Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-09-26
THE CHICAGO STRIKE.
MANIPULATED so AS TO BENE-
FIT DEMOCRACY.
All Branches of Labor Were Expert
eucing Good Times Until Democratic
Schemers Began to Fomcnt Trouble
for Political Effect.

Chicago correspondence:
The prosperous, steadily employed
workingmen of this country express
themselves as well satisfied with the
changed conditions OF the past few
years. Ii requires no campaign oratory
TO convince them and their well-fed and
well-clothed families of the advantages
t!....it have accrued to them in the change
from Democratic TO Republican control
of the affairs of the nation. The better
ed conditions are so eN ident and the
contentment OF laboring people so uni
yersal, that no one is able TO deny the
great and ranid Increase in the pros
perity of The workingdcu generally.
Labor organizations of All Kinds have
tourished and grown as never before,
and when wisely ana conserrativeiy
managed have added TO their strength
and good influence. The machinists,
bricklayerS, carpenters. railroad men.
bod carriers, plaSterers ironworkers,
and in fact all trades. sc reaped the
benefit of the good times, AS might be
expected. this condition of things has
alarmed the Democratic campaign man
ayers.
The off-yeag elections in the different
States indicated that workmen of all
classes We're supporting the Republi-
can tickets. 1t became necessary in the
mind of Chairman Jones and Others OF
the National Democratic Committee.
and local party bosses In Chicago. thar
to secure the labor vote in the coming
Presidential contest something must be
done to stem the wonderful Industrial
tide, as otherwise the wall Of the ga
lamity bowler" wauld surely fall on
deaf ears and Democracy's appeals 80
unheeded. They saw an opportunity In
Chicago to bring about Il conflict be-
tween laborinG men and their employ
ers. and how Wen ;hey have succeeded
can beSt be t0il BY tie thousands OF I'M
suspecfng workingmen and their fam
lilies who have beer made to suffer
Strikes were inau%uialrd in The build
ing trades wherever possible Leaders
IN the building trades haye been placed
on the City Fab rayrhlS Men acting
as officers of onions connected with the
Building Trades Council, as business
agents Of the union We're given posi-
tons paying from 500 to Sl3o per
month. BY means of ''sixty-day' APP
pointments, and 10y the connivance of
Commissioner Edward Carroll and his
Democratic colleague, the civil service
law has been trampled under foot.
Is it strange that efforts to bring
about a settlement of the labor troubles
in Chicago have been fruitless?
What matters it to sach men, carried
on two payroAs, that the laborers of
Chicago are without work? What care
Chairman Jones, Willis ]. Abbot and
Edward Carroll? The Presidential cleo.
ton is almost ut hand, and they must
not permit this warfare TO cease until
after the ballots are cast If they can
cause discomfort and unrest among the
working people. they hope thus to gain
a few votes. and the welfare Of the .peo-
pie must not stand in the way.
The pabiics first introduction to the
methods of the City Hall ''hold-up" la
Dor gang was during the Fall Festival
last year.
This experience and Others of like
character was the direct cause of the
lockout of last winter. Chairman Jones
and Willis ]. Abbot, Secretary of the
Democratic Press Bureau, then had
reason TO feel that Il calamity of great
proportions was settling over Chicago,
and they were accordingly cheerful, for
calamity is Democraey's friend.
Every department of business and in
dustry of a great city has been made to
feel the direful effects os this shame
full scheme on the part of the Demo
cratic campaign managers TO obtain
votes =. IA.