St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-31
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anu treasurer or the brotherhood OF
Railway Conductors of America, and
one of the hest known and most popular
men in railway circles, took dinner at
the Merchants yesterday. BE was ac-
companied by E. E. Clark, the chief
executive of the conductors order, and
the two gentlemen departed for WinEi-
peg last evening. Their trip has no
official significance whatever, being
merely one Of sport and pleasure. They
are after tish-principally. Upon be-
ing questioned regarding the Buffalo
strike. Mir. Daniels said:
II think il was badly mismanaged
strike. and its failure can in no way be
regarded as a defeat for organized
labor. The switchmen doubtless had a
grievance worthy of consideration, but
they started out in the wrong way 10
gain their point. They made mistake
i'll inducing the Buffalo switchmen on
lines against which there was no griev-
ance to join in the strike. Instead of
doing this, they should have endeavored
to secure the cooperation of en-
pioyes all along the lines of
the affected roads. I do not
believe in fighting your friends with
your enemies. After the switchmen
started out in the way they did thew
never had a chance of securing the CO.
operation of other brutherh0ods of rail
way employees. They should have asked
for the advice and cooperation of other
bIotherhoodS before they declared the
strike and not after they had virtually
lost it. Taken altogether, it was indeed
mismanaged strike. After the con-
sultation Grand Master Sweeny had 10
other alienation than to declare the
strike off. Under the circumstances it
fOr In, +>
do. L think that the attack on
Sweeny did more to harm
the cause of organized labor
than the failure of the
strike. There is one important thing
that seems to have been overlooked in
the recent Buffalo strike. and that is a
law passed 10y the New York legislature
at its last session. 1t seems strange to
me that this law was not commented
upon by the newspapers during the
strike. The law that | refer to estab-
fishes a ten-hour day and requires rail-
road companies to pay extra for all over
time. Overtime work without extra
pay was one OF the principal grievances
ten-hOur law is not enforced-at least in
Buffalo"
Mr.. Daniels is resident of Cedar
Rapids, To-, and close observer of the
political movements in his state Like
ali other men engaged in the cause of
united labor. be is a staunch Democrat
In speaking Of the outlook in the Hawk
eye state, he said:
'While | anticipate yery close vote
| in Iowa this fall. scarcely hope to see
the state give a majority for Cleveland.
There are great many Republicans
in Iowa who are with the Demo
Gratis on state issues but not on
national issues. However. | regard the
fact that the Democrats elected six out
OF eleven congressman two years ago as
is growing III Iowa. 1t is rather diff
cult to anticipate The figure that the
Peoples party will cut this fall. but |
do not think they will poll very large
vote. The fact that Weaver is a resident
of Iowa will not help the ticket bit in
that state. In fact, | believe that most
any other man that The Peoples party
could have named would have drawn
more votes than Weaver. He is not
popular where he is best known"
Pat Bray, who was the Democratic
sheriff OF Sibley county for eighteen
years, was at the Clarendon yesterday.
He is delegate to the Third district
congressional convention TO be held at
Farlbault today. and leaves for that city
this morning. Mr.. Bray says he is out
of politics now-but goes to a cOnven-
ton now and then ''to help his friends
OF give his enemies dig" as the case
may be. In talking 10 GLOBE reporter
last evening he said: 'Sibley county is
going to give Dan LAWYER big major
ity. The voters there are nearly all
Germans, irish and Swedes. The
Germans m far
Cleveland. and if Mr.. LAWYER goes
down there before election and
gives them one of his rousing German
speeches he Will not be cut to any extent
The Irish vote is almost solidly Demo
cratic, and will go to the straight ticket.
The Swedes won't vote for Nelson-so
l really don't see where he will come in
at all in Sibley county. | am going
down to Faribault tomorrow to help re-
nominate Congressman Hall, and there
is no doubt that he will beat Joel Heat
wOle in the new Third district. l know
that HeatwOle is very weak in my
county, and unless he can make up for
it in other counties he will be very
badly beaten man,
In speaking of crops. Mr.. Bray said
that the yield in his section of the state
would be very good, but not as large as
last year. The crop of wheat. so far as
harvested, had averaged fifteen bushels
to the acre.
Henry Feig, Republican member of the
legislature from kandiyohi county, was
at the Clarendon yesterday. Mr.. Feig
was born a Republican about thirty
years ago, and hasn't got over it yet.
Out in Kandiy0hi county," said he &c
GLOBE man. NEARLY everybody seems
to be in favor of the Peoples party
ticket. Donnelly is going to poll big
vote in that section, and it will come
mostly from the Republican ranks. /
wouldn't like TO have it published, but
it's my opinion that the Peoples ticket
is going to pull enough votes in the
country districts away from the Repub-
lIcans to make the election of LAWYER
extremely probable"
Joseph Roach, the hale and hearty
Democratic hustler from Mortified.
was in the city yesterday and stopped at
the Merchants. He told GLOBE re-
porter that D. M. Hall would undoubt-
eddy be nominated at Faribault today,
and that Joel Heatwole would not be
lin it" when the votes were counted in
the new Third district next November.
'Heatwole is known to the people of
the district" said he, ''only through the
noticeS he has been given In the country
press Sr the past year or so. The peo-
pie outside of Rice county do not
know the man personally and he is an
exceptionally weak candidate. o. NJ.
Hall has congressional record that
will make him considerably stronger
than he was two years ago when he de-
feated D. S. Hall. He will defeat
Heatwole by an overwhelming major
ity."
X. II. Moore, one of the leading DEM
ocratic editors of Iowa, passed through
the city yesterday. He is the owner of
the Ottumwa Daily and Weekly Demo-