Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1899-03-09
NO LABOR MAN WANTED.

The republicans of the state have
again signifed their contempt for
the labor element They have given
additional evidence of hostility to
the men who carry the bod and
delve in the mines. They want to
have nothing to do with such men or
those that represent them. And
this is all right, for the laborin9
men of Idaho have from time to
time signified their contempt for the
republican party, and have on every
4 occasion since that party abandon
ed the principles of bimetallism
turned them down. Republican
hostility to the laboring men and
labor organizations was shown by
the refusal of the republicans in
the senate to confirm the selection
of Hon. j. r. Sovereign as a mem
Der Of the state board of arbitration
Every one Of the republicans in the
senate voted against his confrma-
tion. Every democrat and silver
republican in the BODY voted for
him. In sending in the name of J.
r. Sovereign as a member of said
board Governor Steunenberg paid
very handsome and deserved com
pliment to the labor organizations
and the laboring element of the
state. Mr. Sovereign is recognized
as an able and conscientious man.
He has for years been connected
honorably with various labor organi-
ttions. He has occupied the high
est place in one of the lie aiding or
CARNATIONS in the interests of labor
in this country. He is a reformer
in every sense of the word He is
a writer of signal ability Since
coming to Idaho and engaging in
journalism he has gained the respect
of all classes in Shoshone county
by his conservative course, and his
wise advice. He came out boldly
and attacked in his paper the law
lessness that periodically crops out
in that county, and denounced it in
unmeasured terms He is not an
anarchist, not wild eyed advocate
of impraeticable schemes He is q
man of sense and culture He re
presents the best element of the Ia
boring people His counsel on II
board of arbitration would hav,
been potent for good Yet the RI
publican party said, by the action
of their senators, that they would
not have such a man on the hoard
The fact that the popullsts Of tn
senate voted With the repuhicai
to turn down Sovereign cuts aa f
ure. These men dc not represeu
the populist people If the state
They have simply betrayed ths
party 50 far as they could do so n
to the hands of he republic
They at the commencement If NJ
session made a combine with
republicans to the disgraceof popu
lism and the scandal of the part,
in the state and nation. They don't
count, except to aid their allies in
stabbing the best friend of the labor
in the west. But on the republi-
cans of this state rests the RESPONSE
hility of turning down such a man
as Sovereign, and at the polls in
1900 the laboring people will again
tell this organization in what de-
testation it is held by them ItI
these populist senators reflect the
sentiments Of the gang that has
mismanaged the populist party for
some months past, Mr.. Sovereign
will find, if he seeks it, a warm vel
come in the ranks of the democracy
The democratic party is the place
now for all earnest and practical re-
formers. And there will be found
the measures of the populist people
in 19O0.-The Boise Capitol.