The wageworker., 1907-11-01
A eAREFAcED LIE.
Paper That Boasts Of Fairness and
independence WfIfuIly Does Injury.

Paper That Boasts Of Fairness and
independence WiIfuIly Does Injury.
Apparently the democratic state
central comittee is financing several
alleged union labor organs in Ne
braska, with the object of getting the
votes of craftsmen belonging to the
unions. A democratic politician edits
one OF these, and another which has
just been started at Fremont evident
ly gets its editorial matter directly
from democratic headquarters. It not
only jumps on Ross Hammond and
the Fremont Tribune, but attacks
Judge Reese, Governor Sheldon, Sena-
tor Burkett, Secretary Taft and other
republican leaders in the state and
nation. President Roosevelt will
doubtless be the next to come in for
censure. Copious extracts are repro
duced from the editorial page Of the
World-Herald to prove that the repub-
Hcan party is an enemy to, the work
:ngman. Union labor in Nebraska has
a chance to maintain itself in popular
respect by rebuking those cheap at
tempts to use it as political stool
pigeon, or it can stir up great deal
of adverse sentiment by allowing it.
self to be made an adjunct Of the
democratic party. Sensible union
men will undoubtedly resent the
scheme for delivering them bag and
baggage into the same camp where
railroads and liquor interests have
taken refuge.-Lincoln Evening News.
The above appeared in the Evening
News of Saturday, October 26, under
the head of 'Incidentals' on the edi-
torial page.
1t contains one barefaced folsehood,
and insofar as the article refers to
The Wakeworker and its editor 1t is
plain lie, known to be such by the
man who wrote it unless he is SO ig-
norant as to be unfit to hold a re-
portorial or editorial job on any news
paper worthy Of the name.
The Wageworker has never receiv-
ed one penny from any committee,
democratic, republican, populist, So
cialist or prohibition for any editorial
utterance or support.
The Wageworker has never uttered
a falsehood against any man and then
charged him advertising rates for
space in which to refute the false
hood.
The Wageworker. has taken abso-
lutely no part in the present state
campaign save to show just what the
republican and democratic conven-
tions did concerning matters of in.
terest to organized labor. The Wage
worker has not boosted either for
Judge Loomis or Judge Reese. The
man who declared, by indirection,
that the editor of The Wageworker
is a democratic politician" gave ut
terance to a falsehood without even
which it might be based. The dec1ar-
alton that this labor paper is trying 70
swing the votes of the union work
ingmen into the democratic column
is false. The Wageworker has sup
ported more republicans for ofiice
than it has democrats. In the last
seven years it's editor has voted for
more republicans and members OF
other political parties than he has
democrats
The insinuation that The Wage
worker is in the pay of the democra-
tic state central committee is out
rageously false; more is it a cruel
libel, and unworthy of any man who
makes any pretensions of decency
If the man who wrote the above for
the News win make the same state
ment again, and make 1t In direct
words instead of nasty insinuations,
the editor of The Wagewo:ker will
undertake the delightful task Of
making him prove their truth in
court of law. The only asset of The
Wageworker is its absolutely clean
record in it's efforts to advance the
cause of organized labor, and 10
cheap space filler will be allowed tc
depreciate that asset without a pro-
test from The Wageworker.