The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1904-11-03
TROD ON TOO
MANY TOES
President Purcell, Of the Trades
and Labor Assembly
Tells a Few Facts

Owing to the tempest in teapot
which has been created by the editor
of the Plaindealer, we desire to make
a statement and emphatically refute
some Of the ISLANDERS, falsehoods and
insults which have been parpetrated
against Mr.. Newman, who has been
the friend of the workingmen of this
city. That there was meeting Of
the Workingmen held is no fake, but
it was not held under the auspices Of
the Trades and Labor assembly or
the American Labor union, and the
article does not in any manner say
that it was On the contrary, it says
that ''at u meeting of the laboring
men" certain action was taken con-
demning the Plaindealer for it's in
suits to Mr.. Newman, who has been
singled out by the brainless editor of
he plaindealer.
These workingmen stood strictly
on heir rights as American citizens
and we would like to know if work
ingmen have not the right to meet
outside of their unions or organiZa-
tions and pass resolutions defending
their friends without consulting the
editors Of the Plaindealer.
And we further emphatically de-
clare that Mr.. Newman was not
party to the affair and did not know
that such action was being taken as
falsely and maliciously stated by the
Plaindealer.
We wish to say at the outset that
these laboring men are making no
fight against any local condition,
either Republican or Democratic. Mr..
Newman has been our friend and
when you strike our friend you strike
us. In our labor day demonstration
he helped us all he possibly could
financially and otherwise. On the
evening of that day he came to us
and asked how we were coming out
financially, and when told that we
did not know, we were told that i'll
we were short to come and see him
and he would square it.
Contrast this, if you will, with the
acts of the Plaindealer, which con-
tributed not one cent, although that
demonstration was as much benefit
to the city as it was to the laboring
people.
The Plaindealer, in it's last issue.
prates about its space being at the |
command of the laboring people. We
admit that previous to labor day 1t |
gave us a four-line local, but it-like
some of the legislation that we are
so closely guarded that
the boys were at loss to determine
whether it was compliment or a
Slur. But when, at our next meet
Ing after labor day, vote of thanks
was rendered to the speakers and to
all parties who contributed to the
success of the occasion, a copy was
given to the Plaindealer, 1t sent i'm a
Dill for publishing about one and one
half inches of matter, which bill was
promptly paid.
MI. Newman has given this city a
good, clean dministration-the clean
est in it's history and there has been
10 graft in it. Consequently he has
incurred the enmity of the editors of
jhe Plaindealer, who, we are credit
IDLY advised, is at all times out with
he big mitt reaching for pelf. Be-
ides this, Mr.. Newman has accom-
,lished more for the benefit of the
ity in the six short months that he
las been its mayor than all the other
mayors put together have done, and
is reasonable to suppose that If he
las made good mayor he will also
1ake equally as good representa-
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