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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-06-28
IN POLITICS.
Discussed by Vice-President Duncan
Of the A. F. of L.
They are Non-Partisan and are Only
Interested in the Welfare of
The Public.

First Vice President Duncan. OF
the American Federation of Labor,
in an interview last week explain
ing the position organized labor
will take politically. said.
"There is no distinct or individ-
ual labor party in view. The idea
was promulgated in the existent
declaration Of the American Eedcr-
alton of Labor for individual adj
vancement politically in the way
Of taHoring those in favor of labor
legislation as opposed to to those
who are against labor legislation.
''It makes no difference TO or
ganized labor upon what political
ticket a PERSONS name appears. 1t
is not'intended to have a party or
ticket of our own i'll politics. But
the members organized labor will
use their rights OF citizenship and
franchise in the primaries upon all
political tickets favorable to laboI's
interests. Then, when the tickets
are completed. those who have
been nominated and found favor
able to labOr'S interests. or declare
to favor those interests, should re-
ceive the united vote of the mem
berS of the unions. Those who
have been opposed to the labor
interests, or who have failed TO de-
clare themselves favorable to these
interests and fail to show them
proper consideration. shall be op-
posed by the united action of or
ganiZed labor, irrespective of the
/ tickets on which their names APP
pear.
''The true position of organized
/ labor now is the same as it has
been for some years past, and viii
! be for some time in the future.
The unions viii judge the best
time to use their united influence.
I force and vote upon these uueS-
tionS, and we will without doubt
! do everything within our power by
influence and vote to oppose those
a gainSt the public welfare as we
/ understand it, but the nomine. 5
upon different political tickets,
who III the past have given our re-
quests and principles due consider.
alton aud have acted fairly and
squalely by us-on whatever ticket
mon like that are nominated. they
nay expect and have our united
support.
IhlS Is a PARTISAN move
ment, the sole purpose of which Is
to further the best interests of the
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-06-28
Labor's Moral Standard.

IL what is now being proved
against the beef trust were proved
against the American Federation
oi Labor congress would wipe it
out of existence.
The fact is the ades-unionists
have to live up to Il higher stand
ard OF morality than any other
class OF citizens. They are under
the law, not above it, like the
trusts and the judges and the law
yers and thd politicians. If they
make one slip, down comes the net,
and thet are caught. You may be
sure that when labor leaders are at
large it is because they have II right
to be let alone. The same cannot
be said Of many millionaireS.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-06-28
Devil Was First Scab.

Undoubtedly the Devil was the
first Scab. There is no disputing
the fact that Heaven has always
BEEN run according to union prin-
ciples and as a closed shop. Satan
rebelied against these conditions
and started to agitalte for an open
institution, whereupon he was ex-
PEELED from membership in the
Angels Union and fired to per-
dition. Ever since then harmony
has reigned in Paradise and the
closed shop prevails. No scab is
tolerated in the Kingdom of Heay-
en-, and there is no room for Pro
fessor Eliot's hero strikebreakers
there Our advice to the man who
IS SO low as to act the scab is to go to
his father.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-06-28

the past, does not give its support
IDLY, or carelessly. 1t knows What
it is doing.
Lost trade is seldom ever recov-
cred. Every business man tries to
keep what customers he has and to
get more. The Butterick and
Mcclure companies will have only
themselves to blame if the public
take the printers side Of the fight
and shows it's hand,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-06-28
LABOR LOVE FEAST,
The Trades Assembly Smoker a
Most Enjoyable Affair.
President Iohn Nugent Points Out Ne
cessity of Organization in a
Masterfu1 Address.

AS announced in last weeks
Issue, the Trades Assembly smoker
was pulled off according to pro
gram on Monday night, and to say
That 1T was grand success is put
ting it mildly. At the appointed
hour for the commencement of the
program the hall was filled with
representatives from all the organ
lied trades in the city.
The Citizens Concert Band start
ed the ball to rolling with two in
spiriag selections after which Pres
ldent e. w. Eagler, Of the Trades
Assembly, called the meeting to
order and in a few well chosen re-
marks introduced the speaker of
the evening, Mr.. John Nugent.
president of both the State Feder-
alton of Labor and the United
Mine Workers Of West Virginia.
Mr. Nugent made one of the most
logical and convincing addresses
that it has been the pleasure of the
people OF Charleston to listen to for
some years. He pointed out the
extreme necessity for the workers
to organize and appealed to the
workingmen to stick closer together,
urged the public at large to encour-
age the tOilerS in saving up their
earnings and buying homes, so as
to locate permanently and make
good and valuable citizens. 'Labor
is free and open, and to maintain
that standard the union men must
be conservative, just and honor
able in their dealings with whom
they come in contact He called
especial attention to the growth of
the State Federation of Labor and
urged all organized bodies to ai1ili-
ate with it and thereby make pos
Slble the securing OF much needed
legislation through its efforts. He
called the attention of the members
of organized labor to the fact that
they should give their local officers
all the support in their power,
should attend their meetings regu-
larly and transact their business in
their halls instead of upon the
street corners. He spoke Of the
evils of injunctionS and immigrl-
ticn, and advocated better educa-
tiOnal conditions to some length
1t was powerful presentation of
the labor cause, and we are sorry
that we cannot give the address in
full.
Mr.. Nugent was followed by
Secretary Treasurer b. S. Hastings.
of the United Mine Workers. who
made a strong plea for better or
ganiZation and protective legisla-
| tive measures for the laboring
classes. His address was forceful
and enlightening and commanded
the rapt attention of his audience
throughout.
The Hon. c. n. Edgington was
next called upon and made one OF
his usual happy and aggressive
talks. He showed where the Char
lesion workingman had been bene-
flied by organization III the past
few years and where they could
further benefit themselves by or
ganizing more thoroughly. 1--WE
are going to have the greatest La-
Dor Day demonstration here on
September. 3rd that ever occurred
in West Virginia and we want the
help OF evegy mothers son of you:
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-06-28

whole public, and the worker aud
producer in this country. we be-,
leve, IS III better position to cN,
press their desires and aspirations
together than any other class or
body of public men,
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-06-28
Advance Of Unionism.

In spite of the bitter attacks of
the Citizens Alliance and other.
labor-hating organizati omS. the
unions of Los Angeles, Cal. in
creased their membership fully %
per cont. during the past twelve
months. The workers were also
greatly assisted by the Los Angeles
Times. a sheet that hates the ground
that a union man walks upon.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-06-28

Organized labor is charged with
1njuring industry, but in the past
10 years the United States has
to lead the world in the exporta-
ton of manufactured products.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-04
The Girl Who Is Not Engaged.

Don't be aggressive about il and in
SiSt that you never yet me. man You
would dream of marrying. Even if this
is true, your vigorous assertions will
leave the opposite impression on the
minds of your hearers.
Don't beHttle your present male ac-
quantances by building day dreams with
Il presentation of all the virtues as he
no.
Don't drop vague hints about a secret
engagement which time will devuge.
Don't pretend you don't believe in love:
no one will believe this. either.
Don't try to give the impression that
you are wavcring bctwiXt g number of
brilliant offers and can't decide which to
accept
And don't above all things make trans
parent remarks about 4 girls losing her
freedom if she marries under p. Such an
excuse is for girls in their teens.
Better decide to say nothing about it
at all. If some one comes at you with
the un2ardonably blunt question. "IIave
you ever met man you could care for
don't cast down your eyes and give SEN
timental sigh. Look your outrageous
duestioner straight in the face and an
swcr cheerfully, Hundreds of times"
and the chances are you and your affairs
will be left in peace by that person at all
events.
Endeavor to show people that you really
enjoy life as you are-not by talking
about it. but by Il cheerful. sunny de-
meanOr ard busy life with lots Of
friends and 4 reasonable amount of
amusement.
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To Entertain the GRANGE Visitors.

In making the plans and preparations
for the coming meeting of the Maine
State Grange in this city one thing
above all others is necessary on the
part of the citizens of Augusta. This
is that they respond freely and gener-
tally to the committees request for a
list of those who can entertain any of
the visitors during that week. The
hotel accommodations of Augusta and
vicinity will take care Of a good share
of the crowd which will throng the city
whole Of it. To entertain the visitors
lin a way which will make their visit a
profitable one and make Augusta
reputation for hospitality what it
should be, it will be necessary for
scores and hundreds of homes in the
city to be opened to these visitors.
We all have the good name of Au-
gusta at heart and must all be willing
to do our share in this matter. In
some cases it may involve a little sacri-
flee and inconvenience, but in no in
stance is this likely to be serious.
Therefore, send in your name without
delay to Frank L. Dutton, Esq, of this
city, the secretary Of the entertainment
committee, with the number Of rooms
which you can spare for part of that
week and the number Of visitors whom
you can entertain at your home. Let
the response be prompt and generous.
worthy the good name of Augusta, and
worthy the great State meeting which
will be held here week after next.
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The Postmaster's Report.

The following is a verbatim copy Of the
first report made to Postmaster General
CortelyOu by newly appointed post
master in a rural district OF North Caro-
lima:
muster Jorge Cortelyou. President of
The United States.-Dear sir been re-
amired by the instruction of the post post
office to report quarterly. | now fulfill
that plesent duty by reporting as folders.
The harvcstn has been gon on purity
vel and most CT the naburS have got thur
cuttin about dun. wheel is hardly Il
avcrge crop on rollin lans corn is Eeller-
iSf and wont cut morn ten bOoShrlS to the
akcr the health of the community is only
turrcarablc meesels and chOlry has brok-
on out in abought and 4 half milo
from hear. thar are 4 powful awaken on
the subject of religion in the Potts
naburhood and many solcS are bein made
to know thar sins forgivin. Miss nancy
MckS Il nccr nabur had a new baby but
he is 4 poor scrargy little Teller and wont
live half his day this is about, all j
know and have to report the present
quarter give my respects to MISS Cor
telyou and subscribe myself yours trOO-
ly.'-Harper's Weekly.
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When Ma is Due in Oklahoma.

The way in which one Oklahoma edition
announced that his mother was coming u
visit him may seem a trifle breezy, bu;
it's pretty safe to say that away down ln
her heart ma" was prOuder than forty
queens. This is the way he did it:
THE editor of the N.,Ws-RcpuDlican is
going to tOg up little this evening. Co
ing to change collars and put on a pair
of cuffs, f he can ind any. Going to isei
shaved and going TO get our shoes shlncd
and tn" pegs cut out, 50 We can walk
right pcartiy. Mas a-conins dGwn TO sac
MS. You know who ma is. Ma is our
only ma, and she's good o:t. toO-cne
IF the old Ohio Quaker sort, You konw.
Ma lives in kingfiSher. She WAS our ma
when we were born: She was our ma out
in western Kansas when we hunted
prairie coal; she was our ma when W"
drank parched corn coffee in Old Okla
bona IL 80. and she's our ma now. She S
The. best ma we ever mad.
If You see MS tomorrow walking down
the street with a little woman with a
srnil.e on her face yeilll know that's ma.
If you never had Il ma YOU ShOula get one
and one like our mn too
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cherish the traditions Of a people whose
Icharacteristics We're radically distinct
from those Of any other people in any
land or time.
Not a smelt so far as we know has
been taken at the bridge" with
hook and line and very few at the
Mills, says the Damariscotta Herald
The days when a hundred men made
good pay all winter hooking smelts.
mas gone. In their stead few men
with jelnes scoop up down river, every
school that enters the river. Too bad.
Possibly if the next Legislature would
forbid utterly all SEEMING or dipping IN
the spring. in time these delicious fish
might again be plentiful, but a very
few years will see them extinct II
nothing is done. Not Il sea bass mas
been seen at Sheepscot for two years.
few years ago two or three men
seem to have captured the entire
school,. They made big money, but 1t
was like killing the goose that laid the
golden egg. If this noble fish, that ire
duently weighs 80 pounds. could be
taken at Sheepscot, it would attract
fishermen from all parts, and every
striped bass would be worth it's weight
in gold,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-04

Only a dozen deaths are charged up
against football this year as against IS
year ago. This is probably partly
due to the new rules and partly to
greater care in the collection of the
statistics. 1t is worth noting that of
the dozen deaths this fall none were
among college players. 1t is also
worth noting that they were not all
from weak hearts, others from blood
poisoning and others from causes only
indirectly connected with the game.
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Personal Notes.

United States Senator Knox. of Penn
sylvania. las accepted an invit"tion 20
ne the commencement day orator ut Yale
Law School next June.
l., one of the greatest mountain-climberS
in the world, has left Peru fer home.
after having successfully assembled the
highest mountains there.
George Il Leighton who is prom-
nently mentioned for United States Sen
ator from New Hampshire, is Il, Har-
ward man and a member Of an old New
Hampshire family. He made quite a
fortune in railways an! steel.
Theodore p. Shouts. chairman of the
Panama Canal Commission. having
shown the President the work that is be-
ing done on the isthmus. left Colon on
main brief period. when he will re-
turn to push the digging as rapidly as
possible.
Prof. Louis Schneider. the first 1rec-
tor of the Marine Eand il. Washington.
ard tho leader of the Imperial Band
has just died in New York. He received
decorations from Napoleon III. from the
King Of Italy. the King of Belgium and
Pope Leo KILL
active manage ment Of thN largest aggre-
g1tion of domestic steamship Eres il the
United States in period of little more
than 90 years is the record of Calvin
AHStlll. Wlo HtS IuSt r,tl tleCted IreSl-
dent of the Mallory Steamship Line.
which makes the fourth big steamship
company Of which he is the head.
George Meredith. the English novel
list vas suffering from q broken leg.
but that did not prevent him from voting
in the recent English elections He was
driven three miles to the polls in a
donkey chaiSe decorated with Liberal
colors A number Of friends lifted him
out. sheet WAS placed around him and
in this way he was carried bodily to the
poll box.
The Youngest lawyer that ever ar
pearcd before the Supreme Court of the
I nted States the other day argued in
favor of The constitutionaltv of the
North Carolina statute prohibiting the
running Of .'hucket shops in that state.
He was Walter Clark. Jr. son of the
Chief Justice Clark, of the Supreme Court
of North Carolina. and he has Just passed
his twenty-first birthday
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The Girl of 1907.

The 1nannish Gibson girl has been
placed on the shelf by Dame Fashion, and
the 1907 girl is built on entirely different
lines. She is tall, slim and extremely
simple In fact the simplicity should be
named first, and it is not the simplicity
of the unsophisticated country girl. but
an artistic simplicity entering into her
manners and her makeup.
The 1907 girl is restful to behold and will
win the heart of man by her delightfully."-
quiet air, rather than conQuering by her
superior knowledge or her physical Prov
ess. says an exchange.
The ideal girl of the year wears her hair
parted and falling over the temples. and
coiled around her head by couple of
Dutch braids.
Her childish form is enhanced by a
slimness at the hips, a quality which has
not been altogether in favor for some
time, but which now must be had at any
cost of labor. and treatment. violent mes
sage being restored to as we'll as certain
forms of athletic exercise practiced in
the bedroom.
Her hips must be narrower than her
shoulders. Her height and SlimnesS may
he aided by high heels. Brown tones in
hair and dress are favored.
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Occasionally among the Vardamans.
Tillmans and Davises a Southerner in
public life rises to speak words of COM
mon sense. Congressman Williams Of
Mississippi tells the people of the
South to stop talking the repeal of the
18th amendment and go to raising more
cotton. He tells them that there is
absolutely no possibility that a two
third vote of Congress and a vote of
three-fourths of the states can be Sc
cured in favor Of repeating this amend
ment and that it is nonsense for the
South to agitate the matter. OF
course Mr.. Williams advice is good,
but it does not follow that the South
will have the wisdom to follow it. Such
demagogues as the Vardamans, Till
mans and Davises are able to make
political capital out of the agitation re-
ferred to, and unfortunately they and
their type are more numerous and
noisy among public men of the South
than men like Congressman Williams.
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The Hearsts of the South.

"Thank God the South has no
Hearst" exclaims a Southern paper.
True, there is only one William Ran
dolph Hearst in the country and the
South has reason to rejoice that it is
not inflicted with him, but nevertheless,
that section has demagogues Of the
Hearst type who have succeeded in
gaining the political power which the
voters Of the North have refused to
give Hearst. Vardaman Of Missis-
sippi, Tillman of South Carolina, Davis
Of Arkansas and Taylor of Tennessee,
none of whom have the money or the
brains of Hearst, have achieved power
in their section of the country by the
well-known Hearst method Of appeal
ing to race and class prejudices. None
of them are really representatives of
the South, and yet few Southern men
get themselves into the newspapers
more frequently than do they and men
of their type. Tillman gained his
political power by declaring himself
the friend and saviour of the "poor
white" class and arousing it's envious
hatred against its neighbors of wealth
and education. Jeff Davis won the
governorship Of Arkansas and now is
going to the United States Senate by
resorting to the same methods. while
Bob" Taylor will go to the United
States Senates from Tennessee as the
result of campaign in which the il
literacy of his state was openly ar
rayed against the upper classes.
1t is very unfortunate for the South
That such men as these are prominent
In its public life and that their utter
ances are so generally accepted as
representing Southern opinion. Very
lew of the old school of Southern
statesmen are now left in public life
The South has men of the blood and
brains that long made it a power in the
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The board Of education of the city of
New York does not take at all kindly
to the simplified spelling movement.
and by a vote of 81 to has refused to
adopt the simpiified list for use in the
schools of that city. In commenting
York World declares that the city has
done all it can ito insure continued
respect for the language; to save chill
dren and immigrant students of Eng
lish from the confusion of go-as-you-
please spellings; to maintain the princi-
pie of evolution against the open way
to revolution in language-building."
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Citizenship for Porto Ricans.

The press of the country is endorsing
with great unaminity the declaration OF
President Roosevelt that the full rights
of citizenship should be conferred with
of Porto Rico. The feeling of the
President on this subject has long been
known, and his recent visit plainly
strengthened him in his position. A
bill to give the Porto Ricans citizenship
has been pending for some time before
Congress, but has failed of passage,
not so much on account of active OPP
position to it as for lack of somebody
to urge it's merits with vigor. When
we pause to think of it, the condition in
which the inhabitants of Porto Rico
have been placed since the island came
into American possession eight years
|ago is nothing else than absurd. In
order to become an American citizen a
Porto Rican has had to take out
naturalization papers just as a new
conner from Europe, and in doing this
he has been forced to abjure allegiance
to the King of Spain, a monarch with
whom he has had no more concern
since 1898 than with the Sultan of
Turkey or the Shah of Persia.
There is no proposition advanced to
make Porto Rico a state at this time,
and in fact it may be that no such
proposition will ever be advanced.
Neither does the granting Of citizenship
rights to the Porto Ricans involve any
tariff problem or anything of the kind.
1t is simply a matter of fair treatment
which has already been delayed in a
fashion for which there can be but
small explanation or excuse. Through
all these eight years the Porto Ricans,
like the tabled coffin Of Mohammet,
have been suspended between heaven
and earth, and President Roosevelt
believes that their wonder as to who
they are anyway should be answered
by making them American citizens.
Certainly nothing else would do so
much toward the complete Americana
cation of this prosperous and well be-
haved little island which came into our
hands so willingly and which has since
made us SO little trouble
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The tragic death of President Samuel
Spencer Of the Southern Railway sys-
TEN, during a trip with a party Of
friends over his own line. doubtless
makes it certain that at least one rail-
road wreck of the year will be thor
placed where it belongs. The death of
President Spencer is a hard blow to the
South. for few men had done more for
the industrial progress of that section
than he. He was a native of Georgia
and ranked as one Of the greatest cap
tains of industry produced by the new
South.