The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-09-26

out the old parties time and TINA
again. and have found them vant,n.
every time and 1t would be absurd n,
you to waste your time and your on
portunities persisting in a policy that
has continually proved a failure.
in 1892 you workingmen had "a
come disguised with the insincerity
and Indifference Of the Republican
party. and you turned your votes to
the Republican party, and by SO doing
you more than any other force in the
United States, placed that party In
power.
'In 1894. only two years later, the
Democratic administration sent federal
troops into the sovereign state of II.
linois, against the protest Of its gov.
ernor, to terrorize and subdue work.
ingmen battling for their rights. Then
you turned in indignation from the
false and treacherous Democratic party
but you did not start new party
You put the old discredited Republi
can party back in power. The Repub-
lican party has been just as insincere
Of course you are disguised and dis
couraged as you were before. Nov
what are you going to do? Are you
going to put back into power the old,
false and treacherous Democratic
party to deceive you and betray you
once more or are you going to try to
get square deal through a new deal?
After the Committee meeting this
following incident occurred which L
read from a sworn affidavit:
Ito Whom 1t May Concern-This
is to certify that James Campbell. re
siding at No. COS Mellon street. In the
city Of Pittsburg, county Of Allegheny,
and state of Pennsylvania, declare the
following statements to be true. l was
formerly president of The Interna-
tional Association Of Window Glass
Workers. embracing the United States.
Belgium and France; also president
for three years of the Window Glass
Workers Association of the United
States, and as chief state factory In
spector Of Pennsylvania for two terms
Of four years each. I also declare
that in 1893, while the Wilson bill was
being considered by Congress. was
IN Washington, d. c., with . commit
tee Of the Window Glass Workers A.
ISOLATION in the interest of the win.
dow glass workers Of the United
States. Our committee was present
at hearing accorded to the window
glass manufacturers Of the United
States by the Ways and Means com
mittee. during the discussion that fol-
lowed Mr.. William Jennings Bryan,
who was . member Of the Ways and
Means committee. In talking to Mr..
James A. Chambers Of the manufac-
turers' committee referred to the man
ufacturers az robbers" I than said to
Mr.. Bryan: IF you consider the
manufacturers robbers. what do yoA
think Of the workers?" to which NM
Bryan replied. "They are . lot Of pub
lie beggars." In reply said: II do
not consider 1t begging to try to
maintain the American standard Of
wages"
"Tn witness whereof I have here
unto set my hand and seal this 7th
day Of July, 1908.
JAMES CAMPBHIA
"'Sworn and subscribed to before
me this It'll day Of July. 1908.
"'JOHN B. DREW.
Notary Public
1.-THE following II contained In an
affidavit which il ON file At AnderDon,
Indiana. September 26. 1896:
"'Mr. Charles Flood.
'Moundsville, W. Va
"'Dear Sir:-Yours of the 23rd inst
received. You ask me to take oath to
what l said in answer to your former
letter. In substance I said that my
self and others were sent to Washing
ton in 1893. for the purpose Of making
a statement before the Ways and
Means Committee in reference to the
tariff on window glass. Some Of our
men had a conversation with Mr.. Bry-
an after the full committee had ad-
journed. was not present all the
time they were talking tariff. but
was present and did hear Mr.. Bryql
say, you are public beggars." Tho
answer was made. I'VE do not look
upon II an begging tn AJAX for urotec-
ton against the importation of for
eign products." He then said, Never
| theless you are public beggarp," He