Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-01
VIEWS REGARDING NEWPARTY
Diverse Sentiment Regarding 1t in the
Ranks Of Labor.
NOT GENERALLY COMMENDED
Statements Of It's Promoters Not Ac-
ceptcd by Many mud others
Think ft nm Ili-Timed
Venture Mt Best.

/ With regard to the new party which re-
Gently had its inception at Labor Temple
and which, because 1t has not yet been
| baptized. is called the labor party, there is
a wide difference of opinion among laboring
people. Among those who are opposed to
it 1t is believed that at least the movement
was exceedingly inopportune. They say 1t
was launched without that dillgent confer
ence and careful consideration necessary to
insure an effective political union Of all the
laboring forces and that neither time nor
opportunity was given for a general express
! sion Of opinion as to what form the organi-
zation ought to take and the work it should
seek to accomplish. The pledge requiring
| every member of the party to abjure COM
pletely and forever allegiance to any other
party they say is much like slappng a man
in the face who has already climbed half way
over the fence to give assistance. great
many of those who talk in this way are not
yet quite satisfied that through the populist
party, for instance. the objects which labor,
OF ganized and unorganiZed, Is seeking can.
not be reached.
AS for the middle Of the road populists, they
look on the scheme as one that threatens
without any excuse whatever to make division
in the ranks of those striving for reform,
and they will have nothing to do with it.
They also impugn the motives OF the men
who are at the head of the movement de-
claring that their intention is only to get
a club large enough to serve them to some
advantage in the attainment of personal ends
and that no sincere attempt will be made
to give to the new party more than local
character, for that will be sufficient for their
purposes And even in this 1t is insisted that
there will be failure. for it is alleged by
those who are talking this way that so far
the membership of the clubs is composed al
most exclusively Of transient laborers only
here for the winter, and who, when warm
weather comes. will move on to other places.
Others express the conviction that the move
ment is simply in the interests of the
socialistic propaganda.
All of this is denied by the men who are
organizing the new party. They declare that
they have no concealed purposes. They an
nounce their lack of confidence in the re-
publican, democratic and populist parties,
being convinced that not one of them can
be depended on to bring about any of the
legislation that is demanded by the laboring
people. and that the only escape from present
conditions is through the new organization,
which must be kept free from the domna-
ton of demagogues and place hunters ready
to sell out or barter influence for purely
selfish ends at the first good opportunity.
Sewing for Unemployed Women.
The last week has been marked by an un-
undertaking to do something for the idle and
unemployed women OF the city. 1t is be-
lieved a. large part of the women's garments
sold at customs sale by the local stores can
be made up here as well as in the esat and
an attempt in this direction is being made
Almost all Of the dry goods houses and the
department stores have been visited and the
managers have given much encouragement to
the scheme. They say they are willing to
have their orders for this class of goods filled
here, provided they can get their stock as
cheap and as well made as now. Some OF
them have agreed to furnish the cloth that |
is to be made up and to pay only for the
making, while others prefer to give simplyst
their orders. 1t is contemplated that several
score of women can be employed at rs cents
or 81 day. They will will be paid by the |
day. although the work will be passed from
hand to hand, one person doing only part |
of the whole on each garment 1t is thought |
too that it will not be necessary to bring |
the seamstresses together in one room. but |
that the work can be sent out to homes.