Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-07-26
Wednesday, July 26, 1911.
a Wolf in Sleeps Clothing.

A Wolf in Sleeps Ciotnin9'
The editorial leader in this week
issue of the Maine Labor Advocate
fixes the standing of that sheet as
another voice of the liquor interests
we have asked before who authorized
the placing of united labor on the r'''"
trust side of this great moral ques'ioii
We are receiving evidence every "aS
.ha, uorkingmen resent such unau-
thorjzed action. They fail to see "leie
the liquor question enters into the OF
ectoI affairs of labor unionism. one
after another local unions are coming
forward to announce themselves. Ihey
will repudiate the action of the Ban
oor convention, they will NOT ratifs
that part of it which places Maine
workingmen, as body. in favor OF re-
peal of the prohibitory law.
To our view. the Advocate Is
wolf in sleeps clothing 1t is. we are
convinced, and we know that we voice
the sentiment of many workingmen
and labor leaders, a rum trust sheet'
hacked and promoted by the liquor in
terests and masquerading as the or
gan of trades unionism.
See what the carpenters ana JOIN
ers' union of Augusta says about IT,
elsewhere In this issue. We have
something of more Importance to
come.
Let this false advocate of labor
show its true colors or the working
men of Maine soon will have some
very pertinent questions to ask of GER
tain leaders.
Following is portion of the "Ad-
vooate's' leading editorial this week.
.ingman, business man or a profess
sional man. think of it.
FOR THE VOTERS OF MAINE
TO DECIDE.
After all is said on the ques-
ton. il is for the voters of Maine
8 to decide whether they want
conditions as they have been in
the past, with a prospect of much
better enforcement of the law. Or
condition of more liquor
Kennebec Journal.
1T is for the voters of Maine
to decide" Labors view exact
~. Labor says vote YES" on
/. September 18th. A majority
No vote would place us in line
for another long siege of rotten
politics, termed resubmission.
"Resubmission and prohibition"
said one of the most efficient A. L.
of L. organizers that ever worked
IN Maine, is but dust thrown n
the workingman's eyes on election
day that, so blinded. he might not
comprehend the true conditions
that surround him. Prohibition.
and the little children still work In
the mills. the women and children
must continue to work the full 50
hours per week in the factories,
and the year 1911 finds laborers in
the city of Bangor working nine
hours for s1.00 and $1.25, and this
III prOnlDltlOn Maine.
majority YES" vote would
place the question where we can
truthfully say. 1T is for the vot.
ers of Maine to decide"
Labor has long maintained that
the people are capable of so doing.
What do you think about Labor say
ing vote yes? Who authorized this
organ of prohibition to voice
labor on moral question? Who
places Labor's opinion as denunciatory
OF the Republican party? Who has
ehe right to declare the political
opinion of the workingmen of Maine?
Indeed, Bangor is an ideal spot in
which to point to the distress of the
families of workingmen-the home of
the Bangor plan.' where a license
system has been maintained bv local
opposition to law.
Labor HAS long maintained tina,
the people are capable of doing sol
And, thank God. they continue +,
think so and will vote according IL
the dictates of conscience, REGARDLESS,
OF the false. misleading and repre-
hensible methods of clique tina
would steal their votes by misrepre
sentation and deceit.
Let the Maine Labor Advocata
show its credentials and prove that
- not an offspring to the anti-prohioi
ton propaganda!
An eigbt-year old kansa. -