Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-10-13
LABOR'S FRIEND.
ATTACK ON THE DEMOCRATIC CAM
DIOATE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE.

Willful Misrepresentation to His Atti-
tude Toward Organized Labor - His
Record an Employer n Good One.
An obscure paper in McDonough
county, the home of candidate Pearson
has made an attack on Mr.. Hinrichsen,
Mr.. Pearsons opponent for secretary of
state. The attack comes in the shape of
letter from some one signing himself
w. II. Smith of Pekin. The letter SAYS
that Mr.. Hinrichsen was not a friend to
organized labor; that while publishing
paper in Adams county he was cor
stanly at war with the printers, and
the vernon of his non-union nature was
shown in special degree when ne
sought to combine all tbs Office. in
Quincy against the Printers tsuion in
that city. 1t will make th.' printers OF
Quincy laugh to read this attack. pre-
pared by one of Pearson'S strikers. The
fact is the relations between Mr.. Hin.
richsen and the union printers of Quincy
were always pleasant, and every differ
ence of opinion was settled amicabiy.
On Labor day, 1886, the Quincy union
printers ordered the daily papers to sus-
pend publication. The Wing and the
Herald declined to do so, Mr.. Hinrich-
sen being the manager and editor of the
latter paper. Some of the printers
sided with the papers and went on their
cases in spite of the orders of the union.
They were fined by the union and took
an appeal. The appeal was decided in
their favor by the International union,
which said in its decision that the news
papers were right in the matter.
In 1897, Mr.. Hinrichsen having put a
new dress of type on the Herald, the
printers claimed that it was not up to
standard, and demanded an increase of
10 per cent. Mr.. Hinrichsen claimed
that the type was up to the standard,
but as it was lean offered an advance of
per cent. on the old rate. The printers
thought it too little and arbitration was
proposed and accepted. The board of
arbitration decided that the type was up
to the standard, but that in common
fairness an advance of ? per cent. should
be made TO compensate for the leannesS
of the type. The award was accepted.
After which Mr.. Hinrichsen voluntarily
raised the scale 5 per cent. instead of
2 per cent, and continued to pay 8 per
cent. above the union scale during the
three years he was in control of the
Herald This is the kind of an enemy
he was to the Printers union.
The tone of his Newspaper will show
his feeling toward organized labor to be
more than friendly, and while he has
never posed as labor's special champion
he has been always recognized as its
friend.
While clerk of the house of represent
tatives he was active in behalf of all
bill calculated to improve the condition
OF the nottingham, and the advocates
of the bill making Labor day holiday
say it never would have passed the house
but for his efforts in its behalf.
The cheap attempt of some skate to
make votes among laboring men on his
record is ridiculous. Pearson never
paid dollar out of his own pocket to
union labor man in his life unless it was
to some skate to electioneer for him. He
takes great credit to himself for having
union men to do work for the state and
for requiring them to work only eight
hours. The state laws provide for an
eight hour, day on state work and he
dared not violate it.
Every move that Pearson has made in
behalf of organized labor has been
plainly for political effect, and he has
never made a personal sacrifice in their
behalf, but has used the public funds to
gain their favor for himself. On the
other hand HinricEsen has been an en-
ployer of organized labor for over ten
year; been its friend frequently at {; loss
to himself, and every man who has been
in his employ will testify to this fact.
He should receive the support of every
man who works for 4 living, for in vot-
ing for him You vote for q friend.
Republicans 1Iast Toe the MARI.