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Show SENATOR HANNA AND LAD0R. The speech of Senator Hnnna nt Ur-bina, Ur-bina, O, on Wednesday, was ono of the best thnt has hi en delivered on the lelatlnnn nt capital and labor. It In Idle to try to belittle Senator llanna as a friend of tho laboring man. For thirty yiarn he haa been nu employer nf la-boi la-boi on a large i-rnlc. His men nil swear by him, all stand by him, nil rely on hla fairness, justice, nnd nt need on his help. Ho was ono of the moving spirits 111 the Civic Pederatlon nnd Is tMnliman of Its great Committee nn Com Illation, which lias settled every enntroxersy between labor and employers employ-ers that has been submitted lo It, nnd failed In the Immense anthracite strike only becnuse Hie operators of the mines expressly barred that committee from any participation In the matter. Why wns Hint committee hartc-d? liccause In every Instance wheie tho committee had ncted, It had prlinully looked nut for labor nnd protected Its Interests This wns precisely what the anthracite operatoia did not want, und so they would have nothing to do with tho conciliation con-ciliation committee In his Uiluna speich, Senator Hnnn i expressly disclaimed nil political hearings hear-ings In this muter, saying truly that It Is exclusively an economic matter. Ho refened to n destructive strike of a former time, which convinced him thnt there must be a better way to settle illfrerences between employ eis nnd employees em-ployees thin by stilkis, and fiom that day onward he haa winked steadily, i 'insistently mid ntrinuntisly for the better way. The srent conciliation committee Is n result largely nf that work, mid so Is that other gient organization, the United Mine W'tukirs of Ameiicn Hi spoke of Hie distrust with which inniiy npemtoia nf mines spoke of tho Idea nf forming this gient eirganlitlon or miners, but tli.it distrust was overcome nnd the organization went into i rfet t, nnd lunde contiacta with Iho opeintnrs. 'Ihe contracts wcie kipt, tho miner ilillvnesl the i nnl, the opcrnlniH sold It. Tho next jpni- Hirro was mi ml. vnnce nf the wages of Iho mliieia, It was paid, the imilraits tor mining tho conl were faithfully lived un to, nnd an It has been eveiy year since. Tho Senator sint.,i with Justlllnblp pride to tli.it moid, mi'I with yet more exulting Joy to ihe nit nt the nrent general convention or this ordi r or Untied .Mine Woikeis, held nt Indian-niiiills, Indian-niiiills, which lefusul to jnln In a syinpathitli slillce with the .iiuliroclle minora bee ium they tell themselves bound by their leiiilrni is. 'Ibis waa cited by Senuloi llanna as complete proof that Ids Insistence (hat Ihe honor of Ihe mlncis lould bo relied upon was true, II llioiniiglily demonstrated demon-strated tin- position he had taken. Ills wonts wcie nt oner conclusive on tho point, and a line tl Unite to the honor anil lulegilty of the Hulled Mine Workers Mr llmiiii Is iiiii. nf the Iirmsl employers em-ployers or labor In Ihn woihl If he win unjust towunl his men, If lie hntl not kept faith with Hum, if hu had liud .inutilities and strlkm In his fuclurlea nnd plants,, ir Ihere were nny antagonism un Hu, part or his vioikmcn lo htm, thews most ninety would linvn been brought to light In tlio llerco war that hus been made upon Mr, llannn. Hill there has been not a whisper nf llwigiitininl, contention or discontent. Ihls fact speakH voliimiM In favor nt Iho man and iniikia his position iih tho fi lends of Him absolutely umsMllable. Hn piibHt imitUli llnil In ,. tho tt lurla tiivvanl hnimuiiy ami Justlin to tho workman has been r, f been absolutely gcnuln. .V?'"1 a It was worthy anu !," ho wan asatled som. ,'c"1 an oppressor of labor v. ' thathowaswImnM Hon to his own empC? part of them. It was s" lo be able to say ,ha, ,p'(Jl to rest absolutely nrm M the reference. And out cf' which In a fiery " ' ployer. he came without LK tire on his garments, th' employee of 1,1, who did , htm. A noble vindication it ' a. neerlng. unjust assault!? Ion, of so many of w L, has been the victim. Th ! ferocity with which mal,cl J foes have assailed hlra U,J plelcly neutralize 1 by jir tccord wherever that record t. , It ii only the determinedly,,",. Ignorant who any ,'" Mr. Hanna'n high .u,, estness on this e,uM..on " tlnuo to asperse hh mmJl tils iftocllvogocKl faith |
