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*Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
i —Tennyson.
5 W. W. OSBORNE
Savannah mourns today for one of her greatest, if not her chief,
citizens. W. W. Osborne, whose name has meant so much to his home
city, is gone. But in her grief, Savannah is not alone, for in the taking
of this man by death all Georgia—all the South—is bereaved, and
his going will be the cause of widespread sorrow and regret, to say
nothing of the economic loss from the departure of a great man of
affairs.
W. W. Osborne attained a place in life, in the 5 3 short years
he was permitted to live, that few men attain. He was a master in
more than one line of endeavor. As a lawyer he was a shining mark,
and had been honored in numerous ways by his fellows in his chosen
profession. As a financier he became a power in his community and
state, heading one of Georgia’s great banks, which he organized, and
the resources of which he devoted to the upbuilding of his commun
ity and state. As a leader of men he attained prominence in politics
and for years, because of his ability had held a dominant position in
Chatham county and his part of Georgia, always playing an import
ant part in shaping the affairs pf his state.
Mr. Osborne is taken in the prime of life. Had his life been
spared another decade or two who can guess what greater heights
of service and leadership he might have reached. But he lived more
and did more in his 53 years than most men could live or do in 553.
His going is sad and a distinct loss, but his having lived among us at
all is more than compensation.
SAM GOMPERS
Samuel Gompers, 70/years young, 38 times president of the
American Federation of Labor, and with a single year’s intermission,
the undisputed leader of organized labor since the formation of the
federation in 1881, today opened the fortieth annual convention of i
the A. F. of L. at Montreal.
For many years Gompers' enemies in the federation have hoped
and expected his defeat; the radicals in the movement have opposed
him consistently; but year after year he holds his sway and the "Com-:
pers machine" flattens out opposition, puts through resolutions, en
dorses the action of the “executive council” and re-elected Gompers
president.
Gompers is facing one of the big fights of his career on the
question of political action at this convention. Various branches of the
federation have formed "Labor Parties” and challenged the time
honored policy of Gompers who has stuck to non-partisanship, and a
policy of “rewarding friends and punishing enemies" in the political
field. Two years ago the convention changed the date of meeting'
from November to June in order that the convention might have more
effect on the presidential and congressional campaigns.
His friends expect him to hold his forces in line and secure an
endorsement of the non-partisan campaign which the federation is
now conducting.
BOTH ARE RIGHT
Governor Allen of Kansas and Samuel Gompers held a public
debate in New York. Governor Allen asked whether the public has
any rights in a strike. Gompers didn’t answer. Gompers declared the
strike had forced mine owners to cease employing six and eight-year
old breaker boys in the mines and had taken children out of the mills.
Governor Allen had no rebuttal to this.
Both Governor Allen and Samuel Gompers are right. The public
interest must be protected against destructive labor troubles. The
workingmen must be allowed to protect themselves, as long as pro
tection is needed, by exercising their right to stop work. There are
not two problems here, but
The public cannot be protected by any plan that makes strikes
illegal, against the will of labor. Nor can strikes remain in public fa
vor if their incessant use seriously endangers public rights. A conflict
between the workingmen denied the right to strike, and the general
public, embittered and made poorer by constant stoppages of work,
would be disastrous to both sides.
It is for labor leaders to recgonize that the public has rights,
as Governor Allen emphasizes. But the public must equally recognize
that without strikes workingmen would never have acquired human
rights, as Samuel Gompers points out. In the end, there will have to
be a method for redressing labor’s grievances without strikes. Arbi
tration is the only way out. \
But compulsory arbitration is coming. It cannot come until
workingmen no longer fear it. Their suspicions will disappear as arbi
tration proves in actual practice just and impartial to both sides.
We have not yet arrived at that stage.
The wets need not despair. Bryan will furnish abundant kick at
the convention.
In Mexico there is little difference between running for office
and gunning for office.
Very likely that “d" in d’Annunzio stands for a word seldom
used in polite society.
If all other platforms fall, Bryan can still stand on a Chautauqua
platform. “ ■”» -
The money minted now is of little value, but the mint beds are
o f less. -v
Well, how does anybody expect money to get tight in a dry
country?
The bootlegger cares not who furnishes the coffin if he can fur
nish the kick.
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The next big job is to find away z can the railroad jam.
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SUCH IS LIFE
In a Campaign Year
BY O. B. JOYFUL
Mrs. Duff, who now is the political
manager of the Hon. Tom Duff, can
didate for president on the New Third
Party ticket, has announced that Mr
Duff will accept the vice presidency.
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As nobody else wants that nomina
tion, it looks like a cinch for Tom.
Mrs. Duff said as how she couldn’t
be bothered doing all the work round
' the house while her husband was I
electioneering for the presidency, and
that he was staying out too late of|
nights, pretending he had to attend |
| political meetings. When she learned ■
that no campaigning was necessary
for the vice presidency, she switched
Tom to that track.
The picture above shows Mrs. Duff
announcing to Mr. Duff that he had
changed his goal from the presidency
to the vice.
There are strong rumors of a dark
horse candidate in the field.
j No one mentions his name above a
' whisper.
But I can slip you the word that
this new candidate wears whiskers
and has more friends than anybody
else in the country.
, I understand he will make his race
'upon this platform:
Liberality, generosity and good
-fellowship.
It is said his name will be sprung
upon the convention at the last min
uate, and that effort will be made to
make the party’s animal emblem the
reindeer.
By a stroke of good luck and un
tiring endeavor, I have secured a
good picture of
General Apathy,
the war candidate I
for the nomination. |
The camera;
caught him in a:
familiar mood. He
was just telling ai
delegation of ad
mirers what he
would do if elected, |
But there’s an
other military can
didate in the run
ning, General Hu
midity. Already he .
has garnered the■
solid vote of the ■
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weather prophets
association, and the makers of elec
tric fans are for him to the last man.
This sort of splits the military vote
betwen the two famous generals, but
Gen. Apathy is a lap ahead, having
gotten his picture in the paper.
THE AMERICUS
HOW HE HAS GROWN
The total membership of the I J
American Federation of Labor re
ported today to the convention at
Montreal is 4,302,000.
In 1881 he membership totaled
45,000. liIOWW-
Ten years later, in 1890, it was
225,000.
By 1900 it had grown to 580,- igjwjr'
000. tjg£g£i X
Ten years later, in 1910, the to
tai reached 1,555,000. In the past
10 years it has gained nearly three
million. IQI ZS
The convention slogan this year |Jz ’
is: “Now For Five Million!” -*S '•»
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BY EDMUND VANCE COOK
“rfANE feller’s neck holds a noodle
Like one feller’s wrist holds a hand
And each feller gathers his boodle
With just what he has to command.
Each may be good, but I’m taking me oath
It’s time that some fellers was workin’ with both.
“Forty years I been meetin’,
Me and my pals rubbin’ noses,
Forty years I been beatin’
The bushes to find us a Moses.
We looked for the bulrushes round him
To prove him a prophet in full,
But mostly, whenever we found him
We found he was rushin' the bull.
“Forty years I been waitin’
For some one to lead us, or carry,
Lookin’ for some saint or satan
Some Tom, or some Dick, or Harry.
And as I been lookin’ for Moses
To set all opr Israel free,
I discovered on countin’ the noses
That maybe the Moses was me.
“Forty years I been trainin’
And watchin’ their messes and musses,
All of the time a-complainin'
And callin’ ’em crooked-head cusses.
And now they’ll be cussin’ and cursin’,
When I says how things should be run,
But Lord! kin I do any worse’n
The cussers and cursers have done?
“So I says that a neck holds a noodle
And I says that a wrist holds a hand,
And each feller gathers his boodle
With just what he has to command.
Each of 'em’s good, but I’m takin’ me oath
It’s time that us fellers was workin’ with both.”
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