Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1884 — Cleveland and Wageworkers. [ARTICLE]

Cleveland and Wageworkers.

Mr. John E. Hogan, of Brooklyn, N. Y., a member of the International Typographical Union, who, at the annual convention ot that body held in New Orleans, recently, was elected one of the delegates to represent the printers of the United States and Canada at the next session of the federation of trade-unions, to be held in Chicago in October, for over twenty years has been identified with labor organizations throughout the country, and is considered an authority on all matters pertaining to trade-unions. On being interviewed recently in reference to the rumors that organized workingmen were opposed to Grover Cleveland, the Democratic candidate for President, Mr. Hogan said: “ All this talk about organized labor being opposed to Grover Cleveland is simply a weak invention of the enemy. No man who is at all posted on the peculiar ways of professional politicians, and those of Tammany Hall in particular, will tie deceived by such transparent trickery. Kelly, Grady and others, who live solely by political skin games fear the honesty of

Grover Cleveland, and hence anxiety about the ‘poor workingman’ is logged into the campaign as a reason for selfish opposition to a man whom they cannot use. If Grover Cleveland had allowed Mr. Grady to be governor (which he wanted to be practically) Tammany Hall would have shed never a tear for the ‘poor workingman.’ No, no, my friends, men who have sense enough to belong to trade-unions are not to be duped by political scalawags of any party.” “ Then you think there is nothing in these stories about organized labor being opposed to Grover Cleveland ?” “ Nothing hut lies. The scheme originated with those of the Democratic party who wanted to kill the governor in the convention, and now the Blaineites have taken it up and they will sound the changes on that note till election day. You see, as I said before, this was the only hole 'hat Tammany hall could crawl through as a pretense for opposing an honest man like Grover Cleveland. Political pirates never want a square deal, while honesty and reform and reduced taxation are the heartfelt hope of every trade-unionist, be he Republican or Democrat.”