Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-15
WILL SPEAK FOR LABOR
Mr. VAN DUZE1 WILL REPRE-
SENT IT ON FLOOR OF HOUSE
Has Great Hopes Of Democratic Sue
cess Next Year-Prosperous Con-
didons in Nevada.

Representative Z. -. van Duzer OF NeVa-
da entertains great hopes for the success
Of the democratic party in the next presi-
Dental campaign, and SO expressed himself
in an interview today with a reporter of
The Star. Mr.. Van Duzer is a stanch ad-
vocate OF democratic principles, but owes
his election to the House of Representatives
to the vote of organized labor of his state.
Therefore. he is naturally much interested
in the cause of the labor unions, and his
conduct in Congress will be closely observ-
ed by those forming that great element Of
the American people. At present Mr.. Van
Duzer is devoting much time to the study
of the labor conditions of the country.
THE west" said Mr.. Van Duzer. is
democratic and holds nrmly to the democ-
racy Of William j. Bryan. and, while we do
not consider Mr. Bryan a candidate for the
presidency. the state of Nevada will cast
large vote for any good democrat who
may be nominated. Either William r.
Hearst or Charles A. Towne would carry
the state by a large majority.
PERSONALLY, President Roosevelt is as
popular as any robust American could be,
but politically he ia not popular in the west,
for the reason that every substantial in
dustrial development of the arid west has
Its greatest promise and development in the
policy OF the democracy, which favors in
ternal expansion rather than external, and
which stands for an unlimited use of silver
and is thoroughly welded to the doctrines
OF governmental irrigation.
Democratic Prospects.
Il have been for the past four months in
New York city and have been to Boston,
Pittsburg and through New England, and 1
believe that the prospects for democratic
success have never been SO bright for TWEEN
ty years as they are today. If the demo-
cratic party will hold together as a unit
and go before the American people upon
a platform of constructive ideals 1t will win
The party is the party of the people.
Internal development, the building UP of
the western empire. the curbing of and de-
struction of trusts the protection of fran
chlses and insistence on the Monroe doc
tr1ne, an fsthmian canal, the withdrawal of
protective tariff on trust articles just
recognition Of labor, recognition of bimetal-
ism and substitution of the American sys-
tenn for the colonial in the government of
our dependencies. and we will have four
years of administration by the people in the
interest of the people"
Representative Van Duzer will leave
Washington this afternoon for New York
He will be in and out Of Washington from
now until the converting of Congress- and
during the interim will make a thorough
study of the labor. conditions While in the
north he will visit the coal fields of Penn
sylvania to obtain a comprehensive under
standing OF the causes of strikes and the
general conditions of labor. He will also
pay call to the factory districts of Massa-
chusetts and will study child labor in the
south. Mr.. Van Duzer is conducting these
Inquiries that he may familiarize himself
with the existing status of the union move
ment over the entire country with a view
to assisting labor on the floor of the House.
Prosperity in Nevada.
Discussing the labor conditions in his own
state, Mr.. Van Duzer said:
Nevada Is more largely made up of the
labor element than probably any other state
In the union. The miners unions and
brotherhoods practically constitute the en-
tire male population of the state We have
thorough system of labor organization in
Nevada, with the result that labor is as well
palu !nere as In any other part of the
United States.
Labor troupies are pracllcany unn..,s-~..
Since the great Pullman strike in the early
80 s there have practically been no strikes
In the state. The eight-hour law Is univer-
sally recognized. The legislature, at its last
session, passed eight-hour law at Vir-
ginia City Where labor is thoroughly
ganized there are not and never have been,
any serious disputes between the workmen
and the employers. Tonopah and Virginia
City are the only eight-hour $4-a-day min
ing camps in the west.
THE ACCESSIBILITY of arbitration has never
been agitated in Nevada for the reason that
the relations of labor and capital are har-
monious In the extreme Such condition
tive action on the part of the unions. In
view of the fact that property in Nevada Is
very profitable, and that the majority of the
owners have been miners at some time in
their lives, everybody is in sympathy with
the labor movement.
1.-The celebration of Labor Day last Mon
day was the most elaborate and stupendous
ever witnessed in the state. The procession
was headed by the governor and his staff
and the orator of the day was Mr.. James D.
Sweeney, attorney general of the state. Mr..
Sweeney Is the Youngest attorney general in
the United States.
'The raI)id growth of Reno now the new
Denver Of the west, the great bullion pro-
duction of Tonopah and the passage of the
Newlands irrigation act" continued Mr..
Van DuZer, in speaking of the general con-
dittOns Of the state, will undoubtedly dou-
BILE the population of the state in the next
three years. Tonopah is making phenom-
email strides to the front. Two years and a
half ago, the town was desert waste; to-
day 1t has a population of 1000 with two
large weekly papers, two banks, three
churches primary and grammar school,
seventy-two mining companies and has pro-
duced $15,OO0.O0O in metal.
TT Is estimated by conservative experts
and engineers that there is in one mine
alone over $50 100000 blocked out and more
than $1O0,OOO,OOO in sight The preliminary
work on a railroad Is now being done and
large reduction works are soon to be erect
ed. 1t promises to be one of the greatest
mining camps in the west, but unlike many
mining camps Of the past, has the reputa-
ton of being the best conducted and law
The early history of the place was largely
influenced by the miners unions, which held
in check all lawlessness and set an example
which has been followed ever since"