The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-12-20

senate.
Speaker Murray said.
Il drew the bill for the reason
that the Oklahoma city Typograph
ical Union had been sending out
circulars desiring that the bill re-
quirc the state printer to have \
years actual experience as jour.
ncyman printer. ! feared that some
woak.knecd representative might
introduce bill and De- bluifcd in
the name OF Union labor into yield
ing point which would prove dis
astrous to the general public. On
this question. as with others. shall
oppose any class who desire to
serve themselves irrespective OF the
interests of the public IN the first
place the word state Printer" Is
a misnom,r II does not mean any
office that requires the Qualifica-
tiuus of typcscttcr, 10 requires
manager. That manager might be-
. IhN lll'IF 81 NAb' NH ~ VI ~ lll''I' lltAllNf
and having edited three weekly and
one daily newspaper in my life
time. have been acquainted with
printers of ali kind. | know that the
actual printer who has served the
trade for eight years. and then ca.
pahle of managing large print
ing establishment, as this depart
mcnt must needs be- is the oNcep-
tion
II have placed in the bill thai
wherever practical union printers
shall De- employed in this work, be
cause my experience has been that
the union printer Is the cheapest
in the end. but the manager ought
to be a man of good business sense
and sagacity. The printer who has
served for eight years at salary
becomes dependent upon that sala
ry, and like all persons who are
thus dependent, they get into
rut or grove that dwarfs their
ability as "A business man and man.
agcr. hope the public will observe
that IL is not the federation OF labor,
not the Typographical Union of the
| state that Is urging this provision,
which would be monopoly In that
office among the printers of the
state. when in tact a printer Is not
the man needed TO perform the du-
ties, but 1t Is Oklahoma City Typo
! graphical Union, No. 2S3. and | am
sure that their main opposition to
my bill and the incentive which
causes them to send circulars to
the press. which | have in my pos
session, and the circular sent 10
the members of the legislature,
grew out Of the honeycombed mono.
poly Of oklahoma City. They tried
TO destroy me In the constitutional
convention. They tried to use IA
great editor to 90 so, and they are
now using the same method with
the same individual. Oklahoma City
is a great wealthy and growing
city has representatives from trust
companies of st. Louis, Kansas
City, Chicago and New York, with
headquarters in that city, until IL
has become the headquarters of the
trusts of Oklahoma. However, there
are many patriotic citizens. but the
trust element o. reason of their
money and their ability to hire
politicians, control the city and seek
TO control the state want to say
distinctly that they viii not con
troll me or cause me TO yield on this
or any other point, even though
they fight me in the name of union
labor. | am going TO stand for what
Is best for the general public a.
! against special interests or special
ella scs. The first argument of this
local was that j was fighting labor,
and since they are defeated on that,
they have sent out circulars head
ed Senate Bin No. 20, by Stafford" I"
and after quoting the bill, follow
House III, No 6, by Murray" with
the headlines that ! am seeking TO
| destroy the country newspapers,
/ and deceiying some OF the editors
into believing it. want to ask the
country editors this question:
Which of the men would likely
serve their interest best-the man
who lives in the country, who has
been supported by the country press,
or the man who owns and edits
I the metropolitan daily OF the state?
| ask again, will the governor, state
treasurer and the stat" printer, as
tA hoard designated in My Dill,
recognize the needs and require