The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1916-11-03
Unity Of Labor.
Wilson Sentiment PredOminateS
Among Men Of Labor.
Bv Grant Hamilton


in the history of this country is
comparable with the one Just clos
ing. The wealth owners and grad
grind employers for the first time
in political history stands in their
true colors in an effort to elect
Candidate Hughes upon a Tlatfo- m
constructed by the Hoase Of Have
The spectacle Of Candidate Hughes
demanding thai all legislation
passed Ly Congress during the last
four years be wipyd eff the statute
books iadicat, 5 the consideration
that lab + wolld receive at his
hands were he elected. No two
congr> sses in the entire history of
this government passed SO much
needed remedial labor legislation
as did the 'ast two To declare IN
reservedly that this legislation
should be repealed IS direct and
open bid for the support of those
who own the wealth of the couatrS
and against those who produce 1t
Duiing the period in which have
been engage in correspondence
with local unions and the distribu-
tion of the records of he candidates S
evidence of the feeling Of labor men
aud unions against Candidate
Hug es has been most striklvg.
There are two factors which stand
out pre- eminent above others
Thsse elements comprise th atli
tGde of labor against war, and the
rec I'd Of Candidate Hughes in the
Danbury Hatters decision by the
United States Supreme court. Ii
is my judgment that the labor leg
islatiop enacted by Congress con
stitutes the grou dwork of the
friendlinSss of the trade unions f T
President Wilson, but undcuo ed,y
the efforts OF the American Fedora
ton of Labor in co operation with
the Mexican trade un ons ana the
avoidance of armed couhint with
Mexico through those efforts, aides
BY the president, form the strongest
Ink in the chain Of circumstances
which have brough, the organize
tions Of labor to a degree OF unani
nifty never before reached on any
political issue.
Trade unioni>ts are not tn
champions cf war, for il is they
who are compelled 10 do the fight
ing, aud also 10 tear the great bur
den which follows ia rs wake
Miiitarism has no supp orter, a nong
the men and women Of labor Mil
itari>m interests all members Of the
family, and the wage Garner S wife
ard family are as strong in their
convictions against war, if NOT
stronger, than the wage Garner
hims If Il is Therefore, not diff
cult 10 discern the basis cf the sen
timeut now prevailing among the
workers
This hss cause is buIwarked by
the 4 cision rendered in the Dan
bury Ha'ters case by the United
5 ates Supreme court. with Mr.
Hughes a member Of that court
and concurriDg il the decisi n
which took from the hauers their
homes an savings. The exper
ierc- that labor has had with the
courts aud with judges is one long
story Of abu E Of the judicial poner.
Judges do not commend themselves
70 the working people because Of
this general abuse The laborine
pc pie take the position that Can
dldate Hughes, VINO concurred in
decisions against labor while )
member OF the Supreme court, isl
not very likely to promote the
rights and interests Of labor if he
becomes president No Vorking
man can vote for Candidate Hughes
without endorsing his decision in |
the Danbury Hatters case IS the
result of which workmen we're
robted Of heir savings and the
shacks which sheltered them. Ad-
IF war control property and I
aud the Danbury Hat ers
decision emphasizes the control of
the courts by wealth, with human
ty forgotten.
The men and women Of labor
will demonstrate on November Z, I
Il a most emphatic manner their
lisapprOval Of the theory that dol