Norwich bulletin., 1910-01-04

the delegates off their feet, and result in his re- election.
 That his long leadership. and this apparent impossibility to fill his place has gone to his head. and made him imagine that he is much greater a man than he really is. is undoubtedly the case, and accounts for the tactics he has adopted in dealing with ques- tions before congress, where he has unnecessarily antagonized men to whom organized labor must look for recognition of their demands and where labor measures are often op- posed on account of this very antag- onism, which would otherwise receive support.
 There is no doubt but what or- ganized labor in this country would be much stronger with leader who was more in touch with conditions as they actually exist. and who would bring to the front the new policies which or ganiZed labor must adopt if it expects to even maintain its present standing. to say nothing of making future prog ress."
 We quote portions of another arti- cle, reprint, from the same labor paper:
 Organized labor, through it's lead CTS. must recognize the mistakes of the past if they expect to perpetuate their organizations or to develop the move ment which they head. No movement,
 
 beyond the intellects which guide these organizations, and if the leaders are dominated by a selfish motive the or ganization will become tinged with a spirit of selfishness. which has never appealed to mankind in any walk of life at any time since history began.
 Tt can be said in extenuation of certain leaders of organized labor that the precarious position which they oc- cupy as leaders has had a tendency to cause them to lose sight of the ob- ject behind the organization. The natural instinct in man for power and sponsible for the mistakes of the 1ead- CTS. not necessarily in labor unions alone, but in every branch of society. This desire for power and leadership and personal aggrandiZement causes men who have been earnest and sim cere in their efforts in the start to deteriorate into mere politicians whose every act and utterance is tinged with the desire to cater to the baser pas- sions Of the working nna jority in the societies or organizations and this is undoubtedly true when applied to the present leaders of the Federation. We mention the Federation of Labor par ticularly in this article because that organization is the only organization of labor which has yet found itself in direct opposition to the laws of the land. There are other organizations of labor whose leaders have made mis-
 
 selves and their organizations within the bounds of the law and respected the rights of every other man in con- sidering the rights of themselves and their constituency; whereas, the motto Of the Federation is just the reverse, and unless the leaders conform them- selves and their organization in ac- cordance with the laws of the land must be disintegrated and pass into history, for in America the common sense in mankind is developed to a greater extent than in any other na- ton on the earth and the people, who are the court of last resort in this country, will never allow any system to develop in this country which does not meet with the approval of the ma jority of the citizens of the country.
 This must have forced itself upon time. If 1t has not. the leaders must be eliminated. The organization which they head has done many meritorious are always ready and willing to efforts have brought to their con- stituency as whole but at the present time labor organizations in in -particular. stand before the bar of Of seIfishness and a disposition to rule terest of the few. The people are patient and awaiting to see if the ob-. iect lesson which they have been