| Show I VIEW OP or SAUEL GOMPERS Samuel Gompers president of ot the tho American Federation of ot Labor has his enemies emles e but the majority of ot o them thern respect him and have the utmost esteem toom for his opinions As a person who has h mot met all sorts and conditions of t men who has worked with them knows their struggles and their temp temptations temptations Mr Gompers is generally listened to when wh n he discusses the great moral questions qUe of the day ay in so far tar faras taras faras as they touch the lives and fortunes of ot the people Mr Gompers has al always always always ways taken the position that a n bad law lav always breeds disrespect for law lawand lawand lawand and no one who has watched the ca career career career reer of this great labor leader will say that he is not honest or that his ex experience does not qualify quality him to speak with authority Concerning the theory of statewide prOhibition and the tha manner manner in which it t works out in actual practice Mr Gompers said recently Experience has shown the folly of prohibition wherever It has been tried and that saloons can be regulated regu regulated by law There is not nota a city olty In Maine where a stranger go and buy all the beer and whisky he lie wants There Is ia iano no attempt whatever to disguise the that these thesa places are operating In violation of ot the law Jaw As for tor the illicit traffic I have seen drunken people in every city but I have never r seen drunks so drunkenly drunk as the drunks I saw in Maine Organized la Ia bor ha has haa been and Is a great greater er or factor for temperance throughout the United States than dlan all prohibition societies and temperance workers In the land landever landever landever ever have been One may feel teel like Ilke disagreeing with Mr Gompers at the tho fling ning he makes mak s at athe atthe atthe the he temperance societies because they are a a strong power for good but Mr Gompers has seen so much evil as the result result of ot trying to ent enforce statewide e that he feels rather strong strongly ly y on the subject At aU all ev events as asa asa asa a thinking man and a man who hal hag ha traveled raveled sufficiently to know k ow Mr Gompers opinions will bo b respected re p everywhere |
