The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-04-23
). M. Parry Replies to Criti-
 cism of Ohio Senator,
SAYS II IS ALL POLITICS
Declares Tat Hanna Led Manufactur CTS Into Mckinley Camp Because They Feared Bryanlsm, But He
 Can't "Ring Nose" Them Now.

Indianapolis. Ind. April 22.-"Mr. Han mas rushing to the rescue of organized labor Is. when you come to think of it. a somewhat astonishing spectacle, v said MT. D. NJ. Parry today, when asked for his opinion as to the attack made up- on his labor position by Senator Hanna at the banruet of the Amalgamated As- sociation 5f Steel workers at Columbus.
 .If everv one has enjoyed the speech of the senator as much as I have" con- tinued NJ Parry, Tit certainly cannot be claimed that he has not done hls share in contributing to the era of gener- al good feeling Of course I have no per- sonal feeling whatever against Mir. Han na, and I am glad to note that he has none against me, although l must con- fess that 1t Is with some surprise that l read his declaration that I display ignor- ance in my report But then a good deal can be forgiven a man who Is In the midst of a trying campaign, especially when he has recently been defeated by a candidate like Tom Johnson. Now, if it had been the latter who had taken up the eudgels for labor, there would not have been nearly as much humor in the situSsion.
 ''f m it be that MT. Hanna Is beginning at Shis late day to copy after the meth ods of the mayor of Cleveland, the man whom he has so long tried to defeat. Let's see.
 'In the campaign of 1896 the very men that MT. Hanna now extolls as the able leaders of organized labor, issued cir culal demanding in the name of all the wealth-producers of the country the re monetization of silver, and because he as chairman of the national republican com mittee did all he could in support of the gold standard he was lampooned and ahised, worse perhaps than any man be- ts or sisee by these very men whose Friendship he now so assiduously seeks.
 The Political Bee.
 "The genesis of MT. Hanna from an energetic business man with a labor rec ord not particularly distinguished for lem iency into a political leader and finally a United States senator, who is the lead Ing spirit, if not the founder of the civic federation, Is a remarkable instance of what the political bee will make a man do, when it gets to buzzing in his bon net. Who knows where the metamor- phosis of MT. Hanna will end. Is it pos sible that he has become a convert to all the leading tenets of trades unionsm? It appears that he actually joined the Amal- gamated union, or whatever 1t was, which he addressed. and his speech would cer- Ia a n pxopliqnt fO mark an initiation into the order.
 "As a good union man, he may yet think 1t incumbent upon him to look with an indulgent eye upon Bryanism, and am almost inclined to believe 1t an op- perfume time to make the suggestion that he be made the next running mate for MT. Bryan. Bryan and Hanna-how Is that for ticket?
 "Of course I am aware that all this is not argument, but then there was very little argument in MT. Hanna's speech. He takes up a paper which has met the endorsement of s8 per cent of the manu- lecturers of the country as being a fair exposition of the socialistic tendency, and what Carroll D. Wright calls the dam nable practices of trades unionism,' and makes what I thing the country will hold as a poor attempt to answer 1t. He reads d. SECiion lfOHi lito 1taptiB anu Altu Qt- nes 1t Is true, aLd turns around after sneering at the Hlter and says in the manner of the o, dinary stump speaker. Boys, isn't that SO? Of course the boys sent up an uproarous shout of approval. Then he oatted this man on the back and then that one. called MT. Shaffer brother and otherwise conducted himself as the presiding genius of a veritable love feast.
 Needed Dignified Treatment.
 This method of disposing of one of the most serious questions of the day, prob ably takes with the kind of men that he was addressing, but l cannot help feel ing that the rest of the country would have been better satisfied with a more dignifled treatment of the labor problem. After the manner of a pettifogging law yer, he picked out couple of paragraphs of my report, held them up to rldicule and then passed on to his own ideas as to Joint agreement and the legal re- responsibilities of labor unions, evading all the main points brought out in my ad- dress. If there is anything more in MT. Hanna's speech, I fail to find 1t.
 What has MT. Hanna to say about fixing the wages by artificial methods? :? There is the root of the whole matter If it is right that one class of workmen should have their wages fixed arbitrarily, then it Is only just that the wages of all classes should be fixed in the same man ner. I have heard 1t said that had 1t not been for MT. Hanna and his civic fed eration, the anthracite coal strike would have been settled without the crushing losses that fell upon the consumers of the country. If MT. Hanna is not en- couraging chaos in wage relations, what Is he doing? I maintain that free in dustrial conditions are essential to the highest progress and that only under such conditions can the laboring classes hope to receive the highest reward for their toll On account of the false econ omic ideas preached by the socialistic leaders of the laboring masses, am well aware that the idea I here advance is not popular, but nevertheless 1t is true and I believe in standing for the right come what may
 Went Out of His Road.
 MT Hanna went out of his road in apologizlng for the National Association of Manufacturers in its bad judgment in electing me unanimously as president for a second time. He stated that I managed to slip in because it was the custom of the association to honor each president with two terms. This was a gross mistake or misstatement of fact, for the former president filled the office six years. The manufacturers of this coun- try are 'oposed to have full possession of their ia ties. and if the ad need