Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-07-09
ORGANIZED LABOR
TO Be FACTOR IN
GA PAIGN
Declare They Are Not
Discouraged by Action Of
House in Turning Down Shet-
man Law Demands.
Morning Journal Bureau.
613 Munsey Building,
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are EOlnS 10 ~ unusually uNNNN ~
the coming congressional campaigns
is already quite clearly indicated.
The action of the house in receding
from its amendment to the sundry
civil bill, intended to exempt labor
organizations from having applied
/ against them any part Of the $780,
600, carried in the bin for the Sher-
man law enforcement, has served to
stir up the labor leaders greatly.
They are saying That the men who
voted and worked against this amend-
ment. and especially the men IN the
house who faced about on the ques-
ton, voting for it at first and then
voting against it under pressure from
the White House, are going to he
reckoned with BY the voters in the
ranks Of labor.
More than this, the labor leaders
say they are not discouraged by the
action of the house in turning down
the amendment by a vote Of l3S To
1870,
.''lnstcad of being discouraged over
this result. said one OF the ablcst of
the labor officials TO the Morning
Journal correspondent, ~ are en-
couragcd by If. Hitherto il has been
Impossible to get the subject fairly
discussed on the floor OF the house, X
has been kept bottled up in the rooms
OF committees. what We want Is
open and free discussion Of the qucs-
ton.
W have no doubt that the more
the subject is discussed before the
American people the more certain we
will be getting in Inc long run Il just
verdict from them We do not be-
lieve the American people win per-
manently stand for legislation that
outlaws an aggregation Of toilers en-
gagged in trying to obtain their rights
''The vote in the house has Been
Of service in that ii has stripped the
mask from men who have been pre-
tending TO be our friends for years,
but in secret have been against us.
Now, we know on whom we can de-
pend. WE believe this is but the be-
ginning, and that in the end we will
win
Not only with respect to This qltes-
tion of the enforcement of the SHEER
man law. but Also with respect to the
resolution for an investiga-
ton of the condition of the employees
in the steel industry, are the labor
leaders stirred up.
Chairman John Dalzell Of the rules |
committee of the house, turned down
President Gompers, Of the American
Federation of Labor, and other labor
leaders. when they asked hat the res
be reported out. II was an
nounced hat the rules committee had
sine die, n would not
the matter up. Notice has been
by the labor leaders that they
VIII not forget this in November.
Another question which is hanging
Tire is federal inspection of locomo-
tive boilers. The railroad employees,
specially the firemen and engineers,
are anxious for federal Inspection
md the passage OF the proposed leg
which is pending. Appeals
been made to President TAFT
md the president ha let it be known
he favors the legislation.
But it appears the railroads are OPP
the passage of any snch bill
II this is passed. it viii cause the rail-
Dad labor forces to forget to some eX-
cnt what happened with respect 60
he sherman law enforcement. The
supporters OF the bill think that it
nay go through next session
II is said By representatives oi the
employees that the roads are
fixing mp their engines and
eeing 10 il that boilers are kept in
afc condition because OF the agita-
ion of The question OF federal in-
pcction.
Temporarily. organized labor has
,een relieved from fear of an anti
Injunction bill on the lines Of the
bin. To this bill, labor forces
re strongly opposed, on the ground
hot IL amounts to legislation OF the :,
Injunction in labor cases. But the
ubjcct viii doubtless come to the
ont again next session.
How much figure the labor vote {
siil cut i'm the campaign for control
{ the house is a matter OF difference
+ opinion Labor leaders say their ,
were never SO much Interested
$ they are TODAY. and never under I
50 well the issues Of importance
% them. I
In the last presidential campalen
hen President Gompers came out
qusreiy for Bryans ne failed 10 de- +,
yer the labor votr. For a time. there ,
as. after that election. u disposition .
+, say that the labor vote was of no /.
onseguenc-. Bui with the congress
campaign approaching. there h.
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