The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-27
Announcement of Fedora
tons Ultimatum Strikes
Terror to Democratic Lead
ers in Assembly.
CONFUSION REIGNS
AND CHAOS EXISTS
House Blames Senate and
Senate Blames House for
Failure to Pass the Pledges
in Platform.
LABOR MEN OBDURATE.
Tell Democracy to Get Busy
and Do Things or They
Will Take the Fight to the
Voters at Once.
palladium Specially

Indianapolis, Feb. 27.--The last
week of the legislature opens with
that aggregation Of law makers very
much up in the air. and only five work
ing days in which to get their feet
and finish the Marathon they started
January 5. The thing which has stir
red them most is the attitude of organ
lied labor, which has grown tired Of
being handed soft words, and has
called state meeting of all delegates
of the state federation of labor for
Monday evening, at which time Dem
ocracy will be notified as a party that
it must fish or cut bait, incidentally
every member will be put under III
spection and the roll calls of the ses
sion, which have been kept by the reps
resentatives of labor will be hauled
out and analyzed. Every member, be
he Republican or Democrat. will be
put to the acid test, and word will be
sent. back home as to his conduct.
While individual members will be call
ed upon by their constituents for ex-
plantations, the Democratic party as
such will be held responsible for the
shortcomings of this session, and the
leaders of that party are very much
worried. They were very busy Sun
day trying to straighten things out
with the labor leaders and to find
some middle ground, but the labor
leaders We're obdurate
Calls Labor Unfair.
Eve promised the labor organiza-
tions to pass a child labor law, all
right" said prominent Democrat of
this session, but We did not promise
to pass the particular law they want.
1t is unfair in labor to have lot of
bills written and bring them to us for
passage upon the plea that we promis-
ed to pass them. Promising legisla-
ton upon certain subject and prom
Using to pass specific bill upon that
subject are two very different things.
Labor is taking an unfair advantage OF
us"
I'VE are willing 70 go before the
people, said labor leader In reply to
| this criticism. "and leave it to them II
the laws proposed by the Democratic
party are fair and carry out the intent
and purport of their platform prom
| ises.
| THE child labor bill, as amended in
the senate committee weakens instead
of strengthens our present child labor
! law, and it is SO with practically ey-
cry other bill we have introduced.
The Democrats in one branch or the
other OF the legislature have cut to
pieces every piece of legislation we
have introduced. OF course, il they
| think they are fulfilling their prom
ises they should not be worried. But
| they are worried and with just cause.
The article in the Sun of Saturday
was the first intimation they had that
organized labor intended TO take
stand upon matters, and since its ap-
pearance they have been very busy
Several of them have called upon me
and asked to have the meeting called
off, promising many things If we did
not thus expose their delinuuency
But it is too late. It's going through
| Called To Radical.
! I'VE have been given the shake
down all session Corporation law
yers and lobbyists could get our bills
hung up and GU. to pieces and when
We protested we were told we were
too radical in our demands. We were
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