The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1908-04-11
THE MISSOURI RIVER PIRATE.
paign Battle Cry, -Who Is Hud-
spethe- Incidentally. Making a
Few Napoieonie Comparisons
IBy Our Own Correspondent

Il see" said the old Missouri River
Pirate. as he loaded his Missouri
rleerScnaum with cigar clippings.
that We have a campaign battle cry
as well as an eight-hour one. 1t is 10
be observed, however. that the shorter
work day battle cry was potent be-
cause it was declaration The cam
psign battle cry is decidedly impotent.
because it is interrogarory- Who ever
heard Of soldiers going into battle
asking. Who is Hudspeth-e All the
Narrior wants to know of the enemy
Is Where is he-' And this question.
Who is Hudspeth.e elOquently tells
how impoverished is the administra-
ton for adequate and logical reasoni
fol their official continuance Resort
tn clumsy sarcasm Will not satisfy
men who believe extravaganza should
cease Who is Hudspeth- is NO more
convincing to the Intelligent member
snip of the L T. Q. than Who Is
Csowley.' or Who is Reede' What's
in Nance A rose by any other
name would smell as sweet As the
Hafspeth committee has well said.
L is qualities that 1T man for
usefulness. not the mere mental pos
session OF facts gained from expert
ence-'
The thousands of members who
are advocating the election of Henry
s Hudspeth OF New Orleans to tne
presidency. Thomas F. Crowley of
Cincinnati as secretary-treasurer and
IN n P Reed of New York City as
fist vice-president do not do so be
cause they happen to be named Hud-
sseth. Crowley and Reed. The en-
thuSiasm would be the same what
ever their names might be- These
mighty uprising of the membership
90 bring the union back to the humble
IceS-paying MEMBERSHIP men OF
whom il has been said. and truly
bers are loyal and true And these
three men have concentrated the en-
e-sieS of the membership ON theil
election because they have declared
cnequivocally that if elected the,
Will use their utmost endeavor To re
store representative government ami
. correct the evils against which the
candidacy of these men is a protest
George Wilson analyxes the oficia
reports and shows the great sums
being paid the organizers, and tbs
: pSucity of results, And the answer:
Who is Hudspethe'
The PhiladelphiS delegation q
the Hot Springs convention tell il
the Reading Labor Journal how the,
were warned before starting for tbs
eonyenIion that they must go aions
with the council if they expected an,
relief for the city And this rs me-
with the argument VINO is Had
sreth~
The printers of Los Angeles naxs
shown the waste of money in tbs
conduct of the Times hgnt- And
this is met with the -unanSwerahle- re
5oinder, Who is Hudspethe'
Wilson has shown Lynch is re
~ .onSlbls for the abrosation of the
tripartite agreement and the larter's
tsser admission that the agreement
~osald have sayei much money ana
many shops And. though feeble
effort MAS made to reply to Wilson II
j. Syracuse paper by Fair Play "a:
il there could be fair play over J
nom de plume.l Wilson came back
and Fair Play has bsen busy ever
since extracting the spsinserS. 81
nov they say, Who is HudspeSh>
And 50 on, and On. as the dozens
tsrship no longer continuing officials
whose aurocracy and Incompetence
have been proven to the compiets
satisfaction of all thinking men
these candidates for reelection and
their supporters are driven by tnei'
lSISfnl poverty OF argument to chirp
and chirp again, Who is Hudspeshe
the Young Napoleon of labor Die
you ever hear of Napoleon before so
ing into battle at Austeriitz Ssking
Who is Francise Who is Alexander.
Or AZ Sedan. Who is William-' Oh
at Waterloo. Who is Wellington
No. said the old Pirate. WIS
IS Hadspeth>~ May be battle cry
bur il is not calculated TO win bat
ties However, they mus, use the bes
ammunition they have. and if that:
the best-and obviously it is-hu
. what's the uses"
ii And the old Missouri River Pirats