Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-10-20

clans in royal style-always sees to II
that the right firm IA nOn-union firm, OF
course) gets the sub-contracts OF the
Capitol building from Mr.. Payne. the
general contractor? Will Architect
Huston explain or will the corrupt. VII
cious machine in Pennsylvania tell why
the sub-Contracts for the metal ,athing.
the electrical work. sheet metal work.
elevator construction, the employment OF
labOrerS. hosting engineers and others.
amounting to hundreds of thousands
of dollars, were given 10 notorious
scab firms, companies constantly at
war with union labor. evcrlastiDgly
crushing the workers?
Appeal upon appeal was made to
Matthew Quay before his death. Sem
atOr Penrose was appealed To time
and again. Petitions were sent from
the miners and the carpenters. hum
dreds of letters found their way TO
the leaders in the Republican, party.
from Senator Penrose and Governor
PennypaCker down to tho smaller con-
tingent of what is known as the Re
publican Political MachHe-thc most
corrupt ever known in the history Of
the world Regardless OF all these
appeals. the many committees and
delegations from Pittsburg and Phila-
delphia ard the entire State, repre-
Senting thousands of union men. the
Republican leaders, by their actions,
have openly declared against union
labor union hours and unicn pay, IN
favor OF the labOr-crushinG corpora
ton. the employer of soab labor. long
hours. unfair conditions, short pay,
the sweat shop and slavery.
-Nnat are you going To do about
it? The Republican political Machine
of Pennsylvania has deliberately
snubbed and insuIted the trades union
movement. 1t has placed itself on
record against union labor: it has
placed its seal of condemnation upon
our employers because those employ
ers recognize the union and willingly
pay union wages and observe union
conditions.
Not only were the leaders OF the Re-
publican party in Pennsylvania content
with insulting one national union, but
they extended their persecution still
further until it included six great ma
tiCnal organizations. namely. the Inter-
national Union Of Wire. Wood and Me-
tallic LathcrS. the Brotherhood of Flee
trical Workers, the brotherhood OF
Painters. Decorators and papprhangers
of America, the Information, Union OF
Elevator Constructors, the Amalga-
mated Sheet Metal Workers Internal
tional Alliance and the international
Union of Hold Carriers and Building
LabCrers.
These six national organizations
have thousands of members in Penn
Sylvania and thousands of friends. rela-
tives and cO-Workers. These six build
ing trade crafts have 4 right to ask. aye
a right to demand. that in their fight
against this political machine in Penn
sylyania the whole strength of union
abor. the solid vote, shall be massed in
overthrOwing this dangerous foe to
union labor.
LET union labor assert itself at the
polls, let us boycott TIE Machine in
Pennsylvania as effeCtually as the
machine is boycotting union labor and
harborinG as we'll as prOtectin" the en-
ployers of scab labor and unfair condi-
tons
I'VE can successfully search and
expose the favOritiSm which is extend
ed to those contractors and others who
are a part of the graft system which
has made the Republican machine of
Pennsylvania--thp banner Republican
State of the Union-a stencil in the
nOstrils Of all respectable and decent
rlon.
Trades uniOnists. arise. Aid the
building trade WOrkmen 10 rebuke this
most dangerous foe to human liberty
and the most corrupt machine the
world ever knew.
ITO the union men of Philadelphia
we say. prevent or cut down the frau
dulent vote Of that city at least 10000
votes, ard the union will gain Il big
victory over the enemies Of union la
Dor