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J. W. Van Cleave Says:
"The injunction's purpose is to head off injury for which, if
allowed to be committed, the victim can secure no adequate rem
edy by the courts. It is the promptness, the certaintly, and the justice
of the punishment in contempt cases which renders the injunction so
effective in preventing attacks on property and life. Jury trial would
bring delay and uncertainty. Thus it would give a license to vio
lence, would make industry and property insecure, would increase
the number and the destructiveness of labor contests, and would assail
legitimate trade of all sorts.
"It is the duty of American business men, regardless of their
party, to bury Bryan and Bryanism under such an avalanche of
votes in 1908 that the work will not have to be done over again in
1912, or ever." Statement by J. W. Van Cleave, President National
Association of Manufacturers, and President of the Buck Stove Co.,
St. Louis.
What Samuel Gompers Says:
"I am very well satisfied with the democratic platform as promul
gated at the Denver convention, and I will do everything to support
these declarations, and of course that means we will work for the elec
tion of the men who stand for our principles.
"I have never expected defeat in any undertaking, never hoped for
defeat, and never have given up fighting for an idea or principle that I
firmly believed to be right and just. I will always be found fighting
for what I believe is right, no matter what the temporary results may
be. I believe that in this fight we now have on hand, that we will win;
and I shall work for Mr. Bryan's election and for the ratification of the
principles that we have advocated as officers and as an organization."
Statement by Samuel Gompers, President American Federation of
Labor, and now charged with contempt of court at the instigation of
J. W. Van Cleave.
UNTRUTHFUL VANCLEAVE.
Facts From th. Records That Con
vict Him of Falsehood.
The Wageworker Is in receipt of a
letter from a friend who exposes the
lying tactics of VanCleave, and at the
Fame time points out the difference
between the democratic and republi
can attitudes towards labor In the
present conflict. The letter is from
Washington, D. C, and is as follows:
I am In receipt of a circular with
the compliments or Mr. J. W. Van
Cleave, president of the National
Association of Manufacturers, en
titled: "Mr. VanCIeave's Answer to
Mr. Bryan," in which is used the fol
lowing paragraph:
"Does not Mr. Bryan know that in
the Department of Commerce and
Labor, there is a bureau devoted par
ticularly to labor's direct concerns?
Has he overlooked the fact that the
Commissioner of Labor, at the head
of that bureau has been especially
active for years past in arbitrating
the differences between employers
and workers and settling labor con
troversies of all sorts? Does Mr.
Bryan read the newspapers?"
If Mr. VanCleave- had read the
Daily Congressional Record, he would
never have made the above state
ment. The bureau of labor, when
first created, was included in the de
partment of interior, and afterwards,
by act of congress, it was made a
separate department with Carrol D.
Wright as superintendent. All that
this department lacked was a secre
tary to be qualified to take his place,
as the secretaries of other depart
ments, in the cabinet of the presi
dent. .When the Department of Com
merce and Labor was created by con
gress, the Department of Labor was
reduced to a bureau along with fish
and fisheries, lighthouse board, bu
reau of standards, coast and geodetic
surveys, etc. Congressional Record,
January 17th, 1903, pages 904, 905,
9C6.
The democrats did not believe that
it was right to humiliate labor by
reducing its position from that of an
independent department, to that of
a bureau. The Record, pages 927, 028,
929, of the same date as above re
ferred to, shows that a motion was
made to recommit the bill to -establish
a Department of Commerce' and
Labor, to the committee on interstate
and foreign commerce of the house,
where the bill originated, with in
structions to report a department of
commerce and a department of labor,
each entitled to a secretary in the
cabinet of the president. Every af
firmative vote was cast by the demo
crats and every dissenting one by the
republicans.
Mr. VanCleave will hardly contend
that a bureau with a commissioner, as
now exists, could possibly represent
labor and its interests as well as a
secretary in the cabinet of the presi
dent. The republican party by its
every vote of record stands com
mitted against recognizing labor, by
creating a labor department with a
secretary in the cabinet of the presi
dent. The democratic party stands
in favor of it, as the record shows.
BRYAN AT HAVELOCK.
Arouses Enthusiasm of Union Men
With Stand on Labor Question.
William J. Bryan spoke to an enor
mous crowd at Havelock last Monday
evening. Several hundred union shop
men were in his audience, and he was
greeted with tremendous applause
of the two platforms. The Bryan
home guards turned out in their new
uniforms, and the Havelock band
made good music.
Mr. Bryan was feeling in fine form,
and was greatly pleased with the re
ception given him. Despite the raio
and the awful mud the crowd that
listened to him was enormous, and
had the weather been right it would
have been the biggest political meet
ing ever held in Lancaster county .
Mr. Bryan did not confine himself
to a discussion of the labor planks,
but considered every issue of the day
and showed clearly the difference be
tween the two parties on all questions
affecting the interests of the wage
earners. The meeting was a great
success. It is pretty generally be
lieved that Mr. Bryan will receive a
handsome majority in the "Shop
City."
A JUST CRITICISM.
Roosevelt uses his high office to
elect Taft. Strauss, Wilson, Root and
other cabinet officers are on the stump
for "Fat Boy Bill," while the civil serr-
ice commission throws dust in the pub
lic's eyes by reprimanding a letter car
rier for "pernicious activity in poll
tics." What monumental fools the ad
ministration must think the people are.
Labor Review.
IN OLD DAYS WORKMEN US
TO ADVOCATE CERTAIN LIMIT
OF OUTPUT IN ORDER TO PRO
LONG THE WORKING SEASON.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE THE
HARDEST WORKED AND PRODUCE
MORE TO THE MAN THAN ANY
OTHER, AND, THEREFORE, WHEN
CUR OPPONENTS SAY THAT WE
WANT TO RESTRICT OUTPUT
THEY TALK IN BAD GRACE. SAM
UEL GOMPERS.
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