Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1892 — A Few Questions Answered, [ARTICLE]

A Few Questions Answered,

Whois chairman of the democratic national committee? Calvin S. Brice. Who is he? ' A many times millionaire, a. standard oil trust king, and demo- ’ cratic-senator from Ohio but who lives in New Y<-rk. W here isßrtoevide? In Tennessee. Whom i&U named after? Calvin 8. Brice, Why? . Because he is at the head of the ;<" - _ coal mining ere. Was there a strike there last August? ; , There was and the militia were called on to down the union miners. / <K ' • Do the democratic papers refer to this in discussing the Homestead conflict? They do not. They would like to hold the Republican party responsible for Carnegie’s business actions but they do not.want to be held responsible for Brice. Is there any politics in the Homestead conflict? None at all. The constitution of the United States and the legislation under it ”has given us America for Americans. The Homestead conflct is ope between eitizensof the United Stateswhich dUr tariff laws against foreign competition and the products of foreigi. labor his nothing to do with it. - The demneratie ;heu is trying to fool the workingmen? Of course. The’ party which maintained the slavery of* labor in the South has no<real love for 1 hbor is trying to degrade it to 1 the lowest grade of imy foreign ! na-ua/Which deeirJS I in AmTricaurifiGkete/ |