The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1912-10-18

WOODROW WI0Ou, O0moCtotsc Cou
saidate for president, n now ,sddreqs
lnr honeyed words to the labor1nl
man in the hope OF securing the labo,
vote. He would. X he could. have thu
~orkingman forget the address deliv
cred by him at Princeton In 1903, II
which he regretted that Tabor II
standardized by the trades unions
and asserted that such q regulation Of
labor ID economically disastrous
Nor will labor forget that In the same
speech he characterized members OF
labor unions as Improbable sorv
ants" -~a-=.-.~ .,--.--
No wonder that the Minnesota State
Federation of Labor recently adopted
resolutions condemning Professor VIII
son I'd, for his antagonistic attitude
toward organized labor.
And while Professor Wilson Is ap
pealing to the workingman to over
look his own personal views and vote
the Democratic ticket he should know
that the record Of the Democratic par
ty In connection with the workingman
Is engraved upon the tablets OF labor's
memory.
Labor has not voted for q Demo
cratic president since the terrible ex'
perienee which followed the Demo.
cratic victory In 1892.
And labor will not this year vote
10 repeat those distressing times.
What Labor Remembers.
Labor has not forgotten that under
Democratic administration, before the
election of President Mckinley, thou
sands Of idle men were walking the
streets of every city, town and ham
let in the country in search of en-
ployment and the chance to earn an
honest living, while those or many of
them who CHANGED to have employ.
ment were working for mere pit
lance.
Labor has not forgotten the soup
houses established all over the coun-
try at that time.
Labor has not forgotten the process
sions of unemployed-from New York
to San Francisco, and from the Cana
dian border to the Gulf, seeking NOT
CHARITY, BUT WORK, during a
Democratic national administration.
Labor has not forgotten Coxey's
and Kelly's armies" one of the
products of Democracy.
Labor has not forgotten the hordes
Of tramps made by Democratic rule.
Labor has not forgotten that the
Democratic national administration
caused the depletion of labor's treas
uries to keep the destitute and unem.
ployed alive.
Labor has not forgotten those try.
Ing days Of Democratic misrule, when
It turned its halls, meeting places and
assembly rooms into sleeping quar-.
ters for all who could find room
therein.
No Bread to Eat.
Labor has not forgotten that labor
alone suffered then, that labor lacked
bread to eat, clothes to wear and a
roof for shelter.
Labor has not forgotten that labor
alone worked out the problem of its
salvation in those trying days.
Labor has not forgotten that Il
bounced Democratic rule for Repub-
lican rule at its first opportunity in
the first presidential election after
that period-in 1896, and has not
voted for Democratic candidate
Soy president since.
Labor has not forgotten that trusts
and monopolies were born In the
White House while a Democratic
president stood guardian.
Labor has not forgotten that Dem
ocratic free trade means free trade
In labor only.
Now . Full Dinner Pail. ("
Labor has not forgotten it's lesson
on how It passed through poverty and
friendlessness and Democratic NAL
administration to the full dinner pail
of the Mckinley and subsequent Re-
publican administrations.
Labor has not forgotten that the
American Federation of Labor held
its annual convention In the council
chamber in the city hall. Chicago. the
week of Monday, December IL, 1893.
ut a time when 5000 men were night
~ sleeping on the cold stone floors of