Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-23
CONES BACK At HANNA
President Parry of Manufact-
urers Answers Senator's
Speech on Labor
CALLED "MEDDLlNe POLITICIAN"
Sees a Campaign Motive in the Ohio
Mans Attack on His Speech at the
Convention in New orIeans-Not Al.
ways So Friendly to Unionism--News
Notes of General Interest.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 2s.-"Mr
ganized labor is, when you come to
think of it, a somewhat astonishing
spectacle said Mr.. d. NJ. Parry today,
when asked for his opinion as 20 the
attack made upon his labor position by
Senator Hanna at the banquet Of the
Amalgamated Steel WORKERS. at Colun-
bus.
If everyone has enjoyed the speech
of the senator as much as l have con-
tinued Mr.. Parry, .it certainly can not
be claimed that ne has not done his
share in contributing to the era of gem
eral good feeling. OF course | have no
personal feeling against Mr.. Hanna.
and I am glad 10 note h a he has none
against me, altilo l must confess that IL
is with some surprise that l reid his
declaration that l displayed Ignorance
IN my report. But hen q good dea!
can be gorgiven a man who is in the
midst of a trying campaign, especially
w An q lSASlitAS 1919
a candidate like Tom Johnson. Now, ii
it had been the latter who mad taken
up the cudgels for labor, there would
not have been nearly as much humos
in the situation. Can it be that Mr.
is beginning at this late day
to copy after the rnethoos of the mayor
of Cleveland, the man whom ne a So
long tried to defeat? Let's see. In the
of 1896 the very mel that Nj.
now extols as the able leaders
of organized labor Issued a circular
in the name of ali the
wealth producers of the country the
remonetization of silver and al
as chairman of the national re-
publican committee, did all he could
in support Of the gold standard, he
was lampooned and abused worse per
than any mar before or since
by these very men whose friendship
now so assiduously seeks.
''The genesis of Mr.. Hanna from an
energetic business man with a labos
record not particularly distinguished
for %leniency, into a political leader and
finally a United States senator who Is
the leading spirit II not the founder OF
the civic federation is q remarkable in
stance of what the political bee will
a mar do when it gets to huzzinS
in his bonnet. Who knows where the
.netamorphosis of Mr.. Hama Will end
Is 1T possible that he has become u
convert TO all the leading ten'sts of
trades-unionisnl?
1T appears that he actually Joined
the amalgamated union or whatever It
was which he addressed, and his speech
would certainly pass as an excellent
one to mark an initiation into the order.
rs a good union man he may yet hin
it incumbent upon him to look with
indulgent eye upon Bryarisln, and
I am almost inclined to believe it an
time to make the suggestion
he be made the ext running mate
for Mr.. Bryan. Bryan and Hanna
is that for a ticket?
.Of course l am aware that all this
is not argument. but then there was
very little argument in Mr.. IIanna'.s
He takes up a paper which
has met the endorsement Of % PEI
cent of the manufacturers Of the coun
try as being a fair exposition of the
tendency and what Carroll
wv ISHI SrllS XIX 0ttiIiiiiOlS prdNSASSo
Of trades unionism' and makes wha.
| think the country will hold rs a poof
to answer it. He reads n sec
ton from this paper then denies it is
true, n turns around after %sneering
h writer mi says in the manner
OF the ordinary stump speaker, boys,
isn't that so" OF course the boys SEM
an uproarous shout of approval.
Then he pa1ted this ma on the back
and then hat one, called Mr.. Shaffe.'
brother and otherwise conducted him
self as the presiding genius OF a VERT
able love feast. This method of dis
of one OF the most serious ques-
of the day probably takes WITH
The kind OF men he was addressing,
but l cannot help feeling that The rest
Of the country would have been better
With a more dignitied treat
nent Of the labor problem.
After the manner Of a p~ettifcgging
lawyer he picked out a couple of para
graphs of any report, held them UP to
ridicule, and then passed on II his own
as to joint agreement and the
svading all the main points brought
1ul III liz c-0dlCSS. u lllCie lS diytftlISH
more in Mr.. Hanna's speech, j. fail to
ind it.
What has Mr.. Hanna to say about
liking the wages by artificial methodist
There is the root of the whole matter.
# 1t is right that one class of workmen
have their wages fixed arbi-
then it also is just that the
of all classes Should be fixed in
he same manner. | have heard it said
hat had it not been for Mr.. Hanna and
lis civic federation, the anthracite coal
strike would have been settled without
he crushing losses that fell upon the
of the country, but be this
e it may, does Mr.. Hanna agree that it
vas perfectly proper for the miners
inion to demand a scale of waga out of
proportion to the wage paid similar
in other industries and failing to
get 1T to go on strikes, naralyzing or
ierly government in tn, mining dis
and causing a shortage of the fuel
that meant q loss of millions to
Industry and TO h~ouseholders turnout
he country? How does Mr.. Hanna
the report of the mining COM
conform to his ideas of Justice?
That report, | believe, states that the
of the miners We're found to COM
,are fayorably with the pay of employees
n other industries, and yet, despite this
the commission granted an adj
of 10 per cent. / speal, of this
miners strike because 1t is typical and
ecause every one knows about it, but
here have been hundred of other