WAGEWORKER
WILL M. MAUPIN, EDITOR
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Published Weekly at 137 No. 14tb
St- Lincoln., Neb. One Dollar a Year.
Entered aa second-class matter April
SI. 1904. at the postofflce at IJncoln,
Neb., under the Act of Congress 01
March 3rd. 1879.
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OUR TICKET TO DATE.
For President
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
of Nebraska.
For Vice-President
JOHN WORTH KERN
of Indiana.
For Representative, Lancaster
WILLIAM C. NORTON
of Lincoln.
DON'T GET SCARED.
clothes to cover their backs, shoes
for their feet and hats for their heads,
and the railroads will have to haul
the grain, the mills will have to grind
It, the miners will have to dig coal
for the engines, men will have to work
in the factories and all will be well.
If it is within the power of any set
of men to interfere with this natural
order of things it is high time we de
prived them of the power.
The man who talks and threatens
panic if Bryan is elected Is not a
patriot. His brain is located below
the belt, and he never in bis life did
any thinking above his ears.
It you do your thinking below your
belt line, then you ought to give heed
to the men who predict panic and de
pression. ' If you do your thinking
above your ears you will give them
the laugh and vote like a patriot
for the best interests of your coun
try and your children.
Now the republican bosses are try
ing to frighten you Into voting to con'
tinue their little or big tariff graft
by threatening you with a reduction
in wages If Bryan is elected. They
are regular old calamity shouters.
But, don't get scared.
Say, wouldn't you die for your coun
try if necessary?
Of course you would but you are
not called upon to do it.- Not now.
But, what's the reason you are so
opposed to living for it? Suppose that
Bryan's election would bring a panic
and the man who says it will utters
a silly He don't you think it time to
smash a political condition of affairs
that brings on a panic just because a
certain set of men are thrown out of
office?
Of course it is a cruel and silly lie
to Bay that the election of a warm
hearted, capable, earnest, Christian
man would precipitate a panic, but if
conditions have come to such a pass
that the election of such a man would
precipitate a panic, don't you think it
high time that we willingly endure
a little suffering if by so doing we
can put an end to this vast and dan
gerous power wielded by a few men?
Suppose Japan, or some other na
tion, Bhould threaten to blow up our
factories, bombard our towns, deso
late our farms say, wouldn't you get
a gun?
Yet you shudder at the thought of
being forced to undergo a little phy
sical discomfort rather than try to
break the throttle hold the trust bar
ons have upon the industries of the
country.
Don't be a coward! And above all,
don't be played for a sucker any
. longer by a lot of fellows who have
waxed fat on special privilege and
have got the bait-Nelson lock on you
with injunctions issued by venal
courts.
The employer who will issue a
threat to close down in the event of
the election of a certain man is a
criminal at heart, and he ought to be
batted between the eyes by the em
ployee who is closest to him.
There is something wrong some
where if the election to the presidency
of a Christian statesman like Bryan
will precipitate a panic, and it is
time that we located the wrong and
administered the remedy. If you are
willing to die for your country. Just
brace up and be ready to live for it.
Don't get scared! Don't get rat
tled!
There are some who really believe
that the' republican party is responsl
ble for the sunshine and the rain that
produced the crops. They belong to
the same class as those democrats
who believe that Andy Jackson was a
second Messiah. And republicans and
democrats of this stripe all belong in
the lunatic asylum.
Don't be alarmed! If Bryan is elect
ed and he will be the sun will shine,
the rain will fall and the grain will
grow, and people will continue to de
mand food to appease their appetites
ROOSEVELT, PROPHET OF
CALAMITY.
President Roosevelt is now engaged
in writing letters to workingmen in
which he warns them that it will be
a sad day for organized labor if Taft
Is defeated. He predicts all sorts of
calamity to the workers it Bryan wins.
But before we rely too much upon
the president's prophecies, and take
his interest in the welfare of union
men too seriously, let us remind our
selves of a few things.
Wasn't it Theodore Roosevelt who
wrote that "undesirable citizens" let
ter in which he prejudiced the case
of two union men on trial for their
lives and sought to Influence popular
opinion and the court against a cou
ple of men who were afterwards tri
umphantly acquitted?
Wasn't it Theodore Roosevelt who
took the part of the "scab" bookbind
er, Miller, and issued an official ukase
making the government printing office
an "open shop?"
"Words are good when backed by
deeds and only so." Ever hear that
before? It is an utterance of Theo
dore Roosevelt's, the man who now
poses as the friend of unionists but
who tried to prejudice the public and
the courts against two men who were
on trial for their lives, and who fought
the battle of the "scab" Miller.
And this same Theodore Roosevelt
is trying to annoint as his successor
that staunch old friend of labor, Taft,
the judge who denies the right of trial
by jury, who sent Phelan to jail on the
testimony of a hired spy, who fined
union bricklayers for refusing to
patronize an industrial enemy' and
who called railroad brotherhood men
a band. of conspirators.
.Beware of the Greeks bearing gifts!
der republican and democratic admin
istrations the lowest price ever paid
for corn in Nebraska was under a re
publican administration and a high
tariff law. But only a fool believes
that the price was due to the admin
istration. Only a fool will believe that
the present price is due to the - administration.
On the square now, wouldn't you be
pround if you could say you lived
in the home town of a president of
the United States provided he was
as good a man as Bryan?
Elsewhere The Wageworker prints
a speech of a certain man when he in
troduced James S. Sherman, republi
can candidate for vice president. It
should interest union men.
The New York Central railroad man
agers threaten a reduction of wages
if Bryan is elected, and promise an
Increase if Taft is elected. That Is the
worst form of bribery.
t "I am going to vote for protection,"
exclaimed a member of a Lincoln
union the other day. I say, oP cove;
wobble it about a bit, -don't yer know.
I'm getting it all."
A vote for "Billy" Norton for the
legislature Is a vote against the emas
culation of the child labor law and
a vote for the repeal of the iniquitous
garnishee law.
The election of "Billy" Norton to the
legislature will mean one man in the
legislature who will look after matters
of concern to the workingmen of Lan
caster county.
In case of Bryan's election people
will not want to travel, consequently
there will be no need to run passenger
trains and trainmen will be out of
work.
remedy at law.
"It must never be used to curtail
personal rights.
"It must not be used even in an
effort to punish crime.
"It must not be used as a means
to set aside trial by jury.
"Injunctions as issued against work
men are never used or issued against
any other citizen of our country.
"It i-s an attempt to deprive citizens
of our country, when these citizens
are workmen, of the right of trial
by jury.
"It is an effort to fasten an of
fense on them when they are innocent
of any unlawful or illegal act.
y"It is an indirect assertion of a
property right in men when these men
are workmen engaged In a lawful ef
fort to protect or advance their nat
ural rights and interests."
OUR IMMIGRANT BROTHERS.
Rev. Mr. Stelzle Tells Us Something
About These Freedom Seekers.'
Hungry, oppressed, exploited, de
ceived, born in land where the word
"government" means oppression the
immigrant is coming to America at
the rate of a million a year, looking
upon our country as the land of prom
ise. Like a great wave they are com
ing, threatening to flood our eastern
states, swelling the tide toward the
west, and splashing the spray every
where; Even though immigration should at
this time be absolutely restricted, the
present generation of Americans will
have all it can do to adequately meet
the needs of those who 'are already
here. But they will continue to come.
Every law which affects human life
physical, social, political, economic
seems to have conspired to make
America the Mecca of the oppressed
races of the earth. Settling principally
in our cities, they form their "Ghettos"
their "Little Italys," their "Bohemian
Hills," often retaining their old coun
try ideas and customs.
But what kind of folks are they
these foreigners? Some call them
"the . scum of the earth," the "offr
scouring of Europe," "the criminal
refuse of the old world," "reeking with
disease and immorality." At the re
cent Tuberculosis Conference held in
Washington, Commissioner Watchorn
of Ellis Island, said that of two mil
lion immigrants examined very criti
cally by the medical experts on, Elli
Island during a certain period, only
208 were afflicted with any form of
tuberculosis. Suppose that Americans
could show the same record?
In the state of New York there are
about two million depositors in the
savings banks, these having deposit
ed enough money to pay off the debt
of the United States government, and
having about $75,000,000 to spare.
Seventy per cent of these depositors
are foreign born! Doesn't look much
like a pauper class, does it?
xne cry is Deing raised that we
are now getting the very ' worst elet
ment from Southern Europe. But our
immigration officials declare that they
are just as good as any class that
ever came to America. : Those who
have been in this country for even a
comparatively . short period, usually
look with contempt upon those who
follow them. The Pilgrim Fathers de
spised the "riff-raff'' which came here
shortly after they landed. These In
turn disliked the class which followed
them. The Germans scorned the
Irish, the Irish hated the Italians, the
Italians despise the Slav, and so it
goes. How hard it seems for men
to learn that we are of one blood, and
that we have one Father, through
whom we are all brothers. True
enough, the - Immigrant brings ' his
problems with him. But they are such
that they can be solved by friendship
and sympathy. And that is the least
that they deserve. They ask no spe
cial favors they want simply a man's
chance to make a living.1 In this de
sire they should have the hearty help
of every fellow-man who is making
the same fight.
Of course people will not have to
wear clothes If Bryan is elected, so
the garment workers will be out of
work. ,
If you kill your companion they
have to prove it before a jury of
twelve men. If you disobey the order
of a puffed up judge, off to jail you
go for a term that suits the fancy of
the judicial czar. It you like that
sort of thing, vote for Taft, the candi
date of the party that endorses it and
the man who practiced it.
The ship subsidy bill that Pollard
voted for in defiance of the wishes of
his constituents provides for the im
pressment into the navy of the sailors
on board the ships receiving the sub
sidy. If you believe in forced enlist
ment, vote for congressmen who favor
the ship subsidy.
The democratic state committee is
putting money into the coffers of re
publican newspapers that have' fought
and abused Bryan. The newspapers
that have supported Bryan and de
fended his principles can look out for
themselves. If they can not, let 'e
suffer.
Funny, isn't it, that If Mr. Taft is
such a good friend of the unions he
should be having the enthusiastic sup
port of such fine old friends of union
ism as VanCleave, Post, Parry, Otis,
et al?
Keefe, who sold out for a mess of
political pottage, or Gompers who
stands four-square for a principle?
You'll have to choose between them,
Mr. Union Man.
Mr. C. O. Whedon, a lawyer of Lin
coln, is having a lot of fun attacking
Bryan. But it wasn't so funny the
night Bryan called him down at the
meeting of a Lincoln literary club.
If Bryan Is elected people will not
have to eat, consequently there will
be no market for the farmer's wheat,
The union printer
Taft votes with Otis,
think about it?
who votes for
What do you
Representative Pollard evidently ex
pects a fat committeeship from Uncle
Joe Cannon.
Gompers is for Bryan, VanCleave is
for Taft. Under which flag, Mr. Union
Man?
On November 3 try voting like you
marched on September 7.
Talking about the price of corn un
A lot of men who vociferously de
clare they would die for a principle
are almighty afraid they may have
to miss a meal or two for a principle.
The great labor leaders quoted by
Judge Taft as admitting that his de
cisions were just and , right are all
dead.
Mr. Union Man, knowing the candi
dates as you do, which would you
sooner trust your case with Bryaa or
Taft?
Arthur, Sargent and Phelah dead
are quoted by Judge Taft. Quote
some live ones, judge!
November 3, 1908, should go down in
history as "Labor's Emancipation
Day."
WHAT GRAND MASTER SARGENT
SAID.
"It has hitherto been conceded that
railroad employes possessed all the
rights as citizens which attached to
the employers, that is to say, that if
employers possessed the right to dis
charge employes, when it pleased them
to exercise such authority, the em
ployes also possessed ' the right, un
challenged, to quit work when they
elected to exercise that right. 'If a
judge of the United States court may
abolish this right of an employe, he
remands him, unequivocally, to a servi
tude as degrading as the Spartans im
posed upon their helots and it is this
phase of the strike which has aroused
such intense cencern and alarm."
GOMPERS ON INJUNCTION,,
Labor Leader Writes a Timely Article
for the Independent.
In an article in a recent number of
the New York Independent, Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, discusses the in
junction from the viewpoint of a la
bor leader.
Mr. Gompers sets forth what pur
ports to be the views of this much
disputed legal instrument as seen
through the eyes of the tollers. In
part his article follows;
"It is notorious that the abuses, of
government by injunction are flagrant
and 'cry to heaven.' Only plutocratic
attorneys and bigoted, power lusting
judges refuse to admit this. Even
political trimmers are forced to give
their approval to planks favoring
some limitation of the use of the writ
of injunction in so-called labor cases.
"The greatest legal authorities have
held with labor's contention in the
injunction process. The supreme
court of the state of Montana, in a
decision rendered last month, upheld
in its entirety every contention which
labor makes upon that subject.
"The writ of injunction was intend
ed to be exercised for the protection
of property rights only.
"There must be no other adequate
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