Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-10-04
State Capital News
WRITTEN BY
Correspondent SQuibbs.

Columbus, O., Oct S.-Hon. John Nc
Bride of this city, and at one time
president of the United Mine Workers
Of America has declined the invita-
tiOn of the Democratic State Commit
lee to take the stump for Bryan in
Ohio. While Mr. Mcbride is in full
sympathy with the coal miners in the
anthracite district who are now on a
strike for an increase in wages, he is
not in sympathy with the effort which
is being made to make the Republican
party responsible 20. les2 c1Aditions.
On the contrary he is rather disposed
to give the Republican party credit for
obtain in the United States. and
which make it possible for great
strike for an increase of wages
succeed at this time. AS matter of
fact very few labor leaders Of promi-
nence are on the stump at this time in
behalf of the national Democratic
ticket. When they contrast the pres
ent with four years ago, they are con-
tent to let well enough alone
If the Democrats ever had any show
of success in the pending election, they
are growing less every day. The trend
of events has been in favor of the Re
publicans. The hope Of the Demo-
cratic party was that the anthracite
coal strike, which its leaders are said
to have encouraged, would be sue
cess, and that there would be just en-
ough violence to make it necessary to
call out the federal troops. with the
still further hope, of course, that
there would be enough bloodshed to
enable them to criticise President Ne
Kinley and afford them some pretex;
to appeal to the passions and prejudi-
ces of the laboring people throughout
the country for votes for the Demo-
cratic ticket
The action on the part of the Ma
tional Democratic Campaign Manag-
ers, the New York sun having charged
them with being directly responsible
for bringing about the strike, it is not
to be wondered at in view of the plat
form declarations of the Kansas City
convention, the tenor cf every plank
of which is to encourage anarchy and
riot, Whatever the consequences to So
ciety, as long as the Democratic party
is the gamer in a political way.
But it is not likely to succeed. The
operators are already Offering ad-
vances of ten per cent. in the wages of
the miners, which President Mitchell.
of the United Mine Workers has said
would be satisfactory. The latest ad-
vices from New York are to the effect
that Satisfactory settlement will
soon be effected, and the 1871 900 strik-
ing coal miners return to work.
Senator Hanna is taking leading
part in the effort to bring about this
settlement, and if it is accomplished
without serious bloodshed through the
use Of Winchesters in the hands OF
federal troops, so President McKin-
ley cannot be blamed, it will be a very
great disappointment to the Democrat
ic leaders.
President Mckinley never sacrificed
human life except in defense of the
country and the honor of the flag. He
has been criticised by the Democratic
orators and press for having done
that. As matter of fact President
Mckinley has been one of the cham
pions Of labors cause, and in no
greater or more beneficial sense, than
in his steady maintenance of a prctee-
tive tariff, the benefcient results of
which to those who toll for a living
are strikingly illustrated in compari-
son of present labor conditions with
those which prevailed four years ago
as showing the difference between the
Wilson law, enacted by a Democratic
congress and approved by a Demo-
cratic president, and the Dingley tariff
law. President Mckinley when in
congress supported the eight hour
work day. and one of the arguments
advanced by him was that shorter