The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-08-27

The Biddeford Standard has fastened to
correct the omission which we pointed out
yesterday by stringing out its list of candi-
dates to the extent of nearly half column
and in publishing another half column of
laudation of Hon. T. Goldthwait, senatorial
candidate. Among other things that are cal
culated to make the unterrifed warm to the
SoPp0rs "a the War Eagle this forid para.
graph appears:
HIS many years of faithful and successful politi-
cal service nave been the means of his ACQUIRING
q most influential position In the councils Of his
party IN this city. His eloquence as a speaker
~ s lI,dtye iar,sightedness In laying out plan
~ stormlng the forts of the enemy. b3se many a
I'm lime contributed very lareely= awards winning
which the Democracy of Biddeford has been eel
ebrated throughout the country for number OF
years.
Some Democratic voters In York county
doubtless remember one instance in which
the War Eagles "intuitive far-sightedness''
led him into friendly relations with some
body who turned out not to be Hon. Roger
Q. Mills of Texas, as the would-be Senator
supposed, and with whom he labored dill
gently for assistance in "storming the forts
OF the enemy" which was printed in this
paper several months ago. Unless all signs
fail the list of superb Democratic victories"
VIII not be heightened this year, even with
the assistance Of the War Eagle.
sympathy Strikes" says the New York
Mail and Express, never deserve the SYM
pathy Of the public. nor do they get it." A
sympathy strike stripped of all its senti-
mentality and reduced to cold fact is queer
proceeding. The men employed In button
factory, for instance, go out on strike, and
falling to secure their object, ask the men
employed in all other button factories for
miles around to strike also. If they comply
1t is sympathy strike, calculated to show
the brotherhood Of man. What earthly good
does this do any striker, or what harm does
1t do the manufacturer? II one button fac
tory should be stopped by reason of a strike.
Its proprietor would suffer loss, because his
competitors who were still running would
get his business away from him. But If all
stop. the business stops, and orders for but
tons are not filed anywhere. So long as all
OF the manufacturers are together, sin the
same boat" they will have community of in
terests and will combine to resist demands
against one of them; but when only one is
troubled he will be more likely for his own
safety to make concessions in order to restore
his equality with his competitors. These
facts relating to button factories relate with
more force to railroads. If railroad run
ming from c to d is blocked by strikers, Its
managers will be much more incon yenienced
II the lines from A to B and b TO G and
ID to Z and to f are kept running Milling
up freight and passengers for the CtoD
link to transport, aud more likely to come IN
terms, than they would be IL the whole svs.
tenn were paralyzed. In the latter case the
several links would all be served alike and
could afford to try conclusions with strikers
at considerable length, whereas in the for
mer, pressure Of public demands would soon
force the manager of the single link to a ca
pitulation. This is the view which the gen.
eral public takes of sympathy strikes and
explains why so little patience is had with
them.
The Railway FederatIon's Decision.
The decision of the Federation of Railway
Employees not to strike out of sympathy for
the Knights of Labor is wise from whatever
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