Show THE WORKING MENS FRIENDS AT a meeting of workingmen on sept 22 0 VV po powers aers w who ha is tryl trying ag to manipulate the labor element in favoron favor of the liberal party made an address in which he used a number of platitudes common to his class of wire fullers pullers when seeking for the suffrages frages suf of the poor working man and the liberal organ reports that he stated that while spital drew interest day and night including sundays and holidays that the workingman was forced to stop eto from sheer ex exhaustion ha and for want of sleep capital can buy brains and muscle even the sacred ballot was obtainable with money while labor had only tac hands nud and one set of brains to work with conditions were not equal t and labor was the chief sufferer this newborn sympathy in tho tender bosom of the michigan wirt puller for the suffering laborer it should be understood extends only to sue such as liong belong or can be induced to belong to tile the liberal labor clique he has no use for the independent workingmen and his confederates had no words too vile with which to pelt them during the campaign for the august election the trouble with many of these organic organizations adious of bond bona fide working people is that they suffer therna themselves elves to become the tools of just such persons as the michigan dealer in political taffy and sympathetic soft soap genuine 4 laboring men are often ignored in labor gatherings and professional politicians of the merceda mercenary ry sort are allowed to come to the front and exercise a baneful influence it is astonishing that honest brains permit themselves to be swayed by such designing demagogues the nian man of limber tongue and infinite 11 cheek 12 mentioned the fact that capital could even buy the sacred ballot who knows this better than he be As to the purchase of brains 11 etc by Ida capital pital why did he not instance how the sum of can pure purchase hise th the 0 services of a professional manipulator of election machinery and aej of the sacred ballot so that capital might secure an election at will Is capital putting up again in view of the november elec election tiou Is IB the outside registration scheme now out of the question Is it dangerous ta attempt the methods recently exposed and is it necessary to play on the of the laboring element men and while sympathizing with their grievances both real and imaginary work them for ite ts tools copl in the interest of capital and so called liberalism VP powers posing as ilbe I the poor workingman ing matild friends friend and declaiming against capital with the crisp rustle of that fee for carrying an election in the interest of capital is a spec spectacle tazle that must attract attention and one only wonders in gazing upon it whether it is food for laughter or cause for ineffable disgust |