The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1906-07-13

The successful candidates at the
Socialist convention at Flat River on
the ith will not be officially announced
until next Sundays meeting, 1t is
possible that there will be some changes
in the ticket selected, and for this
reason no official announcement has
been made Labor Herald
We mentioned a couple Of weeks
ago that a Socialist county ticket
would probably be nominated in
this county on the 4th. We call
attention to this fact now 10 re-
mind our Democratic brethren of
the press that it might be well for
them to think sOberly when using
their influence in the making up of
a ticket in our Senatorial aud Con-
gresslonal districts, as the large
labor vote in both is to be reck
oned with. There are not less than
/ 800 working men in this county,
most of whom are associated with
the organized labor movement.
There are at least 800 in Jeffer-
son county and about 1000 in
Madison county; then add another
900 or 800 more in the logging
and numbering camps of this con
gressional district, and you have a
total labor vote OF about 5000.
These laboring men, and We use
the term here as applied to those
who toll in our mines with their
hands, picks and shovels, are not
all Socialists, it is true; but they
are not satisfied with present con.
ditions, and it is a prevalent idea
that the evils of which they COM
plain may be remedied by legisla-
tion-and in measure they can -
hence their growing interest in Sc
curing the election Of men to Office
who are in sympathy with their
ideas. Congress has adjourned,
and every demand or request they
have made of it has been ignored
the eight hour bill, the anti in
junction bill and the convict labor
bill, 1t is true the Democrats sue
ceeded by taking advantage of sew
eral absent Republican members of
the committee in reporting the
eight-hour law, but it was never
allowed to come to vote. The
other bills were smothered in the
committee. They have received
nothing but empty promises. and
they are not to blame if they try
to secure the election of men who
are friendly to them.
Then, there is that extraordinary
we use but n mild term arrest
of Meyer, Haywood and PettibOne,
secretary and treasurer
of the Western Federation of Min.
ers, on charge of being accom-
pllces in the murder of Gov. Stern,
enberg OF Idaho, that has aroused |
them as nothing else could. Three
times has the prosecution post
poned the trial of their cases and |
that in the face of the prisoners
demanding speedy trial, to which
they are entitled; now their cases
now go over until next December.
The mine owners, who want to
break up the Western Federation
of Miners, is back Of this prosecu-
tion--or rather persecution, as it
looks to be. 1t is n part of the old
Colorado trouble which is known
to the world 1t is of n kind with
the feeding of people on diseased
and rotten meat, the stealing of
rust funds of widows aud orphans
% corrupt elections, and the raising
If the price of coal oil and devoting
| part of the proceeds to foreign
Missionary societies in order to
,ose as Christian philanthropists.
When the virus OF mammon
Worship gets into the blood of any
nan he is fit for treason, strate-
EN- and spoils."
1t is atrocious that these men
hould be held in prison, deprived !.