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New York All Right

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Day
5
Month
September
Year
1888
Copyright
Public Domain
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PlTTíin non, Pa., August 27.- "I'm not spraking partlculariy iu favor of Ilarrison and Morton, but New York s golng for proteotion." This was tlie remark made by Editor J. M. Kelly, of the Commoner and Qlassworker, upon liis return from New York this morning. Mr. Kelly was in New York all the week, and wlüle there spent tlie entire time visitin r vui ñus labor organizutions. He sounded the rank and file of tlie labor element ia New York upon the tariff question, and was surprised to sce such activity in favor of protection. "This is the true situation, contlnued Mr. Kelly, "and I defy any one to successfully contradict it. Henry George is a dead dog, and his following In New Yrk now is so imall as to be nlmost unworthy of the least coneideration. He has but a handful. There are hundreds of the labor element in New York now who only believe Henry George's espousal politlcally of tlie doctrine of land value taxation was only a trick aimed at hii real object - free trade. Hlf acts caused deep resentment among tliose who were once with him, and he will not be able to do much good for democracy ind free trade. In tact, the democratie leadeis have oaught on, and tliey want George to keep hands off." 'Thcn you think the republic;ins wlll carry the state?" "Not the least doubt of it, unless somethiiiK like the Burchard business happens on the eve of the eleciion. Perbapa I should say protection is the issue th;tt is jroing t" wiu in New York. The labor elementa hol tl the balance of power there thls time, mul thcy are going to Wteld it againet free trade. I visiteil H larre number of assembly rooms of the Kiiights of Labor, and I did not find one man who was in favor of free tr.ide. Sentiment is all for protection." Mr. Kelly is a member of the National Cotumittee of the Union Labor purty, and one of the objétate of his vlsit to New York was to consult with leaders of the party. He says their party will poll 20,000 votes in New York. "The leaders of our party," ssid he, "have arranged a clear-cut policy. Tliey do not questiou i inan's views on the tarifl" or fiee trade. They let him follow hls inclination In tliat respect anti tht-y are all inclineil toward protection. It would cause some of the protectionists of Pittsburgh to fecl gOod wtre they to go to New York umi mingle in the ranks of labor and see how 8trongly they advocate the prolective systcm and how tliey denounce anytliing which pavors of free trmle."

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Ann Arbor Courier
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