New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-07-10
UCRS 1ND "DIPS.'
Chicago.

One moment more, Dchs. The Tribune con
tlnucs 10 treat You with the rcspecifnl dei'r-
cnce which, II not your righiful due. Is NJ Icast
an appropriate tribute 10 the PATRIOTISM, phiiah'
thropy and general intelligence Of any mal VINO
sits on n barrel Of gunpOwdcr with liShlcd
cigar I'm his mouth offering dc1d-sur" pre-
scrlpton for curing trouble ana el"vathg All
mankind What may be called without my
cxacrcration your career. Dcbs, has now en-
tered on It's second week. II has been very
great success Several persons who adopted
with enthusiasm your new and original view
that I'm order 10 prevent laborfng men from
being enslavcd all labor must cease un'l you
and Mr. Sovereign have fixed the conditions
unon which II may be resumed. have been Killed
md many more wounded; hundreds Of thori'
sands 81 men women and children have stopped
earning ANYTHING and consequently stopped eat
ing until you can get things regulated; millions
az dollars worth 81 property have been de-
s,roycd by inccndlnrism. millions lost 10y ne
rongcncnt Of business and millions more I'M
ner,llcd bv uncertainty ~ the future; hu' these
things have happened only because The owners
Of Dropcrty uh-liua'cly refused 10 lei You man
age their affairs and the Government ot the
United Stntcs somehow had got the notion into
its head that II was bigger than yOu arc. or
course II was no fault Of yours. You ara siin-
ply inserting Your tight as president 81 the
American Railway Union 10 run The United
States Of America If lives are lost ana prop
eriy destroyed II - n pity, 10 be sure: but th"n
such things are liable 10 happen IN The UNFOLD
Ing Of any great career. And II must be IN
nnltcly consolng 10 yOu In the midst OF II thht
your life or personal safety has not been put IN
peril and You haven't lost n dollar. Your salary
goes right on
Eut Debs have YOU noticed what the grinding
capitalists and their mcrccnnry newspaper or
cans are saying about YOU: You know OF
course that whenever n new evangelist or
aposlc rises up and enters upon new crusade
against the tyranny Of Capital. making himself
useful 10 the cause OF Labor with his mouth
instead Of his hands NJ some such salary as
Won draw the emissarics Of Capital are set To
work M once looking M his antcccdcnis. And
YOU know that If they can only find That the
| onostlc has never earned much money with his
hnnds-which an apostle can hardly be expect
ed 10 do when no has TO keep his elbows on tho
bar and occupy all his time between drinks
urging his fcllow-men 10 rise up-0r That he has
served time in some penal Institution for as-
sertng his superiority 10 law-they invariably
use it TO his prejudice This. too. when the
apostle has gifts OF speech, command OF Ian
euagc and powers Of persuasion sufficient TO
command good wages rs n walking delegate or
even IL handsome salary ns an organizer. FUR
suing these Infamous tactics. Dcbs, they nave
| been looking up your antcccdcnts, when until
n fortnight ago. you know, wcr" II little obscure
And they have found out that two years ago
/ the Intellectual gifts with which you have been
80 bountifully endowed by an inscrutabir not
! 70 say INSCRIPTIONS, Providence, had become so
/ dlmmcd by the frequency OF your potatl"Iis ana
| the general bibulousncss OF your habits That
YOU were under treatment for dipsomnnla. Ana
without doing you the Justice to inquire whether
Won had not been driven to drink by the in
tcnsity Of your sympathy with The down-irod
den. they are evidently trying 10 Use ii against
Won. As If II were anything 10 the prejudice Of
n man of delicate scnsbiics that he turned
from the contemplation Of the woes OF his fei-
low.mcn 10 drown his sorrows In the bowl. and
I'm doing so accidentally submerged his moral
sense.
Your doctor says he treated you for "nruras-
thenia and dipsomnnia." The former nilmcnt Is
defined as nervous debility resulting froih
spinal weakness. You seem to have recovered
entirely from that At last accounts there iu,-
pcarcd TO be nothing the matter with your back
bone AS much can hardly be- said Of the great
enterprise In which you are engaged. The back
bone Of that has apparently caught your old
disorder. II might be well TO send II 10 your
doctor. As 10 the dlpsomania. we are glad TO
know that you are cured Of IT, We rejoice 10
learn that however Incorporate You are in your
language, you are extremely temperate In your
drinks. Incompetence in both language and
drinks. though sometimes INDUCED In by ardent
Rcformcrs. Is not generally considered good
form On the other hand, temperance In both
language and drinks on the part Of an apostle
is perhaps too much 10 expect But, Decisive
tell you this In confidence. and not TO have It