
mon of late The world has not Como well
with them Business has been frlshtfully dull.
Even the last campaign brought them few
picl,irg, The managers If both sides had
little u>c for them; it Is generally agreed that
in no Presidential canvass since the war WAS
- litrln money wasted on thc>' iakirS" They
tried in every conceivable wa! to ally them
selves with ono side or the other. but in vain.
The result was di>hcart nng The veteran
Cai>cy. who can organize more trade unions
in twenty four hours than any other living
man. declared in the poignancy of his grief
that he would be driven out of politics If the
campaign directors continued 10 ignore his
plcadingS.
There was a faint expectation that the Legs
laturc would alfold them some opportunities
controlled by Mr.. Croker and Mr. Croker had
no need Of the services of these professional
agitators. Almost the only chance afforded
them was in the fight over rapid transit. The
Manhattan Company needed some working
mems meetings" and these were promptly ar
ranged in the usual way but the Manhattan
Company. from all accounts, did not pay we'll
and much dissatisfaction was expressed in
consequence.
Altogether the spirits of these patriots were
in a very depressed condition when the Pop
ulist Governor of Colorado bazed forth with
his throatcnngs Of Civil War Ills words
were a message of hope and comfort to them,
and thcy promptly let the facts he known.
few days after the Governor had delivered
himself letter was received by the Denver
Chamber Of Commerce from Garbutt OF
Knights of Industry fame, declaring that the
honest workingmcn of the East were with
Colorado in the fight for free coinage, and
promising assistance Of the right kind on con
dition, Of course, that he should be sustained
by the silver kings \ day or two aftcrward
Carscy appeared on the scene. lie had no diff
Guilty in interesting Governor Waite who
seems to belong to the same order rs these
fellows, and now he is telling how the blatant
dcmagoguo who rules the Commonwealth of
Colorado is coming here to stump Ncw-Iork
and Ncw-Jcrscy and Pennsylvania. 1t is to be
hoped that he will come and that he will
speak under the management of this troop.
A mass citing in TompIiins Square under the
direction of the indcfaigablc Galiahue an
other in City Hall Park, with the stalwart
Kchoc as chairman and third in Cooper
I'nion, with Garbutt on the stage and Carscy
i'm the chair. would furnish an exhibition Of
the most amusing character to the respectable
workingmcn of this State.
As Garbutt was less known than the others,
il may be well to say that he has no influence
whatever i'll the reputable trades unions, not
w,thstanding his connection with the alleged
Knights of Industry, an absolutely bogus asso-
,iation, as every one knows who has had any
thing TO do with it. Mcclure and majority
of the men connected with this association were
said to be in the pay of AlcDcrmotf in Jersey
City during the last municipal election there,
and used all their influence and ability, if they
had any, to defeat Major Wanscr, the Rcpub-
lcan candidate for Mayor. 1t is the common
report that they received 50 900 from McDer-
mott for the assistance which they were sup
nosed to render. Mcclure and Murray. an