Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 May 1887 — Effect of the Labor Movement in 1888. [ARTICLE]

Effect of the Labor Movement in 1888.

In the city of New York it is probable that three-fourths of the men who voted for Mr. George for Mayor last fall voted for Mr. Cleveland for President. If half of these votes can be drawn away by a labor candidate for President in 1888, the Republicans can carry it by a good plurality. It has been asserted that this element which Mr. George led m New York City cannot be held together for a Presidential vo:e in 1888, and that it will vote for tbe Democratic candidate for President. It may be that Mr. George’s vote last November could not be polled again for him at the present time, but the indications are rather on the other side. The results in Cincinnati, and even iu Chicago, where the organization was in bad hands, show that the labor organization has a powerful hold as an independent factor in politics, and that it draws its strength from the Democratic party more largely than from the Republican. These results show that the labor organization ns an independent political body is extending, and that the chances are that it will grow for some time, and will present a ticket at the next Presidential campaign unless the Democrats present a candidate satisfactory to the men who voted for Mr. George in New York, for Stevenson in Cincinnati, and - Nelson in Chicago. Who can that man be? Will Mr. Cleveland be satisfactory to tha voters who rallied against Mayor Hewitt?— Boston Journal.