Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-10-26
MAILING A LIE
AS To MR.. BRYAN
''Iron Molder Orator" A. C.. Rankin's
Accusations Found to be
False.
EVIDENCES FROM LINCOLN
Ccmmoner Not Only in Good Stand
ing With Union, But Honorary
Member.

Locally speaking, the republicans
who are going through this campaign
under the tutelage of DIR. Joseph De-
Silva and Eddie Schoede have been af-
fecting to have gained considerable
satisfaction out of the fact of having
discovered during the course of their
wanderings one laboring man who is
not for Bryan. For as has heretofore
been recorded, there came into Rock
Island one night last week one A. c.
Rankin, heralded as the iron molder
orator." who at Turner hall delivered
himself of a series of inyectives aimed
at Mr.. Bryan, and thus discharged the
obligation for which he is paid by the
republican national committee, which
is just now engaged in a final despef-
ate effort TO stay the effect of the
stampede of the labor vote to the dem
ocratic standard. This man Rankin
confined himself to TRADE of abuse of
Mr.. Bryan, and made bold to attack
| the great commoner's attitude as cit
izen and publisher toward the cause OF
4
| say that the Commoner, the paper
which Mr.. Bryan established in Lin
coin eight years ago. is not in good
standing with organized labor. thus
seeking to leave the impression that Nj
Bryan himself does not enjoy the
friendship and confidence of the typo.
graphical union or of organized labor
generally in his home city of Lincoln,
| Neb.
| In order to ascertain the truth OF
falsity OF Mr.. Rankin's accusations
| The Argus has communicated with the
| typographical union at Lincoln, with
the result that the following has been
photographed to The Argus from Lin
coin, officially indicating not only that
| Mr. Bryan is in good standing with
organized labor, has been its friend
and champion, but is an honorary mem
Der of the typographical union in his
home city. The telegram, from the
head of the typographical union il
Lincoln speaks for itself:
Pretty Good Evidence from Lincoln.
Lincoln, Neb, Oct 24.-Editor Argus
Rock Island. H.: The mechanical worl
on The Commoner is all done in the of
flee of the Press Publishing company
which is a union Office in all depart
ments, composing, press and stereo
TYPE rooms The composing room o
the Free Press has always been union
but the press room was not unioniZe(
until shortly before the contract TO
kpress work was given it by Mr. Bryan
up to that time the mechanical WORT
had been done by the Western News
paper Union. The press work becom
ing too heavy for the Western News
paper Union, the Free Press was ap
preached.
Before the contract was signed, M,
!. Bryan compelled the Free Press t,
unioniZe its press room. Later tn
composition was given to the Ere
Press also. Mr. Bryan's agreemen
with the Press Publishing company i
that it shall be a union shop in all it
departments as long as it peTforme,
the work for the Commoner.
Mr.. Bryan is an honorary membe
of Lincoln Typographical union, Nc
200 His standing with organized Ia
Dor in Lincoln is the best, with whoI
his personal and business relation
have always been the most pleasant.
l.. L. INGRAPAM,
!. President Typographical Union NJ
N209, Lincoln, Neb.
T. F. Wheelan, Rock Island membe
f.. lof Tri-City Typographical union 10
! received yesterday a duplicate of tn
r dispatch to The Argus, and also th
/, following from Lincoln:
n Lincoln, Neb, Oct. 24.-T. I
Wheelan, Member Executive Commi
tee Typographical Union, Rock Islant
o ILL.,: | have been employed on tn
f Commoner in editorial capacity sine
:. Its initial issue. I personally kno'
J. that every bit of mechanical work O
|, the Commoner is, and always has beef
r done by union men. | am a membe
= of the Lincoln typographical union an
E lcarry paid-up working card. ! hav
been a member of the topographic;
union nearly a quarter of century.
WILL NJ. MAUPIN,
Associate Editor Commoner."
81 In pamphlet which Mr.. Wheela
4 also possesses entitled Union al
Non-Inion Condition" and giving pu
:, LEGATIONS of various natures in II
iJTpitad Statas tho COmmoner anDea