The San Francisco call., 1896-10-02
Letters From the People
DEMOCRACY AND WORK
INGMEN.
Poverty and Destitttion Caused oy INC
Party of Free Trade.
JAcINTo, September %, 1895.

JACINTo, September %, 1895.
Editor Cdll-DEAR Sir: Will you please pub
lish in the columns of your valuable patrlotlc
American journal the following from the pen
of an American laborer, which earnestly
hope shall receive the attention OF all those
who have been for the past four years strug-
Cling for existence under the banner OF free
trade and oppression.
The day is not far distant when the Ameri-
can people will be called upon to select by the
aid of the bollotbox, President who shall be
none other an a true friend of the American
people.
In making this selection great care should
be taken by all those who are dependent upOn
labor for the support of themselves and their
families They should recall 10 their memory
the causes which have been so disastrous to
our American industries and which have been
the means of bringing poverty ana ruin to the
homes of our working people tnrougnout the
length and breadth OF this glorious land OF
freedom ana liberty
During the past Jour years under Demo-
cratic free-trade form OF government! nave
witnessed more poverty and des situtton In the
homes OF the mechanic and laborer than was
ever known to exist in any OF the downtroo-
den countries of Europe. Homes nave oeen
broken up and people who were once com1ort.f
able and happy under a republican form Oh
government are to-day scattered, Goa only
knows where, perhaps never again 10 be united.
Hundreds OF horny-handed sons OF labor can
every day be seen travelling along the county
they know not where in search OF employment,
which they fnd almost impossible TO procure,
for the reason that the pauper labor OF Europe,
which is supported by Tree trade Govern
ment of so-called Americans, is more prefer
able TO all those who are to-day endeavoring
to the best of their ability to create II possible,
such an i'll feeling between capital and labor
that will eventually be the means of causing
panic and revolution such as has never be-
fore been seen by the American people.
This is how the Democratic party, under
their banner of free trade and free coinage,
intend to repay the laboring people should
they be so foolish as to be guided by the taise
doctrine of free coinage which the Hon. Mr..
Bryan and the many soreheads and ofhce-
seekers are endeavoring to misgufde the work.
ing people into believing. ] most respectfully
call the attention of Mr.. Bryan to the follow
ing words spoken by Daniel Webster, "He who
tampers with the currency robs labor OF Its
bread"
But American people must not forget that
four years ago next November they allowed
themselves to be led Dy the ear into the Demo-
cratic free-trade trap, through the promise OF
an abundance OF labor aud prosperity which
the Democratic mouth organs guaral-
teed would surely follow the election
OF Grover Cleveland and his all Eng
lish party, but who have since their
election 10 office as representatives OF
the American people done all in their power
to promote the welfare OF England and the
downfall of our American manufacturing In
dustries and the many other avenues OF labor,
which, under republican form OF govern
ment, gave employment to the thousand VINO
are to-day making appeals for bread, while
| the pauper laborers OF Europe are permitted
to steal millions annually from the treasury
| of our Government in payment for foreign
manufactured articles, which, under protec-
| tive sariff, would be in circulation among the
Americans 10 whom it justly belongs.
The Hon. William Mckinley, who is recog-
nzed by the working. people of the country as
the father of protection and the true Amerl-
can friend of labor, very truthfully remarked
| before thousands OF workingmen who travelled
hundreds of miles to his home in Canton,
| Ohio, for the purpose of showing their loyalty
to true American statesman:
'tYou cannot create confidence among
| the people If you have no confidence in the
public treasury. Our dollars all full
| and sound and all we want is an opportunity
| to earn them" ~
How can this be secured +? 1t can only be so
| through the election OF the Hon. William
| Mckinley, the standard bearer of the Republi-
I can party, whose every action has and always
win be for the advancement of the American
| people.
| Should the American people permit them
selves to be caught once more in the same old
trap simply because it is baited with a little
free silver, they will be held responsible before
! God and man for the terrible results which are
sure TO follow the election of Mr.. Bryan, whom
term a stumbling block in the way Of
American prosperity and an oppressor of the
American working people who are depending
upon the welfare and prosperity OF American
capital invested in the different ente rprses of
labor throughout the United States for their
daily bread. j. b. HAGGERTY.