The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-24

allow themselves to be deceived by
colossal biuff any longer.
One of the corporations of the
United States. which has succeeded
in mastering the laborer and saying
to him, You shall not organize, you
shall not exercise your liberty OF CO.
operation though We who employ
you are using organization TO the abb
solnta point OF control. Is the United
States Steel corporation. which paid
enormous dividends at the same time
| it was making men work twelve hours
seven days in the week at wages
which in the 365 days Of the year
would -nat~-y yield enough--ta support
family. If they have millions to
divide tmong themselves, and get
these millions as they profess to get
them, from the opportunities created
by the tariff. where does tire work.
| ing man come inr Roosevelt, him
self. has spoken of the profits they
get as prize money and his objection
| is that not enough prize money gets
| into the pay envelopes. And ! quite
agree with him. But / want to
/ know how he proposes to get 1t there.
l searched his program from top TO
| bottom. and the only proposal | can
| find IL that there shall be an indus
!
supervision OF the great nfonopoiic
combinations which have been form
ed under the protection of the tariff
and that the governments Of the
| United States shall see to il that these
gentlemen who have conquered la
Dor shall be kind TO labor
| Gets Rousing Welcome.
| On the trip to Scranton where Gov
/ ernor Wilson spoke, the candidate
held three rear-end receptions and
made one speech. The first stop was
| at Phillipsburg, n, j.. Easton Pa. Il
just across the river, and the crowd
that greeted the Governor comprised
citizens Of both cities. Phillipsburg Is
lin Warren county. where the demo.
Gratis outnumber the republicans three
to one. The reception to the candi-
date vas therefore exceedingly enthu-
siastic, The governor was Informed
by the crowd that Phillipsburg Is one
OF the best governed cities I'm tbs
country.
There Is no graft here" shouted
an enthusiast. I'VE sent the grafters
| all to jail many years ago"
II know all about that replied the
| governor. Warren county has done
! a lot to hold up my hands as governor
of the State
The candidate shook hands with
| about zoo men and women and got a
rousing cheer as the train pulled out
There was a sizea BILE crowd in the
railroad yard at Delaware Water Gar
and the governor did more handshak-
| ing.
Stroudsburg gave the candidate q
reception This is the home of Rep
resentative A. Mitchell Palmer, the
| Democratic national committeeman
| The governors ready wit was illus
| trated when just after ne had begun
| his speech the brakeman removed
| the tall lights from the private car,
| They know We don't need any arti-
| ficial light and that there is no danger
of rear-end collision. because no.
body is in the same running class with
| 1t so that We are not afraid of any
! other train catching UP with us. 80
A moment later, when the governor
was in the midst of an appeal for
| votes, some one in the crowd to the
| left of the car asked that he turn his
| face their way.
ME- President. look this way once
| in WHILE was the request.
| II am glad to say | am not double
| faced was the quick retort. II can't
! fire off In the swivel gun principle.
IL on IQtkS are. kQDl LOOKING III -potH
| directions. don't know what direc-
| ton l am good looking"
The Scranton reception COMMITTEES
| boarded the car at Stroudsbnrg and
| accompanied the governor to their
| city. There brass hand and several
| hundred citizens met him and he was
escorted TO the Casey hotel, where,
after shaking hands with about 1900
| citizens. he took dinner with the com
| mitfee. The trip from the train to