The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-10-25
ORGANIZED LABOR IS
OPPOSED TO CORNNIELL
Democratic Candidate Denounced in Remarkable State.
ment Being Unfrendly to Labor
Interests.

Especial Dispatch to West virginian)
CHARLESTON, w. Va, Oct. 90
In q statement addressed to the labor.
ing people OF West Virginia, and signed
by Charles Higgins, of Wheeling.
president OF the West Virginia FEEDER.
auon OF Labor and many others rep.
resentng the various organizations OF
wording men. and including miners,
street car employees, tin workers.
glass workers, sLogie makers, railroad
trainmcn, brickIayers and other or
gaitizallOEs, H.aue pubic here t0ray
stirring appear Is made TO the labor
Ing pcUpIe Or West Virginia, To ''Join
III defeating at the polls III the Novem-
Der election. the dangerous ard Vicious
effort 10 prostitute the government: OF
-. SIy,,l aIaLs. such as Is being Inaue
by Clarence ". Watson. in benalf OF
John j. Cornwell, the Democratic can
didatc for governor.
Representative labOrlng men OF all
po!iuCal affiliations signed the ad.
uress, many OF them being Democrats.
The statement compares the atti-
tudo toward labor OF the respective
candidate icr SOvCrror. Mr.. Cornwell,
II declares. we find that the Demo-
cratic nominee for governor. John J.
COrnwcll, both as public official and
as Il publicist has been unfricndly to
labor. Slr. Cornwcll,' 1t declares, sis
being SUPPORTED Dy men, whose lives
snow them to be- The bitter, relentless
foe Of tho laboring men like Clarence
w. Watson, the directing head OF the
great non.unlon Consolidation Coal
Company Of Fairmont. the argest opcr.
ating company in West Virginia"
''Ui Judge Robinson's record Us a
citizen. county official of Taylor cour.
~, and state senator, his treatment OF
labor was eminently fair, as u Judge
OF the Supreme Court OF Appeals in
his dissenting opinion In the now IA
nous martial law case, he stood like
a stone wall not only in the interest OF
labor but OF liberty and Justice. BY
this decision, he proved that he was d
true friend OF human rights, III the
very just sense of the word.
Feeling as we thus do, we urge
every man, who has the true interests
OF the state at heart. who believes In
Il square deal for the laboring man,
who believes in broader liberty. and a
fuller Justice TO cast his vote Tor Judge
Ira r. Robinson. and thus prove that
labor does defend her friends, and has
heart OF gratitude" The statement
in full follows:
TO the Citizens of West Vir.
ginia:
Relieving as we do, that II Is
vital to the hest interests OF the
state that labor should be fairly =
treated. thus creating friendly re-
iations between employer and en-
ployee, and realizing that there is
concerted effort being made to
secure the control OF the state gov
eminent by clements that IRE,
Judging from the past, bitterly an
taSonistic to tho best interests OF
labor ana the public welfare in the
state OF West Virginia, we feel it
our duty as representative labor
ing men to call your attention to
conditions that exist in the pres
ent campaign. The Republican
candidate for governor. Judge Ira
r.. Robinson, made q record upon
this question ut time when all
thought OF being candidate before
the people must have been absent
from his mind. AS citizen. coun-
~ official OF Taylor county and
state senator. his treatment Of Ia
Dor was eminently fair, as a Judge
OF the Supreme Court of Appeals
In his dissenting opinion in the
now famous martial law case he
stood like a stone wall not only
in the interest OF labor alone, but
of liberty and justice. When
Judge Eobinson wrote his decision
in the case against the Bull Pen
he was not writing for campaign
purposes. By that decision he
proved that he was a true friend
OF human rights. in the very best
sense of the word
the other hand We find
the Democratic nominee for gov
ernor, John J. Cornwell, both as
public official and as O publicist,
has been unfriendly to labor. The
record made by Mr.. Cornwell as a
state senator and as an editor is
public property. and proper sub.