Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-02
Don't Weep At
The Ice House

pathetic enthusiasm for him, which would
AIRY the delegates off their feet, and re-
ult in his reelection.
THAT his long leadership. and this APP
. aren't impossibility to fill his place has
gene to his head, and made III imagine
hat 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 questions before congress,
where he has unnecessarily a~ntagonized
men to whom organized labor must look
for recognition Of their demands, and
where labor measures are often opposed
on account Of this very antagonism, which
would otherwise receive support.
There is no doubt but what organized
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 organized labor
must adopt If it expects to wen maintain
It's present standing. to say nothing of
making future progress"
We quote portions Of another article.
a reprint, from the same labor paper:
Organized labor. through its leaders,
must recognize the mistakes of the past
If they expect TO perpetuate their or
ganization or to develop the movement
which they head. No movement, no
organization, no nation can develop be.
yond the intellects which guide these or
ganlzations, and II the leaders are doml-
mated by a selfish motive the oTganiza.
ton 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.
1T can be said in ~extenuation of Ger.
tain leaders of organized labor that the
precarious position which they occupy as
leaders has had a tendency to cause them
to lose sight of the object behind the or
ganization. The natural instinct in mar
for power and position is in no small
measure 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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT causes men whC
have been earnest and sincere in theil
efforts in the start to deteriorate into
mere politicians whose every act and ut.
tsranes IL tingsd with the desire TO cater
to the basor passions Of the working ma.
jority in the societies or organizations
and this is undoubtedly rue when ap.
piled to the present leaders of the Fed
Grafton. We mention the Federation Of
Labor particularly in this article because
that organization Is the only organization
Of labor which has yet found itself IL
direct opposition to the laws OF the land
There are other organizations of labol
whose leaders have made mistakes. bu'
they have always kept themselves anC
their organizations within the bounds o
the law and respected the rights OF ever,
other man I'm considering the rights O.
themselves and their constituency; where
as, the motto Of the Federation 10 Jus
the reverse, and unless the leaders con
form themselves and their organization
in accordance with the laws of the land
the leaders and the organization itseI
must be di~sintegrated and pass into his
tory, for in America the common sense il
mankind is developed TO a greater exten
than in any other nation on the earth
and the people, who are the court OF las
resort In this country, will never ALLOW
any system TO develop in this countr!
which does not meet with the approval o
the majority OF the citizens Of the coun
try.
"This must have forced itself upon tn,
leaders OF the Federation by this time J
u mas not the leaders must be eliminated
The organisation which they head ha
done many meritorious things in time
past and the people are always ready an
willing 20 acknowledge the benefits whicI
their efforts have brought 10 their con
s%tituency as a whole. but at the pressn
time labor organizations in general. an
the Federation OF Labor in particular
stand before the bar Of public opIniou
/ hnwNmn haaa nnmRlaeaA ~ RaT(NaNaAw1 -.
. disposition 20 rule All the people Of tn