The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-13

boring man in what is right and teach
him how TO vote. 1 have discovered that
the man who tolls. as q general thing. is
not success when it comes to voting
You will remember last fall when the
Tree coinage issue was at stake, we OF the
west told them that it would alleviate the
misery which prevails. to have an in
crease in the currency There are enough
workingmen in the country TO carry any
election Mr.. Debs' organization is es-
peclally strong. Did they do anything?
Nit The men they worked for raised the
cry of 50-cent dollars, and every last one
of them we needed to elect Bryan turned
in and voted for Mckinley. although he
knew the system he lived under had
worked harm for years and years
e. O.
have been a member of labor union
Tor many years I have never seen them
a u-,:t on any principle of vital interest
TO themselves yet The only thing they
DC agree upon is to all get simultaneously
mad when a member gets dignified enough
70 change his shirt once a week. He is
then set down as a groVeller at the shrine
of monopoly. They would read till about
the time for action. and then go chasing
of after something. because some leader
like yourself had said he was right, and
always landed right where they are now
The engineers might have changed the
election last fall but no. their chief, Mr..
Arthur, the man who declined 10 stand
by the X. of l.. in a strike on the Read
ing. said gold was the thing. and they
chased after Arthur. This is only one in
stance. You and | know of many more
You hope to do some good for your
union l believe you are honest in that
and at the same time you hope TO benefit
yourself. But do you believe your mode
OF procedure is going to benefit anyone?
If you do, you are mistaken Your words
have created an antagOnistic feeling in
TIE breast of every man who has read
them, with a very few exceptions You
have the press of the country TO nght
when YOU attempt such measures. You
may say you do not care. hut | tell you
the press reflects the sentiment of this
country and no power has ever been able
TO withstand ii. Let me make you a
prediction. In two years time you will
either be forgotten or in jaI. If your
men follow your advice they VIII create
a rumpuS which viii cause them trouble
and their families anguish. II they 90
not. you will sink out of sight and be
forgotten.
I forgot to mention that in addition TO
being a member of labor union, L am
also one of those .thirteen-dollar-a-m month
nurderers" you so touchingly alude to-
l cherish no animosity toward you. how
ever. and have no desire to slaughter you
because / believe that the man who dies
b. a bullet should breathe out his life
in defense OF some principle That he
should go down with the bright colors Of
Old Glory floating over the battle smoke
that the last sound which greets his ear
should be the ringing shouts OF his com
rades over the victory he has helped to
gain. | wouldn't harm you Tor the world
If / did. it would be with something soft
IT. q sock. If you and ! meet in deadly
combat at the shaft-house, when your
5000 rifles are popping and men are roll
ing and tumbling in their death agony;
when blue uniforms and overallS go down
in final grapple. ! should not shoot at
you You viii he safe. l shall tell the
company cook to hit you with some bis
cult dough. Yours truly,
JOHN PARKINSON.