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The Washington times., 1910-09-22

IS supporting Vice President Sherman
Tor the temporary craftsmanship Of the
State convention
William Barnes, IT., leader Of the milf
tant faction Of the reactionaries, de-
cIared today that his cause had not
even suffered temporary eclipse.
Barnes Is Satisfied.
Il still maintain saId he. that Mr.
Sherman viii have q good working ma
jOrity in the convention We have gone
carefully over all the returns which
are In up 10 date and see no cause for
alarm
Five hundred and eight delegates Is
a majority in The convention. Pro-
gress.ve leaders claim that Of the 954
delegates already elected 10 the State
convention, 80 are for the colonel and
nineteen are doubtful. leaving so for
Mr.. Sherman
But the pTOgressives also assert that
Of the sixty-one delegates yet to be
chosen, thirty-nine will be for Rocse-
welt and only twenty-five for Sherman
On the other hand. the Eenchmen Of
the Barnes WOodruT-Vads COM
bination claim that Mr.. sherman viii
get al of the doubtful counties in which
elections are 10 he held and other
which are now claimed by the DrOSTcs-
sives-
"Old guard leaders do not 20 IN for
statistics. They content themselves
with mailinz claims and predicting that
the convention viii see one Of the most
sensational bolts In history
Lloyd GTiscom Delighted.
Lloyd G Criscom. chairman OF the
Republican county committee. was Ella
ted today over the unexpected victory
in Schenectady county. which gave Col
OneI Roosevelt unexpected votes
The Schnectady convention is an in
teTesting straw 10 show now The wind
IS blowing said Mr. GriScOT1- 1t was
2 great blow to the ''oId guarG''-a
l<reate- blow than Mr. SheT-nan-s loss
in Utica, coming as il does directly IN
EarneS' own Congressional district -
Progressive leaders predicted that II
the convention were held today Colonel
Roosevelt would control 81 delegates
There are hints from the old guard
headquarters, however. that the colonel
may not have plain sailing in hOiuIilzs
the ground he has gained On the aJheT
hand the progresSives express them
selves as confident chat whaJeve- bolt
Ing Is done viii be- toward them rather
than IN tl1 other direction.
Nevertheless both sides admit q AZ the
fight IN the convention viii be bitter and
hard.
The Washington times., 1910-09-22
SCHENECTADY ADDS
TO ROOSEVELT LEAD
temporary ChaiTmanShip
and Platform Dictation
Now Conceded.
Summary of Days EventS
In Politics

New NOrk-WIth victory at Sehe-
3ectady primaries, Roosevelt
forces in New York are claiming
sixteen majority in state cOnven-
Hon
The Washington times., 1910-09-22

- coming - Democrats nominate
former Republican for governor
on radical platform, without con
deninInE Republican ndminISfrH-
EEon.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
HASKELL BEATS THEODORE
AT BIG ONES OWN GAME

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Oct. II.
Haskell, whose quarrel
with Theodore Roosevelt is of long
standing, has beaten the former pres
1dent to it for once
In sarcastic letter, he declined an
invitation to deliver a speech at the
Arkansas state fair, October 10, CIV
Ing his reason that Roosevelt will
be there. He declared that he would
not sit on the same platform with
Roosevelt.
Colonel Roosevelt does not come to
the people today Governor Haskell
wrote, with any other purpose than
to attract them to his personal stand
ard and that their support may gat-
ify his boundless ambition"
The governor declared the former
president can declare war with less
hesitation and follow it more quickly
with abject surrender than any living
American.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
MURDER INSPIRATION
i IS CHARGED AGAINST
A. F. OF |. LEADERS

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. H.
Samuel Gompers and the officers of
the American Federation of Labor
are charged in. the current issue OF
the American Industries with furnish
ing 'murderous inspiration" which
caused the destruction Of the Los An
geles Times office.
In an editorial paragraph which
leaves no question as to the nature
of the accusation, American Indus
tries says:
The actual deed Is the least i'm
portant. OF greater moment is the
punishment of those whose leader
ship furnished the murderous inspi-
ration, whose attitude toward the law
of the land set the example of un-
bridled and ferocious hatred, whose
public harangues and private coun-
ellis, and whose printed words en-
boldened the wretches to send. to
their deaths a score of their fellow
men,. This is not the first instance
Of ssassination melted by inflamma-
tory teachings. It is not the. first
time in our history when incendiary
words brought deliberate murder. In
that fact is this Los Angeles disaster
similar to that other national crime
which lost to us good man and a
great president" 49, :. ;
Labor leaders in Washington, while
freely denouncing> the outrageous
charges in American Industries, are
10th to: believe that an actual attempt
to "Orchardize'' the A. F. off, l. Of
ficers is being plotted. And yet they
acknowledge that the enormous. re-
wards Offered by the Merchant and
Manufacturers association of Los
Angeles have melted detective agen-
cies to get proof at any cost and start
ed man-hunt over the United States
that may end anywhere.
AT this time," says The Ameri-
can Industries, there is full evidence
that the wrecking Of the Times build
ing by powerful explosive, and the
attempted wrecking of General Har-
rison Gray Otis residence, and the
residence of F. J. Zeehandellaar, sec
retary of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers association Of Los Angeles,
were part and parcel of diabolical
plot concocted because the score Of
victims had committed the crime of
working for their families and for
themselves in defiance of union rules"
That American Industries does not
confine itself to mere abstract accu-
sations but attempts to offer evidence
as to the direct connection between
the American Federation of Labor
and the destruction of the Times Of
flee is shown in it's printing, verba-
tim, resolutions passed at the Norfolk
convention which provided, asserts
American Industries, "a war fund for
use in attacking the Los Angeles
Times
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
\. Y. BR|CKLAYERS
WIN THEIR STRIKE

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-The Mason
Builders association has granted all
the demands of the bricklayers'
unions, and the strike which was
called on Sept. "a, In retaliation for
lockout called by the bosses, was
called off.
All of the men returned to work
this week. There was great joy
among the bricklayers over the out
come of the struggle. All the. men
expressed full confidence in their in-
ternational officers and pledged their
full support to them.
One of the triunps of the meet
ing recently was crushing Of the
group of local leaders, who have for
years been binding the rank and file
of the local unions with trade agree.
ments with local bosses which were.
in defiance Of the laws Of the in
ternational union. These leaders We're
deposed, and preparations made to-
reorganize the bricklayers In this city.
This reorganization will be started
at once.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
HERE is THE PLATFORM ON WHICH
THE "RA1LROAD ERRAND BOY'' STANDS

In his kenynote speech at Mankato
Governor Eberhart said:
II stand squarely upon the platform
adopted by the Republican party of
this state. This platform Is clear,
definite, comprehensive and distinctly
progressive"
1t is just the. kind of a platform
upon which one would naturally, ex.
pect Governor Eberhart to "stand
squarely." It is shifty, evasive, de-
ceptive and misleading. OF course he
stands squarely upon it. Just as cor
roboratlve evidence that we have
rightly described Mr.. Eberhart's plat
form, we append hereto an extract from
the st. Paul Dispatch of June %, the
day after the platform was adopted.
It says:
1T Is a platform notable for what
1t skipped or straddled. 1t urges no
advanced theories; it expresses no
deep conviction. It occupies serene
and Indifferent middle ground and is
content. In these times of freedom of
opinion and courage of conviction it
is singularly lacking in both. To call
1t fair statement Of Republican SEN
timent in Minnesota on the most ur-
gent question Of the day-the emanci-
patton of the party from influences
that threaten its ruin-is simply ab-
surd. The people Of this state have
convictions on this matter to which
It was the business Of the convention
to give expression"
You have read Governor Eberhart's
keynote" speech, delivered, at Man.
kato the other day, and note that he
says that he is making report of his
stewardship to the people" We hope
that you read that speech carefully;
that you snalyzed it, and noted par
ticularly what he claims as his own
performances as chief executive dur.
ing the time he has occupied the ex-
ecutive chair made vacant by the
death Of Governor Johnson. He calls
attention to- the convention which
nominated him, and says Of it.: 1T
was absolutely free from domination
by any clique. faction, interest or cor.
poration, free to express the will Of
the people in the selection Of candi.
dates and the adoption OF a platform g
In this connection We would call
your attention to the fact that this
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
"OUR" ANDY JUMPS TRACES e
ON HIS FRIEND THEODORE

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Andrew
Carnegie has given $4,000 to the
campaign fund Of John A. Dix, the
Democratic candidate for governor
Of this state. In contributing this
sum in aid of the Democratic cam-
l;aign he does it because of Theodore
Roosevelt's sponsorship OF the Re-;
publican candidate. ID. i
Mr.. Carnegie thinks that Mr..
Roosevelt's new "nationalism' tends
toward Imperialism, and his Views
upon imperialism are well known ever
since he opposed the acquisition Of
the Philippines. .5. ss.s, &- s e. ~
Mr.. Carnegie's contribution to the
Democratic campaign fund is a sad
blow to the Republicans. Up to q few
days ago they confidently expected
that his friendship for Mr.. Roosevelt
would lead him to give financial aid
to- the z Imp overished Republlcan com
Inittee. 81
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
SE|DEL. PROCLAMATION
MOST UNIQUE One IN
MAY0RA[TY: ANNALS

MILWAUKEE,, October 14.-It re-.
manned for. Mayor Seidel, Socialist
mayor, of. this city, to, issue one Of
the most unique proclamations on
record. ... =,
In proclaiming '"Milwaukee Day..
at the Wisconsin State Fair, as is the
annual custom of the mayor of Mil
waukee, he recommended all citizens
to make the day a success, all en-
ployers to give their employees an op-
portunity to attend the fair and the
school authorities to grant the child
rem holiday. -,f -.... :
Then came the unique part, of the
proclamation: The mayor continued
as follows: u:
"As we pass the exhibits one by
one, let the workers unite in a real
ization that their long and sacrificial
hours have made these products by
toll and by cooperation with the
forces Of nature. Let the legislature.
the executive: and the judge ask them
selves, Are we in our acts of legis-
lation, administration and interpreta-
ton doing all that is within our pow
ers to extend justice to the men, wo-
men and children whose labor, Wit
ality, skill, health-whose very lives
have been given to create the wealth
displayed here?'
Let patriots remember that at
tempts of organized labor to elevate
the standard of American citizenship
should receive the heartiest co-opera-
tion on the part of the authorities
under whose auspices these exhibits
are prepared. The cause of better
social service and better citizenship
will in this way be conserved
This is certainly the first time that
an American mayor has ever seized
the occasion of state fair to read
the public lesson on it's duties to
the working class!
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
ONE OF ST. PAUL'S OLD
GUARD TYPOS IS DEAD

ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. AT. F.
Thomas, a former president of the
local Topographic union and for
sometime factory inspector in this
city, died. here Monday following an
operation for intestinal tumor.
For many years, as member of
the old Pioneer-Press chapel under
the Wheelock regime, Thomas was
prominent in union affairs, serving
several terms on the Trades council
and holding other positions of trust
in various organizations. Mr.. Thomas
leaves a widow; to mourn his loss and
a pathetic incident in connection with
his demise is that she. is now serious
ly i'll and will not be, able to attend
the funeral of her late husband.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
WESTERN UNION CLEARED
SEVEN MILLIONS IN YEAR

NEW YORK, Oct. 14.-Members Of.
the executive committee of the West
ern Union Telegraph company, at
their recent annual meeting received
from a special auditing committee,
consisting Of Edward J. Hall, Jacob
H. Schiff and Henry A. Bishop, q re-
port on the property and business of
the company. ..@=4.l .sssfiS s ss#
For eight months the accountants
have been working on the books.
The report showed a net profit Of
$7,274,900.05 for the year ended
June 80, 1910. The interest on bonds
Was $1,6s7,s2s.73 and dividends were.
$2.899,696.50, making q balance
transferred to surplus account of 33,-
597,37s.S2. 5ss 1880
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
KILLED AT POST OF j. j.
DUTY, COMPENSATION
IS GRANTED WIDOW

LONDON. Oct. 14.-An unusual
case recently arose in this country
under the workingmen's compensation
act
On March Is, 1910, Mr.. John Innes
Nisbet was murdered in a train on
the Northwestern railroad between
Newcastle and AlnQouth. He was in
the service Of the Stooswood colliery,
and at the time of his death was
carrying money to the colhery to pay
the miners their wages. His posses
sion of this money was the induce
ment which led his assailants to kill
him.. Mrs. Nisbet, the widow, sued
the owners Of the colliery for COM
pensation for her husbands death,
under the statute, and the judge Of
the county court at .Newcastle-on-
Tyne awarded her damages in the
sum of $500.
No Negligence Involved. ::
1t should be observed that here was
no element Of wrongdoing or negli-
gence on the part of the employers
They had not done anything which
they ought not to have done, or left
undone anything which they ought
to have done. The fatal misfortune
Of their paymaster was due simply
and solely to the position which he
occupied. 1t was as though a sentry
should be killed while on guard, to
plunder the post he was guarding.
The court of appeal in England has
just affirmed the judgment.
Murder All Accident.
The workingmen's act conrem-
plates compensation by the en-
ployer to the employe, or in case of
death to those dependent upon him,
where I'm any employment personal
injury by accident arising out of and
in the course of the employment is
caused to a workman" The qualify
ing words "by accident" are quite
important. The court of appeal holds
that murder is an accident, within
the meaning of the statute This is
In accordance with previous decisions
as to the sense in which the word
is used in this particular enactment
Thus Lord Justice Lindley has said
Accident Is not technical meaning.
Speaking generally with reference to
legal liabilities, an accident means
an unexpected and unintended occur
renee which produces hurt or loss u
"Accident'' Defined.
And Lord Macnaghten has declared
that the expression is employed las
denoting an unlocked for mishap or
an untoward event which is not ex-
pected or designed."' This means not
expected or designed by the victim
! .of>course the, person; who murdered
Mr.. John Innes Nisbet, the colIiery
paymaster in this Newcastle case, in
tended to kill him, but the homicide
was none the less an accident to the
murdered man, in the view of the
law which has been taken by the
court of appeal
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
new PRISON PLAN
DEALS A HARD BLOW
At FREE W0RkMEN

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 14.-The
International Prison congress has
adopted resolutions which demand
that every prisoner in penal institu-
tions should be placed .at useful en-
ployment under experienced officials
especially trained to direct such in
dustries.
The sole objection 10 these resolu-
tions came from an Italian delegate,
Senator Auguste Pierentoni Of Rome,
who called attention to the fact that
the enormous commercial product OF
such a plan would infringe on the
product of free labor and would GER
tainly meet the active opposition OF
the trades unions.
The Italian senator's protests, how
ever, fell on cold ground for as it
happened he was the only delegate
having the slightest connection or in
terest in the labor movement, his dis
trict in the City Of Rome having a
heavy labor vote electing number OF
working class representatives to NUM-
pal and state offices.
1t has been shown that here in the
United States IS per cent of the en-
tire annual output of working shirts
numbering 100000, was the product
OF convict labor. that one prison trust
alone controls the output of II peni-
tentiaries and reformatories, and tina,
in New Jersey the convicts receive
from the prison trust 26 cents a day
3 hours being a days work
In the penitentiaries at Trenton
New Jersey, convicts turn out cordu-
roy trousers at SO cents a dozen, .for
the making. y~-.,-se,,..s ~. -
The. American Federation Of Labor
mas already endorsed a convict labor
BILL H. r. $4,000. which would en-
power the Interstate Commerce Com
mission to stop the transportation OF
prison made goods from one state tc
another, thereby, practically, abolish
ing the public sale of product which
threatens the livelihood of tens OF
thousands of guiltless men and wo.
men.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
GOMPER6 RAP6 GROWTH
OF IMPERIALISTIC SPIRIT
WOMAN GETS JOB AS
CHIEF LABOR PROBER

ALBANY, Oct. 14.-State Labor
Commissioner Williams has appoint
ed Miss Frances A. Kellor of New
York as chief investigator in the state
labor department., at yearly salary
of $4,000. -.
She. will have entire charge of the
new bureau of industries and immi-
grafton.
Commissioner Williams selected
Miss Kellor because of her familiarity
with the problems committed to the
bureau. Governor Hughes recently
appointed her a member of the spe-
cial commission which INVESTIGATED
immigration.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
..RA|L|Rj0ADERS I
ON GENERAL STRIKE

PARIS, Oct. 14.-The, employees of
the Northern Railroad went on strike
early Tuesday and by II o'clock the
tie-up of the system was practically
complete. At that hour trains only
for Calais and Cologne were moving.
Military engineers have been called
to replace the strikers but the num-
ber is inadequate to restore the rum
ming schedules. II
Several acts Of violence occurred
before day-break. At st. Quentin the
tracks were torn up: Two locomo-
tives collided. at .Terginer and OBJ
structed the main track.
Military forces have taken posses
sion of several stations and have been
posted along the road to protect the
railroad property.
The strike developed over night
and took the company and the public
by surprise. T..
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15
Tells Toledo Audience that Trend
of Sentiment in Higher Circles
Of U. s. is Sympathetic with De-
posed Portuguese Ruler-Roasts
Disloyal Utterances of Subsidiz-
ed Dailies. ~

TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 14.-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation Of Labor, and. Mayor
Brand Whitlock Joined in welcoming
the new Republic of Portugal while
addressing great meeting Of union.
men and women held under the aus
pices of the Central Labor union OF
this city,
THE grievances of the American
colonists,". declared Mr.. Gompers,
were as nothing compared with the
grievances and inhumanity suffered
by the Portuguese people. at the hands
of the monarch and dynasty II any
people were ever justified in demand
Ing freedom, the people of Portugal
were Justified
Drawing attention to the cold and
cynical attitude taken by a majority
of the American newspapers towards
the Portuguese republic, the president
of the A. r. of L. denounced their
royalist sympathies and made the
following pointed references to the
utterances of a Chicago daily
In one of the, Chicago papers I
find an editorial under the head a
King in Exile The first sentence
reads, There was a time when the
dethronement Of European mon
arch and the establishment of re-
public would have been welcomed
by Americans with joyful acclaim.
We are not SO emotional now - : &
my friends" sternly commented
the, labor leader, ''the men who -ex-
press the opinion as stated In this
a6ifnr3o1 M
more sympathy with republic i'll
the United States than they have with
a republic in Portugal sa''
Referring to the decisions Of the
courts of the District of Columbia in
sentencing him., together with John
Mitchell and Frank Morrison, to vary.
ing terms of Imprisonment on q
charge of disobeying decree. of the:
supreme court of the District of Coll
umbia, Mr.. Gon1pers declared that
the decision of the judge was ..bru-.
tai and wllful perversion Of Justice,
Il am not saying this so that just
you in this hall may hear it," said
Mr.. Gompers, 'but I am willing to
tell the judge under his very nose.
1T is 'inconceivable,.' continued Mr.
Gompers, "how anyone can ever miss
construe a.slabor organization as
trust. We own not products, we own
only the power to produce them. We
must contend for the right of the.
ownership of ourselves. We propose
to assert to the world that we are
men in the republic of the Unit.
ed States at any cost" =
Following Mr. Gompers' address
Mayor Whitlock declared himself in
favor of labor unions. He said that
there is no fight between labor and
capital, but that the fight is between
laborers and capitalists. In speaking
of the dethroned Portuguese mon
arch, the mayor said:
'"The poor, little Portuguese king,
was much behind the times. He
should have played to the capitalists.
He should have drafted g. constitu-
ton that would have given them un-
usual privileges, but he was not UP
to date and consequently he lost his
job ~sS
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1910-10-15

free convention voted down the fol.
lowing resolution:
"The Republican party was organ
lied to give the nation a great prin-
ciple. It has ever since been a party
of freedom and the square DEAL The
Republican party recognizes that there
1s q strong and growing sentiment in
minnesota favoring a. restriction of
the influence of the liquor interests
in the legislation of this state: This
sentiment has been crystallized in a
statewide movement in favor of coun-
ty option. We, therefore, pledge this
party to full, fair and free considera-
ton of any measures whose purpose
is the adoption Of county option leg
is1atfon, and to keep the control of the
affairs of this great commonwealth
where they of right belong-in the
hands of the whole people" =.
Just read that resolution over again
carefully and find out just how little
it asks of this free and untrammeled
convention, this convention undic.
tated to by any adverse interests. 1t
asks only for full, fair and free con-
sideration of any measures whose pur-
pose is the adoption of county option
legislation" It doesn't ask that the
Republican party pass such legisla-
tion; it does not ask that the party
organization pledge itself as favorable
to such measures; it only asks full
free and unbiased consideration. This
was refused. What do you think of
great party in Minnesota which re.
fuses full, fair and free considera-
ton" to any measure which is of. in.
terest to the people of the state? Do
you believe the convention which re.
fuses this reasonable request Is free
and uncontrolled? 1t sounds like a
brewers convention. ,%.rs...',
The balance OF the governors speech
10 largely made up Of reports from
tho various elective state departments.
1t does not show one single thing to
the credit Of the executive depart.
ment during his incumbency. This
being the case we might supply q few
items: 55l. s# .5E @ sa5 554 :. s'YTs ss:.
In February last he dug up and paid
what is known 60 : the seabury graft :
You probably remember this incident
IA hill that9 had twice been refused
snazment bz sloysEaer Johnaaa y.