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I tJ THE LABOR WORLD Published Every Satordar. Established In 1896 by Sabrle Q. Akin. Bnslneaa Officei 604-7 Manhattan Bldgr., Duluth. Minn. Zenith. Phone 66. SUBSCRIPTIONS! One Tear, In advance $1.00 Six months, In advance Three months. In advance Single Copies. 5 Cents. Advertising Hates Made Known on Ap plication. Entered at the Postoffice at Duluth, Minn., as second class matter. WILLIAM E. M'EWBN, Editor and Publisher. 5 TRADES [MSSi COUNCIL friO THE THIRD TERM BOGEY. Some of the partisan papers are en deavoring to make the "third term" an issue in Governor Johnson's can didacy for re-election. They assume that there is an in nate prejudice against the third term Idea, and so they hope to gain favor for their candidatet by playing on •what they assume to be apopular bias. However, they are mistaken in their assumutlon. A review of the notable political struggles in several neighboring states, as well as in good old Minnesota, will show that the people entertain no scruples against the third term when good men and popular issues are in volved. The only office filled by vote of the people against which a third term prejudice generally avails is that of president of the United States, and this is largely due to the example set by President Washington at a time when many were skeptical of the effi ciency of popular government. It is well known to almost every citizen of iMnnesota that the nomina tion came to Governor Johnson un sought and contrary to his personal wishes. The convention which nominated him rode rough shod over the advice of its leaders and the wishes of the governor. It was the voice of the people brought from every nook and corner in the state. It was a popular demand upon Governor Johnson to once more lead the people, holding that he owed it to them and to him self to complete the reform work so splendidly inaugurated by him as gov ernor of Minnesota. This was not a new departure for a Minnesota political convention. Away back in the eighties Minnesota had another governor in the person of John S. Pillsbury, one of the state's greatest benefactors. The people be lieved in him. He had served two terms as their chief executive with marked success. They liked his style. They admired his work, and they wanted more of it. So when his party convention met he was nomin ated for a third term, and the nomin ation was ratified by the people with a larger majority than he had re ceived at either of his preceeding elec tions. In more recent times the people in adjoining states have paid no at tention to third term bogles. In Wis consin that courageous and un daunted champion of the people, Robert M. La Follettee, was chosen for more than two terms in order that the state might be completely riden of corporate influences. When Mr. La Follette was re-elected he had served but one month of his third term when he was called to a higher station. The lieutenant gov ernor, Mr. Davidson, succeeded him and served the entire term. He was a candidate for a second term and was r.e-elected, and now he is a can didate for a third term, and not a voice is being raised against him on that account. Albert B. Cummins, the valiant champion of tariff reform in Iowa, was elected three times governor of that state by an appreciative people because they knew he had a work to do. If there was any third term op position no one even heard of it. So in Minnesota the people will re fuse to be deluded by the third term scare manufactured by the corpora tion newspapers. The people, and not the newspapers, had all to do with Governor Johnson's nomination, and they will se to It that he is re-elected to complete the work of ridding this state of the influences wftiich operate against good government. WHEN JACOBSON SURRENDERED. Candidate Jacobson is a vastly dif ferent character than the former ac tive member of the state legislature. He is so different that even his old associates fail to recognize in him the same person. Then a day's session of the legis lature was mighty tame when it did not produce a strenuous and peppery speech from the gentleman from Lac que Parle. Those speeches made Mr. Jacobson known to the people of Min nesota outside of his legislative dis trict. It was the publicity received from them which led him to believe that he was available gubernatorial timber at the last two Republican state conventions. However, there is a new Jacobson in the Minnesota political arena. The old Jacob3on has taken down his flag and surrendered. No more do we hear him rail against the interests which have profited by favor from the people's law makers. No more Is his voice raised against the greed and avarice of the predatory class. Yes, there is a new Jacobson In the field. It is not the valiant and tru culent legislator of a few years ago. It is the meek and suppliant candi date for chief executive of one of the greatest states in the union, who has completely capitulated to his long time political foes that a lust for office may be satisfied. Mr. Jacobson did not surrender to the interests yesterday, nor at the state Republican convention which nominated him. The deal was con summated two years ago, and shortly after Hie defeat of Mr. Jacobson at the Dulu convention. The story of the transaction can not hero be told, save thfit immediate ly after that memorable convention in the Zenith City Mr. Jacobson accept ed freo passes from the railroads of the state, and during that campaign used them in hJ-j travels tljsrpjjgljQ.iJt the state. That was the crucial hour in Jacob son's political career, and like many another before him, he weakened un der the discouragement of that which would have been but temporary de feat had he remained true to his con victions. From that day to this Mr. Jacob son has not uttered a syllable against the mighty influences which have pol luted the government of this state. His acceptance of favors from these influences well warrants the claim that Jacobson has surrendered. There is no desire to make $.n un just charge against Mr. Jacobson. People in a position to know claim that they can produce the numbers of the passes. If this is calumny let Mr. Jacobson deny the charge. It is up to the Republican nominee to prove that he is not the candidate of the "interests." MINNESOTA'S BEST ADVERTISE MENT, JOHN A. JOHNSON. "I live in Minnesota," said a citi zen of this state in reply to a ques tion put to him by a gathering of new made friends on board a railroad train speeding through New York re cently. "Oh, that is Governor John A. Johnson's state!" was the ex clamation from a dozen throats, and the face of the Minnesotan brightened into radiancy with the mention of the magical name of the popular gov ernor of his home state. It developed that the passengers in ihe oar of the Empire State express hailed from widely separated parts of our iiu.tioii but each seemed to know as much about the attainments of Governor Johnson as did the Minne sotan, whose pride expanded with the singing of each additional praise for his governor. All seemed to know of his early struggles his experiences in politics, and his accomplishments as chief executive of the North Star state. Each gave utterance to the sentiment that some day the nation would call him to perform a higher service for his country. Minnesota ranks among the first of the several state in many respects. Its fertile fields produce cereal pro ducts famous the world over. Its verdant meadows and splendid farm stock furnish the finest butter on earth. Its rich timber lands have contributed largely to the building of the nation's homes and industries, and its vast mineral resources are supply ing the marts of the world with the most useful of metals. Minnesotan3 can well be proud of the place filled by this state in the world of com merce. However, the greatness of the state does not rest so much in the produc tions of its soil, as in the character and worth of its men and women. A state blessed with an abundance of natural wealth is indeed fortunate, but none can be called great unless it possesses a high order of citizenship. Minnesota has both, and the most typical example of the moral, intel lectual and physical character of its people is represented in its young and energetic governor. Born of emigrant stock—the kind which made Minnesota's progress possible—and handicapped in youth by poverty and want, he struggled through life, overcoming its many ob stacles, but learning many useful les sons, he is finally chosen as the first citizen of the state. The struggle of early life has emi nently fitted him to preside over the destinies of the government of the state. His success here has com manded for him the attention of the nation. From every portion comes words of praise. At chautauquas, na tional gatherings and public functions he has won his way into the hearts of the people, and they ltve and re spect him just as he is loved in Min nesota. Well may he be called •'Min nesota's Best Advertisement" Now that the people of Minnesota have the opportunity of best promot ing the welfare of their state 'by se lecting him to again head their state government, it is not. to be believjed that blind partisanship will persuade, the majority of its citizens to defeat him at th,e November election. Gov. Johnson must be re-elected and all men who love Minnesota, and recog nize true merit in a worthy fellow citizen will gee to it that his majority will be large and decisive. LABOR IS FOR BRYAN. There is no question but there shall be a landslide of Republican labor votes to Bryan next November. Why shouldn't the members of or ganized labor vote for him when he and his party are the only political source from which labor can hope to obtain any relief. Laboring men are not fools, and they will not soon forget the very generous treatment their representa tives received at the Democratic na tion convention nor the contemptible treatment their just petitions were ac corded at the Republican convention. It is the fear that ltibor will re membt%- t^ese things that is now worrying the Republican leaders throughout the country. It is the consciousness that labor will remember its frj$n3p and vote to defeat its enemies, that is actuating the Republican press in its rabid de nunciation of President Gompers, for doing his duty. The members of organized labor re member too, that when they were trying to defeat their arch enemy, C. E. Littlefleld, candidate for congress in a Maine district, Mr. William H. Taft was one of those 'who rushod to Littlefield's asisstance against them. In the light of such transactions, it is Incomprehensible how Republican leaders could possibly expect labor, be it Democratic or Republican, to do otherwise than support William Jen nings Bryan. THE UNVARNISHED TRUTH. The Republican party by its silence on labor issues, and its record in congress has no claim upon the suff rage of union labor. The Democratic party, whose congressional leaders have ever been active in support of labor measures, and whose platform Is a clean cut and consistent expres sion of the hopes of labor has every reason to receive the solid vote of those American citizens who believe in according labor the recognition it deserves from a government such as ours. The charge that Mr. Gompers seeks to deliver the labor vote is unadulter- ated rot. Mr. Gompers has not at tempted to deliver the votes of union labor to any political party. He has l^een too long in the business to destroy his usefulness by such a futile move. Union labor has the, intelli- I gence to use its own judgment in such matters, as it does in directing its course in the field of industry. It has been kept full:,' informed of the attitude of a Republican congress and a Republican party convention, and it will govern its action at the polls next November accordingly. DIRECT LEGISLATION. With the initiative, referendum and imperative mandate in force the ma jority will make and unmake all laws, regardless of political machines, rings or cliques, whether thore be three or a dozen parties in the field, and whether a majority of the legislature and the governor are elected by a plurality vote consisting of less than one-fourth the voters, or by a major ity vote and also regardless of whether or not some corporation rules the legislature. With the initiative and referendum in operation when a majority of the electors want a certain law enacted they petition for its submission to a vote, and it must be submitted and if a majority of all votes cast are in its favor, it becomes the law. He who opposes this method of making and unmaking the laws stamps himself as opposed to the peo ple ruling themselves, hence, in favor of machine^ rule. No man can offer an objection to this that will not, if carried to its legitimate conclusion, also be an objection to a democratic form of government, and an argument in favor of a kingdom. Charles Taft, brother of 1 W. H. Taft, is the street car magnate of Cincin nati. The said Tan will not allow the street car men to organize. The detestation of labor unions is a family trait of the Tafts. WANTED1—'Real estate man who can interest party to assist us in locating monopolizing manufacturing ixome industries near natural gas belt. The product is indispensible and used by every family three times .a day costs 6 cents sells for 25 cents by the car load. We have got the dough and do bake the bread. The bi-pro ducts alone will more than pay for the entire plant with the first six months. Interested parties desiring to locate a new and profitable home Industry that pays big returns and coats so little to start in small coun try towns will please communicate be fore John I. Rockefeller gets busy with yours truly, Carl von Hartzfelt, Co.,, Wheeling, W. Va. Particulars re defused mailed free. EUGENE V. OEBS Socialist Candidate for Presi dent of the United States WILL SPEAK AT THE LYCEUM on MONDAY EVENING, Sept. 21st, 1908. Enormous audiences have greet ed him in every city where he has spoken during this campaign. Come and hear one of the most eloquent expounders of Socialism on the American platform. 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The -United States government" has recently indulged in some rather ex tensive and elaborate magazine adver tising for nfival recruits In this ad vertisement the most enticing state ments are made, and the accompany ing picture is of an immaculate sailor boy in a Peter Thompson suit buy ing luscious fruit from a delicious looking Spanish senora, the whole ex uding an exotic breach, calculated to reach the heart of an impressionable youth. It is undeniably atrarctive, but is it true? A suspicion unavoidably lurks that the promulgators of the adyertisement have* been This new departure brings the sug gestion that something is wrong somewhere. We are .reliably informed that a large number of men are now out of work. The bare announcement of two or three lines in the want column that a man is wanted at a certain address is sufficient to bring a score. Why, then, should the gov ernment need an expensive "ad" writer for so good a job as is pic tured? If it is all true about that fruit and that romtntic senora, why don't the boys so write home to their friends, which would result in a verit able bombardment of applicants at the recruiting stations? Of course, no one could answer these questions except Andrew Car negie or Richard Croker, and they are probably both abroad. And, be sides, we better not take it up un til th einjunction is disposed of.—Ellis O. Jones in Life. OH, RIGHTEOUS JUDGE! Judge Toulmin, of the United States District court of Mobile, Ala., has handed down a decision legalizing the issuing of brass checks in place of money, by the lumber companies of that state, and using these checks to pay their employes. These checks can only be used at the company stores, and everybody knows that means robbing the. employe. To take exception to such an unjust decision would be treason. Our modern courts, like the Lord's anointed kings of old, "can to no wrong."—International Musician. In response to the position taken by the Chicago Federation to enter the political field in opposition to labor's enemies, the returns from the pri maries held disclosed the fact that 32 candidates endorsed by the Chicago Federation will be placed upon the official ballot in the November elec tion. 15, $18 and $20 112 W. SUPERIOR. ST PRIDE FLOUR (MINNESOTA'S PRIDE.) Is thej product of best Minnesota wheat attainmentiof milling science to date, shorn of idle fads fancies. White, but not overbleached—all the strength and flavor maintained. Careful comparison prove its, Superiority. sfth It speaks for itself :"lk Ask your |rocer for it. Insist on getting It. None "just as good." ASK CALVfeRT. S14 Manhattan Building. fcEPCM .. irsr intftmational Union-made Cigars. 'AioAortyof tne aSSSSJ"*^ F«C smiLf O. A* Lawter, Pr s. & Treaa. G. CJ. Stone, Vlce-Pres. CLYDE IRON WORKS FOUND! |iS and MACHINISTS 802*4-0 Lake Ave. DULUTH, MINN. and the highest uf guilty least of exaggeration. 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