The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-20
,BAILEY's FRIEND HAYES
TEN THOUSAND OF HIS n. or l..
JOURNALS SENT HERE.
Organized Labor's Intense Hatred of
Hayes Causes Bailey to Hide
the Papers.

John Schawnfaber. of Washington. was
here few days ago to deliver ten thou
sand copies of the Knights of Labor Jour
nal to Leon o. Bailey. Democratic candi-
date for representative The papers con-
tanned. an attack on Representative Over
street, and We're intended for. circulation
through the Seventh district Some time
ago Mr.. Bailey contracted with John w.
Hayes, of Washington proprietor of the
Journal, and the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the
Knights of Labor, to run off a special edi-
ton Of the paper containing the attack on
Mr.. Overstreet, So far as Hayes was con-
cerned the contract was carried out. He
sent Editor Schawnfaber here with the pa
pers Meantime Mr.. Bailey had learned in
what contempt and hatred his friend Hayes
was held by organized labor. He was
warned that if he bought and circulated the
paper here it would enrage organized labor,
and he was very much alarmed and re-
pented of his bargain. Consequently, when
Mr.. Schawnfaber. arrived Mr. Bailey refused
to take the papers. Schawnfaber pulled
the letter that had been written ordering
the papers, but Bailey refused to take them,
ana one report has 1t that they are sui
lylng IN the. express ONCE waiting for Bailey
70 take tnem out. There is no Likelihood
or his doing So. {atssteN -ss
Bailey and Hayes became great friends
1891 oaiiSy WAS III washington Inc cam
dldate TOR Congress imagined that it would
be a brilliant thing to have his friend Hayes
come out to Indiana to make a lot of
speeches. against OYerstreet, and entered
INTO an agreement of that kind, going SO
far as to agree to pay his campaign ex-
penses, including transportation, hotel bills,
etc, without scrutinizing them too closely
But for the discovery that organized labor
held his friend Hayes in such complete con-
tempt tie ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of the
knights or Labor would have been brought
mere IN accordance with the contract. Be-
fore the idea was carried out. however,
Bailey learned that Hayes had no influence
with laboring men, and the political scheme
of using his position in the K. of l.. organi-
dropped by Mr.. Bailey He learned enough
to convince him that If there was grocery
store near any place at which HayeS'S
meetings were held the supply of eggs would
probably be exhausted by union working
men, and consequently the plan of having
the same reason that induced Bailey to re-
fuse to accept the cargo of papers which
had been printed by his orders. 1t could not
be learned last night whether the papers
had been shipped pack to Washington or
whether Bailey had paid for them, in order
to get rid of SchaWnfaber, who was>threat-
ening to make trouble If the contract was
had bought and paid for the entire edition,
hut instead OF circulating them made a bon
fire in his back yard. Another story was
that the papers are still in the express Of
flee. AT any rate they have not been cir
culated, nor is it at all likely that they will
be. Neither is it likely that Bailey's friend
Hayes will come down to Indiana 10 do any
campaigning in his behalf. One story was
that Hayes contemplated a suit to compel
Bailey to pay for the papers.