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given an opportunity to all workers to
consider public questions. and to instil
political and civic duty. The American
Federation of Labor laid before the toilers
and the citizenship what had been and
was transpiring on the political field. but
refrained from commanding or directing
what they should should not do. Every
individual member was left free to exer-
else his own Judgment. No coercion was
used. If YOU cannot convince men with
facts you can much less drive them.
me records of members of Congress are
loosely watched. and where conspicuous
enemy is discovered his record is made
public in the district from which he was
elected 1t matters not to which party
he belongs. 1t happens at this time that
there are a greater number OF democratic
trade union members in Congress than OF
any other party. but other party candi-
dates for Congress have received as loyal
support from the trade unionists as have
the democratic trade union congressman.
The trade union congressman in the
Sixty-second Congress will receive the
support Of the trade unions in the COM
ing campaign for the reason that they
have all proved loyal in their support
of labor in its demands for legislative
Justice The activities In the political
field take the same form as do the ac-
tivities in the economic field, in that the
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eral government. Political faddists and
theorists. of course. ridiculed the
policy of trade unionists in coming
their balance of power into definite
pushed to the fore and profuse, predic-
tions were made that labors efforts
would prove abortive. but the election
of six trade union representatives In
the first contest constituted indisputable
evidence that material results had been
achieved.
While the then dominant party re.
fused to change its policy in any mate
rial way. the labor group made an ef-
fective impression. Organized labor
was aroused to the possibilities OF
adding to the initial labor group, and
in the elections of 1908 four additiona
trade unionists were successful In Sc
curing election in the House. With 8
group Of ten trade union representa-
tives the plan Of following the lines o1
least resistance showed results thai
could not go unrecognized. Congress
and the public generally became con
vinced that labor proposed to exercise
it's political rights, to the end tha
congressional relief should be secured
The Sixty-frst Congress showed q
marked reduction of the dominant
party's strength and a correspondents
added influence of the labor group
Hostility became tempered with some
reason. a dawning realization of the
power of labor became apparent tc
political prophets. and a change in tn
attitude toward labor's demands was
noticeable. While 1T could not be ex
pected that the full fruition of trade
union hopes could be realized with
this small labor group, yet with thu
softening attitude of the hostile forces
brought about solely by persistent
trade union vigor. with constantly in
creasing activity in every part Of the
country to the end that the labor
group should be augmented. labor.
prospects were materially Frightened.
with hope and determination th'
trade unionists entered the congres
sonal campaign of 1910 and conductec
a contest that is memorable in the his
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policy Of breaking the lines of least re-
sistance is adhered to.
4
The radical political propagandist. OF
course. is dissatisfied with this course.
His plan of operation is similar to the in
cident sometimes related wherein man
jumped from the ninth floor of a building
to the pavement because 1t was quicker
way to reach the ground than in coming
down the elevator or stairs. The same re-
suit would follow the adoption Of the rad
ical policy as that which overlook the
jumper.
AS / have said, the year 1905 marked a
concerted movement Of organized labor
into the field Of national politics-not for
the purpose of promoting the interests OF
any political party, but to secure repre-
sentation in the popular branch Of Con-
gress by the election Of trade unionists
without regard to the political party with
which they affiliated.
The controlling motive which crystal
lized into action the political activity of
organized labor was the fact that the
courts persistently increased their juris-
diction and usurpation, and continued is
suing their injunctions in greatly aggra-
waited form. invading the rights and lib
erty of the workers. and denying the
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BLUE Fwmk Over Capitol
Covers Sad Tale of Woe

tion. ] had figured on going home TO
see my best girl and had counted on
that extra months pay to finance tine
trip. I'm happy lucky chap. With
me sufficient unto the hour is the
money thereof. ! never went to the
ant to learn wisdom. | had counted
on this money as sure-dead sure
and as usual ] spent all | had So
after paying my board bill. taxi bill
and other incidentals, I have exactly
as cents-seventy-fiv l tell yo3 what
III do I'll match you for a quarter 10
make ii an even dollar" But The Star
man. possessing exactly a quarter re-
fused to run the risk Of going without
his lunch
Say. old man. I'm in the dickens -
a nix, complained another. I've just
got engaged and we went down last
week To look at a ring. She picked out
one that would exactly take that extra
months check. | ordered the jewelef
TO fix II up with the proper engraving.
paid him deposit on IL and I was
going up to see her tonight and take
IL I pay for" the ring I'll have to live
until the first of October on wind and
water and that is an awful long time
to go without eating anything NOR
substantial. And IL I don't bring the
ring-oh, what's the use.''
But there was one man who seemed
to be as happy and bright as new
spring morning.
w men asked the reason TOT MS cHccii
ness among SO much gloom, he smiled
very knowingly, put his finger to his
lip. shut the door and exclaimed; I'll
tel! you provided you won't tell
soul" he said THE senator just
handed me a check for two hundred.
L think 1T shame that Congress did
not make you the customary allow
ancs.' he said to me, but I don't think
you ought to have to lose II. so mere
is n check for your salary and little
extra as a token of my appreciation
old man. don't mention this To any
body, for every last one OF the boys
will be up here TO borrow hve-spot.
They are all dead busted, fiat cleaned.
as it were, and my little 5000 wouldns
stand any more show than snowball
in July if they knew l had II.
A Congressman was approached Tor
the other side Of the matter. he
leaned back in his comfortable desk
Impressive voice I'VE are the guardians
of the peoples money" he declared.
"and have no right to throw IT away
needIessly. We must consider the poor
workincman from whom the money
comes. We have saved $4,000 OF the
people's money. | think the Senates
request that the Capitol employees set
an extra months pay was utterly un-
justifiabIe and the House deserves great
credit for its stand Oh. yes. that re-
minds me-" he added. and pressed
BUTTON A boy appeared. and the
congressman said: Here. boy. go over
to the sergeant arms and have him
cash this check for my mileage" And
after the boy had gone the congress-
man remarked that times are awfully
hard. -.-
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the workmen employed and also assert
that wages would be reduced If the par
ticular party came into power. Sen-pres-
ervation is the first law of nature, and it
is not difficult to determine the action OF
workmen when confronted with the above
problem. There are numerous other IL
lustrations of similar and reverse
character. but this one is suh1cient to
convey to the minds of those who are
seekers after light that disntegration
would begin in the American Federation
of Labor should 1t indorse any political
party
The trade union movement is a volun-
tary one, and the freedom of it's members
is carefully and sacredly guarded. While
the unions deal with many problems
that only remotely affect labor. yet
wherever these activities are carried on
there is no compulsory drafting Of union
members to follow any specific line Of
action.
The American Federation Of Labor re-
ligiously guards the best interests OF
the workmen History is replete with
efforts made by labor unions to become
partisan political factors Wherever
there has been a combination of economic
and partisan political effort forced upon
even small minority the dissolution
begins There are three cardinal things
sought by unionists. They are: Every
union man wants the highest wages OBJ
tainable, the shortest hours of labor pos
sible of attainment and the best condi-
tions surrounding where labor Is perform
ed. Upon these things there is a
unanimity OF opinion The organizations
of labor were formed with these funda-
mental purposes as the foundation. and
while the membership will endure hard
ships and contribute literally to estab-
lish the wages and conditions sought by
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THE morning after Congress ad-
journed a Pennsylvania avenue car
= was rounding Peace Monument
when a representative of The Star who
was on board seemed to descry thick.
blue mist hanging over the Capitol and
both office buildings. AS the car went up
the hill the heavy mist seemed to become
more evident than ever-the scribe could
not only see It, but feel it. When the car
stopped for the Capitol he hurr1ediy got
off to investigate this strange phenome-
non.
As he entered the Capitol building the
depressing blue mist seemed much thicker
than without giving the impression that
it had probably originated within the
building, and that the part that he had
seen from the car was only that portion
that had escaped through the open doors
and windows. In fact. ii was no longer
a misfit. but real. gen-u-wine blue funk
The atmosphere was oppressive. he al
most groped his Wa to tie sssator
Hello there?" he called out through
the gloom to the elevator man.
Going up. came the reply. SO gloomy
that IL wa difficult to recognize IL as the
voice of the once cheerful elevator man.
AS he entered the elevator carefully the
investigator inquired in hushed tones:
What on earth is this blue fog doing
here? ! wouldn't have been surprised to
find 1t over at the weather bureau. where
they make SpeciaUy OF SuCn tIlIiSs. Dut
what business have you got with 1t, and
where did 1t come from, anyway"
His eyes were becoming accustomed to
the dim light and he saw the others hand
rise sadly and point mournfuily toward
the chamber Of the House of Representa-
tves.
They went home without giving US
our extra months pay" he explained
Every one of us had counted on IT.
Worse than that. / had spent about half
of mine. / don't know what will become
OF me. 1t was shame to take II from
us just to impress the people at home
especially as they forgot to chop off their
own twenty y-cents-per-mile allowance
which would have made a greater inn
preston And he banged open the ele-
vator door with a moody sullenness as
different as possible from his usual pleas
ant happy air.
The next encounter was with page.
The little fellows air was as gloomy as
the elevator mans had been. IF / ever
get to be a congressman" the little chap
complained, Il am going to introduce
bill that the members OF the Sixty-Second
Congress still living shall 60 down In
their own pockets and pay us this
months salary. And IL many Of us pages
get to Congress there won't be much
difficulty in passing that bill, either. Be-
Up here is awfully mad with the House.
They took their own mileage. all right.
and cut me out of a trip to the beach,"
And he went on to perform his delayed
errand.
washington will have the pleasure
of my society all the summer, dis
gustedly exclaimed q congressman's
secretary from the far west. Il had
planned to have jolly time this vaca-
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is scarcely ever employed now. The most
efficient detectors are those of the thermo
electric type. They are made of a COM
bination of two substances, such as Zin-
cite and copper perites, carborundum and
brass, silicon and brass, which, when
heated by the electric oscillations set up
in the receiving antenna, generate an
electric current causing a buzzing in the
sensitive telephone receiver connected
with the detector. Telephone receivers
arc used exclusively and signals are read
by buzzes instead of by clicks as in wire
telegraphy.
instruments designated as tuning coils
are employed to alter the length of the
receiving aerial so as to oscillate in syn
chronysm with the transmitting antenna
Unless the receiving station is in tune
with the sending station, or, in other
words, unless the receiving aerial is of
the same length the transmitting an
tenna signals cannot be heard to best
advantage and usually cannot be heard
at all. Because of the multiplication and
the fact that all Of the electric waves in
the ether strike each antenna. great diff
Guilty is experienced by opera tors with
interference This is remedied to some
extent by tuning and especially by what
is known as loose-coupled tuning. 1t is
known that the pitch of the sound heard
in the telephone receiver corresponds to
the frequency of the transformer at the
sending station. SO by adding secondaries
may be adjusted to oscilate to the desired
frequency. The Arlington station Will
have a 800 cycle transformer.
The instruments at the big station now
nearing completion will be of the Fessen-
den type. The set Is guaranteed to work
1900 miles regardless of atmospheric con-
ditions.- The apparatus was tested some
time ago between the Fessenden station
at Brant Rock and the United Station
ship Birmingham at Salem, while COO
miles at sea. The experiment was con-
sidered entirely satisfactory. as the an
tenna at Brant Rock was only 40 feet
high and the ship sets were not of high
power. 1t is believed there will be no
difficulty in working 1900 miles with the
Arlington station.
1t is expected that during the latter part
of 1912 messages will be sent from Wash
ington by the Arlington station to Paris
and Berlin. With this and other sta
tions now planned and under construction
and with the great system now in use by
which relaying messages is in constant
activity no place on the globe will be too
remote for these resistless radio waves to
reach.
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House OF Representatives, anu Il UVsI'
Gus OF increasing that number. The trade
union movement is not partisan to any
political party, has never indorsed a
political party. and Ii is not now in the
range of possibility that ii will do so
even in the remote future.
Even In socialistic countries where
trade unions exist there is either COM
plete recognition of the rights of trade
union members to hold any political
views or else friction. In Germany.
where socialism is perhaps more deeply
engrafted in workmen than in any other
country there is a distinct line of de-
marcation between the unions and the
socialist party. Each one permits the
Evening star., 1912-09-01
Jane Austen's Grave.

Winchester Cathedral has a special
claim on all lovers of English litera-
ture. For in 1t Jane Austen is buried.
Her tomb. which is almost imme-
diately opposite that of William
Of Wykeham, has been the object Of
many literary pilgrimages and con-
cerning 1t j. E. Austen Leigh tells an
interesting story in his biography Of
the novelist.
"A gentleman visiting WI chester
Cathedral" he writes. desired to be
shown Miss Austen's grave. The YER
ger, as he pointed it out, asked: Pray.
sir. can you tell me whether there was
anything particular about the lady; so
many people want to know where she
was buried?" Jane Austen, by the
way. is not the only woman novelist
commemorated in Winchester Cathe-
dral. A few years ago triptych was
unveiled In memory Of Miss Charlotte
M. Yonge. who, when living in the
neighboring village Of Otterbourne, was
. frequent worshiper 1T the cathedral
services.
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-OR several years past Washington
r. has been the abiding place OF a
4 cheap gang of confidence men
They make strangers in the city their
especial prey, and while some OF them
have paid the laws penalty for their
misdeeds, the gang still continues its
desultory operations. Every week or
so one can read Of some unsuspecting
stranger has been defrauded out Of a
comfortable sum Of money by engag-
ing in a coin matching game with
some affable young man whom he met
parks in the city.
The methods of these crooks are
simple in the extreme They work in
pairs. and one of them. dressed in the
height of fashion, will frequent those
interesting spots that will prove at
tractive to the stranger within our
gates The other one will linger in
the background. always. however.
federate. The first man will saunter
around until he finds a likely looking
victim. He will then step UP to the
stranger and make some inquiry con-
The stranger will inform the conf
dence man that he is just visiting the
city and does not know anything con-
cerning the points of interest.
OF course, the "con man" will say he
is visiting the city also, and the two
will soon be engaged in a social con
versation When the time is ripe, the
second confidence man will make his
appearance. He asks question or
two and confides in the others that he's
very lonely. He will tell them that he
has been in the city a week and hasn'
had soul to talk to. Of course, his
perience and doubtless the victim has
felt anxious to hear a friendly word
while doing the sights. and so com
mon bond is established between them
If the circumstances require it, some
one suggests drink, but more often
the game is pulled of in the parks.
Suddenly one OF the confidence men
will complain Of the slowness OF
things He will propose a little game
Of matching coins to pass the time
away. The other crook will look
doubtful Then the man who pro.
posed the matching game VIII hno
something to attract his attentloI
from the other two. This gives his
confederate the opportunity to whisper
to the victim.
.-rhis fellow is doubtless some crooked
gambler" he will say. Now / know ;
way we can beat him. When we match
vo,i be sure that your coin has head vi
and I'll take care that mine has the op
posite. In that way one OF us WI VIII De osa sur ar,
TO win. I'll take charge OF the money
and we will divide up after we nnish
What do you say?"
The scheme looks easy to the victim
and he will usually jump at 1t. The mrs
crook will return and the game Is started
or course. the confidence chap VINO Is II
nartnership with the stranger wins iron
the start. The confederate and the vic
tim always lose The losing crook VII
increase the stakes until perhaps they ar
matching for dollar each time Thi
goes on until the victim shows signs 0
Incoming broke. Then the man who pro
posed the game will grow angry at hi
continued losing: He will begin to threat
en- and buster. and at last he Will de
nouncc the other two as a pair of crook
who have fiimfiammed him He Will star
TO call a policeman. In great alarm tn
other crook will tell the victim to 60
away and meet him half hour later
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the unions. they will resent the assump-
ton that the labor organization has the
right to direct how they shall vote by
the Endorsement of any political party.
In 1906 the American Federation OF
Labor adopted its slogan:
I'VE will stand by our friends and ad-
minister stinging rebuke to men or
parties who are either Indifferent, negli-
gent or hostile. and, wherever opportunity
affords, secure the election of intelligent,
honest, earnest trade unionists. with
clear, unblemished. paid-up union cards
in their possession"
i
The enemies of labor legislation in Con-
gress were singled out and their records
given wide publicity. The trade union
movement, by the shortening of hours
and the securing of higher wages, has
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America Frank Buchanan. former pres
ident OF the Bridge and Structural Iron
Workers and David J. Lewis OF the
United Mine Workers. The highest COM
mendation is deserved and accorded to
them II must he noted. in addition 10
these union men upon the labor commit
tee, that the other members OF the labor
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committee are friendly and sympathetic
toward labor's bills. In contrast to the
accomplishments OF the House labor CON-
mittee In former Congresses. the work Of
tho present House committee on labor
stands out in bold relief
The Atlanta convention of the Ameri-
can Federation OF Labor. the most recent
held. by unanimous vote made the fol-
lowing emphatic declaration and adopted
these Instructions:
The executive council is hereby fur
tncr autho. tzed and directed to.take such
further action ~ its Judgment may war
rant TO secure tire en- tctment of such leg
i~iaton at the forthcoming session OF
Congress shan secure the legal status
of the organized movement of the wage
workers for freedom from unjust DIS
elimination in the exercise OF their nat
ural normal and constitutional rights
through their voluntary associate
And the executive council is further
authorized and directed in the event
of failure on tho part of Congress to
enact the legislation which We herein
seek at the hands of the Congress and
the President. to take such action as in
its judgment the situation may warrant
in the presidential and congressional
election OF l9l2.''
The presidential and congressional cleo
tions are approaching. Labor's efforts
have been rewarded by effective and tam
gible results. The future looks bright for
additional numbers to the labor group IN
the next Congress. With continued hdel-
ity to the cause of labor future legisla-
tion of the Congress of the United States
will bear the humanitarian impress OF
labors high ideals. The history Of the
trade unions is a continuous narrative OF
loyalty and devotion to principle. A trade
unionst in Congress- regardless OF party
affiliations is sentinel who will stand
for right and justice for all humanity.
Every state federation, city central
body and trades unionist should embrace
the present opportunity to secure the
nomination and election of trade union
lists to Congress
Labor is not partisan TO any political |
party, but is intensely partisan to a prin-
cipe
Copyright. 1912. by W. A. Du Puy.D
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would hand out the bill and he'd push a
handful of quarters and half dollars
through the window. He'd put the bill
in an envelope while the cashier was
looking and stand there waiting while
she counted the money he had given her.
She would discover that the amount lack
ed about a half dollar of the ten dollars
and tell him So
This was his cue to become disgusted
He would state that he was sure that he
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equality before the law guaranteed by the
Constitution. Congress had not only been
apathetic toward proposed remedial legis-
lation affecting the interest of labor. but,
among the controlling characters in the
dominant party, open hostility was ap-
parent.
Members of Congress known to be hos
tile to the trade unions and elected from
districts where the organizations of labor
were numerically small were assigned to
committeeships with the sole purpose of
smothering intended legislation designed
to secure relief from injustice and wrong
fully administered laws. This hostility
became so marked that 1t was decided to
register a vigorous protest against the
Vaccinations of these political misrepre-
sentatives.
This watchword of labor met with
a hearty response. The first contest
revealed the efficacy Of the effort. Six
trade unionists. in full standing with
their respective organizations were
elected to membership in the national
House of Representatives.
This small group signalized the direct
entrance of organized labor as a factor
in the lawmaking branch of the fed