The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-05-04
NOT
COMMENTED
WITH THEM
Promises Made by Demo
Gratis in Their State Plat
form Not Satisfactory to
Trades Unionists of the
State.
TIMES BUREAU
AT THE STATE CAPITAL.


Indianapolis, Ind. May 4.-Organized
labor is not satisfied with the promises
which have been made by the demo-
: Gratis of Indiana in their state platform.
The democrats inserted in their plat
f. form about everything that organized
labor asked this year. and so far as the
mere promises themselves are concern
ed the labor unions are satisfied, but
that is not all there is to it.
Union In Strong Attack.
The Union, the official organ of the
Indiana state federation of labor, is
edited by Edgar A. Perkins, a demo-
crat. who has been prominent in both
the democratic party and in organized
labor for years. 1t represents what
organized labor stands for in Indiana,
and when II speaks it speaks for the
state federation of labor with author
ity. In this weeks issue of the Union
there is a long editorial on the subject
of the democratic state platform in
which II is made plain that even in the
face of all of these campaign platform
decla rations labor does not expect the
democratic party to carry out its pro-
misses. It saws, in part:
THE republicans have made their
declarations: through the insurgent
movement, of which their candidate for
senator is one of the foremost, they
have given indication of their course.
Senator Beveridge is popular with the
people; they have confidence in his
honesty and the fearless manner in
which he has attacked the evils within
his own party even though this attack
has not gone to the length that some
think it should have gone. his position
has made him friends among those who,
nerhane in in.
clined 10 look with favor on him. This
the democrats must overcome if they
expect to VIM
Platform Great on Promises
The platform of the democrats
promises much; indeed it promises
much more than does that of the re-
pubficans. And the average voter will
be compelled to decide for himself Just
whether it is promises or whether
he can expect performance; whether 1t
is glittering generalities or whether ii
is the expression of those who are con-
WINGED of the business and the necessity
for their declarations; whether, as ex
pressed by4one of the gentlemen that
drafted the document, it is framed for
results" or whether it is the expressed
principles of men who are willing to
accept defeat rather than compromise
and win.
An Old story.
with the exception of the declara-
ticn for compulsory arbitration which
is opposed by trades unionists, these
declarations are all that could be asked
for Yet 1t must be said that these
planks were found in the party plat
form two years ago. However, when
those who were elected on that plat
form were asked to abide by their
pledges those who represented labor
were spurned. These declarations two
years ago proved to be promises
What can be the assurance that they
will mean more this year? Those who
are classed as workingmen are a COM
ponent part of our citizenship; they do
not differ in any material way from the
general run. The same force that
moves society in general has its effect
on those who toll And this class OF
society has been undergoing the same
process that is noticeable in other
walks of life. They have not been