The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-06-13


state of almost peonage. u Is OF !
little difference whether the man be
the working fellow who stands ont |
at the end OF the dgedge and dumps |
the contents of the shears unto the |
float or whether he happens to be
the maH who superiniends Eve or six
dredges along the same channel--and |
there are places where FIVE q edges
ara employed The vital tbnS Is
whether these mon are TO be protec
ted in their calling and in their em
ployment
The work of dredgemen and scow
mon is mechanical They have moth
ing 10 do with navigation The drcd-
ges and scows have no steering gear.
sails or other methods of selfpropa.
sion. The intention of Congress- was
TO protect men doing labor similar
to that done by dredgemen and the
courts ought to carry out the nten-
ton Of the legislatures where they
can Instead Of giving it strained in.
terpretation
In brief the eight hour law should
apply to these men as to all men un-
der the government service, what
ever may be the bubbles raised
against the application of the law to
them.
The attitude Of the Supreme court
is singular to say the least. with
one hand it declares the law TO be
operative and with the other il starts
to curtail the scope of its operation
If this process containues the eight.
nour law Will resemble the cask that
came over in the Mayfower The
proud possessor Of the relic in order
to prevent it from falling TO pieces
was forced To eliminate It's different de
caying parts at yariols times. New
slaves, new hoops new heads. etc,
We're successiyely supplied for the
original ones, until when one DAY
questioned as to what part of his
cherished relic came over in the May
flower he stammered. after consider
able perplexity y must be the bung
hole All that will be left Of our
Constitutional. Federal eighthour law
If the Supreme court keeps on maks
ing exceptions to its provisions. is
the bunghole"
Local SELF Government.
There has been mach ado about the
so-called Public Utilities bill forced
through the New York legislature by
the power of Governor Hughes. II
provided that 'he street railways the
snbways, the electric lighting and gas
lighting companies, the telephone
companies, and all the other corpora
| tions serving the people of greater
New York should be under the super
vision OF state board of auditors.
Mayor Mcclellan vetoed The bill ANY
! one may be judge for himself whether
the veto was justfdable Why a mem.
Der of the legislature from Syracuse
or from cnnajorie shoull be allowed
to pass upon the electric lighting of
the battery or the East Side is vet
I TO be determined It Is true that the
New York board OF aldermen have
too often sold franchises of enormous
worth for their own profit ard with
no regard TO tha profit of the people
but the remedy docs not quite seem
10 be to put the control of these
franchises in the hands of men who
have no immediate interest I'm New
York;
Mayor NJ Clellan's veto Of this mea.
sure was strictly along Democratic
lines. lie believed apparently that
the City II Nsiw York could govern
Itself without aid But the bill which
viii come 10 him about the time that
this letter y published will puzzle
him more. That is the bill that was
passed on the day of this writing for
hae recount OF ihc votes in the elec.
ton ia which he was the candidate
against one William r. Hearst. II
has long been asserted that Hearst
Was elected and counted out. Many
people believe that probably no one
so much as Hearst himself. Nov tho
legislature of New York has passed
a bill demanding that the ballot boxes
be opened and a recount made. That
bill as il applies to a New York mat
ten must so 10 Mayor Mcclellan for
approval or disapproyal What will
DO dog
The fight for determination of the
truth of that election has now pro
gressed for nearly two years McClel
ian has held the office and has used
all the powers of his office 10 prevent
any investigation into the methods
by which he obtained H. Evea men
who do not like Hearst OF his methods
say publicly and openly bhat If Mr.
Mcclellan had shown any indication Of
the methods OF gentleman they
anoulu nave dppldudeu MN, whereas
now they decry hin. lie had his
opporhnlty 10 say 90 the public, "Thf
legality OF my election Is questioned
| demand the opening OF The ballot
hoXes and a recount OF the ballots
That is why a hiehminded gentle
/, man would have done Instead o
that he has fought systematically bs
every device that a shrewd lawyel
[ clold devise to prevent the action o
either court or Legislature whlcl
might show that he had q clean TIL,
20 hiss office. Perhaps now he ma,
: sign the bin which demands a re
D count Probably he viii not. Bnt h,
r has PVT himself m the position Of IN,
man who has been forced 10 the wal
IN fight which was not on his par
honorable aud in which even victor
would not be for him reason for an
plause.
Laughin, Shewmate a Bowine ar
doing big mail order bnsiness Thei
line OF liquors. wines and cigars 4