Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-29

more than one month prior to the presi
Dental land congressional elections In tn
states it is said by leaders of organized
labor that the holiday celebrations viii
have more or less political significance
this year. In support of the foregoing
contention they point to the efforts thai
are being made before Congress in con
nection with pending labor legislation. te
recent injunction proceedings In state
and federal courts and to the open-shol
contest which is being waged In many
States
1t is declared that the coming Labor
day with its oratory and its conferences
and enthusiasm will be made to mark ar
important epoch in the annals of trades
unionism. That it may be employed a:
a means to an end, as a prominent car
penter expressed it,
concrete force of the great Labor day
gatherings here and elsewhere to go &c
waste on theoretical fancies and lmpos-
sible air castles
Attention has been called to the La boI
day celebration to be held in the District
of Columbia by the action OF the Central
Labor Union of Washington at Its meet
ing last Monday evening in appointing 1ts
Labor day committee.
Sam De Nedrey. secretary of the Cen
His associate members are:
Milton Snelings of the Stationary En-
gineers.
J. w. Considine of the Sheet Metal
Workers.
James L. Feeney of the Bookbinders.
Emmett l.. Adams of the Machinists.
j. ]. Purcell of the Brotherhood OF
Electrical Workers.
John B.. Colpoys of the Carpet Me-
chanics.
NJ
are being made. and Chairman De Nedrey
declares the committee will endeavor to
make it "a real object lesson for all the
rest Of the country
In connection with some OF the red let
ter Labor day celebrations that are being
talked of in labor circles. it is said repre-
sentatives in Congress are receiving from
labor unions in their districts letters
which are in part as follows:
AT meeting of your constituents the
Enclosed resolutions were ordered sent to
you so that you may be properly and re-
liably advised as to the sentiments that
prevail among a large proportion of peo-
pie in your congressional district on some
economic and political questions. If not
settled quickly and to the complete salts
faction of the participants in this meet
ing further steps will be taken to make
these questions the paramount political
issue of 1908. Our people hope for and
count for your support by voice and vote
to enact at the present session of this
Congress the legislation set forth in the
inclosed resolution.
AS has been told, labor throughout the
country wants the Sherman law amended
80 as to not include labor organizations
in its provisions. According to President
Gompers, when the Sherman law was en-
acted there was no idea of including labor
unions in it's provisions and the unions
only came under the Sherman Law
through decisions of the United States
Supreme Court.
The Wilson BILL pending in Congress
which amends the Sherman law. is said to
be satisfactory to labor organizations and
they want this bill passed.
Organized labor in the District. accord
ing to a leader. is opposed not only to
the pending prohibition BILL but to the
recommendations made to the District
committee OF the House recently. increas-
ing the license tax. extending the vote
getting area and establishing dry zones
about the navy yard. the Washington
barracks and other places. Being asked
the cause of the objection, the labor
leader replied:
Because. in the first place. it is class
the localities Of the aff1uent as against
those inha bited by the working classes
Because the present license system Is the
best in vogue anywhere. and to go to the
lengths proposed would mean persecution
pure and simple. And. again. there is nc
demand for any such radicalism as is
proposed. nor is there any necessity fol
1t, except it be an outcropping of spas
modic sentimentalism. Organized labor
will never stand for additional oppression
whether it comes as restrictive legislation
or in any other FORM"
James A. Hogsette. the new public
printer for the Philippines. who succeed
ed John s. Leech, has many friends ir
this city. He was appointed a composition
in the government printing Office here
February Z, 1899. and resigned to go tG
Manila. August ;. 1901. In speaking OF