Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-22

! the national administration ~ pebAi
ming to weaken and TO see the folly OF
the financial course II has been pursu
ing for the past eighteen months, whef
It is almost too late. and when the re
serve fund has again reached the soo,,
100000 mark. Already we have phio
over siOi. 00O. 900 I'm interest on the unlor
Pacific bonds: but the principal In ths
first place was only s5000O,0OO or st2,'
600, 900. This Is the sort of fnaneierine
we have been doing for the past quarter
of a century. and the sort Of financier-
ing the present administration In sheer
desperation has striven to carry out. II
would not surprise me TO see an effort
made az the meeting TO endorse Nugenl
and pledge the conference TO the sup
port OF the Populist ticket straight
II II succeeds, II win attract from what
ever influence the meeting would other
wise have had. For unquestionably
there are two divisions in the ranks OF
organized labor In Texas--the Demo-
cratic and the Populist divisions.
Judged from an impartial standpoint,
1t would not take much to turn the
former toward the latter and only re-
quires little intelligent tact and diplo-
macy to accomplish II. However, the
populist leaders lack the necessary tact
and possess the additional disqualified
ton Of being hackLeyed, which places
them at a great disadvantage. Then
add TO this the independent labor ele-
ment which has no particular po-
litical opinion, and the case becomes
more complex. But whatever the con-
ference does, the action of the party on
strikes 10 going to cost it many a vote.
II is not SO much the language of the
planks that they obJetct to as the evil
dent Intent which lies hidden in the
verbiage. They feel that there Is some-
thing in II which they must begin early
TO combat. And they are about right.
| shall attend the conference If my
local elects me to do so. / believe the
policy of the laborlng people should be
TO Keep the politicians continually
away"
Mr.. o. A. Eylar of the Dallas Typo
graphical union in speaking OF the
mass meeting at Fort Worth Septem-
Der "a, talked as follows:
"All the labor organizations OF this
city VIII send delegates to Fort Worth
Monday TO the labor conference. The
typographical union, however win not
participate, as there Is clause in the
International constitution prohibiting
political action and should such action
OF any kind be taken 1t would place
the union in conflict with its higher
law, but such of the members as be-
lieve that labor has issues OF great
Importance involved In the present
campaign and subject to legislative en-
actment, will send representatives to
participate In the deliberations OF the
conference
1T would be problematlcal to set
forth anything that will be done I be-
lieve IT should be one OF the duties Of
the conference to condemn the ninth
MI 10 90 N1.a II q l..
platform and the action OF Cleveland
In sending troops TO Chicago. The
precedent which Cleveland has set is
the most important one that has ever
confronted the laborlng people OF
America. believe they should go about
II Systematically to remove the evil,
and should not allow party ties to pre-
vent them meeting on one common
platform to give battle to the new
force confronting them-the bayonets
of the government 50 far as IT is
possible the position of all candidates
before the people should be ascertain,
ed on tbs issue and II they are not for
us they should not receive our sup
port. a state organization should be
perfected and. as far as possible, ex-
tended to the congressional, legislative
and senatorial districts and on down to
the county precincts. There are two or
three congressional districts that hang
in the balance, which the workingmen
can carry by organizing even at this
late day. A dozen organized men are
worth fifty unorganlzed voters, float
ing almlessly around.
II believe the present movement will
eventuate in an organization that will
distinctively represent labor 1t means
that labor has commenced to think.
and that when II Is mlstrcated 1t will
act. IL some OF the congressional and
other candidates are defeated this year
1t Will terrorize the remainder. There
is nothing that VIII teach politician
to respect labor quicker than It's wrath
at the polls
III the Democratic party suffers a
partial defeat In the state, or serious
loss, they will, two years from now,
be willing to invite labor to return and
write its platform.
"The labor OF the state should have
Its rights Increased rather than d.
minlshed. There should be far-reach-
ing mechanics Hen law, a law protect
ing the use OF labels, law against
blackllsting, and further one severely
Furnishing n corpora lion that would in
terfere with the political freedom OF
their employees. There are so many
laws that could be passed In the In
terest of labor that have not the
time or you the space to enumerate
them.
CHOSE who predict that the con-
ference win become u tail to the Popu-
list party will, l think. be deceived.
have no apprehension that It will
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