Wichita eagle., 1886-10-24
ally belong unless he desired to defeat III at

ally belong unless he desired to defeat th +.
party. Is anything plainerf Not confer
with trying to drive away this large bod
OF voters. the Leavenworth Times is dali
, abusing the members of the Internationa
J Typographical Union-calls them violator
of the law. etc. and bids them go to tn
4 Democracy. But the union printers O
Kansas are not to be SO easily fooled. The,
know Mr. Anthony and the Leayenwortl
Times. They know Governor Martin too
and will vote for him almost to man.
want to say before go farther, that ]
have the honor of being member of the
knights Of Labor. l believe in the organ
ization, and have been associated with the
order Tor three years. 1t is a good organi.
zatIon when condutted properly. It is not
made up of violators Of the law, and is not
controlled by a vicious element. have the
honor, also, Of being member of the In
ternational Typographical Union 1
have been member of this organization
for thirteen years. Eight of these years
have been spent in Kansas know, there
fore, what l am talking about when say
that Governor Martin has been the best
practical friend the Knight of Labor and
Typographical Union have ever had in
Kansas
Let .me cite few facts to substantiate
this statement. Governor Martin has
never employed any printers except mem
bers of the Typographical Union. The
Atchison Champion has always been
union office, and Governor Martin has
never had any trouble in that office. When
the plates first came out Governor Mar
tin ordered a box. The union printers in
The Champion Office demonstrated. That
box Of plates can be found lying under the
imposing stone in that Office, unused. The
champion has never had an inch of
plates" in its columns. This is Governor
Martins oflice-this his record Union
printers can appreciate it, and they do.
Now, how do the Republican papers
tand in relation to organized labor?
Governor Martins Atchison Champion
5 strictly a union Office, and the men are
mostly Knights of Labor
The Kansas State Publish
lg House, which EMPLOYS
ne largest number Of printers of any house
Kansas, is strictly union office, most
t tie men arc Knights of Labor: also 7.
}. Thatcher, the state printer, is a Rerub-
can s
Geo. W. Crane, Of Topeka, is chairman
the Republican county central commit I I
Q OF Shawnee county. He employs the r
eXt largest nuinbcr of printers Of any p
'use in Kansas. Knights Of Labor and )
zion printers are largely in the majority d d
this house. Mr. Crane has twice. with r
a year. voluntarily reduced the hours of ir
Dor in his establishment but has never tl
creased the wages. T.
The Topeka Daily Capital is a strictly s.
ion Office. Maj J. K. Hudson, its p(
tor, would have none other. The al
nters in the Capital office almost to W w
n, belong to the Knights Of Labor. d
The Fort Scott Daily Monitor, Republi- tr'
|, employs union printers and Knights Of ir
Dor " "
The Topeka Commonwealth recently stc
Mt into the Knights Of Labor in a body, va
understand, ard the columns cf that All
Der have been lavish in praising the pa h.
lights of Labor organization, and in ge
teciing the interests Of trades unions, T..
ept tie typographical union, although a,i al
on printers are not barred from working p
lie cflice. CHI;
he Wichita Daily EAGLE, the hei
ie of the seventh congressional IN IN
riot. employs union printers FL
Knights Of Labor. It's editor is a stall CHI
{ Republican, than whom there is no tar
lor. ms
nd 50 might continue Nearly every of
uhiican paper in the state employs both Jos
N printers and Knights Of Labor. VIA
III the members Of these two organi- t;n. tiI'.
ons obey he edicts Of the Ieavenworth are
e5. the only paper in the state that has sho
gully Of slandering them? Will they zoe;
ct their best friends and vote to defeat for e, :
4, because their worst enemy, d. r. mig
houy, tells them to do SO? think not.
'tainly hope not The way to defeat
put to flight this "old crank" is to vote Fror
he men aud measures that he advise, Il
against pre-,
ours for the right, justice the noble stnr t,
r Of X. Of L. and the International neal
ographicai union In t
TRADES USIoNIsT. M "o.
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