El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-22

/ of clean manhood and pure woman
/ hood. and that purpose not only strives
/ to maintain a high standard of human
: life under conditions of honest toll
! but it opposes and must oppose all
! men and measures that degrade labor
I ing people and put a premium on class
and caste. special interests and plum
dering combines OF persons. wealth or
+ influence
/ That Gov Colquitt has been and is
! unfriendly TO the laborinE classes no
! discerning mind can question. That he
VIII continue so to be is evidenced by
. his alignment with the enemies OF
: the people by his defence Of and indie
I feasible record and by various utter
ances i'm office and on the stump. His
| veto of the eight-hour law was not an
accident. The demand for such a law
has been held before the people Of the
whole world for many years. and every
newspaper on earth has had more or
less to say about il. Colquitt could
not have been ignorant of the fact that
/ laboring people by every right of ma
ture and just dealing are entitled to
that law
His Insincerity.
But he vetoed it. and then when his
mistake became apparent only under
the smart of disapproval by the thou
sands of labor voters who can make
he was seized with repentant impulse
and submitted to a called session the
same proposition which he had vetoed
less than 90 DAYS previously and which
would have become law by the
simple act of writing his name AZ tine
bottom Of it. The whole truth is that
he did not have a heart the interests
Of the labOring classes. or he could
never have vetoed the bill
COlquitt opposed the bin protecting
Ia hal d
Wherever uniOnism exists this label Is
its badge of fraternity. its ShibOleth
of justice. its emblem of the rights OF
man. its sponsor OF the warnings and
struggles and triumphs Of ages Yet.
AR Colquitt opposed a bill from the
house 10 the senate portecuns this
label.
Always Anfi-LabOr.
Not only so. but Colquitts attitude !
toward the fellow servants law was I
altogether hostile 10 the tOilinS ma sses. :
He would have left all labor on small !
pay. and on top OF that would have /
left all laborers so unprotected in !
hazardous occupations that they must
take all the risks no matter how care /!
less or reckless the employer in pro- /
viding means of safety. The wreck of {
the Titanic IS a fitting Illustration OF /;
the ColQuitt doctrine upon those who Z
trust the protected barons of capital
and big interests But this is not all
COlQuitt cannot escape the fact that
he favored the garnishinE of current
wages. Your wife might be dying for 4
need OF medical attention. or your chill
dren crying for food. and yet Colquitts
record favOrs legislation that would
serve a process of law on YOU and
take your wages from YOU under such
conditions.
A Class Servant.
And yet there is more. Mr. COlQuitt
has laways been in line with class
legislation ideas He was so as state
senator He was so as railroad corr
missioner Often the petitions and pc
titioners of the farming classes We're (
held up and delayed. while the attor-
" heard. So that ne is not only hostile
10 tradeS-uniOn people. but 10 labor I
ing masses on the farms OF Texas. (
Who Of US can forget his silent con-
tempt Of uuionism when his views
were requested upon eight or ten issues
Of vital Importance TO the prosperity
II our cause And who can forget
low he ignored the representatives. OF
eo00 organized wOrkingmen2
On the other hand who can point TO !
my act Of Colcuitt's looking toward
ne real uplift of the conditions OF
abor in Texas or the welfare OF those
Who toile Colquitt has been and is an
nti-statewider but even in his ad-
ocacy of this principle he has shown
imself A class governor and mas
rOstiruted the highest office in the G
if of the people 10 the good o.
pecial interests To accomplish this !
avoritism he deliberately crippled the
ttOrney generals department and the
so that their efficiency il
rosecuting the plunderers Of the peo- L
le was ininimiZed- No man guilty OF q
lass faVoritism. no matter what class, ( y
a safe governor. neither will he be a
safe L. :. senator. and Colquitts , u
acord stamps him in this category.
Record UNSATISFACTORY
ColQuitt has posed as the apostle OF a
1cal self government. and Vet when Z
he intelligent citizens of TeXarkaua II
ramed up their city charter and pre- i
ented il finally for his approval he
romptlv quashed IL on the grounds 2
nat il contained certain clauses en- l
odying fundamental union principles. Z
His appointment Of non-medical men q
n the tuberculosis colony proposition n
ldicated that he would place the peo- p
le in the hands Of the white scourSe /
4 order TO pay political debts with =
he peoples offices.
His compulsory arbitration which he ,
dvocated in his campaign. was the Y
lost stupendous blow ever vet offered s
gainst organized labor. II is mani
est that if labor people are forced TO
rbitrate. no matter what the issue.
he probability is not only strong but
ure that that issue would sooner or
alter involve some principle underly-
1g the life Of uniOnism, and If the 7
ecisiOn went against the labor classes ID
ne right of uniOnism to live in Texas :
-ould come to an end
Offered no Protection
Colquitt has seen the constant stream
T Mexican peon laborers into Texas !
o competition with American labor Il
Ie knows or ought to know that this r
in violation of the labor contract S
Nv. and also the federal immigration Of
ct Yet he has kept an unbrOken =
lence on the subject. neither using j.
is own power to prevent this condi- OF
on nor appealing to our representa-
YES in Washington.
There are III Texas scores of in
ustries where life is endangered con- r.
antly. where health is menaced by M
ok Of sanitation. ventilation and
her safeguards. and yet Colquitt has
0t once raised his voice to remedy
ese things.
There ought TO be a competent inspec- ~
on and investigation OF occupational
seases. a thorough inquiry as 10 their