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UNION-MADE TAILORING AT QlT.OO "HAND-ME-DOWN" PRICES...... J UP. THAT IS WHAT WE CAN DO FOR YOU WE HAVE 1000 NEW PATTERNS. WE GUARANTEE A PERFECT FIT. OUR CLOTHES ARE UNION MADE. WE HAVE A SUITOR 1LM IN CONNECTION. PLEASE CALL ON US AT 1210 0 STREET Elliott & Brcthouwcr, TTDdcwaamDdal of WmnQmn0 Worth of Hoys' and Children's Suits, the cream of the stosSt purchased from the Paine Clothing Co, and known to be of the highest grade at E(Q) WaGBdDaaDTifl Be-IJ Phone 47 Auto Phone 1047 ADAMS-FARQUHAR-O'NEAL COMPANY LABOR'S Washington, July 22. The executive council of the America Federation of Labor today 'made good ita declaration of several months ago to enter the field of politics in the interest of the trades union movement and to urge all friends of organized labor to erect to political office men known to be favorable to labor's -cause. At the headquarters of the federation the council today Issued its ''campaign pro gram," addressed 'to all organized la bor and friends In the United States." It seta out that the trades union movement has kept and proposes to keep pace with the rapid change in in dustrial affairs, and that the working . people cannot hope to maintain their rights or a progressive position in the lesg they organize and . exercise all those functions, which, as workmen and citizens, It is their privilege and their duty to exercise. It is declared that labor makes no demand on government and society which is not equally accorded to all the people of this country, and that it can and will be satisfied with nothing less. . The proposed campaign is based upon the allegation that little attention has been paid to the enactment of laws prepared by organized labor and pre sented to congress, for the relief of these wrongs and the attainment of these rights to which labor and the common people are justly entitled and which are essentially necessary for their welfare. " The council issues a word of caution that the "movement must not degen erate Into a scramble for office, but it should be a determined effort, free ab solutely from all partisanship of every name and character to secure the leg islation we deem necessary and essen tial to the welfare and happiness of all our people." It Is expressly stated that where a congressman or state legislator has proved himself a true friend to th rights of labor he should be supported and no candidate nominated against hinu Th following is a text of the pro gram : Campaign Program Outlined. "To All , Organized Labor and Friends In the United States-r-Dear Sirs and Brothers: Events in the industrial affairs of our ' v people have rapidly changed and are rapidly changing. The trade union movement, as ex pressed by the American Federation ..GILSON'S SORfe THROAT GIRL Good for Tonal litis. Office of W. M. LINE. M. D. Germantown, Neb., Feb. 8, 1904. I have had most excellent results with Gilson's Sore Throat Cure In dis eases of the throat and mucous lin ings. I find its application in tonst litis and cases where a false mem brane exists In th throat, as In diphtheria, to have an Immediate ef fect, loosening and removing the mem brane, and thereby at once relieving this distressing sensation of smother Ing noted in these cases. My clinical experience with Gilson's Sore Throat Cure has proved to mo its value and I can heartily recommend it to all as a safe and reliable preparation for the disease it is recommended. W. M. LINE, M. D. Grad. L. M. C. '93. Address all orders to Mrs. S. J. Gilson, - Aurora, Neb We are overstocked in this department and we are deter mined to reduce It. It's a good time to buy all the clothes the boy will need for Fall and Winter. I V A Good Place to GALL TO ARMS of Labor, i has kept and proposes to keep pace therewith. "The wheels of industry cannot be halted or turned back, nor should they be, even if that were possible. Welcoming industrial progress, labor must be ever alert to meet new condi tions, recognizing that eternal vigi lance is the price of industrial as well as political liberty. "The working people cannot hope to maintain their rights or a progressive position In the varying phases of mod ern society unless they organize and exercise all those functions which, as workmen and citizens, it is their privi lege and their duty to exercise. "Labor makes no demand upon gov ernment or society which is not equally accorded to all tie people of our country. It can and will be satis fied with nothing else. Congress No Friend of Labor. "Several presidents of the United States have in their mesasges to con gress, urged the passage of equitable legislation in behalf of the working people, but congress has been entirely preoccupied looking after the interests of vast corporations and predatory wealth. "Congressmen and senators in their frenzied rush after the almighty dollar have been indifferent or hostile to the rights of man. They have had no time and as little inclination to support the reasonable labor measures, the enact ment of which, we have urged, and which contained beneficent features for all our people without an obnox ious provision to anyone. "Patience ceased to be a virtue, and on March 21, 1906, the representatives of labor presented a bill of grievances to the president and those responsible for legislation or failure of legislation in congress, reciting the failure or re fusal of the party in power to adopt or enforce legislation in the interests of the tolling millions of our country. Af ter setting forth labor's grievances and requests and urging early action, we closed that now famous document with this statement: " 'But if perchance you may not heed us, we shall appeal to the con science and support of our fellow citi zens.' , i Relief Asked for Refused. "The relief asked for has not been granted. Congress has turned a deaf ear to the voices of the masses of our people; and, true to our declaration, we now appeal to the working people, aye, to all the American people, unit edly, to demonstrate their determina Jon that this republic of ours shall' continue to be of, for and by the peo ple, rather than of, for and by the al mighty dollar. "The toiling masses of our country are as much, if not more. Interested in good government than our fellow citi zens in other walks of life. In line with the contention herein stated, the American Federation of Labor made its declaration of political policy, as already quoted above. And in line therewith we hope, and have the right to expect, to arouse the citizenship of our common country, interested in good government, to the apathy or hostility of the party in power to the real interests of the people, so that men more honest, faithful and pro gressive may be elected as the peo ple's representatives. "If it has come to a condition in this, the greatest and wealthiest nation on earth, that the almighty dollar is to be worshiped to an extent of forgetting XTJCOLJSr JVEJBr Buy Good Clothes principle, conscience, uprightness and justice, the time has arrived for labor and its friends to raise their voices in condemnation of such degeneracy, and to invite all reform forces to join with it in relegating indifference to the peo ple's interests, corruption and graft to political oblivion; to raise the stand ard of legislation by the election of sincere, progressive and honest men who, while worshiping money less, will honor conscience, justice and human ity more. "We recommend that central bodies and local unions proceed without delay by the election of delegates to meet in conference, or convention, to formu late plans to further the interests of this movement, and in accordance with the plan herein outlined at the proper time and in the proper manner nomi nate candidates who will unquestion ably stand for -the enactment into law of labor and progressive measures. "Wherever both parties ignore la bor's legislative demands a straight labor candidate should be nominated, so that honest men may have the op portunity in exercising their franchise to vote according to their conscience instead of being compelled to either refrain from voting or to vote for the candidate and the party they must in their innermost souls despise. "Where a congressman or state leg islator has proved himself a true friend to the rights of labor he should be supported and no candidate nomi nated against him. "This movement must not degener ate into a scramble for office. It should be a determined effort, free, absolutely from partisanship of every name and character, to secure the legislation We deem necessary and essential to the welfare and happiness of all our peo ple. As the present objects of this movement are purely in the line of legislation, all efforts should be con centrated upon the election of mem bers of congress and the various state legislatures. "To make this our movement the most effective the utmost care should be taken to nominate only such union men whose known intelligence, hon esty and faithfulness are conspicuous. They should be nominated as straight labor representatives and stand and be supported as such by union men and their friends and sympathizers, irre spective of previous political affilia tion. 1 "Wherever it is apparent that an en tirely independent labor candidate cannot be elected, efforts should be made to secure such support by In dorsement of candidates by the minor ity party in the districts and by such other progressive elements as will in sure the election of labor, representa tives. "All observers agree that the cam paign of our fellow workmen of Great Britain has had a wholesome effect upon the government, as well as the interests of its wage-earners, and the people generally of that country. In the last British election fifty-four trade unionists were elected to parliament If the British workmen with their lim ited franchise accomplished so much by their united action, what may we in the United States not do with uni versal suffrage. "Those earnestly i engaged in our movement must, we repeat, be guided by the fact that the principles fo which we stand must be primary con sideration, and office secondary. We ask our fellow workers and friends to respond to this call, and to make of It SUCCESSORS TO PAINE CLOTHING COMPANY a popular uprising of honest men, and to see to it that the best, most con scientious men of labor or their sup porters are chosen as their representa tives. ' ; '',' . Advantages Won by Sacrifices. "Whatever vantage ground or im proved conditions have come to the workers of our country were not brought to them on silver platters; they are the result of their better or ganization and their higher intelli gence; of the sacrifices they have made and the industrial battle scars of many contests. The progress of the toilers has not been due to kindness or consideration at the hands of the powers that be, but achieved in spite of the combined bitter hostility of mendacious greed, corporate corrup tion, legislative antagonism and judi cial usurpation. "Labor men of America, assert your rights, and in addition to strengthen ing your faith and loyalty to your or ganization on the economic ' field, ex ercise your full rights of citizenship in the use of your ballot: Elect honeJ men to congress and to other halls o legislation, and by so doing you wi more completely and fully carry om your obligations as union men, and more than ever merit the respect of your fellow citizens. "Labor' demands a distinctive and larger share, in the governmental af faire of our country; it demands jus tice it will be satisfied with nothing less. Fraternally yours, "SAMUEL GOMPERS, "President. "JAMES DUNCAN, "First Vice President. "JOHN MITCHELL, "Second Vice President. "JAMES O'CONNELL, "Third Vice President. "MAX MORRIS, "Fourth Vice President. "DENNIS A. HAYES, "Fifth Vice President. "DANIEL J. KEEFE, "Sixth Vice President. "WILLIAM D. HUBER, "Seventh Vice President. "JOSEPH F. VALENTINE, "Eighth Vice President. "JOHN B. LENNON, . "Treasurer. "FRANK MORRISON, "Secretary. "Executive Council American Fedora tion of Labor." THE PLUMBERS. Brief Bits About the Men of Melting Pot and Wrenches. Bert, Chipman was secretary of the general Labor Day committee and it i3 unanimously agreed that ' a better selection could not have been made. ' Ed. English says the dog that pa raded with the plumbers on Labor Day has more genuine unionism , in him than some men. , The dog never fails to stand by his friends. Local plumbers are not saying much about it, but they have been quietly making some gains of late, and they feel encouraged. ' The plumbers have not been repre sented at the Central Labor Union meetings for a long time. Get busy, boys. THE STEREOTYPE RS. Seem to Need a Littie Injection of Ginger Right Now. , The local stereotypers seem to be in need of a double dose of extract of ginger. They haven't been making Labor's Political Rights The contention of those who are op posed to the entrance of organized la bor into politics, that such action is un-American and against public policy, is not founded on good logic or on a proper conception of the duties and prerogatives of citizenship. The time has , passed when fair minded people think of denying to la bor the. right to organize for the pur pose of bettering the conditions of those who toil, and one of the most ef fective ways of bringing about an im provement in those conditions is through proper legislation. The lead ers of the various unions realize this fact and their legislative committees are ever busy attempting to secure the. enactment of favorable measures by city councils, state legislatures and the national congress. The record shows that they have in the past been in a large measure successful and many of the most just and equitable laws now on the statute books owe their pres ence there to the agitation of the labor ing men and . the massing of their votes behind candidates known to fa vor their ideas. 1 Members of organized labor indis putably have a right to hold opinions a to what legislation would be preju-J dicial or beneficial to their interests. ' This being the case, they have the i further right to vote for and advocate the election of men .who, favor the measures which, they desire enacted and to vote and work against the men who are known to be opposed to those measures. Talk of blacklisting and consipracy is idle twaddle. Men who noise enough in union circles of late to scare a cottontail rabbit. Work is good. In fact, some of the boys say it is too good. - They have to work too hard for the money. Ned Daugherty, who is a good work man and a good fellow when he don't mix too long with John Barleycorn, has been sent to the asylum under the dipsomaniac law. A host of friends want to see Ned come out clothed in his right mind and master of his ap petite. The boys at the Western Newspaper Union claim to have the best work room in the state. They certainly do turn out a lot of work. "Q" ENGINEERS HOT., Object to Rigid Enforcement of the "Eyesight Rule." - Chicago, Sept. 11. A serious labor situation affecting the entire Burling ton railroad system suddenly devel oped last night following the adoption of a new and radical rule by the com pany., The regulation in question pertains to the engineers and establishes a standard for eyesight said to be more rigid than any thus far enforced by the railroads of the country. Men obilged to wear glasses, by the pro visions of the new rule, are reduced in rank and assigned to unimportant and unremunerative "runs." The reduc tion applies to all engineers regardless of length of service for the company. The effect of the order was so sweep ing that. Grand Chief Warren S. Stone of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen at midnight telegraphed j James J. Hill at St. Paul requesting an immediate conference. Simultaneously a vote was taken in every lodge of engineers throughout the Burlington system on the accept ance or rejection of the new rule. It is said the returns already in the hands of the grand officers' of the brother hood show an overwhelming majority Y WORKERS UNION ! I radwyWo. No higher in cost than other shoes, but you may be sure they are made under the best conditions. More for your money in Union Stamp Shoes than in those without the stamp. By wearing Union Stamp shoes you do much to help wage earning shoemakers. If you cannot get the Union Stamp shoes in your locality, write ' Boot and Shoe Workers' Union 246 SUMMER ST., BOBTOK, MASS. ' believe in an eight hour law have as much right to vote against and urge their fellows to vote against a candi date who does not favor such a meas ure as has a man who does not believe ia the principle of protection to urge 'the defeat of a protectionist candidate for congress. It is not a question of whether the men who are being antagonized by or ganized labor were right or wrong In their positions. No one will deny to them the right to their opinions, nor is it necessary to question their honesty or their firm desire to do what they earnestly believe to be right. But if what they conceive to be right and just is directly opposite to what one or more of their ' constituents believe to be the proper thing, those constitu ents would be lacking in their duty as citizens if they failed to vote against them. ; , . . Speaker Cannon, in an address de livered a few days ago, found fault with the union because, as he assert ed, they were attempting to punish men for voting as their conscience dic tated. If this were the case it wonld of course, be absolutely wrong, but it is said to be an erroneous conception of the "situation. Those who are an tagonizing certain congresisonal candi dates state that they are doing so be cause the conscience of those candi dates dictate a course of action which the union men believe to be contrary to their interests. That they have a perfect legal and ethical right to do so is beyond question. Lincoln Even ing News. in favor of taking extreme measures to oppose the company's order. ; Acocrding' to the procedure of the brotherhood a vote in favor of reject ing .the eyesight rule will place the matter absolutely in the hands of the grand lodge officers,, who are empow ered to call a strike without further action. : It was said Mr. Stone will make another effort to have the rule rescinded in the .hope of preventing a strike, which would tie up the Bur lington lines on both sides of the Mis souri river, and with this end in view decided to appeal to Mr. Hill as a last resort. JUST A STRAW. s Speaking of the failure to organize the street railway men of Lincoln in duces ., us to point to a straw. ' The average minimum wage for motormeu and conductors , in cities having a strong union is higher than the maxi mum wage in Lincoln. The first year men in a majority of the organized cities draw 5 cents ah hour more than the five year -men in Lincoln. : CIGARMAKERS. Cigars bearing counterfeit union la bels have been discovered in 'Indian apolis. ,' They were manufactured in Pennsylvania and the Cigar Makers Union will prosecute the counter feiters. - The Cigar Makers' Union was the first labor organization to advocate an eight-hour day. , This union suc ceeded in establishing it on May 1, 1S86, and it has been in force con stantly ever since. And the cigar making industry is richer than ever. - Ga at Two Cents a Thousand. ; Bonds were voted, by Tyro for put ting in municipal gas mains. Tyro has a contract for gas at two cents a thousand, which is believed to be the . cheapest rate on record. - UNION STAMP SHOES : ; ; MEANS THE BEST SHOES FOR THE MONEY