New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-23
LAST WEEK OF THE FIGHT
1T WILL BE A LIVELY ONE IN THE
WITH AND XVIII CONGRESS DISTRICTS.
p,rp,orrc EMPLOYERS VILE GIVE THEIR MEN
CHANCE TO VOTE NEXT TUESDAY
MANY ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS
HELD LAST NIGHT.


MANY ENTHUSIASTIC MEETINGS
HELD LAST NIGHT.
ono week from to-day the qualified electors of
| the XIyth and XVIII Congress districts will be
called upon 10 say whether they are for or
against that Infamous and destructive measure
known az the Wilson Tariff bill. Indications are
accommodating on every hand that the majority OF
the sensible people Of the upper part OF Man.
haitian Island. embracing all the territory below
tho Harlem which is above Fifty-second-st
on the West Side and above Fifty-nnth-st. on
the East Side, viii declare for the election OF
Iemuel f. Quigg and Frederick Sigrist. The
rog,stration of Friday and Saturday, the many
enthusiastic meetings held every night WITHIN
these districts and the evident purpose of the
worlxingmen to disown the vagaries of Demo-
cratic free trade all point way. The Re-
nublicans are wde-awake and con1dent-the
Democrats are listess and apathetic.
Tho absence OF a provision in the law for
| making a special election q legal holiday has
been called to the attention Of patriotic employ
ers throughout the two districts. and the pros
meet is that all the employees who are voters in
the XVIII and XVIII districts will be allowed
| n "day off, for the purpose OF casting their
ballots The manufacturers OF this city cannot
do a wiser thing than to confide their interests
to their men at the approaching election.
Voters living in the upper part OF the island
should keep in mind the boundaries OF the Con-
gress districts which will be called upon to vote
| for or against the Wilson bill on January ~:
The XVIII District extends from Fifty-second~
st on the West Side between Seventh-ave ana
the North River and on the East SIDE, from
| Fifty-ninth-st. to Seventy-ninth-st. and from
, Central Park to the East River. The HVth
District takes In all that part Of Manhattan
Island east Of Central Park and Seventh-ave
| above Seventy -ninth-st.. extending north to the
| Harlem and east to the East River
A RoUsING MEETING IN COLUMBIA HALL
An enthusiastic meeting In the interest OF
| Lemuel L. Qugg. as the Republican candidate
for Congress in the XIVth District, was held
| last night in Columbia Hall, No. l,2lO First-ave,
| under the auspices Of the Republican organiza-
| ton of the xXth Assembly District, Seth j..
Campbell chairman. The audience was largely
| composed Of workingmen, who frequently ap-
| plauded the speakers heartily, manifesting great
| interest in the principles Of protection as OPP
| posed to those of free trade. Seth j. Campoeii
| presided and gave an effective opening address,
| Mr. Quigg made a stirring speech. whicA was
| greeted with frequent cheers and applause III
| the course of his remarks referring to circular
Co-operative Mass-meeting held at Cooper Union
| on January IT, attacking Colonel Browns record
"a a State Senator at Albany, Mr.. Qugg said:
see It stated in the Sunday. issue of Colonel
Browns paper, THE News and ATTRIBUTED 10 tne
Colonel himself that 1 the author Of this eircu-
| lar | desire TO deny tbs emphaucaIy. ne du-
thors OF this circular have rot hesitate to put ~
names to IT. hfy are Of not but ThH they desire to
do So When the facts contained in the circular Ian
trouble to Albany to have them inyestigat-
ed and am now PREPARED d TO inI Grown in his
| speeches is making a sort of vague ana duaL n
t tbat he - is friend of the workingmen and that
he has been a consistent supporter OF tner iteI
ess and he uses rather ne tb srS Soary shall not
use any general expression concerning the Coone
ss A Tan - be 3 Goe 'RsSf dos
vote Senator saxtons bill fornidd,ns tg Of
ploym mor than IN sixty hours week and forbdding
| the employment Of girls under fourteen or p boys
was a good bill It ought to have passed: 1t failed
to obtain the constitutional number Of votes heces
sar ry obtained then If Colonel Brown had supported
it: it bin in the interest Of h Wnnn og nSt
not to be Compelled to work than ten hours
day and te children Sasss not 10 De
at Them too assert that on April 10. 1885, Colonel
s rHWs AGAINST eest hs Mr. ogeys bill forbddng eya
ed and surface railway companies 10 REQUIRE OF .he,r
THIS loo. was good bill. Applause The eleyat.
cd guards and engineers. the street-car conductors
n1d a anS ia ana an ou on the public well
an outrage them that they should De required or
NppIauseJ When Colonel Brown opposed that bli
he opposed measure as nucn IN he "a 'E r. 10 NO
answer to this specific statement OF tie Co, III
record to say in genera way t man ne talk fAp
plause)
KNIGHTS or LABOR ON THE COLONEL"
Now. hold in my hands copies OF two reports
issued by the New-York Legislative Committee OF
the Knights of Labor. IL is the function OF this
committee to report to the organization 1t repre-
SCENTS concerning the fate OF measures introduced
at Albany in the interest of the working people.
one OF these reports was printed on Sa
they are not campaign documents got up at ms
time for the especial purpose Of Affecting pHp pubic
sentiment in this campaign Ihey we're Pidlrlsu
months before this special election for congress
called before Colonel Brown was chma u h;
They not intended to help me or TO hurS nun I'm
in this particular campaign. on page OF tne
The bin reducing the rate of interest in NewYork
State from per cent to per cent ge now r tbi
bin through the Assembly by close vote 1t only
received four more votes than the constitutional
atn There the Committee on General Laws gave
il a hearing. when bankers and their representa-
yeS VINO no snea against It We viii not be say
ing much when we assert that II was csSe o,
the etiquette OF committee work as TO Interrupt
your committee while on the Moor ana Iehouhc t
said were too well dressed to be workingmen He
wished us no doubt to be Ike those who are made
the victims OF circumstances by such actions as
his" go ,,
Now the Colonel will not accuse me of being
the author of that paragraph Neither VIII he
assert that II IL campaign story. IL Is the ofll-
cal report OF the Legislative Committee OF the
knights OF Labor printed more than two years ago.
And now / read from, the report OF such "a commit
tee issued last May. concerning the bill 10 which
have already alluded. forbiddng elevated and sur
face railroad companies from WORKING their men
more than ten hours consecutively:
This bill says the report, was introduced by
Mr. Qugley and passed the Assembly receiving
slxty-seven votes forty voting against H. IL
met with considerable opposition In the Senate ON
the vote being taken 1t only received. fourteen
votes. and failed OF passage. However the next
day 1t was brought up again, and passed by me
following votes. seventeen ayes. one no senator
Brown being the only who voted against IT,
Now | am not the author of that statement nor
is Il a campaign story; II IL the truth. and SUD-
NIT that 1t Is not answered by general PROBES
sion OF attachment To the cause or labor. zap
pause) - -
NO CONFUSION OF ISSUES
Now, gentlemen. have desire to appear be-
fore you In the light OF labor agltator work
lngmen and their employers are both actuated by
the same kind OF human nature. This Is world