New-York tribune., 1906-11-01
LABOR SCORES HEARST.
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the papers, wanted to introduce a resolution 70
indorse Hearst While the affair was nothing
more than joke. we made him belleVe tnat II.
had got Mr. Hearst indorsed. He immedlatey
flew to THE New York American ana IN
formed them of his great deeds. He also re-
ported the same to the Central Federated
Union. where 1 on hand to denounce nm.
Now, l want to say. irrespective or whal
any part or parcel of my industry-or at ieast,
say, that my friend Mr.. Rock will certainly
be elected and it will not be necessary for Mr.
Hughes TO come to the 14th Senate District Tor
he Will have plenty OF votes without.
Henry F. Griffin. delegate from the Marine
Cooks and Stewards Union to the Central Fed
Grated Union, said in part:
Labor unionisrn is my god. I will work for 1t
as long as L live L hate "scab' and hate
a fraud. When / find man in public life VINO
really does things for the laboring man I'm glad
to support that man. When L find man who
really believes in labor unionism and does things
to help it along I'll fight for that man. But
when I find man who claims to do both. and
yet does nothing III fight against against; him; ,,. :
He has been telling the workingman that he
believes in unions; that he is their friend. He's
been telling them that he's against corporations
and bosses. And what are the facts? He has
shown his friendship for unonism by hiring
"Chinks" to work on his ranch; he has shown
that he is against the corporations by tncorpo-
rating his newspapers and his Independence
League and keeping the workingmen off his
ticket he has shown that he is against bosses
by tying up with Charles Murphy and "tlngey
Conners.
HEARST PROMISED TOO MUCH.
James Ryan, delegate from the photo
gravers to the Central Federated Union and
one of the oldest trade union men in the city.
spoke most earnestly
'It is right for the workingman to use his
ballot to further the interests of the class TO
which he belongs" he said. but in voting he
should not be led astray by the appeals or
demagogues. Not every who says he is
the friend of labor is to be trusted. When I
hear a loudly proclaiming his own hon
esty 1 suspect him, and when 1 hear man
loudly procai~ling his friendship for labor
always think that man will bear watching"
Michael ]. Gilhooly. president of Local No.
1S4 of the International Brotherhood of Sta
tionary Engineers, said in part:
Mr.. Chairman: 1 just want to say word
and that is no Hearst for mine Some paper
said the other day that he could not be elected
a justice of the peace out in California. After
this campaign they will be saying the same
thing about him here in New York. He'll be
dead for sure.
This campaign has been a great educator. 1t
has educated the laboring men. They know
more now than they did before about their
would-be friends. 1t makes me laugh now when
I hear say Hearst is friend of labor.
Would friend of labor turn his back on good
old Tom Rock and knock him off the ticket to
make room for friend of Charles Murphy's?
That's what Hearst did, and all his talk about
not being responsible is moonshine. Don't you
suppose the deal was all fixed up with Murphy?
No tell me that the candidate for Gov
ernor the Democratic ticket could not make
Murphy do he wished.
Would a friend of labor promise "Jim" Hatch
and the other delegates of the Independent
Labor party that he would put their candidates
on his ticket and then go squarely back on that
promise? That is what Hearst did, and Hatch
can prove it. No wonder Hatch reported to the
Central Federated Union that he had been
handed a lemon. That's HearSts business. He
grows lemons out his ranch in California,
and he hires Chinese to pick 'em. Yet his yell
low journal howls about Chinese labor and pre-
tends to favor unions.