The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-09-07
TRA|NMEN HAVE
No PREFERENCE
That Is How P. H. MOrriSSey'S
Circular Appears on
the Surface.
REPUBLICANS GIVE 1T OUT
NEITHER PARTY GAVE THEM
WHAT THEY WANTED.

Chicago. Sept. 6.-Victor Rosewater,
head of the publicity bureau of the Re-
publican party, tonight gave out the
following statement made by p. H.
Morrissey, grand master of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, in a circu-
lar recently issued to all lodges and
members under Cleveland date
Brother II. r. Fuller, national leefs-
latiVe representative of the brotherhood
or Locomotive Engineers. Brotherhood
OF Locomotive Firemen and Engineers.
ana OF our brotherhood, after consult
ing with the chief executives of these
organizations. presented to the Repub-
llcan national convention at Chicago in
June, 1908, a proposed anti-iniunction
plank as representing the views of
of these organiza tons and requested
that IL be placed in the platform of that
party as follows:
The Plank Wanted.
We pledge ourselves to such IegisIa-
ton as will guarantee to workmen those
rights necessary TO their industrial pro-
lection, including the right to strike and
10 induce or persuade others to do so.
ana 10 such legislation as will prevent
the issuance of restraining orders and
lnJunctions without hearings; and guar
anteeing trial by jury to persons ac
cuSed or contempt of court, if such AL
legged contempt be not committed in the
presence of the court, or so near there
TO as to obstruct the administration of
Justice
The convention declined to accent
this proposal and adopted in its stead
another plank.
SrOthQr Enllar too1.t>
Brother Willis. assistant and chief en-
gineer of the Brotherhood Locomotive
Engineers, appeared before the Demo-
cratic national convention In Denver
and presented TO that party for adop-
tloh the same proposed plank as sub
mltted TO the Republican convention.
The Democratic convention also de-
clined to accept ii and adopted in its
stead another plank
1t should be understood that the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen has
no political program and indorse no pol-
itical party or candidate for any cleo
tive office. Neither have the lodges any
authority to use their funds in further
ance of any partisan political move
ment, and any attempt on the part of
an oItlcer or member of the brother
hood to enlist the organizations support
candidate or party should be promptly
and repudiated
Merely for information.
we give in the above TO the mem
oership the substance of the action Of
the two leading political parties on the
injunction question purely for your in
The report of our national
legislative representative. Brother III. f.
Fuller. OF the second session of the
tffty-ninth congress. is in the hands of
the subordinate lodges and his report
Tor the first session of the SiXtieth con-
gress VIII soon be forwarded TO all
lodges. so that any member who desires
to know the record of his congressman
on any question of vital importance 10
Dor which was before the session can
procure the information desired.
1T would be presumptuous on our
part 10 make any recommendation 10
our members as to how they should
vote in the coming general election, bur
naturally and properly we might say
that every man interested in the labor
movement. independent of his affilia-
lion with the organization, should con-
slider carefully the platform. candidates
md their records and stand by our
friends and help elect them, as we'll as
oppose our enemies and help defeat
hem