New-York tribune., 1919-08-26

or their button. Then he rises higher
and stands behind q tree or house to
point out the workman who is to be
struck down. They rise still higher
when they meet in rooms and plan
their evil deeds They rise still high
eI when they furnish money to free
their kind from just punishment for
tEeir crimes. They advance still
higher when they have some OF their
number appointed on commissions to
mound business men whose burdens
are already almost too heavy to be
oorne. They rise still higher when
'hey confer with executives about the
management Of properties, the con-
troll OF which has been taken out OF
the hands OF the men who have in
vested their money in them. They
rise still higher and perhaps attain
the goal OF their highest aspiration
when they range themselves in rows
IN the galleries Of legislative halls at
the time OF voting and shake their
ingers at the legislators. below, cow
ing them into Voting the way thew
have told them to vote.
While the walking delegates ore
men of inferior intellects they still
have deal Of low cunning I,hta Ia
shown by the words they use to MS
sulse what they are. The employer
VINO says to his workmen you are
Tree to make such use of the money
you have earned as you see fit, thev
brand as unfair" and by sending
broadcast the statement that this man
is unfair" they seek to ruin his
business.
Another misleading statement they
i.T nahe ls that they have ordered a
strike to have their organization rec-
cgnlzed. When they say they have or
dered strike to have their organjza.
ton recognized it means that the
SlTlKe mas been ordered to take from
+ inc owner the control of his business
ana to prevent any man from working
Tor hlm unless the man carries their
card or wears their button, or they
order the strike to obtain large sums
Of money.
During the war strike was ordered
without any demand being made on
an owner, who was making munitions
Inc next day the men who ordered
me me strike went to the owner and said
MS can be settled for $4,000" Rut
why did the good men go out when
no request had been made Of the
owner nor no notice given to him?
W nen strike is ordered the loafers
i'l"ays 80 out voluntarily, if the
others do not they are made to suffer.
Inc walking delegates havo regular
rou,lhes OF compelling men to stop
WORK FIRST. they tell him he mus
STOP. III he continues at work. thev
resort to their various vicious deeds
winch consist of insulting the work
mans s wife and children or other
HielnDers OF his family In the street
ana elsewhere, and of bounding and
insulting the Workman and his EN-
pioyer; OF threatening to order strikes
N the plants Of other men using HIS
nla'erlal, or poisoning his horses: of
having men sneak into his factory and
aeSlrcylng MS machinery. IF these
means fail, they dynamite the work
mans mouse or the owners factory.
or Sh0ot the owner or worlzmen from
ambush, or they strike tho owner or
employer on the head with a piece Of
1ead pipe or blackjack. or they
smash them In the face with brass
khucKies' or Kick them in the stom-
ach with heavy boots, or knock them
down and Jump on them and kicI
them till they leave their malmed or
nrele5ss bodies In the streets.
All over this land have gone nm +ha
snr1eks Of the wives and mothers and
sisters and children, as the mained
or n1eless body Of husband or father
or brother or son has been brought
ihto the house. who as been strllcls
ooWn by the walking delegate or or
gamer or thug or slugger or g1lnnan
Mho'h they nave hired for that Dur
pose.
All this bounding and insulting Of
"orkmen and Of their families au this
burning of buildings and destrovin,y ~
machinery, all this dynalniting Of
MONIES and of factories. all this para
yang OF industries, all the trouhle
and loss that are brought to the citi~
zens OF a city where they are commit
ing their depredations all the MAIN.
ing ana the numbering orc made nos
slple by the perfidy Of legislators and
executives. @'--a
In the book of Kings we read there
we're 'oUo who had not bowed the
knee TO Baal; In the davs OF Israel,S
greatest apostasy there were 1000 Who
renamed true to their trust.
There are in this country thosa p,ho
mold sacred their oath OF offce or>,
these are the judges. and because tbe
JUDGES hold sacred their oath Of ofrice
because they stand for the rioht
AGAINST the wrong, stand for tustire
esalhst injustice, stand for the law
1ap!uine against the lawless. thew are
uated py house-breakers, foo1.pads
ms|Kihs oelegates, bank robbers and
py all other criminals. But the onlv
:
TO break the power Of the co,,rts 'Ie ~
tne walking delegates. This thev havs
ceaselessly tried to do for years and
thelr hatred Of the courts was nevar
greater than 1t is to-day. as wes
shown by the way they railed at "a
courts at their convention held a few
months ago. " ic"
The walking delegates can hold
Ihelr organization together on]v Nv
the money they force from unwil,ins
workmen The great mass Of onr
people love the right. If the CUES
tlon were asked what is the outstana
ing characteristic of our peonla ~
true answer without question woIld M
Ds love OF what Is called fair n,av;'
when the people learn the facts % con-
cernlng the walking delegates thav
VIII compel Congress, State Iegis,,tar.s
and boards Of aldermen. to pass iaws
TO imprison walking delegates for de'
mandlng workingmen's money. wiz
such laws enforced. the walking dele.
gates would pass from sight almost
over night and the passing of the
walking delegate will mean anotheq
step forward in the progress of tho
world. AT ONyuO '~