The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-09
||| VOTE WILL
||DT BIG FIGURE
Leaders Are Alarmed
Prospect of Workmen
handing Together.
. BRITAIN ELECTIONS
hyR PROVED EXAMPLE
..ss.Lies in the Fact That
'hor Vote Generally
Fails Leaders.

roRK. April S.-Leadine repre-
a both of tho so-called "old
Va ,o,ar 10 be somewhat worried
: 'rorts that organized labor as a
lake part In the coming Con-
III ,omnaign. and Will work for
"a. NJ straight-out labor candi-
IA sections OF the country. Per
n,jv fair TO say that the situa-
snn4ar 10 be more disturbing
I,sS Republican CongreSsmen are
shan In the case OF Democratic
This situation undoubtedly
~ the fact that most of the
Members of the House are
sr,ih where the labor unions
been very strong and where
,Ks,,on al the primaries OF
= usually considered equivalent
X,i!on because OF the negro ques-
Lrsyer. the labor leaders are
/,ily declaring that In this move
ri,I know no East. no West, no
IL South.
discovered Their Power.
IL, rostcd in labor circles I'm this
.sof The situation has been forced
IL by the fact that the workers
- hsye suddenly discovered their
i r,sn among the workingmen Of
|. IA one hears talk almost con-
,sj continually Of how the So
faye swept Germany, securing
.Sios votes for members OF the
IA many hundreds of thousands
IN bose polled by the TepreSen-
f,the other leading parties IL
-rfry. But this Is not the chief
IN las opened their eyes. inter
4. ils may have been 10 students
,ri1 asd technical labor topics.
. = thsg that has made working
-. opor their leaders going Into
. d }as ben the recent general cleo
(inzi Britain. where labor APP
. lsye found methods of expressing
>-1;oiore unknown In any par
ID, body In the civilized world.
= srd zdvices received here from
|4poF.gorlerS on the other side
1 5zter Indicate that their triumph
Is surprise to the laboriteS them
b Be Something Doing
<anled by the fact that the
1 lslowirg in the last Mayoralty
{ ID this city. where g25, 900 votes
IA for the Municipal Ownership
u VAS TO all intents and Dur-
htor following, and the addi-
a tha; the lifG insurance reve-
|l1ye stirred up no end OF feel
/As, labor's opponent. capital. IL
|-pkaI as though there would be
% doing in many Congressional
next fall President Samuel
! 10 a memorial recently pre-
ID President Roosevelt. Speaker
iHd Senator Frye, clearly indi-
~ II the grievances OF organized
sot given Que attention political
/ I'LL be taken. on the party In
NJ. Gompers In an interview has
<hred that the Republican party
kld responsible for the legisla-
The Federation wants.
Surprises Likely.
y as the Federation claims 10
lt 10000 voters affiliated wiIh
Fparent that united action and
~ conducted campaign would re-
ANY political somersaults and
NTpflses. especially I'm closely
dstricts here I'm the North and
ne have been many reports that
;rhell can have a Democratic
"a sor Congress any time that he
and If he succeeds in get
y With the coal strike PROPOSE
so1Id appear to be difficult To
e could be defeated with the
l'cEt OF the Democrats and the
"a
10 certainly has strengthened the
ci The worHingmen and made
p m0re persistent than ever be-
ls recent address at q college
-safict Attorney Jerome referred
.'rct matter and sounded a note
AS an aftermath of the life
uoubles almost all OF the
SHpaperS ana magazines have
e dealing with topics such as
oi the Senate" The very fact
articles. like Lawson's famous
nave achieved such a wide
Equation, would appear TO indi-
'ne workingmen and the farm
1s country are bound TO have
oi this sort The same thing
aid OF Ida Bell TarbelTs recent
IN McClure's Magazine.
an oil these charges and coun-
= are being believed is for
"a 70 unfold.
stong Undercurrent.
-sre has been o strong undercur-
snhg in the direction OF labor
~ rom the fact that lebor or
and labor principles at least
ndVc captured or raised mis-
'9Inc OF the great cities of the
VI the Pacific coast. for in
apor forces have been in COM
>savl Tor some time past. and
auon could be effected either
VI voters of the old parties or
defeat tho worklngmeu'
can Francisco is. OF course.
city OF the coast. In
Il, states the American Fedora
influence was certainly
|bc tue Democratic nominee,
-.,e, AT the last election And
|so,1I9Ypons OF the country recent
~ ~ uppear to Indicate that the
[.s ns labor votes possesses poo
"nich, TO say the least, VIII
1ecidedly interesting for any
AZ. winch does not secure its
snprt' Add To this the fact that
eiections In almost all of the
~Shs up the State-distrlcts sup
as rock-ribbed and reliably
~ "A as any districts in this coun-
|Ha. certainly appear to demon
,-At the lndnDapJ,,, .,-...,s -
. tbs land.
Hhsre Weakness Lies.
s@axness of the labor candidates
ma dalGs u, of labor has always
ror,., the iact that on election
ihey ns men do not vote as j
.aInp I'm I'm 70 take especial delight
esy NV" their leaders. Quite
tho S tnelr lenders on the prin-
b heara ae'hodlst parson who ad-
M Il 80 TO Find out which why
M" gong, and go In the opposite
the is admitted everywhere
ana ereut Industrial ccnters OF the
are Nil. dst al least walking dele
inans,IIilSaliy without power. al
'M Th'lail they are usually very
Moi ineh. loo. as a general thlng.
iinten,fns ~ the different States.
t<er sao{laby % or uniutentionally.
hlor I framed that It is difficult
70 sscmer suer or an independent can
'gs HiI,n an expression OF the
'sk enn, at the polls. a labor leader
itzred upon the fact that
Hrty 20 be The irony of fate
tor haSS SSeuree, tho truest friend
ssitst,Iae ever possessed" had start
Et5n Of N which resulted In the in
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