The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1915-07-24
Matt Glaser's Open Letter
Stirs John Street Uplifters
No Referendumer's Appeal for Peace to Reu. Herbert
S. BgelouU is Mystery to President Erastus Johnsing
Who is Curious to Learn the Publicity Agents Motives

I'VE all hopes that Honest Matt will
succeed bettah than he wants to and get
the Rev. Herbert sidetracked on his
mad career OF promiscuous referen-
duming. If some one, human or di
vine, doesn't check the Rev. Herbert
pretty soon, he is likely to spring one
of his little hand-trained referendums
on us to decide whether we all shall
have porkchops or ham and aigs foh
breakfast. And, believe me, if the Rev.
Herbert evah takes dislike to either
one of these staple articles of food, he
is likely to do it. And he will get sign
ers to his petition, too. There are a
whole lot of people in this town who
will sign their names to anything ex-
cept to a check if they have any money
in the bank. Then they balks.
"It is really pathetic the way Honest
Matt pleads the cause of the down.
trodden taxpayers. The awful expense
OF elections, such as that on the Green
Line Franchise, fer example, when OF
co'se, they is no money floatin' around
unattached, drives Honest Matt almost,
| say almost, to tears. He Just natur
ally CANT repress his emotion when he
sees the peoples money squandered-
unless he is invited to help. / think
that, as taxpayers, the John Street Up
liiters should tender risin vote of
thanks to Honest Matt foh his effort
to protect us from the ravenin' refer
endumers.
Some Political History.
"You all haven't fohgotten when
Honest Matt had his Republican
League in good workin order. 1t
met over saloon on Central avenue
Fob long time, until dues were col
lected, there were free drinks in reason
able abundance. But one time Honest
Matt seen chance to switch the club
to the grape Juice bunch, and he intro
duced a resolution at meetin' declar-
in that the league was agin the Demon
Rum. The kikes and dagoes and nigh
gahs who couldn't read voted foh the
resolution, not KNOWN what it was.
When they learned what they had done,
they,auit bein' lnembahs, and Honest
Matt had to elect hisself new secre
tary and fohm new club.
There amt no chance of Honest
Matt and the Rev. Herbert evah agree
in on anything. You have got to hand
it to the Rev. Herbert. He may be
wrong, as he usually is, but he is con-
SlStellt he has Dccll Il TcleTelluuIIlel
ever since the referendum was bohn.
But you never can tell where to place
Honest Matt. He is tempermental and
tempestuous. likewise somewhat vari-
able. He builds his political principles
on the shiitin' sand, as the Good Book
says and his foundations are likely to
get washed out ovah night.
Investigation Ordered.
Il thinks we had bettah appoint a
committee to investigate this thing and
repoht back to us. | should like to
know, foh my own personal satisfaction,
and foh the good OF the association,
Just what Honest Matt has up his
sleeve this time. don say he is hold
in out anything. But | should like to
know. We needs all the information
we can get il we are goin' to be powah
foh good in Duh community"
The committee was named. and the
meeting adjourned to meet at the call
of the president.