The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-10-15
PLUMB SPEARS IN RENO
LARGE Audience Turns Out to
Hear Labor Leader

Reno, New, Oct. 14.-The cause of labor
has never before been so we'll and elo-
quently presented to a Reno audience as
last evening by w. 1. Plumb, president
of the Tuscarora Miners union and pres
idential elector on the Republican ticket.
He reached the heart of the question in
simple and homely language, such as.
Lincoln used which thrilled his audience
time after time with it's rugged elo-
quence. which gave a sidelight upon the
labor question clearer, more distinct and
more convincing than a thousand
speeches such as William J. Bryan made
in his famous Labor Day address at Chi
cago eight years ago.
He said in part:
II noticed nat the men about me who
were welding hammer and drill were
constitution of iron, ten hours work a
day amid the poisonous gasses of the
mines were beginning to tell upon me.
determined TO see if l could not do some
thing for the miners of Nevada. Now,
where should / go? l went to the Re-
publican party. / went to the party
which was born into being that this ma
tion should not exist half slave and half
free. The party which struck the shack
Iac ha Ill nd cf
which has redounded to improving the
welfare of the masses of the nation since
Abraham Lincoln took his seat
II went to Virginia City. where the Re-
publican party OF Nevada was in conven-
tion and submitted the first eight-hour
plank that was ever presented before n
convention in Nevada. 1t was adopted
unanimously. That was four years ago.
The Democratic convention thereafter
adopted such plank, but the legislature
met. of which the Democratic party had
overwhelming control. the eight hour law
failed to pass.
II have lived long enough and been
close enough an observer of American
history to know what party has befri...d-
ed labor in this country. South Of Ma
son and Dixon's line is the stronghold of
american Democracy. There is where
the Democratic party has absolute con-
troll. That is the overpowering influence
which must dominate any Democratic ad-
ministration. Compare the labor laws of
those states with the labor laws of the
northern states. where the Republican
party has been in control. Then ask
yourself which party is safest for labor
tn trust. / say that nineteen-twentieths
OF all the labor legislation in this coun-
try has been enacted by the Republican
party and nineteen twentieths of all the
promises have been made by the Demo-
Gratis.
Again two years ago 1t was inserted
in the platforms of both parties and at
the last session of the legislature 1T pass
ed. and with the aid and support Of the
Republican members of the legislature as
strongly as that of the Democrats. When
l was in Virginia City the other day they
told me that C. d. Van Duzer has stated
that IL a Republican legislature were
elected In Nevada the eight-hour law
would be repealed. This statement was
no wilder than many others that he
made. And do you think the miners OF
the Comstock believed it? Wait until the
Sth day of November and you will see.
know what they thought of 1t. l know
that the miners of the state of Nevada
possess as much good horse sense as any
millionaire in the land, and that wind
and falsehood does not fool them. have
been among lie miners and 1 know what
the feeling is against this man Van
Duzer He is the type OF a man that 1t
is as unsafe for labor to trust as 1t has
been for some of his friends to trust him
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