The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-09-08
LABOR. BRYAN, SILVER
gIhe Labor Vote Of the United Slate;
Practically q Unit for Bryan.
lABORIAG MEN CAN'T STAND HANNA,
They Realize tho Importance or vo.
ting Against tho Union wrcckcr,
nnd Against the pa,lnnns and the
CarneEies Labor Journals Unani.
monsiy support bryan.
(New York Journal.)


We doubt whether anywhere In the
United States Labor Day will be more
Z Atly5 celebrated than in Chicago, where
NOrganiEed labor in a body will turn out
z TO do honor TO Mr.. Bryan and to listen TO
i an address from him on the issues of the
scampatgn. For the first time in many
yeats the workingmen of the nation have
q Presidential candidate peculiarly their
7town, standing upon platform in which
i IS no equivocation, no timidity In ex-
s pressing the demands of the masses.
L THAT the situation is appreciated is
Shown by the fact that every trade jour
nal addressed to or expressing the con-
5.Tictions OF organized labor is favorlng
Z Bryan and Sewall The labor repreaen-
asatives in the National PEOPLES party
{ convention favored the Endorsement OF
! the Democratic nominee. While il is not
sthe practice ibr the ttades unions TO
Formally approve any political ticket.
.5they have practically without exception
echcad the demand for the free coinage
Sof sSyer, OF which MIR. Bryan Is the chief
champion. 1t MAY be asserted without
fear of just contradiction that the labor
vote in the United States to-day is pJac-
fically \ unit for Bryan.
ss But Republican journalists and politi-
CLANS, admitting all this assert that
before November Mr.. Bryan's following
among the wage workers will dwlndla.
NHhey place. reliance on the coercive pow
Ger of employers. but the secret ballot
fOr which labor unions long fought earn
estly robs this form of intimidation OF
most of It's effect They are flooding
every workshop and railway yard with
plausible tracts, anu sending out an
army of smooth spoken orators to sehiuce
the workingman from the side on which
3'hls interests lie. Yet the Journal holds
that the one object lesson furnished by
the presence among McKlnley's closest
advisers OF men VIGOROUSLY oppressors
of labor should and will annul all the
ssophistical arguments of his supporters
LAB LII Hung Chang said to Mark Han
ma In the Journals cartoon, IF the free
coinage OF silver would, as You say, re-
duce the wages of workingmen, why are
you opposed to it?'
"a The positive reasons why organized
4 labor should support Mr.. Bryan are
4 easily stated. He is man of the peo-
: pie, wholly free from dangerous alli-
ance with corporations and trusts, and
of so sturdy character that the infiu-
ences which have ruined the Democra-
y cy of Grover Cleveland will be without
effect upon him. The platform upon
which he stands condemns the increase
\ dn Government debt which in the end
4 must be paid by producers; declares
for arbitration in labor disputes; de-
nnands an income tax by which the rich
< shall be forced to bear their share of the
4 burden of Government; asserts that this
S government shall control the railroads.
mot the railroads the Government. de-
nounces the blanket Injunction prac-
tice. and insists on the right of trial by
Y jury in cases of contempt. These are all
resolutions addressed especially to the
workingmen of the country, while the
& one which calls for the rree coinage of
4 silver. though addressed to the country
at large. should appeal favorably to
y every man VINO understands that rising
markets mean business activity more
& opportunities for employment, fewer idle
men to bid for places, and a healthful
increase in wages.
RMS year. as never before, the work
351ngmen of the nation have opportunity
70 fcte Tor ticket which represents
4 them, and against one which reprr-
Seamen'sS Union fame; Carnegie of
Homestead Pullman. of the model
town, and all the railroad corporations
from Sandy Hook to the Golden Gate
snat ever fought jus,ifable strike or
blacklisted for life its leaders.