The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-28

ouao- voIcott. of Colorado. talked
much absurd nonsense in the ."'e0
States Senate when the repeal Oh 'he
sherman act was before that pody' Du'
Wolcott Is capable, nevertheless, oil AIN
ing sense. and patriotic sense. 100 as "e
nroved i'm the Serate on Thursday ""e"'
| dlscussIng Coxey's nonsense. he saiu'
oo,bere is a solution OF this question:
7, oa,oa. no, nv wandering bands visiting
Washington. 1t comes in the beneiciehey
| os mankind. which gradually, as the
times grow better, makes men more hu-
name and more kind. There should De no
man suffering for food for himself OF
for his family I'm the broad domain OF
tho United States who is willing to work.
NV solemn conviction is that, bad as the
times are. and worse as ] fear they VIII
be. there is to-day no man VINO sincerely
desires work for the support OF himseif
or his family who cannot elther get
work or get bread for himself ana MS
little ones. In Colorado to-day, crushed
and Inundated as she is by the action
OF Congress, l venture to say that no
man is starving because he cannot ma
either work or willing friends to help MN
until work can be found. ! believe tha'
the time has come when those of us VINO
are in public life ought to begin to cultl-
vate more a regard for the perpetulty OF
Republican institutions, and to pander
less TO hat miscalled portion OF the TABOR
vote whose labor is with their Threats
and never with their hands. 1t is time
that we stood for the rights Of Ameri-
can manhood; for the right OF a man TO
work If he wants to-if 1t takes the whole
army Of the country TO sustain in doing
il. For the right Of every man TO equal
liberties with other men. That man have
such liberty as is not inconsistent with
the rights Of his neighbor. / am opposed
to the adoption of Jhis resolution"
What Mr.. Wolcott says is true. There
is no man in America who wishes to work
that runs the slightest risk Of starving
or Of having his children turned out in
the streets without shelter. Thu charita-
nit that. and, when their progressive
spirit is u~nhampered by proposals to de-
base the measure Of value and medium
Of exchange, or by combinations Of the
idle and vicious to disturb the orderly
progress of business, there will always be
an abundance Of work with good wages
offered to all men willing to work seri-
ously and earnestly.
II was patriotic and wise. too. in Mr..
Wolcott to declare his belief that the
time has come when men in public life
Ought TO begin to cultivate more
regard for the perpetuity Of our instltu-
lions and to pander less TO hat mis-
called portion of the labor vote whose
labor is with their Threats, and never
with their hands"
There Is no question that the element
TO which Mr.. Wolcott refers has been
allowed too much voice in public affairs.
And it is a great injustice to the earnest
laboring man to speak of il as an ele-
ment of the labor vote. The earnest. la
boring men, who seek nothing but steady
employment. are working industriously
to support their families and secure a
home. These men are as steady, reliable
and conservative an element as our
population has. They do not sympathize
with the disorder created by those who
push themselves forward as the tribunes
of labor, but whose whole object is 10
make disturbances between employer and
employee. These are the enemies of the
laboring men. as of society at large.