Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-11-01
WILSON IS PROVED.
!. FB|ENDOF LABOR.
Labor Leader Makes Comparison
; With Roosevelt and Taft,
RECORDS OF TWO GOVERNORS.
Wilson and Marshall Pronounced
Greatest PrOsresslves Of Modern
Chimes by Fred 1. Feiek. =

Railroad uen generally are iamillar
with the work that has been accon
plshed by Fred L. Feick, the Indiana
railroad labor leader, in securing leg
1slation for the railroad employees OF
The county. The emphatic manner
in which Mr.. Feiek places the stamp
at his approval on Wilson and Mar.
shall, pronouncing them the greatest
prOgressives Of modern times. il
therefore o. peculiar interest TO all
sympathlzers with organized labor and
particularly to railroad employees.
Starting with a declaration that the
legislation passed in New Jersey and
Indiana under Wilson and Marshall
during their terms as governor OF
their respective states warrantf the
hearty support Of every railroad EN-.
.Dloye in the country, he stops ito
warn railroad employees to beware Of
Tie "Full Dinner Pail" and Steady
Job" arguments that have been pre-
scented in past campaigns by the Re.
publican party. he fhen proceeds;
Compare the record OF Wiison.and
Marshall as governors Of their respec.
dive states as against the record Of
Roosevelt's seven years as president
and the four years Of his chief lieu
tenant, Taft.
Can the railroad employees afford
70 vote for TAFT or Roosevelt, men
who have the backing Of the finan-
eaal i1teresst Of this country;
NAVE RAILROAD MEN FORGOTTEN
Can it be possible that the rail-
sOAd employees have forgotten the at
utude assumed by the various rail-
Road organizations in the campaign Of
llS0S when labor In general denounced
Judge Taft, the man WHO issued the
famous injunction against the rail-
road employees in 1899 which was, in
Ry opinion, the greatest blow labor
organizations of this country have
ever received?
Railroad men were thrown in jals
their families deprived of the necessi
yies Of life: all because the RAILROAD
Engineers as an organization, dared
70 stand up for what they believed
principals of righteousness and pro
section. to their fellow men.
'The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers Journal commenting OIL
Judge Taft's decision in May, 1893
says:
Judge Taft's decision proclaim
members Of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers . band of conspirG
tors
=. ALSO:
"'We cannot sccept Judge Taft
decision in any other light than trea
son TO Republican Institutions an
the liberties OF tie people 1t is. vii
be and ought to be, denounced an
repVdiated by al liberty loving men
= FFrank P. SarWant, then presiden
. of the B otherhood of LCcOmody
'Firemen and representative heads Q
the various railroad labor organic;
lions all over this country, bitterl
criticized and condemned Judge Taft
decision. which hsg been a menace
organized labor tyem that day TO thil
ROOSEVELT KNEW TAFT RecoRr
Roosevelt knsV Of Judge Taft's Ii
bor record, and the protests Whic
: came from organized labor in genera
from every state IN the Union. "
In. the face Of tAass protests from o
gained labor, Roosevelt, with the op
litical machinery u the Nation undt
his control and Ghly assisted by tn
trusts, forced She nomination o.
Judge Taft upon the people in 1908.
This can easily be explained whe
you consider Tie recent disclosure
before the ClapD senatorial fnvestig
ton committee Under Roosevelt
administration @s trusts have hs
absolute control ever the affairs
(: our government Large contribution
made by the truss TO the Republic,
National Campaign committee duril
:. Roosevelt's tern % president q
counts for It,
eat the present time Roosevelt h
" the support Of PNFkins, the friend
labor; Perkins. IL organizer Of t
steel trust. % o
:. The steel truSA which will mot
low union man b their plant. viii
pays starvation wages, and works q
men twelve hours per day, every d
in the week, Adading Sundays
has the backing II every frust m;
nate which is exposed to organic
els il possible tAatothe wage eal
ers Of this coufsy have forgot
that under RooaSNSltls administered
the government (dred 1000 Chine
coolies to work q pom the Panama
nal at 9 cents 20 day?
eve had him 4 the panic when
man could get Q dollar of his O.
money outoof u bank, when Gle
/, ing house cefd0aates Eas the 81
money, and owhA industry was p
alyzed. e
AUTHOR QF icAe-RULE. .
HE issued, WAOut authority,