Arizona republican., 1911-11-14
WORK|NGMEN HEAR REPORT
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in number to the strength of the
arguments The stuffed ballot box,
the false count, and the per1ured
election returns will likewise dlsap-
pear. With these opportunities. with
/ these stimulating inducements To fire."
| thought and action. the cause of pub
| lie Justice will be advanced in all d.
rections. Labor. acting from the
point of enlightened self-interest. and
yet with 4 full sense of responsibility
respecting the just rights Of all others
in society, will manfully and pa
| triotically meet its enlarged respon-
sibilities
Under the prevailing system of cut
and dried platforms and slated nom
nations. preceded by fake primaries
! the ballot in our hands has not been.
| in any adequate senses, either pro-
tecting SHIELD against wrong or a
means of redress. We may not for
some time he entirely rid of the rule
OF parties If they be an evil, they
are such as are incident To all gov
ernments based on popular suffrage.
l deem it unwise or rather impolitic,
10 WASTE our tilti i4'N III 'AA'i -
to abolish political parties. Perhaps
they are institutional in all free gov
ernments. But if We can not now
destroy them. we may, by more as
siduOus and regular exercise of our
privileges and rights of citizenship do
much in the way of controlling them.
Under existing conditions, we must
obtain various measures of legislation
at the hands of dominant parties in
legislative bodies. and if party affairs
are to remain in the hands of cor
rorate agents and corrupt bosses as
heretofore. then our interests will be
imperlled and the desired relief re-
tarded, no matter which party has
the majority"
Mr.. Gompers refers very briefly to
the contempt Of court proceedings
against Vice President John Mitchell,
Secretary Morrison and himself. which
are still pending before the courts i'm
the District of Columbia.
The Mcnamara case. however. is
taken up at some length and fully |
reviewed. President Gompers eX
presses his faith in the innocence of |
the men now on trial at Los Angeles |
for alleged dynamiting outrages and |
denounces in unmeasured terms their |
removal from Indiana to California.
Turn which way we may, the fact |
invariably corfronts us, in our en-
deavor to ameiorate the lot of the
laborers now in America that there
must be restriction of immigration.
Restriction, as recommended by the
United States immigration commits
sion, is. if not the first step toward
migratory laborers. at least
an essential step. There are suffi-
Gent workers on the Pacific coast at
the present time. were their shifting
about intelligently systematized, to
perform all the pressing work
all the seasons of the
year. The main trouble has been
that the employers have not paid any
adequate attention to the laborer as
a social entity except at the moment
when one is to be hired. Society has
not concerned itself seriously about
the casual worker.
The early completion of the Pan
anna Canal, however. will without
doubt bring about a total change in L
the labor situation of the Pacific
coast both internally and with rela-
ton to other countries. Ii has al
ready been calculated that immigrants
from Europe may be landed via the
Panama Canal at Pacific coast sea-
ports for a less sum than is required
tn pay the passage to inland points !
in states of the middle west. 1t is
to be remembered that the enormous
fleets of foreign vessels which are in
The immigration trade are seeking
business the world over. In single
year. aided by the climate. the pres !
ent transatlantic fleet could carry =
100000 wage workers from the south
east of Europe to the Pacific coast '
ports. while also transporting the av
eraSe yearly number to the Atlantic
coast ports. This is a more than
probable forthcoming condition to be
faced by our fellow trade unionists of
oregon and California"
In an appeal for better laws to pro-
tect life and health in factory build
ing. President Gompers refers to the