The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-06-20

LEGISLATION FOR
THE NORWEGIAN



do not need a majority of the votes.
only the balance OF power which you
have five times over. IL this plan
does not succeed Il viii be your own
fault We are going TO succeed this
time"
r. A. RUST TALKS.
Able arguments tn favor OF the
plan were also made by r. A. Rust.
secretary Of the Western Central
Labor Union. and Gordon A Rice.
whose pointed reference to the plan
anniversary OF the Nations birth by
laying battieship's keel in Moran's
shipyard. were cheersd to the echo.
Il have attended all but two legis-
1atures In Washington since state
hood" said Mr.. Rust. land know
how legislation II thwarted OF OBJ
tanned better than any man can who
has not been on the ground and seen
the process with his own eyes
The third house--the lobby-which
Is paid for by capitalists. IL where
most good legislation Is killed. and
the result IL that we get 10 laws we
don't want TO one we do. Have your
legislators pledged In writing before
hand and you have the lobby made
powsrless.
A VIGOROUS SPEECH.
Mr.. Rice devoted himself prin-
cipaily 10 praising in his own vigor-
Gus style the State Federation Of
Labor for ifs great work in the state
and TO roasting the labor unions
OF Seattle fer their lukr-warm sup
port Of the organization.
THE Seattle spirit he said. was
FAR better shown By the few Seattle
union men who attended the Fedora
sion meeting In Tacoma last winter
than by the people who gave the
Morans sf0o.o 900 to help them build
baftIeship.
sThe Norans made the claim that
they needed the money because
wages were 40 much higher on this
coast" declared Mr. Rice. stNow
viii tell you here tonight, and defy
any one To prove that II II not true,
that the Morans are paying lower
wages on the bsttieship Nebraska
today than are being paid on any
other battleship contract in the
United States
Mr.. Rice said he was n Democrat.
but that this year he would not de-
clare for Democracy. but would fol-
low the non-partisan policy Mr..
Harmon had outlined. He advised
all union men TO follow a similar
course.
In conclusion he denounced the
newspapers which continually
WORRIED against labor interests and
Tor "scab" employing capitalists.
Tho damnstfon ~ the American
working man." he concludes, lis that
he Will buy. read and swear by the
newspaper that n ali the time roast
ing him
OTHER SPEAKERS.
The other speakers on the program
were r. V. Copeland. OF Tacoma. a
nlsmbor or the executive committees
ri the State Federation Of La Dor, and
J. a. Menzies. SECRETARY OF the same
orran5za ton.
The only speaker not on the pro-
gram was a Socialist printer. who did
not give his name. lie svss given the
platform BIZ vote of the audience. but
soon strayed from the subject Of
labor iegisntian 70 socialism and was
caiied 70 order
e. a. Derrs. who presided over the
meeting. was finally forced to de-
clare It adjourned on account OF the
vehement protests raised BY the So
cialists who had attempted to pack
flse hail.
TIE meeting, ar. Derry said, was
called f9r a special purpose. and he
could not allow II 70 be converted
into SOCIALIST gathering.
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