The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-04-08

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The workingmen Of Idaho are not
to be humbugged by the old fim-ham
game of political shysters the cali
Der of Speaker A. H. Conner and cor
poration organs of the stripe of the
Boise Statesman.
The day of the three shell political
artist is numbered in this State and
no political party can stand for the
leadership of the Conner gang; and
the exposure of The Stateman's sub
serviency to corporation control is
once more brought home with over
whelming force. The Conner politi-
clan and The Statesman paper belong
to that class that put the dollar above
the man. And with unmitigated gall
they endeavor to assert their friend
ship for labor, while using the dagger
in the back.
The Gem Worker gave the promise
that it would keep tab upon the acts
of the Legislature and would expose
the enemies Of labor. 1t stated that
it would especially tear the mask from
those who posed as the friends of
labor while serving the corporate in
terests. At the head of this class
stands A. H. Conner, Representative
from Bonner county and Speaker Of
the House, and now being groomed
by corporation controlled organs for
the nomination for Governor.
This man Conner was selected by
Governor 1aines, when the latter was
in office, to head commission to in
vestigate and draft a Workman's
Compensation Act; and he did the
work as it was anticipated he would,
in the interest Of corporate greed as
again human flesh and blood. He
bowed to the dollar and placed his
heel in the face of PROSTATE labor.
His bill took from labor the protection
it now enjoys in the courts and award
ed it a pittance. And he and his
clackers, with The Statesman in the
lead chortled that the measure was in
the interest Of labor, and endeavered
to pose as the friends of the working
man. 1t is this shameless effrontery
that is calling to labor. Labor can
respect an open foe; one whose blows
are above the belt; but it can have
only contempt and bitter hatred for
the man who would pretend friend
ship while acting as a traitor.
And as to The Stateman. 1t has play
ed the role of Judas so long that it has
become second nature. If there is a
corporation in Idaho which it has not
served it has been because the neces-
sity had not arisen or else because
some other corporation had the first
call and their interests clashed. Like
a town dog without an owner it fawns
upon and licks the hand of every one
who throws it bone. The bones"
are what it is after and no mistake
about that Can there be anything
more contemplate, more disgrace
TO humanity than the newspaper.
whose every thought and action is
controlled by the Almighty Dollar?
In this matter of the Compensation
Act affecting the welfare OF every man,
woman and child who labors for 9TH
ers in this State could there be any
baser betrayal by public official or
newspaper than to seek by cunning
artifce to induce these laborers to be-
lieve they were getting their just de-
mands when they were being delivered
into the hands of corporate power and
greedi
This has ever been the history of
remedial legislation; it is openly de-
feated by corporation interests when
first proposed; as it grows in public
favor, these self-same interests resort
to the subterfuge of presenting a
measure with a great biaring Of the
trumpets as in answer to the public
demand, but the measure is drawn by
corporation attorneys in the interest