Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-10-16
WANT CARLISLE.
Wage Farmers Of Baltimore Desire
Him to Speak There.
DELEGATIONS CALL AT TEE TREASURY
Speeches Made by Representative
Men to the Secretary.
Mr.. ARLISLE'S REPLY

Secretary Carlisle this afternoon received
call from large delegation of the Wage
Farmers Patriotic League of Maryland.
which has now 10000 enrolled members,
the purpose of which was to urge him to
go to Baltimore and make an address to
members Of the league and workingmen
generally on the issues Of the day, similar
to that delivered by him in Chicago last
spring. The delegation numbered 800 men,
and was thoroughly representative in char
acter of the wage earners of the monu-
mental city. Among the large manufacture
ing firms represented by their men were
Bartlett Hayward & Co., Henry McShane
Manufacturing CompaLy.Stief piano works,
]. REGISTER & Sons, Lazaretto Guano Com
pany. South Baltimore car works, B. and
o. shops, Ryan. Mcdonald & Co., Oehm &
Co., Schloss Brothers, Thomson chemical
works. Maryland Steel Company. E. J.
Godd Company, George FRANKIE, strouse
Brothers & Co. and other Well-known
manufacturing Industries.
The president of the Wage Farmers
League IS Mr.. H. X. L. Johnson of Stieff's
piano works. the executive committee being
the following: August Iserkemeier. Fredk.
Thurn. Robt. L. Gulash, w. H. .. Thomp-
! son, Isidore Hirshberg. J. II. Armstrong.
Charles 10. Foxwell, George F. Grothaus,
J. J. Smith, Jas. W. L:ndemore. Albert L.
Frank, Frank Sutherland, Geo. w. Geddcs,
Charles f. Terrell, Charles w. Rutledge.
John F. Sapp. Charles Hahn. VIM. G.
Kranz and A. Scheder.
special train of seven cars brought the
delegation to this city It arrived at the
Is. and o. depot at 1;30 o'clock The cars
were decorated with the inscription Wage
Farmers Patriotic League Of Maryland"
Each man wore a badge, upon which is
the inscription, in addition to the name of
the league, Honest Dollars for Honest
Toll" Patriotic Defense Of National
Honor"
The Speeches.
The visitors marched in a body to the
Treasury Department and took their places
In the main vestibule, at the south front
of the building. Secretary Carlisle did not
keep them in waiting, but went to them
as soon as notified of their arrival. When
his well-known face and figure appeared
at the doorway, a voice shouted Three
cheers for John G. Carlisle!' and they
were given by the crowd with hearty en-
thusiasm.
Mr.. H. K. l.. johnson, president of the
league, then addressed the Secretary, as
follows:
Mr.. Secretary: This delegation repre-
sents the Waee-Earners Patriotic League
| Of Maryland, which numbers at this time
! over 1900 mernb ers. is rapidly increasing ir
membership, and was formed for the pur-
pOSc dS lIlSCTlDSu Oh tllIS DduSG, WHICH
| have the pleasure to present TO you, for
maintaining Honest Dollars for Honest
| Toll and Patriotic Defense of National
| Honor
"Our delegation today Of some three hun
bred men represents the bone and sinew of
MarylandS industries, and has been Sc
| lected by the league from the various man
| ufacturing establishments of Baltimore.
You see before you men from the shops of
Bartlett, Hayward & Co., Henry McShane
Manufacturing Company. Stieff piano
works. J. REGISTER & Sons. Lazaretto
| Guano Company South Baltimore car
| Mcdonald Manufacturing Company, Oehm
s. Co.. Sohloss Bros. Thomson chemical
works, Maryland Steel Company. E. J.
| Codd Company, Geo. FRANKIE, Strouse Bros.
| & Co., and other weli-known manufacture
ing industries. who have come to Washing
| ton to urge you to honor our league with
| in Baltimore, similar to that made by you
| to the workingmen Of Chicago last spring.
| to be delivered at such time may be
agreeable to you.
the delegates here today are democrats
| They are Carlisle and Cleveland democrats
| sir, who DO not believe that labor can pros
| Ter when capital Is attacked, and who
| have determined at this election to sink
| party and stand for the honor of our ma
| ton. We propose. sir, at this election, DEM
| ocrats though We are. to cast our votes
| for the only candidate possible of election
| at this time. who can maintain the dollar
paid to us for our labor worth one hundred
| cents in gold.
We do not believe that the wage earners
| Of Maryland will submit to their dollars
| earned by hard labor being cut in two, and
| we believe that those men who cast their
| ballots for the so-called democratic free
| silver candidate would not do SO were they
| familiar with the currency question.
| While. sir, We do not mean to say We
| who are here today versed in the gues-
ton OF finance. We have given some study
i n "a hoy 1rlyr
| course which We will pursue at this cleo
| ton.
| IL is with the end in view, therefore. of
| not only inStructing our felloW-wage-earn-
| ers, but also ourselves that We have come
| here today, representing as l have said be-
| fore the great manufacturing industries of
Baltimore. to appeal to you to devote to
| our workinsmen one evening during this
| campaign al any time you may select. We
hope. Mr.. Secretary, that you will grant
| this request.
| Codd company Shops. and e member of the
| executive committee of the league, spoke
| after Mr.. johnson as follows:
| Mr.. Secretary AS a member of the Wage
| Farmers Patriotic League representing as
| l do one of the large iron working estab-
| lishments of Baltimore 1 have joined my
! feilow-workmen In making an appeal to
| you to give one afternoon or one even
| ing of your time in addressing the work
| ingmen Of Baltimore. The meeting can be
| arranged by our league at any time you
| name, either In the afternoon of Saturday
| October 81, at o'clock, or the night of
| October 30 or an earlier day If this time
| is not convenient.
I'VE would prefer meeting on Saturday
afternoon, the 31st. at which time we could
| erect suitable stage in our largest square,
and this day being Saturday, we can ap-
! peal to our employers to make Saturday
| the 31st, which is the last active day Of
| the campaign, a holiday after II o'clock.
| KNOWING as I do the sentiment of the
| employers of labor in Baltimore. 1 can as
sure you. sir. that our employers will
heartily respond to q request coming from
so large q number Of wage earners as our
| league represents, and. We can therefore
| guarantee to you such a meeting Mary
land has never Before witnessed.
I'VE want to hear such an authority as
you In our city on a question so vital to tie
workingmen. l contend that we who work
for our living. who have no money stored
| away for a rainy day, are more vitality in
terested In keeping the dollar worth one
hundred cents than those who have been Sc
fortunate as to accumulate great wealth.
1t Is a serious question to US, Mr.. Secretary
and we want our dollar to purchase in the
markets as much as the dollar Of any civil
lized nation on the globe.
The wage-earners you before you
are employed in various manufactu turing In
dustries of Baltimore, representing some
ten thousand men; hence, you will see how
important to us Is our mission here TODAY
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