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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-18

the clerk behind b. counter. In this
platform was recognition that there
can be no real prosperity without gem
eral prosperity; that if any class fat
tens temporarily, upon the distress of
the farmer it must expect in the end
to suffer idleness, because the buying
class has been diminished. Here was a
platform recognizing that a Republic
conducted for the greatest good of the
greatest number means Republic con-
Quoted for the good of all; that the
men whose imagined interests are
opposed TO those of the great body
Of the people need to be restained in
their own interests.
No sooner had the news of the for
nation of this great trades union,
organized to cover the fullest interests
of the seven figures which appear at
the top of this page, and inimical only
to that few the representatives of the
eighth class who are not content with
the usual operations of trade, but have
been insisting that government was
organized to grant them special priv
leges-no sooner did the news of the
trades union reach Wall street than
there came a shout of opposition so
loud and so vociferous hat one might
have supposed their interests of hui
mainly at stake rather than those of a
few spectators.
A press organized, through long
years, to obey the slightest wish of
banded interests, jumped with fury
upon this organization which men
aces those VINO had so long possessed
the perquisites of legislation that they
had come to deem them theirs of
right A hundred false terms were
invented to distract the public mind.
"Repudiationists,' - anarchists" "advo-
Gates of a dishonest dollar" were
among the number. The man who had
been fighting one battle of human
rights for years and valued his hon
esty above every earthly consideration
stood aghast ait the shower of vituper-
alton rained upon his head. He fairly
doubted his own sanity when he heard
BLACK" called white and crime
against government, against the people
and against common honesty praised
as the action Of patriotic men. Work.
ingmen were appealed to on the ground
that the bankruptcy of the farmer was
the legitimate gain of the worlxingman.
The point was raised that he wages of
the worl<ingman had not been cut
down during Une nafQ times ana REFER
ences We're made to the scales of the
unions. Yet those who advanced their
arguments knew well that the reason
the wages of the wor1ingman under
the union had been cut down was
only because he was a member of a
union sufficiently powerful to prevent
ATTACK from the enemies of labor. They
knew that all other kinds of labor had
been reduced He should have known
this law, labor unions control the
price OF wages, They cannot control
empley@e1t Geaerea ExnsHesffy atOas
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of these citizens, $ given into the
hands OF the norllingmen to direct.
Always the Won ungmen must be the
most humorous class. His vote may,
so long as the principles OF this COM
stituti0n shall last, be selfish, the de-
signing will take advantage; if 3 shall
be corrupt, the rich will buy his 3irth-
right. We found this republic c.ma-
rily for thu workiugman."
In the first years following the for
nation of our government the great
majority of its citizens were wo cling
men. Long after the beginning Of the
differen tatjon of the classes the poll
teal issues were so concealed, or par
ties 50 divided upon sectional issues,
that the workingman was mingled
beyond extraction, in the common
mass. The largest fortunes then were
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progress of recognition has been slow,
because too many workingmen with
intellects clouded by poor education,
perceived in the beginning only the
Immediate and purely selfish benefits
to be obtained by organization.
ssWhat wages shall / have next week
or next month"; they asked, and not
'.what benefits will come to my old
age and to my children?'' Long the
victims of injustice, they not infre-
quently were themselves the instlga-
tors of injustice, when the new powers
resulting from organization first came
to their hands, Their eyes were not
vet accustomed to see beyond the mar
row confines of their own workshops.
But from year to year clear-sighted
and long-sighted men arose from THE
ranks. Sympathy came from the out
side. Joseph Archs and Mazinis and
Abraham Lincolns were born-and
thought. In 1877 the distress conse-
ouent upon the brutal contraction of
the national currency from sixteen
hundred to seven hundred millions
within the six preceding years
wrought havoc in every rank,
The consequences emptied the
workshops and threw armies
Of the distressed and cont
pn1sory idle along the highways,
fierce in the desperation born OF hum
ger and the refusal of the right to
labor.
There was much thinking by men
in all classes of society that year.
There has been a wide interest IN
kindred subjects ever since. 1t may
be said that the ethics OF labor nave
become more clearly defined during the
past twenty years than in the previous
five hundred. 1T is only under re-
public that the workingman may Tor
mulate code of ethics. Under a
monarchy the strong hand may de-
stroy existing liberties at any mo-
ment.
Imperfect comprehension Of the
problems to be solved and the purely
local character of labor's organization
retarded progress. Action in support
of rights was taken along lines almost
on a par with the wrongs to be sup
pressed. Boycotts and violence charac-
terized the English labor movements.
They were unworthy the cause Of hui
mainly We must understand them
at the frenzied eXertions of the giant
caught in a snare.
During f20 years labor has held in
it's hand a scroll written by Jefferson
and Washington and Franklin. 1t was
the order for its own release from
serfdom and oppression. The scroll
had remained unrolled and unread un.
iii this the 18th of the centurys indie
nnndenne. 1t remains to be seen If thu
ror ngmen will read its message ever
i. 1896. It's support is this: For al
a;-r the destinies of this republic, th'
mrifare of this people, tho hzPpsHes
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can give employment to ALL" Every
member OF the union whose fellow
member is unable to find employment
is himself in constant jeopardy Of
losing his place.
Not only the press, but the most
brilliant attorneys and the ablest
speakers were employed to denounce
this new trade union employed by that
capital so much Of which was the re-
suit Of legislative franchise. So power
full, so far-reaching is the little man
ON the right of our picture that every
great figure to his left began to be
agiItated. Every human motive
avarice, fear, hope, prejudice, and jeal-
,ousy-was brought into play. The OBJ
iects and character of the friends of
this new union of the interests Of hui
manity were thrown into darkness.
IT. has become the most tremendous
conflict the world has ever seen. On
the one side numbers. The reader can
see for himself in the cartoon what
those numbers mean. On the other
money, employing every conceivable
weapon. from the brilliant rhetoric Of
the labor writer and imprisoned
gesture Of the orator, to the bribing
VI lilC WI Mil = llltLl1 W 80 Si4CHI}
through the workshop betraying their
fellows, as the World has recently re
corded
The saddest sight of all is the army
of sincere men who have permitted
prejudice TO darken their mind-hon-
orable men who are honestly fighting
for a cause, the success of which mean
their own and their children and their
children's children's loss. My God!
What an inconceivable situation!
And the workingman! To what de
gree of intelligence has he advanced2
WEll he be able to penetrate the dis
guises his enemy is assuming? VIII
he be swayed by tricks Of epithet or
flowers of rhetoric? WEI he be sold
into bondage by traitors ia his own
ranks? Or win he r,sa to The fact that
here at last is the opportunity for the
ideal trades union, and that his intel
ligent vote is the only factor needed
to take tine republic oue of the hands
of those who use ii for individual gain
The onE factor needed to protect in
yiolat 3 those IN the possession of
property FROM attack, but require fair,
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THE AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE
(Only 1900 Of him

duct the roads for their own profit
at the general expense. Think of the
coercion, of the political assessments,
of the determinations practiced for
partisan ends possible under public
ownership. And so, having pointed out
evils which are unquestiOnably possible
under public control, those interested
patriots turn to their regular occupa-
ton of giving a lively illustration of
the evils which are notorious under
private ownership.
just at present the people are taxi
ing the railroad managers at their
word and doing a heap of thinking.
They can discern with the greatest.
cleaTness that even under so astute
and INSCRIPTIONS a manipulation of
political patronage as Senator Quay or
Mr.. PlaItt government roads would not
be a whit more "in politics" than most
of the railroads. are to-day. No national
administration would dare to permit
the official in charge of the Railroad
Bureau to refuse excursion rates to
representative of one political party
and grant rates so low as to be
wholly, unremunerative to representa-
tives of another. 1t is impossible to
conceive to-day of a President or cabi-
net officer compelling employees in any
department to wear campaign buttons,
to attend partisan meetings, or to en-
roll themselves in clubs of a certain
political faith ON pain of dismissal and
blacl1listing. Nor would government
roads make campaign contributions.
These things the railroads do to-day,
Twenty-Five years ago the administra-
tions, perhaps, might have paralleled
them, in the days when militarism was
still potent in Washington. To-day
no administration would venture upon
them. Coercion when attempted in the
Civil Service is yelled, not brutally en-
forced
In the years to come the railroad
managers of this country viii find their
infamous record Of 1896 coming up to
plague them. Not only the interstate
roads, but street railways, telegraph
and telephone companies, gas and cleo
tric Hght concerns-in short. all the
possessors of natural monopolies, which
MANY people think should be held for
all the peoDle-have shown this year
that corporations are as deep in poll
ties as the politicians themselves, and
that, under even an extreme Socialistic
organization of society, the political
liberties Of the citizen could not be
more restained than they are to-day
or will be, if Mark Hanna and his
satellites have their way.-New York
Journal
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RAILROADS IN POLITICS.

IF we remember rightly, one Of the
arguments which Mr.. c. p. Hunting
ton and patriots of his sort advance
against any essay in government own
ership Of railroads such an essay, for
eXamnle. as would be made should the
government exert its rights to fore
close on some of the railroads now
fraudulently held by Mr. Huntington
is chat a new and dangerous element
would be introduced into national poll
tics. Think of the tremendous power
of an administration which controlled
the positions of the hundreds of thou
sands of railway employees in the ma
ton, say the gentlemen who now con-
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Il am not my brothers keeper is
a cry that comes reverberating down
the ages to us from the time Of Cain.
II. was the answer of the worBingmen
through long centuries of oppression,
when men ravened upon the blood Of
their more unfortunate brothers.
Then came the idea of trade union
ism, having for its vital principle that
distinct command Of Christ> which,
under a mass of false practice under
monarchical and feuklal surroundings
remained uncomprehended for seven
hundred years: you are your broth
er's keeper
That recognized trades unionism was
established, and the workingman took
the first step upward from the fright
full conditions which had in so many
cases surrounded employment. The
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-18

Chairman Aver, of the Populist
committee, was busy yesterday sending
out a lot of literature to all parts of
the State. "This is all silver htera-
ture,' he explained. az haven't mailed
"a partisan document during this
whole campaign, except the Caalca~
Sian"
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LIGHT IN WINDOW FOR McANE
Every Night His Wife Sets a Lamp tC
Guide Him Home.

A light shines all night from an up
per window of John Y. McKane's big
house on Voorhees, avenue, Sleeps
head Bay, N. Y. Every evening his
wife places it there-''so that John
may see the way when he comes
home" she says. SHE went away in
the morning, but always think that
he will come back after sunset, and
| want him to know that we are wait
ing for him"
When the King of Garvesend was
sent to prison for violations of the
New York election Laws his wife bore
tAs blow better tAa1 Aer fsieAds
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-09
THE LOST LEADERS.

In response to a request from one of
its readers for a list of the distinguish
ed Democrats who have refused to sup
port the Chicago ticket and platform.
the Cleveland leader remarks that such
a list, If reasonably full, would leave
room for little or nothing else in any
newspaper, but It presents a column Of
the names Of men who have long been
eminent as Democratic leaders and are
now arrayed against the Popocratic
candidate, many Of them actively at
work for his defeat.
1t is interesting to note who some Of
these men are. The list includes all the
members Of the administration and the
following senator's: Palmer, Of Illinois;
Villas, Of Wisconsin; Gray, Of Delaware;
Smith. Of New Jersey; Lindsay, Of Ken
lucky; Caffery. Of louisiana; Brice, of
Ohio. There are q large number Of
Democratic members Of the house Of
representatives who have r%epudiated
the Chicago ticket and platform, and
among other well known Democrats
who are in opposition to them are Will
liam c. Whitney, Edward ]. Phelps, Of
Vermont. James C.. Carter, the eminent
lawyer; Ex-Governor Campbell, Of Ohio;
General Black, Of Illinois; Governor
o'Farrell, of Virginia; Don Dickinson,
Of Michigan; Ex-Governor Waller, Of
Connecticut; General Bragg, Of Wiscon-
sin, James o. B~roadhead, Of Missouri,
Henry Watterson, and General Daniel
E. Sickles. All these are men whose
counsel the Democracy of the several
states and Of the nation has hitherto
depended upon, and they now emphat-
icalIy declare that the action Of the Chi
cage convention was a betrayal Of
Democracy, that its platform is not
Democratic and that it's nominee is
not a Democrat. Surely these men are
fully qualified to Judge what is Demo-
cratic and what is not, and, having rem
dered their judgment, the assertions
and claims of Mr.. Bryan regarding the
Democracy Of the Chicago platform are
of no consequence or value. Mr.. Bryan
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-09
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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-09

Samuel ]. Tilden. in his letter accept
ing the nomination for president in 1876,
when the g~reenbaek cheap money agi-
tation was causing the same doubts and
bad times that free silver is now, said:
Uncertainty is the prolific parent Of
mischief in all business. Men do moth
ing, because they are unable to make
any calculations on which they may
safely rely. They undertake nothing, be-
cause they fear a loss in everything
they would attempt. They hope and
wait. The merchant dares not buy for
the future consumption Of his customer.
The manufacturer dares not make fab
RIGS which may not refund his outlay.
He shuts his factory and discharges
on security they consider unsafe and
their funds lie almost without interest.
Men Of enterprise who have credit or
securities TO pledge will not borrow. The
people need to know that the govern
ment is moving in the direction of ulti-
mate safety and prosperity and that it
is doing so through prudent. safe and
conservative methods, which will be
sure to inflict no new sacrifice on the
business OF the country. Then the in
spiration of new life and w~ell-founded
confidence will hasten the restoring pro-
cesses of nature and prosperity will be-
gin to return"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-10-09

In the light OF the present political
situation in this country. the follow
ing extract from the great essay OF
Macaulay. written on the future Of the
American commonwealth, and publish
ed in the year 1856, is certainly n OF
the most astounding prophecies ever
made in the history Of the world;
The day may come in the United
States when a multitude Of the peo-
pie, oppressed by hard times, will be
called upon TO choose rulers. on one
side will stand a statesman preach
ing patience, respect for vested rights,
and strict observance of the public
faith. on the other side will stand
"a demagogue. ranting about the tyr
amy Of usurpers and capitalists, Let
''us hope that II such a season Of adj
''versity ever comes, the American ma
''tion will mo- act like people who
would in a year OF scarcity devour all
the seed corn. and thus make the
next year a year. not OF scarcity, but
''of absolute famine"
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The full intensity Of living is reached
only by the perfectly healthy. Sick
ness discounts the capacity for enjoy
ment. If his body is all out Of order
and run down, he will not be able to
enjoy anything, no matter how full of
enjoyment it may be for other people.
II he is just a little bit out Of order,
If he "is not sick. but doesn't feel just
right he will only be able to enjoy
things in a half-hearted sort Of a way.
The nearer he is to being perfectly we'll,
the nearer will his capacity for enjoy
ment be perfect. If this condition
doesn't exist, something ought to he
done. That means, nine cases in ten,
the use Of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
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has talked about the regularity Of
his nomination, and have appealed 70
Democrats to support him on this
ground, but men who have been Dem
ocrats all their lives and never re-
nounced allegiance 10 the party, as
ne has done on more than n DC
casion, refuse to be bound by the ac-
ton OF a convention which proclaimed
the doctrines ~ Populism or to support
a candidate for the presidency whose
views on public questions are Occepta-
Bile Fopulists,
1t is a formidable opposition to the
Popocratic ticket which these former
Democratic leaders present, and its in
Auence is producing some tremendous
and astonishing results, II viii be to no
purpose that Mr.. Bryan iusolently ar
raigns them as creatures % the money
power. No such unwarranted Islander
car AFFECT their personal character or
initiate against their great political IN
ruence. 1t will be resented ny thous.
ands Of fairmindcd Democrats every
where who are familiar with their rec
ords and party service,
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A felt want Is that gnawing at the
stomach after you have eaten a full
meal, and can't eat any more, and yet
there is that feeling as though you had
eaten nothing. What is wanted then
is a dose Of Simmons Liver Regulator,
the best Dyspepsia cure. for that is
what hat gnawing means. Simmons
Liver Regulator Is all that is recon-
mended for ndigestion."-A. r. Dyche,
London, Ky.