Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-13
UNITED STATES
tcOnanued from Page ons.l

"rnder the prevailing system Of
cut and dried platforms and slated
nominations. preceded By fake prl-
maries the ballot In our hands has
not been In any adequate sense. either
a means Of redress. We may not for
some time be entirely rid OF the rule
OF parties II they be an evil. they
are such a. are Incident 60 all gov.
ernmenis based on popular suffrage.
! deem Il unwise. or rather impoiitic,
to waste our energies now ln efforts TO
abolish political governments But n
We can not now destroy them. we
may. by moro assl1uous 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 paroles In
irgislntive bodies. ana Il party affairs
arc TO remain In tho hands Of corpor-
ate agents and corrupt bosses ns here
sof0re. then our Interests wit. be i'm
perllled and the desired relief rctard-
ed. no matter which party has the
majority"
Me. oompers refers very briefly To
the contempt OF court proceedings
rgalnst Vice-Prcaident John Mitchell,
Secretary Morrison and himself.
which are ztili pending the courts In
the District o. Columbia.
The Mcnamara case. however. IN
taken up at some length and fully ro-
viewed. PrcsIdent Gompars Expresses
hls faith In the Innocence 81 the men
now on trial at Los Angeles for al
legged dynamtting ontrages ard de-
nounces IN unmeasured terms their
removal from Indiana 70 California.
The Wilson bill now pending In
congress. so-called antl-injunction
measure. which has the support OF la
bor, n warmly endorsed and Prrsl-
dent Gompcrs called upon all organ
lied labor to work for It's early pass
age. Mr.. uompers expresses the be-
lief that BY united action the Wilson
bill may be passed at the next session.
and ne expresses the opinion that
even should a be vetoed BY President
Taft. great victory would be partly
won. HE declared labcr could expect
little voluntary help from the prosl-
dent on the anti Injunction lesisla-
ton.
To the subject OF Immigration. much
% the report Il addressed. several
plans are proposed for bringing the
migratory lshorer into the ranks OF
organized labor. Further restriction
OF immigration Is deemed necessary
and schemes OF distribution OF imml-
sranls are discussed.
Turn which way We may, tho fact
Invariably c0nfrOnts ue. In our en-
deavor 20 ameliorata the lot OF the la
horers now In Amcrica. that there
must be n restriction Of immigration.
Restriction, ny recommended by the
United states Immigration commit
sion. II, II not the arst step toward
organizing migratory laborers. at least
an essential step. There are sufficient
workers on the Pacific coast NJ the
present time. we're their shifting about
intclllgeniiy systematlged, 30 perform
MI the pressing work there through
cut all the seaseas ~ the year The
mnin trouble has been that the EN-
ployers have not paid any adequate at
tention 10 the iaborcr ~ q social entity
except az the moment when one 10 20
be hired. Society has not concerned
itself seriously about the casual
worker.
The early oompletion OF The Pan
anna canRi however. will. without
doubt 5Fing about total chenEa in
The labor situation u The Pacific coast
both Internally and with relation 90
other countries. Il has already been
calculated that Immigrants from
Europe may be landed VIA the Pam
anna canal az Pacific coast seapoFts
Tor q lesn sum than II required TO pay
the passage 10 inland polntA in states
of the middle west. II n 20 be re-
memhered that the enormous fleet OF
foreign vessels which are In the Inn
migration trade are seeking business
tho world over. Inp single year
aided by the climate, the present
transatlantic fleet rouid carry sea-
eco wage workers from The southeast
of Europe 20 The PacInc coast ports.
while also Transporting tho average
yearly number 10 the Atlantic coast
ports, This y more than probable
forthcoming condition - b. faced BY
our FELLOW trade urioulslr or Washing
ton, Oregon and California"
Ia the federntion's naht for em-
ployfrH' liability ana wogkingmen's
compensation laws, progressive leeln-
Nation b reportsd from the states of
Massachusetts. New Jersey View
liamnehlre, New York Dhlo callfor-