The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1906-10-03
EMERY AND LABOR
Homer L. Castle Reviews Legisls.
tive Record of His Opponent
For GOvernorship.
NOT A FRIEND OF WoRKINeMEN
sensational Disclosures Of Opposition
70 or Neglect to Vote Upon Bills
For Wage Farmers

For Wage Farmers
Homer L. Castle, who has been maxi
Ing a tour of the coal regions, has been
paying particular attention to the labor
record Of Lewis Emery, Jr., the Demo-
cratic candidate for governor, while he
served as a member of the general as
sembly at Harrisburg.
Mr.. Castle points out that Mr.. Emery
occupied most of his time in pressing
for legislation which would advance
his own interests in the oil fields, he
being an Independent oil operator, and
that labor got very shabby treatment
from him when the various bills in the
interest of workingmen were before the
senate.
Here is what Mr.. Castle said
when member of the house of rep
resentatives in 1879, Lewis Emery, Jr.,
opposed bill for hospitals for the in
jured and INDECENT miners, he opposed
the passage of law giving to the la
boring men their wages in money, he
lodged several bills for the comfort of
the injured, the inspection of mines
and the limiting of the hours of labor.
He was a member of the senate for
the session of 1881. Four bills came
before that session that were of par
ticular interest and importance to the
laboring people, especially of the an
thracite coal region, in their struggle
to better their condition and carry on
their unequal warfare against capital.
First, senate bill No. 16S, bill to pro-
vide for the health and safety Of per-
sons employed in the coal mines. Sec
ond, senate bill 416, entitled, An act
making an appropriation for hospital
for injured persons in the anthracite
coal regions. Third, senate bill So, an
act known as The mechanics lien act
to secure to laborers their wages
Fourth, house bill 157, entitled, An act
for the better protection of the wages of
the servants, laborers and mechanics
AS a Dodeer.
when each of these bills was before
the senate, Mr.. Emery was very conve-
niently absent ard lodged the vote on
them. | argue from this that when his
services were needed to assist the la
boring men as against the corporations
he either voted squarely against the la
boring men or else he declined to vote
throwing the benefit of his influence
in favor of corporations. Such a man
can not be trusted to either enforce
existing laws or recommend new laws
against any corporation in which he
might have an interest
81 want to take up in detail Mr.. En-
ery's acts as member of the senate Of
1883 and 1885. Senate bill 390 This
was an art requiring the corporations
operating bituminous mines to make
better provisions for the safety and
comfort Of the miners. With Mr.. EN-
erys usual care for the interest of the
corporations he lodged vote.
"1he other bill to which | want to
call attention was senate bill 32S, en-
titled, A supplement to an act entitled
An act to provide for the health and
safety of persons employed in coal
mines, and providing for the furnishing
of props and timbers to the miners in
the mines. Mr.. Emery was again alb
sent from his place in the senate and
failed to record his vote in favor of the
interests and life of the workingmen
And Where Was Emery?
"In the sessions of 1885 there were
two noteworthy bills.
'In the borough and township of Ply
mouth, in Luzerne county, during the
year of 1885, there broke out fever
scourge which was very disastrous to
that community, and there was a bill
proposed known as senate bill 327 and
Six months ago / was very Thin, pale
and maak In tha p1nrninu I Xyonl6 fool