The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-10-06

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he stood among the foremost as the
exponent and defender Of predatory
wealth, an advocate not only of the
trusts, corporations, and monopolies,
but even Of the worst features in con-
nection with them.
Whenever representative of the
corporate interests appeared before
committee of which Mr.. Littlefield
was member, he was always affable
and apologize, rendering such assist
ance as would help such an agent
over difficult places. On the other
hand, If a representative Of the COM
mon people or of Labor appeared, Mr..
Littlefield was domineering, abusive,
insulting. He always played the role
of the subservient tool Of corporate
wealth and vested interest He was
the naughty, browbeating autocrat to
those who dared speak for the COM
mon people upon any matter contrary
to the interests he represented. Labor
was made to feel that it could expect
neither courtesy, consideration, nor
Justice from Mr. Littlefield.
In Mr.. Littlefield's desperate effort
to discredit Labor, he entered into q
scheme with those having special in.
terests, by which, on two different &C.
casions, he suborned few men to
appear before his committees, these
men bearing forged credentials pur-
ported to represent unions. These
few poor dupes, with the dollars of
the Interests" in their pockets, were
taken to Mr.. Littlefeld's bosom and
he sought to make it appear that they
and not the chosen representatives Of
Labor were voicing the sentiments
and interests of the toilers.
His wilful and malicious perversion
of the merits of Labor's bill to correct
the Injunction abuse, his championing
of the bill for the reinstatement of
the seamen, his advocacy of the con.
sidy bill as a condition to their en-
ployment upon privately-owned YES.
sells, his failure to say word for the
bill prohibiting the employment Of
railroad men for more than 16 hours
in day, his failure to aid in the
slightest the bill that would prevent
the destruction of life and property
by the wholesale towing of barges
Though the correction of this evil
would encourage the shipbuilding in
dustry), his whole course and conduct
as congressman, in more ways than
can be here enumerated, aroused such
a feeling of indignation that labor de-
termined to administer to him that
singing rebuke which had been de.
clared to all men or parties who were
either Indifferent negligent, or hostile.
! Though not defeated, the rebuke to
Mr.. Littlef1eld is none the less keen
enc, and 1t has been administered by
his own constituents.
Organization Of Labor's Campaign.
Having been directed to make the
fight against. Mr.. Littlefeld and au-
thorized to ask the aid of some of
Labor's active men, I secured the CO.
operation of Stewart Reid, Interna-
tional Association of Machinists; M.
Grant Hamilton, International Typo
graphical Union; Walter .Ames, Inter,
national Association of Machintsts;
Coils Lovely, Boot and Shoe Workers
International Union; John Golden,
| United Textile Workers of America;
Emmett Flood, Brotherhood of Team
sters; Samuel DeNedrey, Central
Labor Union, Washington, D. c.;
Philip Byrnes, Boot and Shoe Work
ers of Maine; Dominick D'Allesandro,
Rock Drillers' and Excavators' Union;
j. D. Cowper, United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners; John Con-
way, Retail Clerks International AS
ISOLATION; J. Tazelaar, Painters. Pa
perhangers and Decorators of Amer
lea; VIM. H. Frazier, Seamen's Union
of America; H. R. Frost, of Lewiston;
w. H. Roberts, of Vinalhaven, and
P. H. Byrne, of Rockland.
Mr.. Reid made preliminary arrange
ments for meetings.; Mr.. Hamilton
was established at headquarters at
Rockland.
Too much praise can not be given
to the workmen of Maine for the
earnest and enthusiastic manner in
which they helped to conduct the fight
against Mr.. Littlef1eld and other op.
ponents of Labor. Especial apprecla.
ton Of their loyalty is felt on account
of the great temptations which were
held out to them to become traitors
or even remain .lukewarm In their sup.
port of the Labor campaign.
Opposition's Futile Attempts to Create
Discord.
From the first our opponents en-.
deavored to throw an apple of discord
into LabOr's ranks by pretending to
create rivalry as to who was Labor'a
campaign manager in the district.
but this proved abortive. as did also
the publication Of a dispatch In the
newspapers that Vice.President
James Duncan was hostile to the eff.
fort to defeat Mr.. Littlefield. M.
Duncan gave that publication It's
quietus by an emphatic letter In which
he clearly showed that he was in en-.
tire accord with the campaign; that
his own experience demonstrated Mr..
Littlefleld's hostility to the rights and
cause of Labor. At our labor meet
ings where bands furnished music,
they voluntarily played my Country.
IT'S of Thee" when the chairman in.
troduced me to the audience. When
that was done I asked the AUDIENCE to
rise, and they sang Justify the national
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