Arizona republican., 1910-01-02

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 undoubted
 iy the case. and accounts for the tao
 tics he has adopted in dealing with
 questions before congress, where he
 has unnecessarily antagonized men
 to whom organized labor must look Tor recognition of their demands. and
 where labor meo sures are often pro- posed on accoun: of this very antag- onism. which would otherwise receive support
 There is no doubt but what or.
 sanised labor m this country would would be much stronger with a leader who was more in touch with condi- tions as they actually exist, and who would bring to the front the new poli- cies which organized labor must adopt if it expects to even maintain it's present standing. to say nothing of making future progress"
 We quote portions of another arti- cle, reprint from the same labor paper:
 Organized labor. through its lead CTS. must recognize the mistakes of the past if they expect to perpetu- ate their organizations or to develop the movement which they head No movement, no organization, no nation. can develop beyond the intellscts which guide these organizations. and if the leaders are dominated by a selfish motive the organization will become tinged with spirit of selfish ness. 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 occupy as leaders has had q ten dency to cause them to lose sight of the object behind the organization. The natural instinct in man for pow CT and position is in no small meas ure responsible for the mistakes of the leaders, not necessarily in labor unions alone. but in every branch of society This desire for power and leadership and personal aggrandiZe ment causes men who have been earnest and sincere in the start to deteriorate into mere politicians whose every act and utterance is ting ed with the desire to cater to the baser passion of the working ma jority in the societies or organiza- tiOns and this is undoubtedly true when applied to the present leaders of the Federation. We mention the Federation of Labor particularly 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 mistakes. but they have always kept themselves and their organizations within the bounds of the law and respected the rights of every other man in con5id- erlng 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. the leaders and the organization it. self must be disintegrated and pass into history, for in America. the com mon sense of mankind is developed to a greater extent than in any other nation 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 ap- proyal of the majority of the citizens of the country.
 ..This must have forced itself upon the leaders of the Federation by this time. If it has not the leaders must be eliminated The organization which they head has done many emritorious things in times past and the people are always ready and willing to acknowledge the bene- fits which their efforts have brought to their constituency as a whole put at the present time labor organiza- tions in general. and the Federation of Labor in particular, stand before the bar of public opinion, having been convicted of seIfishness and disposition to rule all the people of the country in the interest of the few. The people are patient and awaiting to see if the object lesson