The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1914-02-28
SENATOR BOYLE HAS
GOOD LABOR REC ORD.
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celved from organized labor in his
district that he called several union
LABOR representatives to his office and
counseled with them over their legis-
latiVe wants. He impressed it upon
the labor men that he was ambitious
to make q record, and he wanted the
honor of championing at least two OF
their most important bills
me chests Of the workingmen
sWelled with hope. ~ Here: was the
man labor had long been seeking. Mr..
/ Miller was given, upon his own re.
quest, the initiative and referendum
and employers liability bills. These
had been carefully drawn by attor.
neys for the State Federation of La
Dor. Mr.. John A. Keyes of Duluth
prepared the initiative and referen-
DUN bill, and Hon. Thomas D. O'Brien
OF st. Paul, the employers liability
measure. Both bills had teeth, and
naturally would be bitterly opposed by
the enemies of this kind Of legislation.
When Miller Quit. ~~
In any event Mr.. Miller introduced
the bills. but that was all he ever did
Tor them. AS was done with Senator
Boyle later, Mr.. Miller was taken by
the system serves to the top of the
mountain the curtain was pulled
aside and there he .beheld in it's radt-
ant sp1endor that beautiful land of po-
litfcal promise which would be open
to- men OF his eloquence, if he would
get away from such "Popu1istic" va
carries as the initiative and referen-
dunn and employers liability legisla-
tion.. ',.:~
from that moment the voice Of Mil
Ter has been silent on all forward leg
lslat1on affecting the interests of the
working classes. He was elected to a
seat In congress two years later
Senator Boyle, however did not per-
NIT his ambition to bind his sense of
duty, when he beheld the scene shown
to him from the mountain top. He
not only voted but he ebcame a val
liant fighter for. the initiative, referen-
dunn and recall, for woman suffrage.
statewide primaries, election of Unit
ed States senators by popular vote,
minimum wage for women and chill
dren and workingmen's compensation.
He Stood Pat.
And it is because he stood squarely
for those propositions, without hedg-
ing or lodging, we are kindly disposed
to James p. Boyle in his campaign for
congress, although the Minnesota pri-
mary law will prevent us from voting
for him because we are members of
different political parties.
Senator Boyle introduced in the
senate in the 1913 session bill pro-
viding for a minimum wage commits
sion to- fix wages for women and chill
dren in Minnesota industries. The
constitutionality of this measure was
questioned by learned members of the
bar, but Mr.. Boyle stood pat and
fought the measure successfully
through. the Legislature.
The part Senator Boyle played in
the last session: on 1.-THE workingmen's
compensation bi1l.coyered him with
glory. The bill as introduced was: a
bad measure. It, was not ideal when
it was. passed, hnqtF5Fe owe it to sena-
tor Boyle that many. Of it's bad. :fea-
lures were STRICKEN out. He fought
for every amendment; demanded by
the officers Of the State Federation Of
Labor, and he succeeded in having
many: of them adopted. His record on
the bill is the record of the officers of
the Minnesota State Federation of La