Evening journal., 1916-10-24
railroad Vets
FOR election OF
SENATOR DUPONT
Opposition Comes From Mis-
informed and Misguided
Young Men
stanley SAYS Colonel
TREATED LABOR WELL

"Opposit ition to the reelection to
the United States Senate OF Col
Henry A. DUPONT on the part of rail-
road employees comes from a misin-
formed and misguided section Of the
younger element. not from the vet
Grams in the service of the roads"
was the opinion expressed by George
+. Stanley. Of No. 9l0 Linden street.
nagman al the Liberty street cross
ing of the u. and r. Railroad. who
was an omploye of the old Wilmington
and Northern Railroad in the days
when tinted States Senator dupont
was president and general manager
of that road
THE older lrainmen know him and
his attitude towards labor too well TO
oppose his reelection on the ground
that he IS a foe TO united labor Mr..
Stanley continued TO the representa-
tive of THE EVENING JOURNAL,
who had requested him. as an old ".
aud y. Railroad man, 70 tell what he
knew Of the relations which existed
between the president and his men in
the days when Senator DUPONT was
still Col dupont"
Senator dupont demonstrated in
his vote against the eight-hour bill
tho value Of labor especially as 10
services rendered by railroad em-
ployes ] positively believe that Sen
aior DUPONT saw the weakness in the
cight-hour bin and refused TO vote for
~ on those grounds. lie is simply
one of the persons who were there
fighting the battle for those whose
rights were being ieopardized-in-
Guiding that OF those men who now
unwittingly are stabbing him in the
back
He we'll knew that the passage Of
tho Adamson bill would mean placing
I'm the hands of Congress a power 10
increase the pay Of those 100000 train
men. while the same agency could al
any time be used for the purpose OF
reducing the wages OF railroad men.
there being 2000.000 OF them in all.
only part OF whom-the trainmen--
would be Bencfied by this measure
The 100000 railroad employees. not
trainmen. would not be aided in any
WAY by the adoption Of this measure,
and neither would the outside public.
Senator dupcnt knew.
with the passage OF this bill came
promise of an increase i'm freight
rates. which, Of course, would mean
further advance in the present high
cost Of living. This would come out
Of the pockets Of the consumer, for
the working class and the consumer
are practically one.
CAS- 10 Senator DUPONT being an en-
emy TO labor. where Is the man who
has been actually employed under this
fine old man who dares take the
stand that he is against the working
man?'
Mr.. Stanley secured employment on
the old W. & y. Railroad in January,
1881. as a trainmau and remained with
the road under Senator dupont until
1894. when he began work at the Lib
orty street crossing for the =. & r.
Railroad. lie has a high regard for
his former employer and volunteered
the foregoing information in justice to
Senator DUPONT, he explained.
Speaking OF Senator duPonts treat
ment OF the trainmen under him
when he was q railroad president,
Mr.. Stanley said that Col dupont
made II his business to become per-
sonally acquainted with the men un-
der him. This was made easy be-
cause OF his position as general man
ager as well as president. He not
only knew most of his employees per-
sonally. but mingled with them upon
occasions and always had an open
ear for their grievances.
"T know OF cases where trainmen,
justly discharged from the company's
service by the proper authorities. car
lied their cases to Col. duPonts per-
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