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! be safely trusted - srhoid the Interests
OF labor as agsslHsi those who w"sii4
oppsess and degrade ;ae American
work u.naan. HIS record ea this stsb-
| iecs L. Gear and sara Gnsfor y ara
/ There .s ne aupliciiy asSu; h; Ho
beasinS around the bush. 10 carry IN.
water oa both shaui.ass--the favor ste
method By v bach Mt. Roosevelt evades
personal responsibiiiiy. ana seeks T.
! coaciilate the trssss. while trying a
| the same time 40 eatcs the s-iSos
vote"
Judge Parker made his record or
the l.sbor issse long e1are be was
| tbeu2lst Of Tor any esher than Judicial
oa:sesa. Douhsinss hs sympathy with
ssor and his Keen sense Of the rights
OF those who have 10 toll fsg a living
are rooted In the fact that frem tao
hTst he had 10 cara living fer HIM
self. and worked for wears at humble
onIpensation while building up the
reputation which helped to "a - him
to the hi0hss. iad icial o.aee IN the
state OF New lorS. In Republican
caHlpaign literature II Is stated %
Theodore Roosevelt, Hs ssmesniu= to
brag OF. that lie never needed to do
days work" THIS cannot be said o.
Judge Parker. lie is poor man to-
Gay. and from hCvhoed he has had 10
WORK for a living. The Republican
boast that their party has Nominated
Tor President man who never
needed to 90 a day work, while thJ
Democrats nave nominated man " ho
has always had to work So HIa alutain
himself and his family, illustrates the
difference between the parties as well
as the men. between the parry of
arist0cracy and ol garchy. which has
ma med Roosevelt for head Of the Ma
tion. and ths parry OF liberty and equa.-
! ity, with Parker for s,anaard bearer.
Roosevelt. the aristocrat, who, Re
publican campaign document says,
never needed to DO days work is
never able TO speak of workingnaen
without n sneer, AS when he said In
his book, Ranch Life" that they
| tcowboysl are much better fellows and
pleasanter companions than small
/ farmers or agricultural laborers, nor
are the mechanics and workmeu OF a
4 great city To be mentioned in the same
/ BREATH
| How different the tone which runs
through the numerous decisions of
Judge Parker in cases before him af-
fecting the rights OF labor-the rights
/
Roosevelt. he does not regard as in
feriors, but as equals In every respect
to himself.
Labor, in the State of New York
and in the United States, owes a large
debt to the broad minded decisions of
Judge Parker. who has steadfastly re
fused To he swayed or warped from
| his consistent maintenance of every
measure tending to secure to the work
ingman the rights of which men of the
Roosevelt stamp who, as boasted in
Republican campaign literature, never
| needed to do "A days work, would like
to deprive him. But Tor this attitude
| of Judge Parker, as a member and
] Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals,
| laws intended To promote the interes ;
| of labor would have become dead let
| tiers, and the workingman striving to
better his condition with the aid of
| wholesome legislation, would have
been at grave disadvantage.
IT ianot necessary, therefore, 10
guess at Judge Parkers course 10 cord
labor. should he be elected President.
1t IL also certain that, with his
strong regard for the Constitution, and
the rights which 1t guarantees - every
citizen, Judge Parker. rs President.
woul3 not be inactive, as Roosevelt
has been. while the Republican Gov
ernor of Colorado. or any other Aate
used the military, at the will OF un-
scrupulcus employers, to deprive citi-
zens OF their constitutional rights, and
to deport them from their places of
( residence. Roosevelt has by silence
and inaetion tolerated these outrag ages,
and given encoura cement 10 Repub.i-
can Governor Peabody and Republican
militia General Bell, of Colorado, to
persist in their course of violence, op-
preston and persecution of labor. al
! though his sworn obligation ms Presi-
dent leaves no Coubt OF his duty 10 in
1 terfere. With Parker in the iresi-
/ DENTAL chair Peabody and Bell would
never have dared to deport miners
| from the State because they belonged
to a labor union.
JUDGE Parker's vigorous advocacy Of
/ the rights and dignity Of labor is IL
/ Illustrated in his whole judicial career.
In strong dissenting opinion, case
! of Rodgers Y. Coler, 1G6 y. y. i, Judge
I Parker argued IN defense Of the right
of the Legislature TO require that pre-
vailinC wages he paid to those en-
p,oyt-l upon state aud municipal work
/ Never has Judge used language clear
er. or more direct and earnest than
Judge Parker used In this ease, which,
in a great state like New York, paying
ont ~ the behalf of the State an@ its
municipal divisions millions of dollars
yearly 10 vorkingDen, was of the ut
most importance and value to labor
throughout the Union.
The New York State law providing
that "all stone used In state and T-u-
uicipal works, except paving blocks
and crushed stone, shall be worked.
! dressed and carved within the State"
I Judge Parker took the side OF labor
! and delivered an opinion in favor OF
the law, which was needed to prevent
the cheap, unor-anized labor of Yer
mont. where Senator Proctor. one OF
Roosevelt's right hand uea. controls
the quarries. from driving the union
stonecutters OF New York out Of their
special field.
Judge Parker. IN the case OF the Peo-
pie V. Hawkins. upheld the law reqCir-
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