The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-12-04

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entire time the legislature was in ses-
sion, looking after these matters, and
the result was that the republican leg
islature gave them practically every
thing they asked for.
special request of the railroad organ
izations So was the bill that prevents
railroads from working their men an
inhuman number OF hours. So were
several other bills in which the rail-
road labor organizations were inter-
ested, and the results they obtained
at the hands Of the republican legis-
lature We're so satisfactory that the
railroad men are thoroughly satisfied
with conditions as they now exist.
Fred C. Feick. of Garrett, the head
of the legislative committee of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
says the railroad organizations will
maintain representatives here during
the coming session of the legislature,
but they will merely keep their eyes
open to see that the democratic house
does not undertake to rpeal or change
some of the present beneficent laws
or enact new ones that will be detri-
mental to the interest of the railroad
employees. If the legislature leaves
things as they are there will be no
complaint, but If 1t tries to undo any
of the good work accomplished by the
last legislature it will find fight on
its hands.
Will Work For Speaker.
But the railroad men will try to
have something to say about who
shall be speaker of the house, because
they figure that the speaker, if un-
friendly to organized labor, can do
them much harm A committee COM
posed Of Richard ]. Witty, of Evans
vile. w. E. Trippeer. of Peru, and
George Kern of Indianapolis, repre-
Senting the locomotive firemen and
engineers is already on the ground to
look after things. They will try, they
say. to see that the speaker elected
is friendly to union labor They will
also stay during the session to watch
legislation.
Labor Factor.
The fact is that no branch of or
ganized labor will have much to ask
Of the coming legislature The entire
body of union labor in this state is
satisfied with what the republican
general assemblies have done for it.
and there is little that it can add to
the already good system of labor
laws.
Organized labor appears to be
somewhat divided on the speakership
proposition between Representative
Honan. of Seymour and Representa-
tive Strickland, of Greenfield, but it
looks like the main body is for Hon
an. Honan, by the way, is the Tag
gart candidate. too.
Goodrich Out of Politics.
James p. Goodrich. of Winchester,
republican state chairman, was in the
city last night, and made the definite
announcement that he is out of poll
tics for good. He will not be a cam
didate for reelection as state chair
man. but says he will retire and le,
the party elect someone else. During
the last campaign Goodrich was so
busy with his duties as receiver of the
c. c. & L. railroad that he could not
do much as state chairman Fred A.
Sims. secretary of state, did the work.
and Goodrich was at the headquarters
only now and then. Now he is to quit
entirely.
Already several candidates are an
Eounced to succeed Goodrich Harry
8. New. former National republican
chairman, is one, but he says he does
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