The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1905-03-17

ment for matter published in the
printing trades columns OF his paper
favorable to the interests of said can
didate, and it's circulation throughout
the jurisdiction. And there may be
many others. Our opinion was asked
regarding this bill when it was pre-
scented during the campaign few
years ago, and we did not hesitate to
denounce it as a hold-up, pure and
simple" We are not likely to forget
this incident, and can make AFFIDAVIT
to it and present corrobcrative evil
dence, if necessary"
There is no occasion to get any affi-
d1vits to corroborate the only charge
in the four-page article. plead
guilty to sending bill 10 the gentle
man referred to. 1t was a dead horse"
but not "a hold-up." If there was any
"holding-up' in that case it was done
by "Editor-Member" Brentwood. Had
Mr.. Bramwoon permitted the gentle
man to have used the Journal to de-
fend his official acts, just as Mr.. Bran
wood has done in the February issue,
he would have been reelected to the
Office for which he was a candidate.
It will be recalled that the o1ner
knockers in the l. T. u. we're merci-
lessly bombarding him all over the
country. The Pittsburg fiasco, or run
away, was all charged up to him. The
country was flooded with printed mat
ter attacking his official acts and you,
Mr.. Bramwood, would not permit him
to defend those official acts in the
Journal. He was compelled to put up
defense elsewhere. He requested
the Laborer to print his statement,
which filled four and one half columns
front page space, circulate the same
and send him the bill. He did not buy
the space and you knew 1t wnen you
wrote that lie in your article.
know it is contrary to the ethics Of
some unions and union men TO pay a
For instance: The T. T. U. has
spent $26, 900 in the fight on the Los
Angeles Times. For two years letters
were sent to all the labor papers con-
tanning the best possible knocks on
Otis and the Times. There are about
$50 labor papers in the country and
hn ,<I Inv Lat ,c&
each editor an average of so cents
for composition; that would be $500
per month; $500 per year. or more
than $1,000 for the two years this cam
paign was kept up. OF the $26, 900 spent
on the Times fight the labor editors,
who were doing all the advertising, did
not get one cent Why? Simply be-
cause it has always been the notion
among union men that labor papers
are run to print what official organ
editors lack the moral courage to print
for fear of making enemies and jeopar-
dizing their jobs.
During the eleven months strike of
the Union Pacific shopmen the La
borer printed ESQ columns of matter
come to think of it, the official organ
of the machinists' union pursued the
same dignified policy during that long
struggle as our own journal has pur-
sued for the last two years. 1t was
loaded to the guards with pipe dreams
and moon beating stories, while the
labor paper was putting itself on the
railroads blacklist, receiving resolu-
lions and kind words-and burning
soft coal at the editors home.
Do i understand you TO mean, Mr.
Brentwood, that it is a crime for a
labor editor to charge for composition,
press work, paper, postage and mail
ing? Because you refused to permit
this l. T. u officer to defend his Off
cial acts in the official paper. does it
necessarily follow that the editor of
the Laborer is bound to print his
statement and pay the expense of the
same? Did you ever do that for any
candidate, Mr.. Bramwood? Is it a
virtue for you, Mr.. Bramwood, to ac-
cept $4,000 per year for editing the
Journal and a crime for labor editor
to ask pay for anything he might print
in his paper?
l am interested in seeing the union
win the S-hour day. l paid no par
ticular attention to the policy of the
Journal until after l had learned the
game Of the Parryites. They mean to
destroy every union in America if
they can. They destroyed "a unions
in Omaha in less than six months, be-
cause the unions were caught unpre-
pared and knew nothing about the
new enemy. The Parryites have