Show ON THE OTHER FOOT When sagacious old Mark Hark Hanna ruled the destinies and amI pocketbook of oft the t e Republican an party part he directed his main appeal in campaign fights to t the workingman The full Cull dinner r pall of Inley fame was one of or hi its pet sto slogans gans ans and hit hij h worked it night and day for or all aU It was worth Naturally opposed to organized labor In many Inan any form he was wassill still sill wise enough to avoid antagonism of or labor organizations and among his hl I lieutenant mercenary lieutenants 1 were some ome of or the ablest labor leaders In Inthe inthe the country countr t I This Thi was aM the period In party history I when the tle Republicans promised any an union asked k db but t promised ed edIt U It for tor future After ner Hannas H death a ane new nett regime canje come din In If It It had bet left to control alone there th re would have haxe been no break brenk with organized workingmen Ample evidence of or this was the thc presidents message on the employers liability bill and his mes the In Injunction inJunction sin se e on ell the need of or modifying junction laws It If was proved further by b his efforts to Incorporate in n the Chicago Chi Chicago cago platform a plank on Injunctions which would meet the views of ot Mr Ir IrIt Gompers Compers G V VIt 1 It happened when this question came HE III II that the men inert In control of or congress congress wore re hostile to any au legislation demand r 4 by b the labor la organizations Not NotO only I I t fit J I Jr P i L ti a r this but they were ready rca ht to sl any measure the president nt favored so 8 there was u a dual object ln In killing the bills asked for by the president and de defeating defeating defeating his labor plank at Chicago Now that the fruits of or their opposition Is seen in the trend of or labor toward the tho Democratic party the Republicans find nothing too bitter to express their hatred of oC Mr 11 Gompers who represents the Federation of or Labor and who Li is doing Ms utmost to defeat Speaker Cannon Can Cannon non anti and such other candidates for re reelection reelection election as were antagonistic to the leg legislation legislation asked In behalf of labor at the thelast thelast thelast last session The full dinner pan pall ni n longer Is s a symbol of ot the benevolent at attitude attitude attitude of or the Republicans toward the laborer It t Is no longer full calls caUs up sad memories of oC the day da when Han Hannas Hannas Hannas nas legions of or noble laborers shouted for er and his party The shoe pinches now and there Is no apparent way of ot stopping the pinch But It Is entirely pertinent per to ask now why wh It Is wrong TOng for Mr Ir Gompers or any other leader of or labor to support Mr Bryan If It was right for fOl equally con conspicuous conspicuous leaders to support McKinley and amI call caU on their brethren In labor to follow them Into the thc Republican camp The alignment as It stands is ig entirely of cf I Republican choosing It was defined by Mr Cannon when he refused absolutely absolutely to permit action on any labor bil bilIn In congress except under un er extreme pressure pres pre pressure presure sure and anti then only to emasculate or de defeat defeat defeat feat It with his powerful Influence ence He and anti his party associates In control were wen perfectly p willing to accept the counsel of o the trusts and special Interests with without without without out question as against demands from the masses of or the people they the ought nt nit to complain now at the result since the they might have foreseen It months ago and Indeed Invited It openly Further the attitude of labor Is only an nn Incident expressing the attitude of the great majority the common folks who are tired of or seeing monopoly con col control control legislation tion and md direct the government govern goven government ment The time has come for a new nev dt deal al In which the people shall rule and It Is only natural not only on that labor should take part in the general move moc movement movement ment but that every man who depends upon his hill own exertions for bread br nd should rebel against a party part that prefers to use its political al power for the aggrandize aggrandizement ment of monopolistic corporations at atthe atthe the expense of oC the whole hole country |