CORTELYOU'S COLLECTIONS
Use.Made of the Post Office Department
and the Department of Commerce.
MR. ROOSEVELT'S TWO THOUGHTS.
Every Farmer's Private Aflairs Ke-
ported and Corporation Secrets
Mado Useful Extraordinary Per
version of the Rights of the
< ioverncd.
Men who are rarely deeply interested
5n the fortunes of political parties , con
fident that the Constitution and the
IMAV of the land will prevail , whatever
Ihe principles of the Executive : men
-\vlc seldom give utterance to their per
sonal opinions saAe when a crisis is im
minent now discuss Avith great earnest-
ness Ihe remarkable exhibition present
ed by Chairman Cortelyou in collecting
for Urn Republican party. President
'JtoosHvolt's defiance of public opinion
in making use of the Department ot
Commerce i" histeffort to be elected
'President is one of the most amazing
performances of this strenuous and
spectacular citi'/ou. It shocks the so
ber minded. It reveals in a measure
/ 1Iu > depths to which an ambitious man
"will sink Avhen he casts aside restrain
ing influences to reach out for a covet
ed prize.
Republicans know that President
3tnnsevoll has. since he became Presi
dent , been controlled by one thought
Jir.iuination. He AA'hipped party leaders
into line. With patronage as a club he
thumped Senators and State leaders
until they promised allegiance. In
Washington his handling of the ma
chinery of government so that every
branch became a tool Avas Aveil under
stood. Old politicians were amazed.
.Roosevelt developed into a Napoleon of
politics. His usurpation of governmen-
1al rights was so stupendous that old-
lime Republicans whispered among
Themselves : "Will the people tolerate
1his man ? " Master of the machine.
Roosevelt arranged the details of the
Chicago convention , wrote the program
flTui let it go through the movements of
nominating him for the Presidency.
Nominated. Mr. Roosevelt became
possessed by a second controlling
thought election.
Mr. RooseA'elt had mOA'ed CAery pawn
on the chessboard before his nomina-
1ion. and IIOAV he is moving every pawn
: nul piece to be elected in November.
Before his nomination Mr. Roosevelt
( was in need of information. On the
eve of county and State conventions in
every State and Territory Mr. Iloose-
.A'elt knew belter than the leaders AA-hat
delegates would be elected. This iu-
formation AAas secured for him by the
'Postoffice Department. Every rural
' delivery postman nad faithfully done
his Avork. This grand inquisitorial sys
tem has been reduced to a science by
order of ihe President. The Secret Ser
vice is a farce comedy alongside of the
President's rural delivei-y. An accur
ate report of every farmer's family is
made by the postman. It Avould be
oasy for Ihe President to tell any far
mer in the United States IIOAV many
'
men live on his farm , when they A'ote'd
last , IIOAV they voted and IIOAV they AA'ill
i .vote. lie can tell him Avhom heoAA'es and
vvhn OAVOS him : whether his crops were
good or bad. his habits , etc. . etc. Every
thing which may affect a A'ote is noted
aid reported. Such is the system built
up by Mr. Roosevelt , who believes in
1Inl axiom , knowledge is pOAvcr.
.Mr. Roosevelt believes in the spy sys
tem.
tem.When
When the President realized that the
s-n-fallcd "monicd poAvers of Wall
Sir. el" did not regard him with faA-or
hrcured from and
! - a loyal complacent
ron ess the power to start an inquisi-
tcr.-il establishment especially deA'oted
to investigating the doings of corpora-
li ii . Over the Department of Com
merce he placed the faithful Cortel-
yon. To give a special bureau , that of
corporations , a proper start , he ob-
( aiiicd a special appropriation of $500-
000 to bring the trusts to toe the mark.
Tho lamentable history of trust prose
cution is one of the scandals of the Ad
ministration. But it had its effect. A
seeming activity by the Department of
Justice gave dramatic color to the in
vestigations of Mr. Cortelyou's bureau.
True , no report has ever seen the light.
But Cortelyou has been taught knowl
edge is power.
And noAAcomes Mr. Cortelyou. ex-
President's secretary , ex-Secretary of
Commerce and Labor , clothed in the
official robes of Chairman of the Re
publican National Committee , Avith a
boAA-string in one hand and a subscrip
tion list for campaign funds in the
other. Did a Grand Vizier of a Sultan
in his most palmy days ever seek a
gift for his Serene Majesty under hap
pier auspices ? What the PostofEce De-
par nent did and does to secure infor
mation about voters the Department of
Commerce has done and is doing to se
cure information about contributors.
No wonder grave men look graver ;
no Avondcr the press , the guardian of
people's liberties cries out against
these outrages !
But the people will decide whether
Theodore Roosevelt's methods of goA-
< rninent are a tisurpation of govern
mental functions of a government
created to govern Avith the consent of
ihe governed or not.
TIow can Cortelyou's master pledge
himself to prosecute violators of the
interstate commerce act , expose the
oA-il ways of corrupt and pillaging cor
porations , and restrain the trusts in
their nefarious extortions Avhen Cortel
you , the servant , is exchanging absolu
tions for checks among the Wall Street
money changers. Truly Cortelyou is a
wizard. Those who a year ago de
clared Roosevelt "a dangerous man"
now express themselves as having con
fidence in him. A game of confider
all around.
Can the money of corporations so
control national elections that the great
voice of the people can be heard only
benrPth ihe mips of the Onsfilailion
and the curtailed liberties of the citi
zen 'i
Can the man who captured the Re
publican party. Avho enslaved it and
onchained , stripped off its old time and
Iionored traditions ; also , capture and
unslave the deciding Aote in the nation ?
Tho Republicanism of Lincoln , of Mc-
Kinley , of Hanna and of Hoar has
passed away. The imperialism of
Roosevelt , disguised in their luminous
robes , supported by an inquisitorial
system , which "investigates" for its
own profit the affairs of the private
citizen and the public corporation , now
seeks to establish itself permanently
on a soil hallowed by the blood of those
who died for liberty.
The people must decide between im
perialism and the Constitution , be-
tAveen Roosevelt , the strenuous Napo-
h'on of politics , witl the Constitution
under foot , and Parker , the learned and
patriotic citizen , summoned from his
dignified and elevated position on the
bench by the voice of the people , hold
ing high the Constitution as a beacon.
Hashing liberty and equal rights to all
men and to their posterity.
STRONG CASE IN I'OINT.
Atlantic Seaboard Workmen Get No
Advantage From Increased Cost
of Tlieir Productions.
Frederick Seymour , a Democratic
lawyer , nominated for Congress in
New Jersey , in his letter of acceptance
makes a practical plea for the issues
raised by his party , addressing himself
directly to tradesmen and working men
of Xcw Jersey.
With the statement that the interests
of New Jersey are largely manufactur
ing lie asserts that "in common Avith all
the seaboard States it is hard hit by
our present tariff on raw materials
which enter into the various processes
of domestic industry and on articles
partly made up , which are virtually
raw materials , and on animals and
foods.
After pointing out the various arti
cles adversely affected by the tariff he
turns to the relations of the tariff to
the labor question , pure and simple ,
with this interesting and irrefutable
argument :
"The labor question and the tari.T are
closely connected , but in a very differ
ent way from what our opponents say.
While no Federal law can directly raise
wages , the Federal Government can as
certain the facts , and can make plain
the general principles to be derived
from them , and can settle to the ac
ceptance of all men that raw materials
and coal aro dearer on the Atlantic
coast than in the great interior manu
facturing centres , that the seaboard is
the best place to manufacture for the
export trade , that the cost of labor iu
manufactured products is less in the
United States than anywhere else in
the world , that the tariff on mast man
ufactured goods is twice and. in many
instances , four times the cost of labor
in the product , that the tariff is exces
sive and injurious , that it is tho direct
cause of part-time work in or.r factor
ies , that the cost of living is increased
by the tariff , and that the increased
cost of manufactured goods does not go
to labor , and having established thso
facts may publish then. "
WASS FOR CRCE8.
Stirrlr.i Words of tho Eicliop of
Hereford Pertinent to Our SUu-
ntiou.
The admirers of our White House
war lord should derive some timely ed
ification from the individual deliver
ances at the Boston peace conference.
Especially apposite to the trend of the
times and the fell spirits who are striv
ing to force that trend were the words
of Right Rev. J. Percival , Bishop of
Hereford , in a sermon preached in Bos
ton last Sunday. He made a powerful
plea for universal peace , and con
demned wars brought about by politi
cians or rulers to satisfy pride and per
sonal ambition.
"Looking around. " said Bishop Per-
cival. "we see Christian rations ny
own included squandering their wealth
and their manhood on armies and na
vies and all their accompanying imple
ments of destruction. In my own
country last year we spent nearly
? o50,000,000 on the army and navy.
During the last ten years we have. 1
think , doubled our expenditures for
these purposes of warfare. Such ,
brethren , is Christian progress in Chris
tian Europe.
"If we turn to listen to the pro
phetic voices among our countrymen ,
wherever we live no fanatical enthu
siasts , but men of sober thought
what have they to say ? Every nation ,
they say , seems to be striving not to be
as beneficent , as tender to the poor and
suffering classes as it is possible to be ,
but to become as big and strong and
powerful as may be , and to lay greedy
hands upon every available bit of terri
tory.
"A lesson that we have to learn is
that a selfish Avar , a Avar of greed , a
Avar to satisfy the personal pride and
ambition of a politician cr ruler , an un
necessary or ill-ordered Avar , is a great
crime in the sight of God. Our grer.t
duty is to put good will above jealousy
and greed. "
Roosevelt and the Heroes.
Admiral Dewcy completed his fif
tieth year of service in the naA-y re
cently and Roosevelt condescended to
send him a bouquet of flowers from
the White House conservatories. Ad
miral Schley has completed forty-live
years of like service for his country
without rcceiA'ing any recognition at
all from the President didn't even
get a bouquet. General Miles , after
more than forty years of active ser
vice in the army , rising from the
lowest to the higjest rung of the lad
der , Avas dismissed Avith the curt an
nouncement of his retirement , coupled
Avith the equally curt order. ' 'General
Miles Avill proceed to his home. " The
real heroes in Roosevelt's eyes are
first , himself , and then Leonard Wood
and General Corbin.
For Voters to Decide.
Professor Wyckoff , of Princeton Uni
versity , called President Roosevelt to
account for his tariff A-agaries and de
clares that the industrial prosperity
if this country has been achieved in
spite of protection , and at the cost of
incalculable evil3 consequent upon pro
tection.
Tlv. vot.roorJd decide if he i sal-
isiird Avitli tho greatly increased cost
of living , AvlKcli the protective tat-ili
and its monster child , the trust , have
brouuht about. Another anomaly over
which thoughtful voters should ponder
iu the Avorkings of this Avonderful
prosperity producer the tariff is that
tariff-fostered trusts sell cheaper to
foreigners than to voters of this coun
try Avho pay the taxes to preserve the
very thing that gives them the worst
of all bargains.
FARTHIY
uLiS.\ilI < !
FORMER REPUBLICAN SHOWS PROTEC
TION IS NOT NEEDED NO\V. \
Col. A. S. Bacon Proves by Unanswerable
Arguments That the Protection Policy
lias Outlived Its Usefulness.
Colonel Alexander S. Bacon , of New
York , in a recent address before the
Commercial Travelers' Club , said in
part :
"There are two arguments in favor
of the partial monopoly known as a
protective tariff ; one military , the other
economic.
" " \Ve are taught in ( he science of
war that the only strong nations arc
those homogeneous in population and
diversified in industries. A nation ot
farmers might appear to bo strong ,
but iu the event of war , when block
aded , they might be slaughtered for
want of arms and ammunition , or
frozen in winter for want of adequate
clothing. A nation of doctors would
phy.sic themselves to death , and a na
tion of lawyers would scon expire ii
the horrible agonies of endless elo
quence. The i.cie.ice of Avar teaches ,
therefore , that every nation should
fester agriculture ) and its manufactures
of steei , explosives and clothing , so
that in the event of war , it may have
within , its own boundaries every tiling
necessary to aru , clothe and feed its
armies.
"On this theory , it is the duly of
every patriotic people to endure even
the limit cf taxation that itmay be
strong in tlie crisis of war which may
determine the nation' : ; life. Pa trio t-
is.n would require us to suffer in times
of peace iaul thus prepare for the
emergency of war. While it would
Le much cheaper for a nation to supply
its cwii military needs in its own fac
tories , we are not disposed to object
to a tariff that should foster infant
plants so long ay they are infants and
unable to withstand destructive coin-
petition from abroad.
"The economic argument iu favor cf
.1 rrotcctivc tariff is , that every nation
should foster its infant industries until
they are sufficiently strong to with
stand destructive competition from
abroad , and until domestic competition
shall lower tho price to consumers at
home , the theory being that a rich for
eign competitor might occupy the home
market for a few years at a loss , until
tlio home factories were destroyed
then raiSD the price and recoup all
former losses in a single year. The
only basis of this economic argumem
is the ultimate benefit to the people at
home by reason of lower prices through
domestic competition. t
"Up to and for some years aftei
3SCO , there is no doubt , that out indus
tries were not sufiicicntly diversilied
to make us strong iu a military sense
cr to protect orr people against high
prices of foreign manufacturers in an
economic sense , and on both grounds
a protective tariff , although veryx -
pensivc to the consumer , might be jus
tified en grounds of patriotism and ex
pediency.
"What are the conditions in 1004 ?
We have plants that are able not only
to supply our own wants , but in one
year , working night and day , we could
supply all the armies , both active and
reserve , of r.ll Europe , with firearms
cf the highest precision. We could
feed tJein by cultivating our waste
lands and fence corners. Wo could
furnish them with uniforms and un
derclothing without increasing our
plants , and in the event of a great
foreign war. like tho Napoleonic wars ,
we would cell everything to both sides ,
and at the end of tea years , would
own all their bonds and tlien say ,
'Peace , be still ; go to work and pay
' "
vp.
Mill THEY BUY ROOSEVELT ?
Cortclyou's Shameful Methods at the
Instigation of Senator Aldricli
Fat-Fry ins the Trusts.
Th" New York Times , in a triple-
leaded editorial , attacks Chairman Cor-
telyou , of the Republican Campaign
Committee , for liis fat-frying methods
and declares that , with the aid of Sen
ator Aldrich , ths foremost representa
tive of the trusts iu the Senate , and
declares the trusts mean to buy the
President. Says the Times :
"Concrete instances are more impres
sive than statements of general prin
ciple. Here is one : Chairman Cortel-
you goes to one of the officers of a large
corporation , and informs him that the
Republican National Committee ex
pects a substantial contribution from
liis company. The officer in question
is surprised ; he is not cf Mr. Roose
velt's party ; neither lie nor his corpora
tion has been accustomed to meddle
with politics ; he asks for time to think
it ever. In the solitude of his otiicc
his though to run in this wise : I do
not want to give money to the Repub
lican National Committee. But I am
trustee of tho interests of the stock
holders of this corporation. I may
soon havo to appear before this man
is a representative of my corporation
in a matter affecting its business , as to
which ho will have , if not oflcial dis
cretion , at least very great personal
and official influence , which I Avotild
dislike to have used against me. I can
not let my personal disinclinations
stand in the way of the company's in-
: crests. I will make this foced contri
bution to Mr. Cortelyou's fund. "
Responsibility For Panics.
"To charge the panic of ISOo to the
Wilson tariff of ISO ! is not only a AA'il-
: ul suppression of facts , but is a mani
fest perversion of the truth. It would
seem as if even a kindergarten Avould
ise in protest against an argument
ike this , which .vet is scriouslA * ; vl-
. ' . ifc'.t by Kiatrsir.on supporting tlie
: > Iatform of the Republican party. Thar
: ) anic Avas caused by tiie administra-
Lion of President Harrison , and result-
L-d directly therefrom , and but for the
tction of President Cleveland in call-
ng a special session of Congress and
procuring the repeal of the Sherman
Silver act the consequences would
, iave been even more disastrous than
.hey actually were. " William B.
Kornblower's speech at Saratoga ,
September 20.
NO MUD SLINGING.
Judjje Parker Speaks Out For a
Clean Campaign.
That Judge Alton B. rarkor. Hit
Democratic nominee for the Presi
dcncy. is si man far above the smil
things of life anil : i man of roek-ribbet
principle , his famous gold telegran :
to the St. Louis convention was in it
self suliicient evidence , but a more
striking illustration of his absolute
high-mindedness is the following lettci
to Mr. George F. Parker , Chairman oi
the Literary Bureau of the National
Democratic Committee , and a numbei
of the committee which prepared the
text-book. The letter follows :
Rosemount ,
Esopu.s. NCAV York ,
August 17 , TJ04.
My Dear Mr. Parker :
The Times of this morning says thai
the party text-book is about prepared
and that it will go to the printer in ji
few days. Therefore I hasten to bej
you to see to it that there is no woril
in it that reflects upon the personal
honor and integrity of President Roosc
velr.
velr.An
An Evening Post editorial indicate ?
that but little care was taken in that
direction toward myself by the com
piler of the Republican .text-book , bul
let there bo no rejoinder in kind oi
otherwise.
I feel confident that you need no re
minder , still my anxiety impels me tc
send this caution.
Very truly yours.
ALTON B. PAKKEFv.
Mr. George F. Parker.
It will be remembered that many
pages of the Republican campaign
book were devoted to an attack upon
the personal character of the Demo
cratic nominee ; especially in regard to
his motives in sending the ' 'Gold Tel
egram" to the party convention at
St. Louis.
That the wishes of Judge Parker
that there be "no rejoinder in kind or
otherwise" have been scrupulously ob
served will be apparent when the Dem
ocratic text book , now about to be
issued , is read.
The book will have as a sort of
preface a full copy of the Constitution
of the United States , as emphasizing
the Democratic contention that the
"return to tlie Constitution" is one
of the principal issues in this cam
paign. The greatest amount of space
in the book is devoted to the discussion
of the tariff.
DEAPxST TO THE CLUBS.
From tho Klii iu.c Address of the
President of tho Democratic
Association.
Mr. William R. Hearst , in an address
to the members of the National Asso
ciation of Democratic Clubs , of which
association he was the founder and is
now the President , says :
"I hope that every official and every
individual member of every club in
our association will do all that he can
and more than ever before to pro
mote and expovnd the interests and
the beliefs of genuine .Teffersonian
Democracy. I call upon all members
of the clubs to begin earnest campaign
work immediately , to reorganize where
reorganization is necessary , and espe
cially to respond promptly and ener
getically to every suggestion that may
come from the National management
of the Democratic party. I have offered
my services and those of my news
papers to the managers of thc Democ
racy , and in so far as I have 'felt jus
tified as your President in so doing I
have offered the much greater influ
ence of the National Association of
Democratic Clubs , pledging the honest
co-operation of all the members to
further effort on the lines of that gen
uine Den : i era cy in which a majority of
the American people believe. ' '
Mr. Hearst concludes his ringing call
to the clubs to get into line and work
hard for the success of the Democratic-
National ticket , in these words :
"We Democrats hold now. as we did
one hundred years ago , to the doctrine
of equal rights for all and special priv
ileges to none ; while Mr. Roosevelt's
party and Mr. Roosevelt , with every
appointment in 'his gift bestowed on
some trust puppet , hold to the doctrine
cf special faA'ors for those who can and
will nay. "
FOOLING THE FARM.
Coosevclt's Letter Drops Into the
* Old Republican Pretense. ? K
Tlio Republican party has for years
been trying to delude the farmer and
the workingman into the belief that
the present tariff makes them better
off ; that is , that it makes the American
Avage earner or farmer richer to pay
heaA-y taxes taxes on all that he
wears , his tools , on his agricultural
machinery , on the nails and Avood that
go into his house , his bed , his table
and his coffin , on his SAA-addling clothes ,
his wedding garments and his shroud.
It is pure pretense that fifty-tAA-o
per cent , of the American farmers'
crops are used as the manufacturers'
raw material. It is characteristic of
the President's letter of acceptance
that he does not say that raw cotton
makes more than half of the products
of the farm used in this way , and there
is no reason AA'hy this fact should have
been omitted unless the assertion
would have made the whole statement
ridiculous.
ROOSEVELT'S UTEST BREAK.
Gives the Congress of Arts and
Science a New Name For Im
perialism.
In further emphasis of his imperial
istic tendencies , President Roosevelt ,
tvho has hitherto during the campaign
jeen kept Avell muzzled by his man-
igers , broke loose in Washington on
Sept. 27th , when ho received at the
ft'hite House about seventy-five mem-
) ers of the International Congress of
: Us and Science. In the course of a
jrlcf . ' "u'ress made to them Mr. Roo.se-
relt said :
"Perhaps the happiest feature of our
nodern life is the steadily increasing
ecognition of the fact that it must
je a Avorld life ; that no nation can
lope for the fullest development if it
confines itself exclusively AA'ithin its
> wn boundaries. "
Teddy evidently lent his big stick to
jeorge Bruce Cortelyou for use on the
: orporations.
BUILDING TRADES
MASSED TO riliBI
Resent Insults by Pennsylvania
publican Machine.
HOPELESS OF FAIR
All Trades Unionists Called Upon to
Aid With Their Immense Power
in a Kcbuke of Tlieir Persistent
Enemies.
The Building Trades Council of Phil
adelphia , after being dallied with for
weeks by the Republican machine of
Pennsylvania , have finally beon ilriven
to realize that there is no intention on
the part of the machine to make the
Capitol building at llarrisburg a union
job , but on the other hand that it is in
tended to fiout the organized trades of
the State , relying on their absolute con
trol of the election machinery to secure
whatever majority may be necessary
by the methods customarily employed.
The Building Trades Council has de
termined to resent this attitude of the
machine , and to administer a rebuke
by demanding that every trades union
ist iu the State shall participate in an
effectual boycott of the machine by re
fusing to .support at the polls any can
didate put up by it for any ollice Con
gressional , State , legislative or county.
That the trade unionists of the State
may understand the situation , the
Building Trades Council submits the
following statement of facts :
The Republican State Capitol Build
ing of Pennsylvania.
' 'For downright nerve , audacity , gall ,
graft and corruption of the most vi
cious sort nothing equals or compares
with that of the machine Republicans
in the State of Pennsylvania.
"A noted British divine , a careful stu
dent of conditions both in America and
Europe , after years of study and : i
most painstaking and conscientious
investigation of our social as well as
our political conditions , once said in
discussing the criminal class of Lon
don the crooks , thieves and black
legs that 'whenever one was arrested ,
indicted or charged with crime , the po
lice authorities in looking up the rec
ords of these criminals never failed to
inquire if the prisoner nad ever been
connected with the Republican Ma
chine in Pennsylvania , cr if he had
any relatives living in the State. '
"Less than four mouths ago the rec
ognized leader of the Republican ma
chine in Pennsylvania admitted ( as
per Associated Press dispatcli from a
Florida resort ) the terrible corruption
of the Republican Machine in Penn
sylvania , and then qualified the state
ment by saying that 'the people of the
great Commonwealth were satisfied ,
know of it , and were perfectly willing
to continue is. . "
"What a deplorable state of affairs
in a State which boasts of having over
three hundred thousand men enrolled
in the trades union movement !
This corrupt , vicious Republican ma
chine proposes to erect in fact is this
very day erecting a State Capitol
Building with scab labor. What a
shame and disgrace to the organized
toilers , their friends and their families !
' 'The Capitol building having been
classified as an unprofessional job by
the American Institute of Architects
as per Architect Huston's statement
it was necessary to secure the services
of a business house in preparing the de
tail work for the building.
"Mr. Du Quelin , according to his
own statements , worked for weeks ,
his salary amounting to hundreds of
dollars , in Architect Iliibton's olfice ,
with the specific understanding that
in the event of Payne & Co. securing
the contract for the Capitol which ap
peared to be a foregone conclusion Mr.
Du Quelin ( the Tiffany Company , of
course ) , would get a certain share of
the work.
"To bind th'e matter , and to
misunderstandings , a contract
tered into between. Mr. Du Quelin ,
the George F. Payne Co. and Mr. Hus
ton , granting to Mr. Du Quelin ( the
Tittany Company ) , in consideration of
services rendered , a contract for the
decorating , painting , art glass , plaster
ing , modeling , in fact , some ten or
twelve branches of interior work. This
contract was signed by George F.
Payne and Mr. Huston , and is in pos
session of the Tiffany Company.
"But when the Republican politic
ians discovered that the Tiffany Com
pany was a first-class union firm , pay
ing union wages , employing Brother
hood Painters and Decorators , under
union conditions , it was at once de
cided that some other concern should
do the work. The Huneker and the
Chapman Decorating Companies of
Philadelphia , being Brotherhood firms
also , both on excellent terms with the
union and paying at least 50 to 75
cents per day higher than any Phila
delphia firm not employing Brother
hood men , these firms were discrimi
nated against and robbed out of the
contract by the scheming , vicious and
corrupt Republican Macnine of Penn
sylvania.
* * *
"During July a protest was made
against giving this work to a company
or firm unfair to the Brotherhood ot'
Painters , Decorators and Puperhang-
ers of America. Mr. Huston , the Cap
itol architect , in his olh'ce made the
following statement : 'I compelled the
general contractor , George F. Payne
LCo. . , to give this sub-contract to the
ctrm against whom the complaint is
made. ' Isn't that a remarkable state
ment ? People of the creaState of
Pennsylvania , just think for a minute !
The architect , Mr. Huston , the sup
posed servant of the people instead of
i vile , corrupt machine dictating-
ihe general contractor who hall be the
sub-contractor.
"Listen to tho statement of Mr.
George F. Payne , tue general contrac--
tor , just thirty minutes later outside ol"
Mr. Huston's otlice , made voluntarily
tnd without pressure being brought to
jear. Mr. Payne said : "I was opposed
.o giving this contract to this firm. I
aad decided on a different linn. V > * hat
. an we do when the architect demands
jtherwise ? '
"Is it not strange that these sub-con
tacts under the supervision of Mr.
ELuston the man who entertains politi
clans In royal style always sees to It
that the right firm ( a non-union firm , of
course ) gets the sub-contracts on ihe
Capitol building from Mr. Payne , the-
general contractor ? Will Architect
Huston explain or will tho corrupt , vi
cious machine in Pennsylvania tell why
the sub-contracts for the metal Jathing.
the electrical AA-ork * . sheet metal work ,
elevator construction , theemploj'mentoC
laborers , hoisting engineers and others ,
amounting to hundreds of thousands
of dollars , Avere given to notorious
scab firms , companies constantly at
AA-ar Avith union labor , everlastingly
crushing the.Avorkcrs ?
"Appeal upon appeal was made to
Matthew Quay before his death. Sen
ator Penrose was appealed to time
and azain. Petitions were s-ent from
the miners and the carpenters , hun
dreds of letters found their way to
the'leaders' in the Republican party ,
from Senator Penrose and Governor
Pennypacker down to th" smaller con
tingent of what is known as the Re
publican Political Machine tho most
corrupt ever known in the history of
the world. Regardless of nil these-
appeals. the many committee ? , and
deletration from Pittsburg and Phila
delphia : ir.d the entire State , repre
senting thousands of union men. the
Republican leaders , by their actions ,
have openly declared against union
labor , union hcurs and union pay , m
favor of the labor-crushing corpora
tion , the employer of scab labor , long
hours , unfair conditions , short pay ,
the sweat shop and slavery.
vnat are you goinic to do about
it ? The Republican poiuical Machine
of Pennsylvania has deliberately
snubbed and insulted ths trades union
movement. It has placed itself on
record against union labor : it has.
placed ith seal of condemnation upon
our employers because those employ
ers recognize the union and willingly
pay union wages and observe union
conditions.
"Not only were the leaders of the Re
publican party in Pennsylvania content
with insulting one national union , but
they extended their persecution still
further until it included six great na
tional organizations , namely , the Inter
national Union of Wire. Wood and Me
tallic Lathers , the Brotherhood of Elec
trical Workers , the Brotherhood of
Painters. Decorators ami Paperhangers
of America. , the International Union o
Elevator Constructors , the Amalga
mated Sheet Metal Workers" Interna
tional Alliance and the International
Union of Hod Carriers and Building
Laborers.
' Those six national organizations
have thousands of members in Penn
sylvania and thousands of friends , rela
tives and co-workers. These six build
ing trade crafts have a right to ask. aye
a right to demand , that in their light
against this political machine in Penn
sylvania the whole strength of union
labor , the solid vote , shall be massed in
overthrowing this dangerous foe to
union labor.
"Let union labor assert Hs-elf at the
polls , let us boycott the P/1schne in
Pennsylvania as effectually as the
machine is boycotting'union labor and
harboring as well as protecting the em
ployers of scab labor and unfair condi
tions.
"We can successfully search anil
expose the favoritism which is extend
ed to those contractors and otherwho
are a part of the graft system 'which
has made the Republican machine-
Pennsylvania the banner Republican
State of the Union a stench in the-
nostrils of all respectable and decent
ir. en.
"Trades unionists , arise ! Aid the
building trade workmen to rebuke this
most dangerous foe to human liberty
and the most corrupt machine the
world < 4ver knew.
"To the union men of Philadelphia
we say. 'prevent or cut down the frau
dulent vote of that city at least r 0.00 < >
votes , and the union will gain a big
victory over the enemies of union la
bor. ' "
SURPLUS AND DEFICIT.
Comparison by Cryan to the Credit
of Cleveland's Administration.
Speaking of the panic of ISO. ? . AVil-
liam .7. Bryan says in the current Ib-
sue of the Commoner :
"The first indication of its coming
appeared November 11. 3SOO , when
the New York Clearing House Asso
ciation voted its certificates to hanks
in need of assistance. November IT
the Boston Clearing House did iike-
Avis . Barker Bros. & Co. , bankers ,
of Philadelphia , failed with liabilities
of S : > ,000,000. Mr. Bryan then gives
a long list of failures , beginning Avith
the United Rolling Stock Company. < ; f
Chicago. November 22. 3800. and end
ing with that of the Spring Garden
Bank , of Phiindelphia , M".y S. 1801.
Then came the Homestead and other
great labor troubles , followed by the
election of Cleveland to the Presiden
cy. In May , i D.'i. there were more
failure ? , and finally the raids on tho
United States Treasury. January 17 ,
1S04. the Administration ordered a
§ .10.000.000 bond issue. August 1 ,
1894 , the Wilson tariff went into ef
fect. "
Continuing with his most interest
ing and titneiy retrospect , Mr. Bryan
says :
"It Avil ! be observed lhat the Cleve
land Administration ordered the ? . 0.-
JOO.OCO bond issue January 17 , 1304.
That AA'.IS seven months before the
Wilson bill became a law. Perhaps
it is not significant , but in view cf
Mr. Roosevelt's claim , it K at least
interesting , that the first indications
> f the panic occurred November 11 ,
ISOO. a little more than thirty days
after the MeKinley tariff bill became
t law. From that date the panic raged
and Avhile its effects Avere felt for
it reached its wo.st
ic-veral > year ? . ,
; iage iu ] SI:5 and during , tho. early
lays of 1.S04. during all of wlch time
: h McKmlcy tariff hiAV Avas in effect.
. "It may not be out of place to point
ntt that when the Democratic Admin-
tration surrendered the reins of gov
ernment. March 4. 1SSO. there was in.
he Federal Treasury the largest sur-
) uis in history. When the Republican ,
virty went otof powerMarch 4.
ISthere : Avas-a liu'gre deficit and
he incoming' Administration was fin-
illy persuaded to make the bond is
sues Avhich its Republican predecessor
md at one time thought to * be rac-
: ssary. but had skillfully avoided. "