Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
|0H, VOTE EITHER WAY
Doesn't Make Much Differ
enCe, Labor Journal Says.
NEITHER PARTY RELIABLE
Bryan Couldn't Force His Reforms if
Elected.
NO HELP FOR THE LABoRER
Paper Also Impartially Takes Shot
at MI. Hearst and His Fine
Independence Party.
70 HELP FOR THE LABORER

Let not the working man be fooled ir
the coming election. The democratic mol
the republican party, as at present con
trolled. holds out any real hope Of help
ing the laborer. Therefore, it makes lit
tie difference which party the working
man supports this fall. William ]. Bryan
is good man and has the respect of the
majority of the people, but he is un
certain. and. besides. he couldn't force re
forms In the face of hostile Congress.
If he should be elected.
This is the argument OF the of1cia
journal of the Brotherhood of Painters
Decorators and Paperhangers of Amer
current number. presumably written BY
the editor. J. c. Skemp.
Something About Bryan.
Bryan is the principal subject under
discussion in the editorial Concerning
him it is said:
Mr.. Bryan has won the respect of q
majority of the American people. Mos
of us differ with him in many things
consider him as unscund as he is uncer.
tain. but usually credit him with being
sincere. In previous campaigns he chung
to theories which killed his chances fol
success. apparently preferring to be RICH,
than President. This time he has fallen
short of what his best friends and great.
est admirers expected.
MIR. Bryan has done brave things foI
principle, done them regardless of conse-
quences. 1t is disappointing to see him
associate with professional politicians of
shady regulations and worse records. 1t
makes one fear that desire to win has
fh0 .nia
ness which hitherto distinguished him
from many men in public life. 1t would
be too bad II party eXigencies should
lead him to sacrifice principle for policys
sake-that the statesman should degener-
ate into the politician.
I'VE realize that no ordinary leader.
however popular, can deny admission to
his party, or even to its councils, of men
whose methods or character he diSap-
proves but the only excuse that the all
powerful Mr.. Bryan can offer for per-
uniting Murphy, Mack, COnnors, Sullivan,
Stone, Francis and Taggart to remain in
control of the democratic machine In their
respective states. is a fear to arouse their
enmity and a desire to profit by the In
fluence which they are supposed to pos
sess man is known by the company
he keeps, and MIR. Bryan has publicly
chosen to associate himself with these
men with whose unsavory past he is
familiar"
And what would be Mr.. Bryans fate if
he should be elected? Here's what the
editorial says on that point:
"The republicans will still have a ma
jority in the Senate and be in a position
to kill any measure of advantage to the
common people which a democratic House
might enact. But there is little probabH-
ity of their being. called upon to Kill
radical legislation The democratic lead
ers in the north will see to 1T that safe
men are nominated. a few RADICALS may
creep ill., hut the majority will be trained
to eat out of the hands of their mas
ters."
Not the least startling thing about the
editorial is the assertion that the demo-
Gratis of the south will not do a single
thing for progress and cannot be counted
on to help Mr.. Bryan in labor reforms IN
the event of his election.
Progressiveness Impossible.
Progressive legislation through the
democratic party runs the editorial. lis
impossible as long as its enactment de-
ponds upon the representatives from the
south. In no section of the United States
and few parts of Europe. outside of
Russia-is there Is little liberty and
progress. Child labor is universally ex-
plotted, trades unions practically out
lawed Alabama, the state from which
Mr. Bryan chose the permanent chairman
of his convention, repealed a law regu-
lating child labor and enacted less
stringent one In order to induce northern
capital to invest in the misery and the
lives of the children of its working people.
On it's statute books is the most drastic
anti-boycott law ever enacted. The state
leases its convicts to work In the iron
mines of the steel trust. From this sys-
tenn resulting in untold cruelty. corruption
and crime Alabama profits to the extent
of $75O0OO year. Its chief city. Bir-
mingham. with democratic government
is furnishing prisoner strike-breakers to
the mine owners, who are engaged in a
desperate struggle with the United Mine
Workers of America. For each able
bodied criminal the city receives $40 a
month.
Too Lazy to Work.
Similar conditions exist in nearly every
state of the south. which is still domi-
mated by the men who in bygone days.
too proud and too lazy to work. coined the
lives and the liberty of chattel slaves into
luxury and ease
The parting shot IS aimed at "Mr.
Hearst's privately owned and personally
conducted Independent party. 1t is in
timated that Mr.. Hearst can't be relied
upon for anything.
II matters little what 1t is that you
want-whether a situation or a servant
a want ad In The Star will reach the
person who can fill your need.