Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1908 — Union Man Endorses Watson. [ARTICLE]

Union Man Endorses Watson.

H. Markle, yardmaster in the L. E. ft W. yards at Tipton, secretary of the Tipton lodge, B. of R. T., for the Lake Erie system, and chairman of the B. of R. T. legislative committee for Indiana, In a public interview says: "A close scrutiny of Watson’s record reveals nothing but what will strengthen hltn with railroad men. There have only been two important pieces of legislation directly affectingJ;he railroad men in the transportation service lately. One is the Sixteen Hour bill, and the railroad men have to thank Jim Watson for saving that bill—he dug It out of conference and passed that bill for us —who will deny it? “The next is that ash-pan bill which affects the firemen and which only firemen can appreciate the value of. Hemenway and Watson whipped that bill* through for us —there’s no denying that. "Railroad men as Individuals I think should investigate this thing for themselves. The trouble Is that our boys who are Democrats are urging their friends to vote against Watson and instead of admitting that it’s because they want to make votes for the Democratic nominee, they declare It’s because Watson was unfriendly to labor, which is absolutely untrue.”