Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-05
LABOR is FOR MEREDITH.
President Trades and Labor Assembly
in pex Moines Boosts For Meredith.

The following account Of a meeting
Of the trades and labor assembly in
Des Moines was published BY the Des
Moines Capital, which is pursuing a
neutral course in this campaign:
Introduced by the president Of the
organization he addressed as the
friend OF organized labor E. T. Mere
dith, democratic candidate for COVER
nor, made known his stand upon the
issues of the day to the union men Of
the trades and labor assembly last
night. He declared himself unequiyo-
cally for organized labor.
Before the candidate was permitted
to speak he heard H. H. Breach, pres
ident of the trades and labor assembly,
urge organized labor to support him for
the gubernatorial chair.
president Breach declared that Ia
Dor has an opportunity this fall 10
elect a governor of Iowa who has
proved his friendship by his treatment
of labor-the kind of a governor the
state has not had before. He urged
those who are inclined to oppose Mer-
edith because ne is dry to forget that
personal question and support him for
his relation to their common cause.
President Breach condemned Harding
as slick and slippery straddier who
makes q wet speech where it Is wet
and a dry speech where it is dry.
President Breach addressed the
union men in part as follows:
Have you ever had a man in the
governors chair Of Iowa who has been
fair to union labor? You have had
inc FL 10 nj
except to Jump in the band wagon
when it came along and support some
movement that everybody was agreed
would be successful. But you have
never had a man who has been fair.
who has gone out and investigated
conditions surrounding union labor and
taken action to correct bad conditions
improve good conditions and work for
the advancement Of labor.
You now have such an opportun-
ity in E. T. Meredith. He is friend
of labor. He Is fair to labor. Before
he was old enough to vote he PAID
union wages. He has worked for years
with the printing trade without even
an agreement, which shows the trus,
that the union has in him. He has
turned a deaf ear to the Business
Mems League, organized for the very
purpose Of opposing organized labor
He refused to join their organization
or support them in their work, and for
that he was called a socialist and an
anarchist If such a man is bad for the
league he certainly can not be bad fof
us. He has done more. He has taken
care of the sick in his employ. He pays
the girls in his employ well.
Ion the other hand we have man,
the other candidate, and we don't know
where he stands. He makes Wet
speech where it is wet and a dry
speech where it Is dry. Some fine man,
that. 1t is logical to assume he IL de-
ceiving one as much as the other. III
is slick and slippery and he straddles
1t is true we can find no blot on MS
record against union labor. He never
did anything for union labor except gel
| in the band wagon when 1t was founo
advisable.
| ".You men may disagree with MT
Meredith on the liquor question. But
thank God, he has got enough nerV'
to come up here and say he is orr
even IL he does lose your vote. Blu
il YOU allow the wet issue to interfer'
| with your duty to organized labor, Got
| pity you. You are of no value what
ever to your organization =.
"The statement was greeted Will
Il