Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-22
SPEECH BY A LADORING MAN
South Omaha Toiler Tells What the Re-
publican Party Has Done,
ALWAYS TRUE FRIEND OF THE LABoRER

Mckin1ey's Advent In the White
House the Cpuse of the Pros
perity sow Abroad in
the Land.
Interest in the present campaign on the
part of Sixth ward republicans was quick
ened Saturday night by a rousng meeting
at ldlewid hall The speakers were: w. f.
Johnson, candidate for the Board of Edu.
cation; Louis Burmester, d. NJ Vinson-
haler, j. j. Boucher, w. A. DeBord, Charles
Tuttle and Ed Mullery.
In the course of his address Mr. Tutte
said: Even IL it should be temporarily
drawn down, the flag Of the United States
is ultimately going UP in the Philippines
Expansion means prosperity, contraction
means want and distress. We have already
gone beyond the confines of our borders
and taken in the Sandwich islands. In that
ocean which washes the shores of Hawaii
| and the United States the future will wit.
ness the bulk of commercial traffic. Would
! you prefer to see the flag of Russia England
I or Germany carrying the commerce across
| that ocean,
| In response to calls for a speech Ed Null
lery addressed the meeting. Mr. Mullery is
| a laboring man employed at South Omaha.
| He said:
Gentlemen: believe that every man
who works for living should take an in
terest in this campaign. In 1896 almost
| every laboring man was a politician-not
from choice, but through force of circum-
stances. He had nothing else to do. His
wife and children were at home in poverty
| and distress. He was traversing the streets
| Of the cities seeking employment. There
| WAS no market his labor her
he met the same refusal when he offered his
services. The homes Of the laboring men
| were about to be swept away. About that
time they began to think for themselves and
came to the conclusion that something was
wrong. The result Of that thought has
placed us today in the positions we hold. The
workingman thought that the wrong existed
in the democratic party and it resulted in
the election of William Mckinley.
Men Looking for Work.
During the last presidential campaign 1
was employed by Swift and Company at
South Omaha as a mechanic I was receiv-
ing liz cents an hour. Prior to the DEM
ocratic administration l was getting 25 and
80 cents an hour for the same work. At
that time every morning found from $50 to
! 200 men at the packing house, lined up in
single file, seeking work, but the foreman
could only select five or six from that mum
ber. / worked sixteen hours day and when
the week came around for the time which
, was able to put in l only drew about $12.
L am now able to command SO day for
, nine hours work. These are facts that can
| not be denied.
Il am surprised, amazed that any labor
, ing who has lived for any length of
, time in the United States should think OF
voting for any party other than the one that
, has always stood for his interests and the
one that assists him. The republican party
has always stood for the interests of the la
| boring men, Sixteen years ago l was work
, ing in San Francisco when the exclusion
bill camo up in congress. 1t was for the
, purpose of excluding the Chinese, or pauper
labor, and l there on the coast where
l was able to appreciate its Importance. For
a week that stalwart champion of repub-
lcanism and the laboring man, James G.
Blaine, stood UP in the house of represent
atives and fought for that BILL and by his
side was William Mckinley. The republican
party has assisted the laboring man in q
practical way. Not by word of mouth, but
by deeds.
Trying to Catch Labor Vote.
e Coming down to local questions let m,
/ call your attention to this man Broadwell
9 who has been put on the democratic ticker
r as a self-posed laboring man to catch the
= labor vote. He was employe of one Of tn,
e packing houses and was raised to the posi-
tion of city clerk because the corporation
e know they could use him. Here few day
: ago the World Herald came out with a full
e page OF testimonials for Broadwell. But dic
d you see the name OF a single laboring maj
d in South Omaha testfying to his good char
y ar A fa,kN ,harn
difficulty in South Omaha and this sam
n Broadwell went around with petition ask
ing that the governor of the state send tn
militia up to put end to the trouble b.
j intimidating the laboring men so that the
would create disturbance and lose tn
G sympathy of the public. Why did he do that
In order to gain the good graCes OF the cor
porations. He gained his point, too, and a
his request a couple of cannCu were sent uE
ID Laboring men will tell you that Broadwel
10 had them looking down the mouths of thos
t, cannon for four or five days. Two years ag
y there was another strike, but Broadwe
10 didn't take any hand in it. | can tell yo
ss the part that Baright the republican candi
ID date for district clerk, took ia that strike
N though One OF the men who was out on
'e strike was living in Barights house. H
y was out of work, out of money and his re1
rs was overdue. l went to Baright and ex
planned the circumstances to him and h
said that the man could live in his hous
until he got job That is the differenc
Z between Broadwell and Baright when
~ comes to the laboring man.
le Given Hearing.
to THE laboring men have frequently ha
'r occasion TO call on Louie Burmester Will
Iy he has been in the, council for assistanc,
ID They never failed to receive a respectfl
hearing and he always did all he could fc
them. They say that John Power is a grea
union labor man. Well, II he is, he's affil
h ating with mighty bad crowd from tn
lie labor standpoint. Everyone knows that Joh
- Power controlled the last democratic cor
o. vention, II he did, why did he let Broadwe
" get the nomination for clerk Ct the court
op He knew what kind of labor record Broad
,s well has. He knew that Broadwel has bee
DR. traitor TO the laboring interests and /