The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-09-21
STANDS FOR WILSON
Well Known Labor Leader Gives Views on
Presidential Contest


statement at Peru, Indiana, giving his
reasons for believing that labor
should support President Wilson for
reelection Mr.. Morrisey is Chair
man Indiana cooperative legislative
board of the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Engineers, Order of Railway
Conductors, Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Firemen and Enginemen, and
chairman Indiana legislative Brother
hood of Locomotive Firemen and
Enginemen, and Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen.
In answer to large number OF in
quiries addressed to me as to which
political party the wage-earners of
the state should support I-beg to an
swer that the wage-earners should
support the party which in its funda-
mental policies and its legislation has
done most to promote the welfare of
the laboring classes.
In my opinion that party serves
best the whole country which, by its
legislation, gives to all classes the
opportunity to. employ their talents
and ability and to enjoy the fruits of
their toll. In the attainment of the
end, compared with the legislation
of any other political party in re-
cent years the Democratic party in
its legislative achievements stands
pre-eminently the best friend of the
wage-earning classes.
make the assertion backed by the
specific enactments of a democratic
administration which speak for them
selves.
Since March 4, 1918, a democratic
congress has enacted more than
twenty-five laws directly in the inter-
est of labor, and chief among these
I mention the following specifically:
The trades dispute act "embrac-
ing the relation of labor organiza-
tions to the antitrust laws of the
country" the regulation of the issu-
ance of injunctions and the guaranty
of the right of trial by jury for. al
legged contempts committed out of
the presence of the court. an act
which determines once for all that
labor is not a commodity.
The department of labor law ere
ating a department with secretary
who shall be member of the pres
ident's cabinet the eight-hour law
applying to work done for the gov
ernment as we'll as work done for
the government. including postal em-
ployees. dredge workers. miners OF
coal to be used by the government.
a provision in the post office appro
priation bill exempting postal em-
p1oyees from the operation of the
gag rule applied by executive order
issued by President Roosevelt and
broadened by President Taft, now
permitting postal employees to take
their grievances to the congress with
ont fear Of dismissal from the postal
service for so doing,
The Industrial Commission Bill ito
investigate the entire subject OF in
dustrial relations between employer
and employee with a view of ascer-
tanning the best methods OF dealing
with industrial disputes, so as to pro-
tect the rights of all persons con-
cerned directly or indirectly; the fed
eral reserve act providing a system
of currency which takes the control
of the money of the country out of
the hands Of the Wall Street money
kings and places it with the govern
ment. rendering it impossible for
few money sharks and manipulators
of the money market to bring on n
nancial panics, close factories, fill the
railroad sidings with empty box cars
and white lead thousands of idle To-
comotives, as they did in 1907, when
there were more working people out
of employment than in any other per-
iod of our country's history. This
law alone is sufficient to account for
the unexampied prosperity of the
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Charges have been preferred against
Col. William E. Edelblute and Lieut..
Col. Phil. H. Crow of the second
regiment now stationed at Nogales
on the ground of incompetency. The
trial is now being held under the ar
ticles of war recently passed by con-
eress.