The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-01-16

washing ol4, ~ ~, JAM, l4.-ln
making my year end tour Of the var
ious Departments of the Government,
I also called at the Bureau Of Labor to
pay my respects to Commissioner
Wright, but found that hard worked
official absent from his post Of dutv.
and was told that he had been absent
from the city for some time. found
Acting Commissioner Hanger attentive
to business and doing all of the duties
that his exalted chief is accredited
with. was not able to learn the ex-
act location Of Prof. Wright, as an air
of extreme mystery prevailed the
place when mention was made of the
Commissioner. From an unofficial
source learned, later in the day. that
the Professor was in Worcester, Mass.
attending to the duties necessary at
the College.
In the appointment of Lawrence r.
Murray as Assistant Secretary Of the
Department Of Commerce and Labor
President Roosevelt has again aided
the Parryites. for Murray is one of
Rockefellers guiding lights. The Pres
ident's defenders are loudly proclaim
ing that Murray's appointment was
far, your correspondent can learn Of
no labor organization having asked
for this appointment-and I do not
think that any of the labor leaders"
have sanctioned the appointment.
New York correspondent of mine
writes: THAT was a dirty slap at
labor when capitalistic representa-
tive was appointed to assist George B.
Cortelyou in the Department of Com
merce and Labor. He has put it
pretty hard on the trade unions with
his open shop manifesto, and RETAIN
ing Carol D. Wright in office when
he Is never attending to his duties.
Well Roosevelt has cut his own throat
and is on a par with Parry Of Indian
apolis-they having both declared for
open shops. Roosevelt has signed his
own death warrant as far as a re-
election is concerned, for as President
of the United States he cannot throw
down two million labor union men
without their resenting 1t at the polls.
Nearly every labor organization in
New York State as Well as the United
states, have petitioned Roosevelt to
appoint William s. waudby of Big
yet I have heard Of not single union
asking him to retain Wright, and he
continues to hold him in his Job, and
sanctions his holding many other posi-
tlons at the same. time I understand
from a Congressional friend of mine
that Roosey eltssssa y he5 intends Ito
retain Wright Us Tong Sass lle wants to
draw the salary. II that is the: case,
then organized labor will most assuf-
eddy let President Roosevelt know in
most emphatic voice that they meant
| what they said when they endorsed
Waudby as THEIR COMMISSIONER
OF LABOR to supersede Wright.
Roosevelt should remember James G.
Blaine's fate for not needing the
warnings of organized labor. He has
still time to see the error of his way.
Wright is of no use to the Republican
Party. I maintain that there is no
opportunity in sight whereby the
President can please Labor in general
so greatly as by appointing William S.
Waudby as Commissioner of Labor
Wright seems to a regular salary
hog, but the President does not seem
! to think 50, up to date, anyhow. I re-
ceive letters from all over the country
| ard soon the storm of protest will
| break forth.
| My New York friend is a man of
| affairs, and his opinion but confirms
my previous ideas and information re-
ceived from other sources-that Roose-
welt will be up against it good and
| hard.
HOW LONG IS ROOSEVELT TO
| RETAIN WRIGHT?
His trifling with Labor in this mat
/ ter. is losing him friends dailV