The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1911-08-31
BOR DAY EDITION-WORKERS UNT


man you must first capture the citide
of his manhood-his thinking facul.
ues-once that is done the rest is
easy. Look at these lt.aders-examine
them carefully. critically, what is in
| them, so out of the ordinary that they
should be looked up to, and obeyeo
so implicitly? Do you observe any
marks of divine favor in face or fig
ure? Has God made any impress, or
raised in bas relief in person. or char
acter any manifestation of the omni-
potent sanction of leadership Does
| the daily life of these self appointed
self lauding leaders indicate that they
are enrapport with God, or the spirit
or Good? On the contrary, are they
| not. almost universally. Mon who are.
| looked down upon by the best people
III the community as wolves in Sleeps
clothing and unworthy the association
! of the good? If the leaders of labor
| or those having in charge the affairs
| of working mems organizations were
caught in the palace of shame on any
| street, how long would it be before
| the chief of police or MoX Michel,
| would have then in police court on
the charge of trespassing on the priv
| ate preservers of the self-appointed
self-landing leader of the forces Of
corrupt politics in Charleston? Is
| this man, this self-assertive, self con-
tanned, arrogant leader endowed in
any particular or peculiar way for
leadership? Is his mCltal endow-
ment OF such superior quality that by
sheer force of intellectual might he
naturally assumes the leadership Of
| his party in the city? Has he left
any imprint on the pages of current
| history that. will cause his name to
| be engraved in imperishable letters
on the entablature of fame? Or has
he not attempted to build up an III
! fernal machine for his personal ag-
grandiZement and surrounded himself
with tinseled retinue OF illustrous
| statesmen of the Bedell and George
Saunders type? Will the great demo-
cratic party for n single flstant think
| seriously of nominating this man as
| its standard bearer for the office of
governor? When that day comes il
| it ever does, 1t will prove conclusive
| ly that the people have become too
| sordid and corrupt to think for them
| selves, and merit just what they will
| get, the most UNANIMOUSLY corrupt gov
ernment the state has ever had. Hon.
| est thought begctS honest effort men
who think good thoughts never do
| dishonorable deeds for, as we have
| heretofore said. thought precedes ac-
! tion. just as certainly as shadow in
dicates sunshine. However poor You
| may be. my friends you have great
wealth in thought and these thoughts
com bined with the thoughts of your
| fellow workingmen. will produce ac-
ton. which will destroy the power of
the Holley-RedelIS and such scavens-
ers and parasites as AL GULL and his
| illl. You can think and think sue
entity and we'll. VIII YOU do 1t and
| become forever free, It's up to you.
There is n community of interest
among working men, the interest of
one should be the concern of all, as
| a class, what effects one effects ALL
| what is detrimental to the humblest
will eventually be to all. An act of
injustice borne complaininGly by
| one and allowed to go unrebuked by
| the many. will eventutate in
the whole being ultimately in
| cluded. The whole situation of the
working mans condition rests wholly
and almost entirely-not on his in
| ability to think-but on his cowardice.
| in not joining with his fellows in vot-
| ing as n unit for self protection. Stop
| listening to the siren song of the in
! terests. for it is the swan song of
| your death. If you do.n't want to
| sing your own requiem-stop. think
| think seriously-think sensibly. then
act courageously by voting right. One
| long. strong. steady pull and the work
| is done and labor is ema-cipateu.
| The Holley as 4 fighting emblem
| baugh. Ours is Il combination of
| "touch-me-not" and ''prickly cactus"
on cookie burr field. Guill's is hen
bane and dog fenneI'.
If one could by some subtle. mEs-
terious creative process, pers0nify
HONOR and SHAME. afix a label and
bell to each of them and start them
through the city followed by n brass
| band and a multitude-Adultcro
GULL could not tell one from the
other-as he has never had any ac-
quaintance With either. and yet Hol-
ley says. "Al GULL is the best frie'ld
ever had" The common ground be-
tween them seems to be located on
Fry street, their battle flag Kimona
AMENDE HONORABLE.
To our Friend Edward b. Kenna.
Two 1rishmen. strangers met and
after gazing inte,ntly into the face oi
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