Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1910 — OPPOSED TO WORKINGMEN. [ARTICLE]

OPPOSED TO WORKINGMEN.

Two Republican Congressmen Stand Alone in This Class. The only members of the Indiana delegation in Congress who voted against the interests of organized labor on what is known as the “Hughes amendment,” last June, were the two Republican members, Representatives E. D. Crumpaeker of Valparaiso, and William O. Barnard of Newcastle. This is the statement of Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation, of Labor, in a letter to John J. Keegan of Indianapolis, one of the Democratic nominees for the state Legislature and president of the machinists’ union. The “Hughes amendment” referred to was vital to the interests of labor and was favored by leaders of the movement. It protected them from the Sherman Anti-Trust Law, permitting them to organize for bettering their condition, shortening the hours of work and increasing their pay, without being subject to prosecution, it was regarded by labor leaders as essential to their best interests and when the only two Republican members of the Indiana Congressional delegation voted it down, there was a cry of “Shame!” from the working men of Indiana,