Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-06
uBy Herbert Corey)

Comp. " I. 10 inter in anger: 10
rave: to call TINE Examples
When ne heard the decision Of the
court. he eomped angrily."
Maybe that isn't a good verb yet,
but it may be by the time Samuel
Gompers gets through fussing with
the United States courts. Mr.. Com
pers, as head OF the American Fedora
ion Of labor, has persisted in play
ing a tune on the boycott that has ir-
ritated the courts ear. Ordinarily,
when a musician finds that one of the
chief judicial bodies OF the United
States has sOured on his sonata. he
flees shrieking through the window
until said body shah have recovered
its equipoise. That is just the way
that Mr.. Gompers did not do. Instead,
Of bowing to the court, he has been
paving around in the street outside
the court house. trying to kick up a
bunch of verbal dornicks to hufl at
the Judge ~ soon as he gets his gown
OFF. And hence. the District Court
az Appeals at Washington affirmed
the Jail sentence imposed on Mr. Com
pers by the supreme court OF the Dis
trict of Columbia, and Air. Gompers
may be forced to debs il for a while.
"Debsing'' is making little ones out Of
big ones. in the gay lexicon of the Jail
ing profession. Eugene Deps did u
first. and still gets cholSy when ne
thinks OF his SORROWS.
IL Is understood. however. that when
Mr.. Debs debsed he became regretful.
He sorrowed that he had mitten the
majesty OF the law in a tender spot.
When he got out of jail he lived nap
nv ever after. Whereas ii Is a per-
fectly safe betting proposition that
Mr.. Gompers will be OF the same mind
when he finishes his jail sentence
If he ever serves it--that he is now.
Not that Gompers is of u naturally re-
hellious disposition. IT is merely tina
he believes in the Justice OF his u
with an the fervor of a more thai
feryid disposition. He would never ad-
init a doubt that he is doing rlght-
ii he cannot procure a reversal OF MS
sentence. he viii apply for q 'front.'
mage position in the next book ar
MARTYRS. and stick "a halo on where IL
will show in the photograph.
Mr.. Gompers is without question the
leading figure Of organized labor, For
TWENTY-FIVE years-with one single
hIa has been the head of the
American Federation Of Labor. re
was the Moses that found the Fedora
zion in the SWAMI, in fact, when y
was n small and puny babe. He nurseu
If along until it was able to stand on
gT& OWN EFtN anu iAFEs fHf8t ~
IN him He has not been mmune from
criticism during this period. But ne
has always retained the confidence OF
ii majority OF the Federation, n eV-
en- those who have opposed MN haNe
based that opposition on q DISAGREE
ment with his methods. rather than
anon any lack of confidence IN tht
y-hole-hearted devotion of the man 70
the cause he serves.
lie is a square, strongly puiit. her,,
vousIy alert man. with black eyes ana
"a fjghting law. He was born in Lon
Am England. in 1850, OF parents So
moor that at the age Of ten he WAS
-anprentieed to a shoemaker. ut
tle later. however, his father peoaIhe
= cigarmaker. and the boy Joined him
Il the bench. Then, when ne vas
tbirieen years old. the family einigrat-
Cd 10 America. At fourteen Years
ala he became a member OF the lirst
,,,oeters' uufon OF the city or
vev York. clever. adaptable intense
il energetic he quickly saw the adj