Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-29

-NENlHs ~ nus NtAfu NiIfAklN IN S}Alts
guards thrown around the employees
of the government and of the inter-
state railways and miners In the ter
ritories and other places where con
giess has control by the enactment
and enforcement of the safety APP
pliance acts. the Employers Liability
Act, the sixteen Hour Law, the recent
act providing for the payment of
wages Of government employees who
have hccn disabled in It's service. the
acts for the protection of coal and
other miners in the territories. which
provides Tor the safety of mines and
appliances and the prohibition OF chiid
labor in mines, and II Is now pramis-
ing legislation in behalf OF labor ON
the question of child labor, of arbitra.
ton of labor troubles ana the subject
of iniunctions In labor troubles.
1T was q republican president Mr..
Roosevelt. that succeeded IN settline
the great coal strike OF a few years
ago, and his party was In fun accord
with him.
hut by far the greatest benefit to
labor by national legislation comes
from legislation that Is Indirect aud
incidental. BY its cardinal principal
of protection To American Industries
and American labor as evidenced by
It's position on the tariff question the
republican party has protected the
American employer against the en-
ployer of cheap labor and thus en-
ablod him TO pay the highest wages
in the world 10 u WI labor. While
conditions are by no means perfect,
take il that il will not be denied that
the American laborer for high wages,
good living, his chances 10 educate
his children and to acquire property
for himself is not ~equalled in the
world. and this We claim Is due to the
republican dietrine Of protection.
PERHAPS the greatest benefit that
can be conferred on labor is TO keep Il
employed at good wages. There can
be no prosperity where labor is not in
demand. II ia a heresy that labor
and capital are natural enemies. they
are In the nature of things friends
and not enemies. Capital that Is not
employed Is as useless as labor that Is
not employed, the country can pros
PEI only when its capital Is seeking
Investment in the employment of la
Dor and labor is engaged In keeping
the money Of the country in circula-
ton. Capital ana labor are partners
in the great Industrial world, sharing
alike the losses and profits ana never
in the history OF republican rule has
The firm failed to pay dividends.
lit Is the boast of the republican
party that 1t keeps labor employed at
high wages and that the full dinner
pail goes hand in hand with the ma
TONS prosperity.
by many people the trusts are con-
sideIed the arch enemy OF labor, some
of the enemies of the republican party
have accused it OF fostering the trusts
and have said thai they are due TO its
policy OF a protective tariff. But this
fallacy is exploded when we consider
that in free trade England and other
countries where there is no protective
tariff, the trusts thrive even more than
here.
But let me tell sou this, that every
national law against the trusts is a
law, passed by a republican
congress and signed by a republican
president and every national prosecu-
ton of the trusts has been carried on
by republican administrations.
Tho republican party Is q practical.
business organization. 1t deals with
conditions and not with theories. its
p omiscs are materialistic, 1t indulges
in no dreams which would change
nature BY legislation.
The republican party promises 20
Keep the pace with the changing con
IA h.. ..I ..- t,-l.t- IA. t., ll..- a.
the labor question, to meet conditions
MS they rise ana 10 deal Justly and
honestly with employer and employee
alike.
I'm conclusion let me say that the
republican party was born In n strug-
for the bettcrnent Of human labor,
that its first great act, was the abolish
.ent of human slavery. that its great
and heroes, beginning with thcl
immortal Lincoln, have como from the
ranks Of labor. that under its adj
m~inistration of the government II htsI
been possible for V man,
40 matter how humble his origin to
'ise to the greatest heights Of honor
md of promise If he has shown tho
courage and the ability to fiji tn m;
hat It has honored and upliftcd la-
Dor and the laborer and that ia my
1t will prove true to its tradi-
ions in the future, as 1t has in the
past
Hon. II. y. Ferguson followed with
The Position and Promise of tis
Democratic Party" using the sub
.ect 10 show the rights of the people
the rights of labor to have sprung
rom the fountain head OF Democracy
Jefferson and the principles ana IDEAS
which he injected into the American
government at It's inception. Mr.. Fer
took issue with judge Mann rs
o the benefits Of Republican princi-
lies and also with Mr.. Metcalf as to
position and promise OF socialism
lIo was followed by a. r.. McMillen,
gho made avery interesting speech
rom the difficult subject. " The Posi-
ion and Promise Of Ideal Civil Gov
inment." Mr.. Nc Millen dealt chiefly
.ith the right Of the ballot n It's inn
ortance in American institutions; go
NJ to some extent into history ana the
evclopmcnt Of the American govern
rents and its institutions.
Dr.. L. Mcqueen Gray. OF The Uni
crsity spoke upon Tho Position
nd Promise OF Philosophy" ana Rev.
lugh 4. Cooper closed the program
18th. "The Position and Promise OF
.eligion.
Ar. Cooper made q very powerful
rgumcnt for o practical and less