The San Francisco call., 1906-10-02
FILLETT DISCUSSES
LABOR ISSUE.
Republican Candidate Talks
at Redding Of Attitude
Toward the Men Who Toll
REPLIES TO CRITICS
= Martir1 Madsen.

3: By Martin Madser7.
i: -REDDING. Oct IA goodly number
. of .Redding's citizens went without
-Js.e7r breakfasts this morning in their
:. ga gerness. TO greet James " Giilett
III was o'clock when the Republicans
~ $ snoaro-bearer stepped of the Oregon
::.e9press and encountered chorus Of
Hello, Jim, and an array OF out
stretched hands. This has been like
"A. visit. home for the candidate He
knows everybody here and everybody
KNOWS him. Jim" is the only name he
goes BY, from miner to banker. Red
ding is in the Congressional district
that Gillett~ has represented for two
terms, and during his career as a
lawyer he has had occasion TO come
here frequently.
The meeting at Armory Han tonight
was enthuSfastic in the extreme
Tom Doz.er, Northern California's
orator, ma 5e one Of his stirring ad-
dresses. High dignity was added by
ne presence OF. Judges Chipman and
: Burnett nominees for the Appellate
bench.
. From the Lorenz Hotel to the hall.
a.distance Of several blocks there were
huge. bOnfres at every street corner,
b: and aided by the band, they brought
y out the pOpulace. An impromptu pro-
cession lcheered its way TO the meet
ing place with their chieftain showed
10 the front and the few Democrats
in stght. forced into line.
John z. Hoyle, chairman of the
county central committee, called to-
ight's meeting 10 order and intro
1dUced Thomas 3. Dozier as president
General @Chipnan, the nominee for
Presiding Justice or the Appellate
bench in this district, spoke briefly Of
the .ergani zation OF the court, and
- Judge. Burnett. candidate for Associate
on tle same bench, also spoke briefly
=: TELLS OF EIGHT-HOUR BILL.
- GiIlett was greeted very enthusi-
asficailv and entered at once upon a
discussion Of Republican principles.
! !. II there is any man." he said, who
can 5nd any fault with the actions OF
= the Republican party during the past
four years. with the actions OF our
President, or the actions Of our Con-
sgress. he. is the man I would like 10
hear from"
=. How about the eight-hour bill2"
]. piped a. Voice from, the rear OF the nail
'-I'l tell you about the eighk-hour
?; bill, came. the answer. Mr. Gompeks
"a few days ago sent letter 70 the
-. Vallejo Labor. Council and that letter
b was shown 10 me when ] was in Val
se50. IN il. 6iompers said plainly and
emp phatically. that my vote was not
recorded agsinst the elght-lour Dill.
The fact is that was in my room
when that vote was taken: I was III
and unable 10 be in my seq I But the
President. was against tb at bill and
he told Mr.. .GOmpers, when the latter
called on him TO advocate its passage,
@ehat the bill was absurd
~As a matter of fac, the bill could
have. and would have applied only 10
the Panama. canal It would not have
worked TO. the Beneft Of American clti-
gems for there arr. not. going to be
many American citizens working &
al0ng gside Of the foreigners, the coolies.
who VIII dig tbe canal The effect Of
that bin xoulfl have been 70 increase
. the cost Of he canal $5o,ooo,Oo0 ana
70 have prolonged the work for many
years:
@T1riI igs in The end might have
cause5 this Government. confronted
with.s uch a situation and with the bat
tie thf 1.-THE railroads VIII wage against
the bidilding OF the canal 10 the bitter
end. TO have thrown up its hands IN
disgU st as the Frencn Government did,
and 10 have abandoned the work that
= Tnea rs much for this country, for this
see ion and. for the entire western
He ulisphere- ] have always worked Tor
sn -eight-hOuT- bill. / fought Tor. the
BILL that gives the men in the mills: and
IN. the camps. an hours incoming. !
.;have been: in the ranks of labor and
q. have worked where we had but twenty
minutes for dinner.
y. THANKED FOR HIS WORK.
.:''I voted. last winter and ! worked
Tor the bill that brought TO the men at
the Mare Island Navy Yard the hours
-rhey now enjoy. and those men passed
e. -esolution approving Of and thank
ing me for my action, and copy OF
.rhat- resolution was sent to me.
mo man lives who can show where
:Janes \. Giliett ever cast vote
against the interests Of labor was
born in the ranks Of labor know
. what lit means. Ny people have all
been poor people. and / would be the
j. last man in the world TO stand out
p against anything that would benefit Ia
Dor: James X. Gillett is not the enemy
OF labor The great difficulty with
..sabOr is that at every recurring cleo
tiOn some P. H Mccarthy or some
- Cleveland Dam viii go into the Labor
Council and viii try. to back IL with
politicians who wiil sacrifice the inter
ests Of the lasoring man 10 their in
teresrs because they want its support
for a Socialist or Democratic ticket
. There is where the danger lies
Gfliett showed much feeling in his
resentment OF the false tales that have
been circulated against him. and. again
and again he mad to wait for the ap-
plause to subside. He win speak al
Red Bluff tomorrow night. 80.
RALLY IN MARIN.