Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-09-07
A PROTEST,

A PKOTEST,
Against the Sansuine View OF the Sit.
UatiOn Taken by the "Times.'
The following, which bears the seal
OF Perseverance Assembly, X. Of L.,
No. 1881, of Broadford, has been
, received:
| To TIRE EpIroR OF THE TIMEs:-
AT meeting of this Assembly,
held last evening, it was unanimously
Resolved, That the statement re-
Gently published by the Haley TINES
with regard to the number of miners
needed OH Wood River being false,
10 fact is injurious to the interests of
the country, unfriendly to the miners
of Wood River and cruel to men
whose necessities and lack of &C
quaintance with the ways OF the
TIMES may lead them to put faith in
| its statements; that statements of the
character referred to deliberately and
heartlessly made are worthy of the
censure of every honest man, and
that a paper which makes them is
worthy only Of the patronage of the
enemies of labor.
1t was ordered that the Recording
Secretary should send copy of the
resolution to the editor of the TIMES
and to all Assemblies of Knights of
Labor in the Territory, communicate
with labor journals, and 10 every
possible way try to counteract the
effects likely to follow from the false
statement above referred to.
DAN. HARRINGTON.
Recording Secretary.
BRoADFoED, Sep. S, 1888.
This is very seyere-prohably much
more so than those who adopted and
uttered it as their collective opinion
intended it to BE-; but we suppose
that the Recording Secretary is to
blame for this. Being of the class OF
people whom Byron once referred to
as "having just sufficient learning to
misquote" he imagines that, in orde,
to attract attention, he must 60 to eX.
tremes. 1t is so when he wishes t,
. disapprove of anything, as when ht
wishes to approve. Inthe latter case
he goes to such a length that the
victim of his praise is apt to thinl
that, before leaving the.Emerald Isle
/ he not ouly kissed the famous blarney
stone, but actually distracted ant
= carried away with him a considerable
: portion of it.
= But it is strange that, in all tina
Assembly, which 1--WE prssume) mus
include many persons vino are unde
n great personal obligations to IN
TINES and to its editor and prop.ie
:. tor, not voice was raised to oppos
" the resolution or to ask that its Ian
guage be modified We are surprise
g at this, not because we believe in tn
), existence of very lively sense c
gratitude in human beings as a rule
.. but because labor organizations tina
d are properly Differed or controlle
usually scorn to be unjust to the
fellows, even though they may COZ
- slider the provoca'ion very great.
~ The TIMES aims to be reflex {
the public sentiment prevailing O
1t local matters the day of issue. Whe
ie the article referred to was publlshe
III 1t was the general talk on the stree
that there was not sufficient numb'
~ of miners in this region to 90 Il
I'd work which was likely to be don
Now, the Broaiford Assembly
IS, knights of Lapor says that such
H. not fact. The TINES thereto
nc prefers not to assume the responslh
n, ity of indorsing statements whl'
or were only Hypothetical. anyway, al
or relating to Il subject upon which the
can be an entirely hoaes: dsvergen
a" of opinion, as it appreciates the Id
~ that if single man should col
=, here and he urable TO obtain emplo
'or ment, It's enemies wonld not he sic
in taxing It IS being ian enemy
Of labor"