The Cairo bulletin., 1907-04-20
LABOR DECLARES
WAR ON PARTIES
SETBACK GIVEN THE CONVICT
LABOR BILL ARoUSES
LoBBY,S IRE.
OPEN CHARGE OF GRAFT
Made Against Legislators Follows
Efforts to Curb Measures Of
Union Men---Democrats
Break With Labor.

|
/ both the Republican and Democratic
| parties was officially declared tonight
by the labor lobby after the convict
labor bill had been killed In the
house as the elimination Of long
series Of legislative attacks.
! Because Of It's shabby treatment
the labor lobby debated the advisable
/ ity Of dishanding and going home
after issuing final pronuncamento
to the public. but this plan was side
tracked on the chance that sone
| legislation demanded by Illinois toll
els would be saved from the wreck
OF their hopes.
| 1--WE have decided to fight " out
said President IT, II. Wright Of the
| Illinois Federation of Labor We
shall let their organization leaders
here know how we feel, and their
failure to give us what ask will mean
| hat they must stand the conse
| quences In the next campaign.
Eve are grievously disappointed IN
| the setback suffered by house bill No.
). the convict labor bill which the
| house today refused to advance TO
second reading BY vote 0f go 10 5G.
| We were united for the messurc.
which would have taken p.isoa made
products ont OF compe itinn with the
| manufacturers of free labors
| Demands Name ct Browne.
/ President Wright was Informed
that Representative Lee O'Neill
| Browne. who had led the fight for the
i contractors growing rich off prison
labor had said labor was not unltet
In support of the BILL In proof NJ
which he said he had received Letters
from labor leaders, whom eh re
!, fused To name.
n IassH Mr. Hrowne syi n nalne AasaS soff wv
II Ger of tie Illinois Federation of In
4 Dor who wrote sue b letter, re
4 Piled President Wright, II win prom
Il ise that lie will be impeached at once.
II shall make a demand upon Mr..
Browne for the names OF the alleged
writer's
Mr.. Browne however, declined ~
divulge the names, saying he would
do so when the bill comes up in pass
lage. That. however. is now an inn
probability. for Representative Chip
perfield introducer of the bill and It's
aggressive sponsor during the ninety.
six days In which II has been smcfh-
lering In committee before being re-
ported out under compulsion. an.
nounced that he would not again call
i the bin up from where 1t lies on the
calendar--at the bottom.
"The opponents Of organized labor
made their record today on the roll
call" said Chipperfeld. "ahd now
they can do their explaining to their
constituents"
Democrats Break With Labor.
In the face of knowledge that the
labor lobby was solldly for he bin re-
pealing the convict labor law, fact
that was stated on the floor. and In
face of the further fact that the Dem
ocratic state platforms for ten years
had pledged the party to prevent
competition Of prison labor with free
labor. the Democratic house organi-
zation today threw its strength and
votes into the anti-labor side.
Minority Leader Douglas Pattison
; and Chairman Lee O'Neill Browne OF
T the Democratic steering committee
| led the fight while the Republicans
+ chuckled and stayed in the back
ground dreaming Of the next cleo
. tion
Seventeen of the Democrats broke
5 away from the organization and voted
/ to advance the bill These included
McGoorty. Nanny. Daugher,y. TRULY.
! I.antz and Mckinley. all independent
+ thinkers. The seventeen Democra's
I are in high pitch Of rage tonight az
n paitison. Browne and Their following.
lrcalizing what will be the effect on
the labor vote after The slap in the
, face given bv The Demgcra ie o,gaui-
zatiUns
Story Of Graft stsrtles.
Today's proceeding. sensational IN
, both the debate and vote. were made
, stHl more startling by a cirrumsfan
I, itial sory Of bis graft in connection
with the convict labor bill and IFS
fate
/ inc ltmncl alic Wa4 ffsAf- "a Naf
stated. was held in line against the
convict labor bin by the promise that
suca action would compel iis sup
u7rfers. which in his case include
numerous manufacturers s-nerins
from competition with prison made
goods 10 come down" with large
buodlc fund 20 secure its passage
Il am satisfied that This pretension
was merely a blind INTENDED 10 de-
ceiye those eith itching palms, said
a Democratic represen alive
The annual profit on the soa eeo