Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-23

man himself. as he had e~ndeavored to
secure the appointment of a rat printer
as public printer at Washington under
the present administration. These state
ments Mr.. Dewey declares to have been
absolutely without foundation in fact,
and he addressed a car to the Stand
ard. with a request that :. be published,
to set him right before the public in this
vicinity. The Standard did not print
his card, and the Inter Mountain cheer
fully gives Mr.. Dewey space for a hear
ing. The letter to the Standard follows:
Editor of the Standard: The Introduction
to your report of my lecture last evening
at the Auditorium in Butte does me 80 pal
pable an injustice that l am disposed to
ask for space to make a brief reply. The
insinuation that l am In the employ, OF the
Mckinley administration, campaigning Tor
Debs, is both unmanly and unkind.. My po-
sition in the department of labor is in the
made in December. 1855, during the cleye-
however, that in a community where men
who are privileged to draw wages for labor
are alleged to be owned. by the corpora
tion employing them. such opinions should
be held as are expressed in the article in
question. Have the politicians of Butte
and vicinity become 50 accumstomed 20 CO.
officials in power employ the same methods
to secure political ends? Permit me e. say
that my lecture on the Future 81 LABOR.
was in nc sense a Debs speech, unless me
/ advocacy Of socialism as an ethical propo-
( sition be 50 considered. Never since my
connection with the public service mas any
/ man, Of any administration, attempted by
word or act to influence either my voice
or vote in any manner. It IS a mistaken
idea: born Of narrow political concelt, tnat
employees of the government are the en-
ployes of the particular administration IN
power. u
The charge hat I have ever attempted
/ 70 indIyarna tho annOiptmanf of a trat"
printer to the office Of public printer at
Washington, under the present administra-
ton, or any other. is absolutely false. When
Mr.. Cleveland was made president the sec
ond time ! was an emplOye of the govern
ment printing office at Washington. Mr..
then in office under the Harrison admins
~tration. A change was to be made. and
Charles w. Edwards Of Delaware. a friend
printer. was a candidate for the place. The
!. T. U. had a candidate Of their own In
the person Of the late George Chance Of
Philadelphia Mr.. Cleveland was about to
| appoint Edwards to the position when the
unionism Of Edwards, who was the pro-
Del. in order to influence the president
against him. The support Of Congressman
Amos Cummings was secured BY the union
contingent, and the president was told
that to appoint Edwards would insure the
united opposition Of organized labor, two
next eam n1rang; re rse'b biuff h Mor Rariy ana NJ the the
president withdrew the commission from
Edwards. Offering him any other position
OF like character that he might select. But
: Mr.. Edwards refused to have anything but
the position he sought, and withdrew from
the contest: But he never has forgiven the
union for his defeat. and has since done
much to injure the union in a spirit of re-
yenge. 1t was he who rated the New
York SUM-. I am told, and the union has nc
use for him In consequence. But that
have had any connection with him in any
way since his candidacy for public printer
IS untrue. At the time he was such candi-
date. Mr.. EdWards held an honorable with
drawal card from the typographical union
issued to him at the time he resigned as
a Journeymen to become a proprietor
otherwise I should not have supported his
candidacy. A.. M.
Butte, July 2, 1900.