New-York tribune., 1901-09-22
REASONS OF THE TROUBLE.
VIEWS OF A MAN IN OvERAILs ON DAN
GERS WHICH CONFRONT THE
COUNTRY.

The following homily is here presented for the
purpose of showing the sort Of sentiment which
exists among a certain class OF American citizens
of foreign birth. 1t delivered to him who now
recalls 1t fully and accurately as he is able by
a workingman. a complete stranger. who addressed
him he walking past and began the dis
course The hearer. of course, put in a few words
and then, but they were not worth repeating,
and intended merely to show that he was in
terested. The place was piece OF ground belong
ing to certain public works of the city of New
York The speaker had the air of being In charge
of the place. The visible part OF his dress con-
sisted Of a flannel shirt and pair OF overas, both
much soed. He had rather slender erect form.
and clear eye. He had also slight brogue.
Its a fine afternoon. SIR he sad "Oh, it's
beautiful afternoon! Nobody could be askin' for
better. It's q terrible thing the death of our
President To think OF shootin' down like
that that everybody loved, There was no excuse
fert. A like that, that tryin' to do right
all the time and workin' fer the good Of the whole
country. Oh it's terrible thing! And them
things wouldn't happen If everybody would be doin'
honest work every day There's many big. ro-
busticous in this country that never would
think of doin' a days work. Them ought
not to be allowed In the country. It's ali them for
eigners comm to the country that don't want to
work; them's what does IT. When any comes
to this country that amt properly recommended
he'd ought to be sent back If they have men
there that amt willing to work. the country that
they belong to had ought to keep them. They
hadn't ought to be let in here. That is of course
unless they're old men. that was brought UP In
this country, and them Of course. the countrys
to take Of them.
mo. sir. I'm not American myself: 1
born the other side. I here thirty-two
years ago. Yes, sir, / was naturazed many years
ago. And It's these GROWERS that does il. too.
Twenty years ago there none of that. A man
his work and he brings his dinner pail
with him. and there he has his coffee III the bottom
and he has his dinner in the top and he has his
cup fer drink Of and it's all right, and II he
wants he go to liquor shop and drink glass
of beer two but he hadn't ought to be drinking
all the time. And it's worse than that; the growl-
ers makes drunkards out of women and out of
children. They send the children get the beer
and they go where they hadn't ought to and
what they hadn't ought to. And it's wrong for the
mothers. The mother is the fountain head Of the
home. The father can't tell what's going at
home. He goes away to his work in the morning
and he's maybe four five miles away all day,
a-workin' fer the family and he gets home at
night tired. and II there's been any trouble
through the day between the mother and the chill
dren she don't tell him of it for fear he'd lick
them. I'd ought to know about 1t; I've brought up
a family of seven of them. I'm In favor of labor,
but it's these fellers that won't work and spends
all their time talkin Well. good evenin'. SIR