Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-23
D. NJ. Parry Says 1t Contributes
to the Era of Good
Feeling.
MUCH CAN Be FORGIVEN A MAN
In the Midst of campaisn-claims
There Was Very Little Argument in
speech-says Main Points of New
Orleans Address Were Evaded.

! 1Zed labor is, When you come TO mink
of it, a somewhat astonishing specta-
Gle" said D. M. Parry, when asked
| for his opinion as to the attack made
upon his labor position by Senator
Hanna at the banquet of the Amalga-
mated Steel Workers at Columbus.
IF every one has enjoyed the
| speech of the senator as much as |
have" continued Mr.. Parry, sit Ger
tainly cannot be claimed that he has
| not done his share in contributing to
the era of general good feeling. OF
course, | have no personal feeling
whatever against Mr.. Hanna, and
am glad to note that he has none
against me, although | must confess
that it is with some surprise that |
read his declaration that I display ig.
norance in my report. But, then,
good deal can be forgiven a man who
especially when he has recently been
defeated by a candidate like Tom
Johnson. Now, if it had been the lat
ter who had taken up the cudgels for
labor there would not have been
nearly as much humor in the situa.
ton. Can it be that Mr. Hanna is
beginning at this late day to copy
after the methods OF the mayor of
Cleyeland-the man whom he has so
long tried 20 defeat? Let's see. In
the campaign of 1896, the very men
that Mr.. Hanna now extols as the able
leaders of organized labor issued a
circular demanding in the name of
all the wealth producers of the coun-
try the reconciliation of silver, and
because he, as chairman of the ma.
tional Republican committee, did all
he could in support of the gold stand
ard, he was lampooned and abused
worse, perhaps. than any man before
or since by these very men whose
friendship he is now so assiduously
seeking.
Buzzlng Of the Political Bee.
1.-THE genesis of Mr.. Hanna from
an energetic business man with a la
Dor record not particularly distin-
guished for leniency into a political
leader, and finally a United States
senator, who is the leading spirit. If
not the founder, OF the civic fedora
ton, is remarkable instance of what
the political bee will make a man do
when it gets to buzzing in his bonnet.
Who Knows where the metamorphosis
or Mr.. Hanna will end? Is 1t possible
that he has become convert to all
the leading tenets of trades unionism?
1t appears that he actually joined the
amalgamated union, or whatever II
was which he addressed and his
speech would certainly pass as an
excellent one to mark an initiation
into the order. AS a good union man
he may yet think it incumbent upon
him to look with an indulgent eye
upon Organism, and | am almost in
elined to believe it an opportune time
to make the suggestion that he be
made the lext running mate for Mr..
Bryan. Bryan and Hanna! How is
that for a ticket?
Like Pettifoegine Lawyer.
"Of course l am aware that all this
Is not argument, but then there was
very little argument in Mr.. Hanna's
speech. He takes up a paper, which
has met the endorsement of SO per
cent of the manufacturers of the
country as being fair exposition of
the socialistic tendency, and what
Carroll D. Wright calls the damnable
practices of trades unionism," AMI
makes what | think the country will
hold as poor attempt to answer II
He reads section from this paper.
then denies it was true. and turns
around, after sneering at the writer
and says in the manner of the ordin-
airy stump speaker, Boys, isn't that
so?' or course the boys send up an
uproarous shout of approval Then
he patted this man on the back and
then that one, called Mr.. Shaffer
brother and otherwise conducted
himself as the presiding genius of
5eritable love feast. This method of
disposing of one of the most serious
questions of the day probably takes
with the kind of men that he was ad-
dressing, out | cannot help feeling
that the rest of the country would
have been better satisfied with a more
dignified treatment Of the labor prob
lem. After tue manner of pettifog-
ging lawyer. he picked out a couple
of paragraphs of my report, held them
up to ridicule, and then passed on to
his own ideas as to Joint agreement
and the legal responsibilities OF labor
unions, evading all the main points
brought out In my address. If there
IS anything more in Mr. Hanna's
speech | fail to find it.
Lenlency Requested for Youtsey.
Frankfort KY, April 23.-George
7. Hemphill. clerk In Caleb Powers
office, was the most sensational wit
ness in the Howard trial. HemphilI
said that he was summoned before
the grand jury in April, 1900, and that
on the day he was summoned Cor
ernor Taylor asked him to be as easy
as possible On Henry Youtsey. Hemp
hill Is a clerk in one of the depart
ments at Washington
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