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those tiust jwned muck-rakers, .would
not dare uuf-stion his allegiance to or
ganized labor, and those untruths
would never have been put in circula
tion. "W. H. Taft is famous for the parts
Jie .has played( in labor disputes. k He
has always been found on the side of
the exploiters of labor. He and Judge
Ricks defeated the engineers and fire
men on the Toledo, Ann Arbor &
North Michigan in 1893. It was on
this occasion that he won his judicial
distinction and the plaudits of the
money-kings and exploiters of the
United States. But let us hope the
workingmen' have not forgotten the
cruel stings and scars left by the
Tafc whip." :
THE PLUMBERS.
A 1 he Store Tal ''.
j ' Never Disappoints ' .
HEAD -TO -FOOT CLOTHIERS
THE 1908 BURCHARD
Just twenty-four years ago this
Month James O. Blalne-was defeated
for the presidency by the fool utter
ance of a New. York preacher. Up to
the closing days of October Blaine's
tiectlon was conceded, despite the
quarrels within the ranks of his own
party'.' Then came the theatrical call
upon him by a. body of New York
ministers, a call carefully engineered
l:y the republican managers. Rev. Dr.
I'.urchard on that occasion gave utter
ance to the famous "rum, romanlsm
end rebellion" alliteration and from
that moment Blaine's defeat was as
ttured. Had James G. Blaine rebuked
Hurchard, he might have been saved.
But "with tears glistening in his
eyes" he thanked the spokesman and
his companions for their assurances
of help and good wishes.
By remaining silent he acquiesced
in the statement of the reverend gen
tleman, and millions of men who loved
I.'laine with a devotion that is shown
to but few men, saw their ' political
idol shattered and their dreams of
seeing him president of this great re
public dispelled.
Another "Burchard" has appeared in
the closing days of the 1908 campaign,
but the stage setting is just a little
different.
A few weeks ago James Schoolcraft
Sherman, republican candidate for
v'.ce president, spoke at Akron, Ohio.
Akron is the headquarters of the Dia
mond Match Co., which is the match
trust. He was introduced to his audi
ence by O. C. Barber, president of the
Diamond Match Co., who spoke as fol
lows: "In our plant at Barberton 650 em
ployes are daily producing as many
matches as 5,000 men did in thirty-six
factories a score of years ago when
the corporation was formed. Each
succeeding year in the history of the
crganlzation more money has ' been
made. Although the cost of raw ma
terial and labor has been Increased,
labor saving devices and Increased de
mands have made the earnings of the
corporation greater. Today our Bar
berton plant produces 60 per cent
more matches than all the factories
combined at the time of the combina
tion. "ONE OF THE MAIN REA80NS
FOR THE 8UCCE8S OF THE DIA
MOND MATCH CO. IS THAT ITS
DIRECTORS HAVE NEVER TOLER
ATED UNION LABOR IN ITS SHOP.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OPEN.
WE HAVE HAD NO ONE TO DIC
TATE TO US WHAT WAGES WE
SHALL PAY, WHAT MEN WE
'SHALL HIRE, AND WHAT HOURS
OUR EMPLOYES SHALL WORK.
LABOR UNIONS TODAY ARE COM
POSED LARGELY OF ANARCHISTS,
SOCIALISTS AND DEMAGOGUES.
"It is not the monopolies that stand
against the advancement of the coun
tty, they are the public benefactors.
They are responsible for the advance
ment of the wages. We hear much
about the classes and the masses.. The
greatest number of organized laborers
Samuel Gompers ever had under him
fas 2,000,000 men. This is a country
,of 80,000,000 people. The union men
are therefore the classes and the re
mainder are' the masses, and it is
these classes that are the real tyrants
cf the country.
"They resort to violence to gain
their end, and they always cling to
violent principles."
When Mr. Sherman heard union men
called "anarchists" did he resent the
unjust accusation?
Mr. Sherman did not.
When Mr. Sherman heard union men
classed as demagogues did he deny
the classification and defend the hon
est and patriotic toilers of the coun
try? Mr. Sherman did not.
On the contrary, Mr. Sherman sat
silent while the tirade was being ut
tered, and when he arose to speak
lie did not defend the tollers. By hU
silence he gave approval to Barber's
sentiments. By his silence he ac
ouiesced in Barber's assertion that
"labor unions of today are composed
largely of anarchists, socialists and
demagogues." When he arose to
speak he uttered not a word of pro
test against the slanderous statement
of this mighty trust magnate.
If you were the friend of a man
would you ilt silent while another
man slandered and villifled your
friend? What would you think of the
man who pretended to be your friend
but. uttered no protest when he heard
you villifled and slandered?
James S. Sherman professes to be
the friend of the working man. But
when the trust magnate, Barber, called
union men "demagogues" and "an
archists," Sherman uttered no pro
tfst. He sat silent and thus ac
quiesced in thp slanderous utterance
He heard union men called "tyrants"
and trust magnates called "benefac
tors," yet he uttered no protest. '
What think you, Mr. Union Man?
James S. Sherman, who uttered no
protest when he' heard . union men
slandered, is the running mate of the
man whose injunctions have denied
union men their rights as citizes. They
make a good - pair.- Yet they both
claim to be the friends, of "the work
ingmen and are appealing for the
support of union men whom they do
not think enough of to- defend when
they are villifled and slandered by
men like Barber,- Van Cleave, Post
and Otis.
If the utterance of Burchard in 188-1
defeated as good a man as James G.
Blaine, the utterance of Barber ought
to inglorlously defeat a trust tool- like
Sherman and un injunction upholder
like Taft, for neither James School'
craft Sherman nor William Howard
Taft were ever worthy of being men
tioned on the same day with James
Gillespie Blaine. ' - -. . .
"Labor unions today are composed
largely of anarchists and dema
gogues," declared Trust Magnate Bar
ber in introducing James S. Sherman.
And Sherman never said a word of
protest.
If organized labor wants that kind
of a friend presiding over the United
States senate, then James S. Sherman
is just the man they ought to have
in that position.- ,
FACTS ABOUT PHELAN
Untrue That He- Ever Asked Taft for
1 Pardon and Assistance.
Frank Phelari, the American Rail
way Union nutn who was sent to jail
by Judjre Taft for contempt of court
on the testimony of a hired spy, is
dead. Now that his bones have re
turned to dust Judgje Taft' says he
admitted tha the Taft injunction and
the Taft punishment were right and
deserved. It is easy to call upon the
dead for vindication. The . republi
can organs have printed a story to the
effect that after his release from pris
on Phelan called on Judge Taft and
admitted the righteousness of his sen
tence and begged the judge to help
him undo the wrong he (Phelan) had
committed in leading the railroad men
into trouble. These organs relied up
on the fact that Phelan was dead for
safety in uttering this gross untruth.
But there are yet living men who
knew - Phelan intimately and who
were his close friends to the day of
his death. One of them is James B.
Connors, second vice-president of the
Switchmen's Union of North America.
Mr. Connors has this to say about Phe
lan and Taft:
! !'F. W.. Phelan was loyal to the A.
R. U. until his .death. He never
t bought of such' a thing as apologiz
ing for the part' he took in the strike.
Nor ' did he cease to condemn Taft
for his judicial tyranny,"" and if he
wpie llvjiig foJay to 0' A himself.
Successful Convention at Indianapolis
and Decide on St. Paul in 1910.
The biennial ' convention of the
United Association of Journeymen
Plumbers, Gab Fitters, Steam Fitters
and Steam Fitters' Helpers of the
United States and Canada, held in In
dianapolis this month, transacted an
immense, amount of business. St.
Paul was decided upon as the place
of meeting in 1910.
The officers chosen were: President,
John R, Alpine,- Boston; first vice
president Walter O'Connell, San Fran
cisco; second vice-president,'' George
Olsen, Chicago; third vice-president.
James Sheehy, Boston; fourth vice:
president; . Frajnk Jordon, Norfolk, Va.;
fifth vice-president, John Parmentier,
McKees Rocks, Pa.; .sixth vice-presi
dent, Fred M. Quinlan, Seattle; sev
enth vice-president," Alexander Mc-
Bain, Toronto;, eighth vice-president,
Charles Dickison, Newark, Ni J.; ninth
vice-president Thomas OHourke, Bal
timore; .tenth vice-president, Frank
Marion, Columbus, O. ; eleventh vice
president, George Billiard, Rochester,
N. Y.; twelfth vice-president, D. A.
McDonald, Vancouver, B. C; secretary-treasurer,
Edward Hobbs, Chi7
cago; general organizers, Thomas
Burke, Chicago, Edward Leonard,
Schnectady; Frank Kennedy, Chicago;
William Lynn, Jr., Cincinnati; E. J.
Duffy," New York, and Frank Fay; St.
'Louis; delegates to the American Fed
eration of Labor, John R. Alpine, Bos
ton; Thomas B. Clarke, Chicago; Will
iam J. Tracey, Philadelphia and Will
iam Shirk, Cleveland; delegates to the
Building Trades Department of the A.
F. of L,, William . Spencer, Buffalo;
John Coefleld, San Francisco; T. J.
Badgeley, Newark, N. J., and Charles
Anderson, Pittsburg. .
It will be noted in the above that
the middle and extreme west did not
fare very well in 1 the distribution of
the official plums.
all partisanship and sectarian biaB
aside, the speaker drew a mental por
trait of the kind of a man who, in his'
opinion, ought to be sought out and
placed in the White house,
alt would be useless Ao try and pre-.;
sent a satisfactory synopsis of Rev.
Mr.. Beall's 'serinori.. But it -waa.so::
strong, so full of Christian common!
sense and so helpful that a movement:
is on foot to have him repeat it in a
more central location before the elec-;
tion. If he do es, every workingman,
and every man who is trying to secure
better conditions, should make it a
point to hear it
THE MUSICIANS.
REV. BYRON BEALL'S SERMON.
Rev. Byron Beall occupied the pul
pit of the Second Presbyterian
church last Sunday night and deliv
ered a sermon on the subject, "Quali
fications Demanded by the Times of
Him Who Would Be President of This
Republic." It was one of the most elo
quent and forceful sermons ever deliv
ered from a western pulpit, and was
one of especial interest to the wage
earners, although comparatively few
of. them were present. Rev; Mr. Beall
called for the views of several hundred
different men on the subject, and from
the replies built a symposium that was
I was well worth listening to.' Laying
Got Rid of a Big Bunch of Very Un
fair Noise Called Music
Lincoln musicians can point to one'
injunction that is favorable to uniofi
men. That wasn't its intent, however!
Had it been asked for nn that nunn
Judge Stewart might have decided
differently. But it so happened that
a lawyer-landlord objected to the
music, 'not because . it was unfair;
music, but because it was bad music
and disturbed his peace of mind. And!
now the vast concord of sound that1
once issued from the big mechanical
organ in the auditorium is stilled for:
ever so far as that building is con-:
cerned. On petition of Walter 3.
S-amb, who 'doesn't "like "that" kind of ;
music; Judge Stewart this week en
joined the Auditorium management
from running the big mechanical' or-'
gan. . f '-. -'1 , ' h'j
- Of course overy union musician of
Lincoln who has a vote will cast it
for "Billy'! Norton for the legislature!
The Musicians'' Union of Newark, N.:
J., has adopted a resolution binding itifi
members io the purchase of only sucV
sheet music as bears the label of the'
Allied Printing Trades Council. Tluv
secretary of the union was instructed
to advise the publishers of sheet;
imiHir? rn Tms crrt-rT - .
If you want to know how Uncle;
Sam treats his enlisted musicians, ask I
Colonel Bader. He knows. ! Also, if
you insist on a high tariff injorder to
get protection, ask him to tell you the
lstorv of the American wlin nwst tho
iruest of an Rnerlishiniivi at a Tonilnti
CAPITAL AUXILIARY.
Newsy Notes About the Energetic
'Helpmates of Printer Men.
Capital Auxiliary No. 11 will meet
with Mrs. A. L. Compton( 2029 N
street, on October 29.
Mrs. C. B. Locker, oft Atchison,
Kas., is visiting her son and his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. George Locker.
Mrs. Alf Pruitt, of lYork Nebr., is
visiting her sister, Mrs. George Free
man. - ;
mis. j. . Aruimeaa, or jNorcn rseua,
Nebn, is visiting her daughter, Miss
Gertie, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Will
M. Maupin, this week. '
; THINK IT OVER,
At' Ipn'fit fniir liirle'fas 'cA tlio Tlniiori
States supreme court are to be - ap
pointed during the next four years.
What show will labor have if the ap
pointing power is Taft, .the original
injunction judge, who is now standing
by his injunction policy and calling
Gompers a wind-jammer and a liar?
Buffalo Republic.
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