backed by a dozen or fifteen union
men of equal ability and hustling
power, but the record he made is a
fine one and the workers of Missouri
owe him a debt of gratitude
LABOR MEMBERsi OF CONGRESS
House of Representatives Contains
Fifteen Members who are Mem
bers of Trade Unions.
In 1906 the Labor Representation
Committee of the American Federa
tion of Labor decided to aggressively
take the field against the re-election
of certain congressmen who had
been conspicuous in their antagonism
toward all labor bills introduced in
congress. Congressman Littlefield of
the Second district of Maine, than
whom there had been no more sav-
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age enemy of labor, courted a battle
in the political campaign of four
years ago.
President Gompers, together with
two or three organizers and a simi
lar number of international officials,
entered the Littlefield district and
made a memorable struggle to im
press upon the citizens of that dis
trict the desirability of permitting
the belilgerent congressman to re
main at home. Mr. Littlefield, how
ever, was rdcL?d by a greatly re
duced majority. This entrance of
labor ir. j ro'ltical arena had its
spectr.ouiar tv.il Loroic fight against
such rttij cin in the state of
Maine su";sc icntly crystallized into
action, in various parts of the coun
try, s. determination on the part of
trad 3 r.iic-?i to follow the lead of
the A o-lan Federation of Labor.
The ' .c'l (an:;:aiin of the trade
unionist", V.i: l". 1D0G, secured the
election zi c on pressmen with ac
tive mem'. in the trades un
ions: Wilson of Pennsylvania, Nichols of
Pennsylvania, Sherwood of Ohio,
Hughes of New Jersey, McDermott of
Illinois, Carey of Wisconsin.
In the elections of 1908 the above
were all re-elected, and in addition
the following card men were added
to the labor group:
Anderson of Ohio, Murphy of Mis
souri, Martin of Colorado, Jameison
of Iowa.
A steady growth in numerical
strength of labor members in con
gress is shown. In 1906 six trades
unionists were elected. The fall of
1907 saw our lead increased by the
election of four more trades union
ists, making ten in all. The con
gressional elections of 1910 still fur
ther increased our numerical strength
by 50 per cent, there being fifteen
members of congress actively affili
ated with the trades unions, as fol
lows: Wilson, W. B., coal miner, Bloss
burg, Pa., democrat; Lee, Richard E.,
blacksmith, Pottsville, Pa., democrat;
Martin, John A., locomotive fireman,
Pueblo, Colo., democrat; Cary, Wm.
J., commercial telegrapher, Milwau
kee, Wis., republican; Berger, Victor
L., typographical union, Milwaukee,
Wis., socialist; Hughes, Wm., textile
workers, Paterson, N. J., democrat;
Buchanan, Frank Sr., iron worker
Chicago, 111., democrat; McDermont,
Jas. T., commercial telegrapher, Chi
cago, 111., democrat; Lewis, David J.,
coal miner, Cumberland, Md., demo
crat; Smith, Chas. B., R. R. tele
grapher, Buffalo, N. Y., democrat;
Anderson, Carl C, musician, Fostoria,
Ohio, democrat; Sherwood, Isaac R.,
typographical union, Toledo, Ohio,
democrat; Roberts, E. E. metal min
er, Carson City, Nev., reublican; Farr
John R., typographical union, Scran
ton, Pa., republican; Maher, James
P., hatter Brooklyn, N. Y., democrat.
TRENCHANT CRITICISM.
Boston's Foremost Publication Takes
Issue with Postoffice Official.
The Boston Globe has the following
editorial on the order of Second As
sistant Postmaster General, Joseph
Stewart:
"To say that Mr. Joseph Stewart,
second assistant postmaster general,
was disingenuous in trying to make
It appear that the union of the rail
way postal clerks is a secret organ
ization, is to put it mildly.
"Mr. Stewart certainly knows that
the railway mail clerks' union is not
a secret body and that it is affiliated
with the A. F. of L., one of whose
fundamental rules regarding govern
ment employes is that they must obey
the rules of their department, de
spite what they may think of the
justice of such rules. In joining a
union the postal employes take no
'secret oath' or obligation, and Mr.
Stewart is guilty of lack of candor
at least in saying that it is incompat
ible with the postal clerks' obligation
to the department that they should
assume another oath with a secret
organization in the service which
may at any time interfere with the
obligations which they have assumed
upon entering the service.
"It is a short-sighted policy. It
will not result in getting the best
men for the service or in prevailingr
men for the service or in improving
the service. Postal employes, being
American citizens, will hardly sub
mit to it."
COMMITTEE "ASSIGNMENTS.
Labor Committee of National House
Has Four Union Men on its
Roster.
The assignment of members of
the labor group to the various com
mittees by the democratic caucus
has been agreed to. Up to this time
the republican minority has not se
lected its members on the various
committees, therefore only demo
cratic labor member assignments are
available at this time. Labor has the
chairmanship of the Labor Co,mmit
tee, it going to W. B. Wilson. As
signment as follows:
W. B. Wilson, chairmanship labor
committee; also member mines com
mittee; also merchant marine com
mittee. Richard E. Lee, Chairman mileage
committee; also member naval af
fairs and liquor traffic committees.
John A. Martin, member interstate
and foreign commerce, territories;
also committee on expenditures in
war department.
William Hughes, member ways and
means committee this committee
also is a-committee on committees.
Frank Buchanan, member naval
affairs and labor committees.
James T. McDermont, member
agriculture and expenditures depart
ment of commerce and labor commit
tees. David J. Lewis, member military
affairs and labor committees.
Charles B. Smith, member Indian
affairs, liquor traffic and irrigation
committees.
Carl C. Anderson, member invalid
pensions and District of Columbia
committees.
Isaac R. Sherwood, chairman in
valid pensions and member expendi
tures in navy department.
- James P. Maher, member public
lands and labor committees. .
BUTTON WORKERS' LOCKOUT
Employes Locked Out in February
Stand Loyal to Union.
Information reaches A. F. of "L.
headquarters that Button Workers'
Protective Union No. 12854 of Musca
tine, la, is still pluckily maintaining
itself against the lockout precipit
ated by their employers over a month
ago.
Correspondence from the secretary
of this union, Miss Pearl McGill, con
veys the information that many mis
leading reports are emanating from
sources, suspected to be inspired by
the employers, which does injustice
to the Button workers. It is stated
that the locked out men and women
have conducted themselves in an
exceedingly quiet manner during the
entire course of the contest. It Is
quite possible that interests inimi
cal to the employes are using every
effort to discredit and discourage the
members of the Button Workers' un
ion. Conditions in this industry have
been very bad for years, and finally
reached a climax a few weeks ago
in the organization of the great bulk
of button workers in the city mentioned.
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