The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-15
Legislative Representative OF
B. [. R. T. Says Attacks on
Republican Candidate Are
SIanderouS.
ALWAYS STOOD FOR
LABOR'S MEASURES.
Gompers' Attacks Not Justi-
fled and Warped-Markle
Commends County Local
Option.

Speaking as trade unionist to 9TH
er trade unionists, Harry Markle, OF
Upton, Ind, addressed an audience
of laboring men and others at the
Pythian temple. last evening. Mr..
Markle is legislative representative OF
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Rail-
way Trainmen. He spoke as a man
who has earned his bread by the toll
of his hands and above all other
things told his hearers the legislative
record of James f. Watson. republi-
can candidate for governor, upon labor
subjects was such as to deserve
praise and not censure. Every voter
in the audience was urged to support
the republican ticket in this state this
year as 1t means protection to him
and his home. The speaker delivered
a scoring attack upon Crawford Fair
banks, Thomas Taggart and Albert
Lieber, calling them three great ras-
Gals and denouncing the idea that
they can be friends of the laboring
man. when treating him as friend
only to secure his wages through the
offerings of their breweries and gamb-
ling joints.
Mr.. Markle made no attempt at
platform oratory and spoke only In
conversational tones. His address was
punctuated with anecdotes and Incl
dents that enlivened his words and
lent them emphasis. He said there
has been bad sentiment spread among
/ the laboring men and the railroad
men in particular in regard to Wat
son. He said he spoke in the effort
to correct the misunderstanding In
which the republican candidate Is
| held. II feel when man knows some
thing good about somebody, he ought
to tell 1T. / know a number of good
things about Mr.. Watson and I want
| to tell them.' the speaker said.
In his predatory remarks. Mr.. Mar
kle said he was not speaking from
party standpoint but that of principle
alone. He based the cause of dissatis-
/ faction among railroad and labor men
as due primarily to letter issued by
HI. r. Fuller, legislative representa-
tive of the railroad men at Washing
| ton, ID. c. Mr.. Markle said Fuller
came to dislike Watson from reasons
of his own and after threatening him
undertook to turn all his resources to
! bring about the defeat of the republj-
can candidate.
Watson's Labor Record.
The speaker took up the real recosf
of Mr.. Watson while in Congress and
showed bis attitude upon labor and
antitrust legislation to have been fav-
orable to the interests of the working
man. He called attention to the meas
ures upon which Watson voted and
especially those regarding immigra-
ton.
The attack that is being made by
Samuel Gompers upon Watson was
given passing consideration Com
pers was termed a '.commercialized
Jew" who now is striving to drag the
American Federation of Labor to the
same bottomless pits into which the
Knights of Labor fell The people at
Sheridan, Pa, his home town has de-
nounced Gompers on every hand
said the speaker. The Labor World
in its Labor Day edition says he is
no longer the Hon Samuel but
slippery Sam Now Mr.. Gompers
is going to come here and he will talk
to you just as say he is going to. He
will read you extracts from Watson or
from the records of congress and at
tempt to show the candidate up un-
favorably. But. he will read only
, parts of these records. That is the
way he does.
He will tell you Watson voted to
suspend the operation OF the eight
hour law on the Panama canal work.
There was a speaker In your city on
last Labor Day. He told you this
, same thing. He read to You this
same statement. but why didn't he
read on? If he had he would have
read you: He voted to suspend the
eight hour law as to alien labor en-
ployed in the construction of the Pan.
anna canal" ANY American citizen
! employed on the Panama canal works
eight hours and then is done. Aliens
may work twelve hours. but they are
perfectly able 10 work that long and
= the government permits them to do SO
: in order to hurry the construction
4 work along. And then. there is hardly
: an American citizen actually engaged
!, in labor
: Labor organizations have made the
| demand that before an Injunction be
! issued the case be heard by jury
Now it is a poor rule that won't work
2 both ways. Of course in time oi
e strikes the strikers would Ike to have
any action of court held up until a
[ jury is empaneled and whole lo'
d more preliminaries disposed of. but