The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-10-07

through the house of representatives!
We also passed bill to prevent, as
far possible, explosions in our mines
for reports show that we kill three
miners In this country where they Kill
one in any other country In the world.
senator Hemenway and L have been
room-mates In Washington and when
he had that bill passed through the
senate, he gave 1t to me and 1 had 1t |
passed through the house of repre-
sentatives.
Somebody says TINT Jim Watson
hasn't been n friend to the cause of
labor! My fellow-citizens, L defy any
many, anywhere, at any time to put
his finger ON any act of mine, on any |
vote of mine, ON any speech of mine or
any utternnce of mine, either public or
private, that Is at all hostile to the
highest interests of any man who
face! (Cheers.)
Friendly to the cause of labor! My
fellow citizens, Br. Bryan in his great
eIoquence goes about this country at
tend chautauquas and delivering dis
courses on these subjects at much
per-(Laughter.)
Way down In the south he Is a pow
erfuI. Way down south his voice is
potential. Why doesn't Mr.. Bryan, if
he is sincere and i'm earnest about these
matters, why doesn't he raise his voice
against the fragrant outrages that are
openly and notoriousIy carried ON in a
country where he could have some in
Huences But not one word has he
ever uttered. Why hasn't he used his
great influence In the south against
the outrages committed ON child labor.
The last thing L did In congress was
to vote for child labor bill which
was framed and passed as a model for
all the states and territories of this
nation, that they might copy 1t.
You know I'm the great cotton mills
of the south little girls seven years
of age work I'm those mills from sun
rise to sun set. You know that boys,
of tender years, work In those fac
tories from sun up to sun set, when
they ought to be sleeping, with no.
/ body to cry out in their protection
against such policies. Yet this man
who is powerful in the south has
never uttered one word against that
custom. Why don't he cry out against
1t: We have got a law In Indiana. He
don't need to come into Indiana and
preach to about it. We don't need
him. Let him go into a country where
he has some power and influence.
Don't you say so. CHEERS and eyes,
"yes."o
The republican party not the friend
of labor! The republican party is not
only the friend of labor in the national
congress, but in every state of the un-
Ion where the republican party is in
power. Listen! Thirty-three states
have factory Inspection laws and sery-
ice; twenty-five of them are republic
an. lTwenty-One states have state
boards of arbitration; sixteen of them
are republican. Seventeen states have
laws establishing eight hours as a
days work on public work; fifteen of
them republican. Twenty-seven
states have laws restricting the en-
ployment of children, nineteen of them
are republican. Thirteen states have
laws forbidding the employment of
minors In the operation of certain in
dustries; eleven of them are republic
an. Thirty-eight states have laws reg
ulating the employment of women;
twenfy-nine of these are republican.
Twelve states have laws regulating
sweat-shOps; eleven of them are re-
publican. Twenty-one states have
laws insuring the prompt payment OF
wages; seventeen of them are repub-
lican. Fifteen states have laws for
bidding the discharge of persons SIM
ply because they belong to labor or
Eanizations, when no other cause ex-
lists; fourteen of them are republican
There are thirty-eight states that have
laws authorizing and permitting
trades unions to adopt labels and pro-
hibiting cOunterfeiting of them and OF
those thirty-eight states twenty-nins
are republican and only the other nine
are democratic!
Will tell you, my felIow-citizens. fl
is one>thing to go up and down the
country declaiminG ourselves againsl
, these things, but 1t is another thing tt
legislate, to write laws upon you,
+ statute books, to do business and t.
I protect the men who labor and tn.
when who toll! (Cheers.l