The Prescott daily news., 1910-01-15
Don't Weep At
 The Ice House.

excite wave of sympathetic enthusi- asm for him. which would carry the delegates off their feet, and result in his reelection.
 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 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 unneces- | sarily antagonized men to whom or ganized labor must look for recogni- tlon 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 organ
 ized 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 organ
 ized 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 article, | Organized labor, through its lead CTS, must recognize the mistakes of the Last if they expect to perpetuate their
 organizations or to develop the move
 ment which they head No movement,
 no organization, no nation can develop
 beyond the intellects which guide | these organizations, and if the leaders are dominated by a selfish motive the yuin spirit of selfishness, which has never | appealed to mankind in any walk of life at any time since history began. Tt can be said in extenuation of cer-
 tain leaders of organized labor that
 the precarious position which they oc-
 Cupy as leaders has had tendency to
 cause them to lose sight of the object behind the organization. The natural
 instinct In man for power and position
 Is ln no small measure responsible for
 the mistakes of the leaders, not neces- | sarily in labor unions alone, but in
 every branch of society This desire for power and leadership and personal | Sggrandlzement causes men who have been earnest and sincere in their ef- lofts Tn the start to deteriorate into
 mere politicians whose every act and
 utterance is tinged with the desire
 to cater to the baser passions of the working majority in the societies or
 organizations and this is undoubtedly
 true when applied to the present lead
 CTS of the Federation of Labor. We
 mention the Federation of Labor par | lcularly 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 mis- takes, but they have always kept them
 selves and their organizations within
 the bounds of the law and respected
 the rights of every other man in con- sidering 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 accord
 ance with the laws of the land, the
 leaders and the organization itself
 must be disintegrated and pass into
 history, for in America the common 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 approval 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 meritorious things in times past and the people are always ready and willing to acknowl- edge the benefits which their efforts
 have brought to their constituency as a whole. but at the present time labor organizations in general, and the Fed eration of Labor in particular. stand
 before the bar of public opinion, hay. ing been convicted of selfishness and a
 disposition to rule all the people of the country in the interest Of the few. Tie coc.a arc pat. ut s.s a.. ,i,:pg to