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Show THE PRESIDENT'S FRANKNESS WITH LABOR MEN. H Tho address of President Roosovclt to a delegation of orgnnlzod labor headed by Samuel Gompcrs is uni- IJ versally acclaimed by tho papers that flj comment on it for Its sincerity and sound good sense. Even newspapers IJ not In tho habit of praising tho Prosi-dent Prosi-dent laud tho strength and directness of his reply to tho labor men's lengthy memorial. "Kindly in tone," remarks tho Philadelphia Press (Rep.), "and H friendly In spirit, it was at tho samo H tlmo so open, direct, just, and reason- IJ nblo that It must havo commanded tho respect of thoso to whom it was im-mediately im-mediately spoken, as It secures tho approval of tho great body of the H people." IJ Somo of tho complaints of tho labor H men, made to both Speaker Cannon H and tho President, woro that tho eight- H hour law was not enforced on tho IJ isthmus, that prison labor Is compet- IJ ing with union Inbor, undcsirablo im- H migrants aro arriving, tho Chlneso ox- H elusion law is violated, and tho use of tho injunction is abused. Of tho H injunction they say: H "Tho beneficent writ of injunction H Intended to protect property rights IJ has, as used in labor disputes, been H perverted so as to attack and destroy H personnl freedom, nnd In a manner to H hold that tho employer has somo prop- H erty rights in tho labor of tho work- H men. Instead of obtaining tho relief H which labor has sought, it is seriously H threatened with statutory authority H for existing judicial usurpation." H Somo of tho President's 'replies were H that conditions on tho isthmus aro so HJ absolutely different from thoso in tho H United States "that thero Is no pos- B slblo analogy between them"; that tho BJ scaro about Chlneso labor is "a mere chimera"; that so far as protecting labor against undcsirnblo immigration Is concerned, ho will do nil in his H power to raiso tho standard of living H of tho American wage worker, "oxcopt H to do what Is wrong, nnd I will not do IIJ that for him or for any man." Per- H haps tho most forceful part of tho ro- fl ply was his statement on tho uso of H tho writ of Injunction, as follows: "As for tho right of Injunction, it I Is absolutely necessary to havo this H powor lodged In tho courts, though, of course, any abuso of tho powor is 9 strongly to bo reprobated. During tho four nnd a half years that I havo been I President I do not remember an in- I stanco where tho Government has in- I i .,.mm-j-i ii iM , , .4r m "IjmjmMB H voked tho right of injunction against H a combination of laborers. Wo have H invoked it certainly a scoro of times H against combinations of capital; 1 H think possibly oftener. Thus, though H wo havo secured tho issuance of in- H junctions in a number of cases hgainst H capitalistic combinations, it has hap- H pened that we havo never tried to H secure an injunction against a com- blnation of labor. But, understand H me, gentlemen, if I over thought it H necessary, if I thought a combination H of laborers were doing wrong, I would apply for an Injunction agalnat them H just as aulck as against so many cap- itallsts." "Refreshingly straight and whole- some talk," tho New York Evening Post (Ind.) calls it, and adds this H about the labor men: "Thoy deslro to bo exempt from the ordinary processes of tho courts H processes which, as tho President H showed, they aro tho first to invoke against employers of labor. Theso haters of prlvllogo covet tho most in-H in-H tolerable of all privileges for them- H selves. Many of them foreign-born, or H tho children of immigrants, they H would cut oft from others tho oppor- tunltles which thoy thomselves have H enjoyed. Complaining that they suf- for from discrimination, thoy would H discriminate ruthlessly against tho H Chinese. Throughout, thoir program is one of thoroughgoing exclusion and monopoly. Tho Standard Oil cornel corn-el pany never did anything more cruel and remorseless in crushing a rival than these representatives of organ-ized organ-ized labor stand ready to do in tho case of laborers from abroad or out-sido out-sido tho unions." And tho Post, which finds so much to blnmo in tho President ordinarily, thinks we ought to thank htm for his attitude. "It is well," says the Now H York Sun (Ind.) "that tho labor trust should havo noticed occasionally that Its members havo no moro rights than common, ordinary citizens." o I Additional Truths. Tho Trlbuno haa opened tho cam-palgn cam-palgn for the election noxt autumn. It had a bitter and as usual an un-truthful un-truthful article on tho county govern-ment govern-ment and county finances a fow days ago. Tho object Is mainly to divert attention from tho grafting and was to-fl to-fl ful city government, for which It stands sponsor. Tho dally papers aro indulging in speculation as to who will bo appolnt-od appolnt-od to tho vacant npostleshlp in tho Mormon church. Guesses on this sub-ject sub-ject aro futile, but if wo were com-polled com-polled to mnko a prediction wo would pick Richard W. Young as a strong probability, but it's a mighty "unsar-tin'" "unsar-tin'" thing to make forecasts upon. Tho mantlo may fall upon someone hcardly thought of In this connection. A good story was told tho other day when tho matter was being discus-sod. discus-sod. It runs this way: An old Mor-mon Mor-mon bishop who resided In tho country was prevented from attending tho conference when an apostolic vacancy J was to ho filled. His son, howovor, HI was present and when tho young man returned to his homo ono of tho first HJ thin' i tho old man asked was who had been chosen. "Guess," said the boy. "Oh, don't bother mo; it's use-less use-less to try to guess" tho old man re-plied. re-plied. Tho youth gave tho name of tho now apostlo, who was chosen by inspiration from tho Lord, but tho choice was not ploasing to tho old bishop. "Well," said tho old man, "It's a good thing tho Lord thought of him, I never would." There camo very near being an im-promptu im-promptu hanging on Stato street tho other day. A young man, an employe in the City and County building, was standing on tho rear platform of a street car. Tho trolley came off tho wire with a jerk and tho rope which dangles down by some means wound Itself about tho neck of tho young man. The car was running at a good clip and tho youth was thrown off, suspended for a moment in tho air and thon dragged along by tho neck until tho car was stopped. Ho Is going go-ing around with a swollen neck and a moro or less bruised body. & j Mrs. Cora S. Dixon, who for five or six years occupied tho responsible position po-sition of cashier in tho county clerk's office severed her connection with that department at the end of last month and has gono to Seattle to reside. re-side. Mrs. Dixon was an exceedingly exceeding-ly competent, faithful and obliging official and leaves with tho best wishes of tho county clerk and the entire en-tire office force, who greatly regret that she has gone. Tho Board of Education made a wise choice in appointing T. R. Eller-beck Eller-beck to fill tho vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Edwards. Mr. El-lerheck El-lerheck is a very well-known and much respected citizen and well qualified for the position. Ho is of the same political faith as his predecessor and like Mr. Edwards is a non-Mormon, so that by the appointment tho political and religious complexions of the board are unchanged. Tho fact that the Trlbuno does not like tho choice of tho board is moro to tho credit of Mr. Ellerbeck than otherwise. Councilman O'Donnell returned from Chicago a fow daygago whither ho went to see his old friend Dennis Sullivan, who was sick almost unto death in n Chicago hospital. Mr. Sullivan Sul-livan mot with an accident and was obliged to submit to the amputation of ono of his legs almost at the hip joint. For weeks ho was not expected expect-ed to recover, but ho rallied and is mending rapidly and in a fow weeks it is expected will bo back in Salt Lake. Tho Now York legislature has petitioned peti-tioned congress to submit a constitutional constitu-tional amendment prohibiting polygamy polyga-my and bring offenders under tho jurisdiction ju-risdiction of tho Federal courts. Well, Hint's all right, Utah won't object. The marrago and divorce laws should bo under control of tho Federal government govern-ment and there should bo a uniform divorce law for the nation. "Tho Retail 'Merchant" is a new weekly which has made its appearance in Salt Lake. Tho first issue camo out on Wednesday. It is published by John-W. Hughes and William G. Rom-noy, Rom-noy, and is tho official organ of the Retail Merchants' Association of Utah. It is belioved thero is a good field for such a publication in this city and stato. JX J Tho koyholo reporter or the Tribune, Tri-bune, tho Rev. Mr. Clemenson, Is not oven a good liar. Ho should take a fow moro lessons from Furious J. bo-fpie bo-fpie ho rushes into print again. Interest in the Smoot case Is dead throughout tho wholo country. Tho Rev. Mr. Clomonson's effort, by bearing bear-ing falso witness against his neighbor, neigh-bor, to ralso interest again, and by tho way pick up a fow dollars, has fallen flat. Mr. V. S. Peet Is worrying the Trlbuno Trl-buno terribly. Lately it has been devoting de-voting considerable of its valuable space in denouncing Mr. Peet and Colonel Loose. Mr. Peet is doing good work for Utah and his statements state-ments aro bolloved by tho people of tho east, and tho Trlbuno realizes it, cpnsequently it foams and gnashes. 1 The Tribune has still another guess coming as to who will be the next Mormon apostle. This question seems to worry somo people. J Tho Trlbuno has started to lie about tho Republican sheriff and county commissioners, so as to pull tho wool over the oyes of the taxpayers tax-payers for the next campaign. The Tribune's attack on Sheriff Emery Em-ery ought to raise that gentleman in tho estimation of the public. Mr. Emery is a good officer and the people peo-ple In general knw Tho milksop policy of tho Inter-1 mountain Republican may be all right for a quiet little town in tho east, but it will not have much effect In this wild and woolly country. The American party has two organs at its command and does not need the Republican. Re-publican. It is about time tho Republican Re-publican awoke to tho situation. |
