The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-06-25

agitated and successful results
gained In several states, as a fac
tor in the interest of labor, but ali
such requests fell on deaf ears,
acknowledgment, let us re-
mind you of an important question
That cannot be overlooked and
should be vigorously fought for
until victory Of freedom is gained
by the wage-earners of West Vir
GINA: That victory is equal
rights to organize labor unions
without being bound and gagged
IKE convlcts. In the following
states it is unlawful for an employ.
er to enact any agreement, either
written or verbal, from employers
not to join or become member of
a labor organization, as condition
OF employment. They are: Cali
fornia, Colorado, Cnnecticut.
Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Massa.
chusettts, Minnesota, Nevada.
New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Penn.
sylyania, Porto Rico, and Wis
cOnSin.
We condemn the corrupt prac-
tees carried on by the Republican
and Democratic parties in lower
ing the moral standard of our
people by the corrupt use of money
at elections. TIL, last campaign in
Ohio county, conducted with
money and beer, was disgrace to
any civilized community where
voters were bought and sold. No
wonder the moral standards of our
state and county governments are
dwindling and falling into decay
and rottenness.
Literature is no longer consider.
ed an honorable factor or educator
in politics. Campaign clubs are
not stocked with books and papers
or periodicals to instruct the
voters. Money is invested in buy
ing up doubtful and unprincipled
voters on election days, such as
whiskey buns, hoaters and re-
peaters.
Citizens of good moral character,
without money to purchase their
elections, must retire from politics.
The Demoralizing tendencies of
the machine politicians is reach
cal history, where intelligence and
integrity is relegated to obscurity
and the corrupt fellow without
brains but abundance of money is
taking his place.
Workingmen can remedy this
depraved and immoral system.
When once they realize there is
something in them, briber can
not purchase and influence cannot
control, when they waken up and
consider they have an individual
ity, manhood that could not be
touched or tempered with for any
price. Yes, thank God, today we
have men in labOr'S ranks that
could not be bribed or bought at
the sacrifice of their lives.
We coudemn as inhuman both
of these two great political parties,
their deliberate and cowardly
action in their failure to enact an
employers liability law, giving
protection to the life and limb of
the workingmen;
Whether success or failure at
tends the candidates we nominate
today, we are free to enter our
protest, and that with determi,
nation, that whatever party is in
the majority in our next legislature
we will demand the enactment of a
law describing that all goods,
wares and merchandise made by
conyicts in any peniten tiary,
prison, workhouse, reformatory
or other establishments in which
convict labor is employed, in this
or any other state, imported |.
brought or introduced in this state
shall, before being offered for sale,
branded, labeled or marked econ
Wet Made"
PLATFORM.
We believe in the right of labor
TO ORGANIZE for the benefit OF those