The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-19
sryan's Paper is Becoming Great
Roasting Sheet for Members of
the Perpetual Can
didate's Party.
GUFFEY AND HARMON
When Editor Does Not Like Anybody
He is Not Backward About
Telling tho
Public.

LINCOLN. Nebr., Jan. 19.-William
]. Bryan hands another hiding this
time editorially--to National Commit
teeman Guffey. of Pennsylyania. and
tc the democratic national committee
for its recent action in recognizing
Guffey as member. In his Common
er, BRYAN says editorially:
When the reader calmly reviews
the history of this contest he will not
be surprised that the party finds some
difficulty in conducting successful
national campaign under the leader
ship of committee that can insult
the democrats Of Pennsylvania by
forcing upon them against their ex-
pressed wishes such man as Col.
Guffey The democrats of each state
should examine the roll call and see
how their members voted. If they
voted for Mr.. Guffey their records
should be scrutiniZed with care and
they should be retired from the COM
mittee if their constituents believe
that they are in sympathy with Mr..
| Guffey and his methods. There is no
| doubt that some o. the committeeman
were misled by the arguments present
| ed in support OF a technical case and
some, like the Tennessee men, were
coerced by conditions but some Of Mr.
] Guffey's strength came from members
i who represent the same predatory in
Z fluences that are back of Mr. Guffe.
and these members are menace Y
I The party's success.
Still After harmon.
4 LINCOLN, Nebr., Jan. 10. William
7 j. Bryan's Commoner continues t
pick flaws in the Official record O
Governor Harmon Bryan cites the
4 Thatcher disbarment case as proo
that the Ohio executive i not friendl,
to organized labor saying:
Thatcher lost his license or ri II
to practice in controversy wherein
he represented labor against capital
The action CT the court was so arbi
trary and unjustat least it so ap
pealed to a majority of both house:
iof the Ohio legisiature-that they tool
this extraordinary means OF reinstat
ing him. The bill was passed Apri
is, 1911, and after being signed b.
the presiding officers of the two house
vas sent to the governor. What di,
he do with it?
Here is the official record: This bill
. was presented to the governor Apri
Is. 1911, and was not signed or return
ed to the house wherein it originate
} within ten days after being so pre-
sented, exclusive ef Sundays, the bil
was presented and filed in the oftic
, of the secretary of state. May ., 1871
, thereby becoming Law.
Gov. Harmon had an opportunit
, to show himself the friend of labor b
signing the bill reinstating labor
champion in the practice of his pre-
fession Instead, he took the middl
} course. where neither capital nor labo
: would be either pleased or displease
- he allowed it to become law Will
out his signature.
Il "The Importance of this bill
probably not understood outside c
r Ohio in other than labor circles. Ye
it is considered SO importan
by the compilers of Harmon's boor
literature that on page 25 of th
pamphlet entitled "A story c
the progress in Ohio during Coy. Jut
son Harmon's administration if
, given the place of honor as last bu
not least of what the Ohio legislator
under Governor Harmon's guidanc
did for the trade unionists.