The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-11-03
BAT 4 III Tile IS ENDING
THE GREAT POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
t. IS NEAR ITS CLOSE.

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Members Of the Legislature-The
Rest Material Is on the Democrat
ic Side-They Are all Men of the
People.
Three days more of smoke and war,
| and then it will all be done.
Never before has there been more
| quiet campaign. Both parties are at
sea. and can not state positively how
| the silent vote is going to act. The
Republican party is making exhorbit-
ant claims for everything in sight,
while the Democratic party pins it's
hope on the silent vote. Why? Be-
cause there is every indication that it
will go to the Democratic party. If
the silent voters were in favor of the
Republican party, there would be no
necessity for them to remain quiet, but
for fear of intimidation they remain
silent and will vote for Bryan and the
whole ticket.
This is our opinion after a careful
canvass of our legislative district. We
have met ever so many voters who
have said, I'VE are going to vote your
ticket but we must be quiet around
here" In the legislative districts the
candidates have put up a very good
fight. Everything indicates the sue
cessful election of at least three Of the
Democratic-People's party candidates.
S. NJ. Kelley, the carpenter, soldier,
American, will carry Andrew Miller's
| scalp on his belt on election day, and
why shouldn't he? He is superior to
him in intellect and intelligence Mr..
| Kelly is friend of the, workingman,
! while Mr.. Miller was his enemy in the
last legislature. Mr.. Kelly served
five years in the federal army, furnish
ed three sons in the Spanish-American
war, and has one today in China fight
ing for Uncle Sam. Surely a patriot
and citizen of his stamp is worthy Of
favorable consideration from the voters
of the 50th legislative district, irrespec-
tive of their political affiliations When
we come right down to facts, what diff
ference does it make in state legisla-
! ton whether a candidate is Repub-
! lican or Democrat SO long as you know
Fthat he will be true to the people in
all legislative enactments. Give US men,
not partisans, to make our laws, then
we may receive some good effective
| legislation. ~. ''ss
| i 8: q. Snively is surely in the lead
sss,ass as R .! Ds|ssa
lpast. How ne flrnished nis money.
efforts and energy to save the people
of this community from being robbed
of nearly million dollars from the
water company. He is a true friend
to Duluth and is worthy of hand
some majority from the people of the
5Oth district.
| w. E. McEwen and George Skinner,
in the 49th district, have got their op-
posing candidates guessing. They have
framed the following platform and are
| going before the voters OF their dis
| trict pledging themselves to every
plank upon it.
| We believe that larger proportion
of the general funds of the state should
be allotted to the school fund.- so that
more and better schools may be estab-
lished in the outlying sections of this
| district.
| We believe in the construction and
maintenance of necessary county roads
throughout the district, whenever Pc
titioned for by resident taxpayers of
the portion of the district desiring such
| improvements.
| We believe in the eight hour work
| day and are in favor Of law MAX
ing eight hours a legal work day in
| Minnesota, particularly in the indus
| trial field.
| We pledge ourselves to stand by the
present law preventing the issuance OF
| time checks for labor performed in the
woods or elsewhere, thus requiring that
when work is done it should be paid
for in cash. AS there is a movement
on foot to repeal the Anti Time Check
Law" enacted by the last legislature,
we stand unalterably opposed to such
lrepeal.
! We are strong advocates of arbitra-
ton in all disputes between the en-
ployer and employed, and believe that
an effective arbitration law should be
enacted in this state. We have studied
/ the compulsory arbitration law of New
Zealand and are we'll informed on the
arbitration laws: of every state: in the
union. We pledge ourselves to .endeav-
or to secure the:passage. Of a bill in this
state that will make arbitration in lab
or disputes more effective.
We are in favor of all fair and con-
sentative legislation tending to better
1.-THE interests Of the people of the state,
and more particularly the people of st.
Louis county. We will stand ready not
only to vote but to work increasingly
for all legislation required for the ma
terial and industrial development Of
this county.
Mr.. Mallory, one of our opposing can
didates is considerably worried about
the above platform and is going about
the district holding it up for ridicule.
He has the audacity to tell the voters
THAT he secured all of that two years
ago, when he knows full we'll that not
one thing asked for in the above plat
form has been enacted into law. The
first plank of the above platform asks
Il for more and better school houses. At
the town of Industrial the other even
4 ing Mr.. Mallory said, that we were
1.-TWO years behind the times, and that
4 we now had good school houses" while
he was speaking in a cold log school
:. house that. was built by the residents
1fhan1sp1ves at their; own exnenSe Thu