Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-31
ING MEN AGAINST ONE WHO
HAS DONE MUCH FOR THEM.
CHILD LABOR BILL RECEIVED
HIS SUPPORT IN SENATE
Measure in Completed Form Supported
by Garst - He Was Also Leader in
Securing Passage of Temple Amend
ment in Behalf of Railroad En-
ployes.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special TO Times Republican.
| Des Moines, May 31.-Despite that
there are few men in public life in
Iowa more beloved of the organized
laborers than Governor Warren Garst,
his opponent is resorting % the most
jdespicable tricks TO prejudice the lab
oring men against him. At the very
outset Governor Garst made it plain
he would not stoop TO petty personal
tiles in the campaign, but insisted upon
a campaign along clearly defined is
sues. and he has therefore refused 10
pay any attention whatever to the
/ personal attacks upon him which can
have no force whatever except as the
facts are distorted
! The office of labor Commissioner is
/ the agency thru which these gross
! Misrepresentation are being made.
circulars have been printed, form lei
4 ters nlimeogra phed. and the force in
/ the office engaged in sending out this
F.! literature purporting TO give facts from
the record but directly and indirectly
falsifying the record Since Governor
/ Garst has had a hand in public at
fairs there have been several hundred
bills affecting labor questions in some
| form before the legislature His OPP
ponent singles out three or four and
undertakes to show that Garst has been
no friend Of laboring men. This is
done by showing that at some stage
of certain bills he voted against them.
Much stress is laid on certain
child labor bill, which was one of the
! earliest Of these bills. AS matter Of
fact 1t was bill prepared by persons
having no knowledge of public affairs,
not by any committee Of any labor
union. and when il was dissected in the
Legislature it was found that if the
bill passed it would not be possible for
a farmer TO send his boy out to the
harvest field with jug of water for
the harvest hands without subjecting
himself to liability 10 imprisonment
The bill covered so much that it was
positively dangerous. When a good
bill was framed II received the support
of Senator Garst, tho there was not a
"a Dor union in his district
That Governor Garst early showed
himself TO be an earnest champion Of
the rights of laborers was shown when
the famous Temple amendment came
70 an issue about fifteen years ago.
This was a measure of protection TO
railroad employees who had been i'm
posed upon by being forced TO support
an indemnity company, or to virtually
carry their own insurance. After It's
author had been bought off by being
made railroad attorney. the cause Of
the laborers was taken up in the legis-
lature and carried thru by strong men
who could neither be bought off nor be
bulldozed into silence. Senator Garst
was the actual leader in that move
rnent.
The group of senator's that put thru
the Temple amendment on behalf of
the $4,000 railroad employees was head
ed By Warren Garst and il included G.
s. Gilbertson. Thomas D. Healy, A. p.
Funk. Thomas Chesire and Joseph NJ.
Junkin. With the exception Of the last
named every senator who lived on the
line of the Burlington stood opposed
to the demands of laboring men, and
this included B. F. Carroll, D. J. Pal
mer. j. H. Trewin, J. 5. Lothrop, L. C.
Blanchard. H. L. Waterman and T G.
Harper.
This was the first great victory won
in Iowa legislation for the labor inter-
ests Of the state. 1t made the way easy
for later victories.
AT previous time when the matter
of making an appropriation for the con-
tinuation of the work of state labor
commissioner was before the senate
movement was started in the appropri-
alton committee to refuse all appro-
priations. thus virtually abolishing the
office. The leader in that movement
was the senator from Davis county,
but the labor commissioner settled the
matter by appointing a young man
from his district to place in the Of
fee.
AS a matter of fact. without going
into details. it is so well known among
the better informed class of labor lead
ers that during all his career Warren
Garst was always to be relied upon as
one of the staunchest friends Of the la
boring men. He had himself been
railroad ernploye and knew how to APP
preciate the hardships of the aboring
men. In every legislative session the
legislative committees of the labor
unions always came to Senator Garst
as one of the very first men to be en-
listed in any cause. They always found
him ready to do everything right and
reasonable.
That this confidence in him was firm
that when the legislative committee Of
the labor unions came to Des Moines
a year ago last February to insist upon
legislation to better protect laborers in
the matter of fixing liability for acct
dents, they did not even go to the office
of Governor Carroll, did not try to en-
list his support, but passed him up en-
tirely; while the same committee did
send for Warren Garst, then an ex-
governor and supposedly without any
power whatever, asked him to address
them asked him to aid in framing up
the legislation, sought his aid in having
the legislation passed, and lie Gid II
fact have very much to do with secur-
ing the legislation desired.
Altho Governor Carroll has had his
appointees out in the state doing per-
sonal work to discredit the record Of
Garst and desperate effort has been
made to induce the labor unions to
condemn Garst, every prominent labor
leader Of the state is working Tor Gov
ernor Garst and the whole progressive
ticket.