Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-18
EFFECT OF
new LABOR
PARTY WORK
In Field Of POIltICS..HOw
Talt'S Speaking for
ILIuIefleId
MAY AFFECT MS CHANCES
For Presidential Nomination.
New School Of Fearless
Political ASplrants.
spooIal Correspondents.

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iai nomination. be Is eolnE about be
campaign IN a decidedly novel way n
- not the usual thing ior a man with
pruaidUntial aaulratlcns 60 deliberately
odend a very large body Of the cleo.
toraie fspeclaliy when those electors
are thoroughly organised and pu0mis.
Ing 20 play a strong hand In the game
Of politics. Yet, N o. .iorts be- true.
NJ. TAFT ooniomplaies doing that very
thing.
Word comes from Murray nay IN
Canada. here Mt Taft ~ spondlnF
his vacation. that tho war secretary
Will 90 % Maine and take tao slunfD
iB behalf Of Representative Charles
y. Liiilonold. Now. the republican
plurality Ia Mr. Litilonoid'a district o.
normally setwoon 5000 and 1000 and
ordinarily % would be unnecessary,
not 10 say absurd. FOR a member OF the
cabinet 60 rush % hia support ~
must be-. therefore, because Of o1traor.
dinary condition in Mr. fAttleheld'a
district that Mf Tar feels called up.
on b address .ho Maine electors.
That extraordinary conditions 90 eK-
lst Ia tho second Maine district 10
m0at true. They were brought about
BY tho fact that organized labor a.
decided that Mr.. iiitlenold 10 uu.
friendly TO lAbor's Interests, and tue
labor unions have sot out 20 onoom.
pass his defeat. From the Washington
headquarters q the Amerlcn Federa-
ton % Labor the odict went forth that
Mr. Lltileheld must not be- returned 10
the sixilsth congress, and as labor
unions are numerically strong IN that
part OF Maine there d apprehension
that, despite the tremendous repuhii.
can plurality, tine successor OF Blaine
and Dingiey "a Ia danger Of retire.
mont
In agreeing 70 80 70 the auccor of
Llitleheld. SIR. Taft shows a fno dis
regard OF personal consequences,
though politicians would condemn hts
move o. a hidoous hiundor. Mr. Tafia
course smacka strongly of Roosevelt.
Ism. and indeed. n Is alleged and gen.
orally believed, that the president ad.
vieed and approves of Mr. Iafts con
templatod Invasion OF Maine
Labor's Entrances Of Political Field.
The question from the viewpoint Of
the practical politician isi What viii
the labor unions 90 about M VIII
they write ..r. raft down aa unfair
and mark him for slaughter should
ho ever seek toe suffrage OF the
people3 That would bo the natural
thing Tor thom % do it On solely be
cguso TIE unions are fighting Mr. lat
ueaold that Mr. TAFT g. going 20 make
speeches in me second Maine district
Therefore, Mr. Taft b. urraying him
self directly against the unions and
what they conceive 90 be their Inter
oats. Il was because Mr.. lAiilehold
and other members Of congress op
posed what the unions conceived 90 bo
their Interests that the American Fed.
Grafton OF Labor decided o. take q
hand IN polt'ca Mr. Litsieaeid and
others opposed the p-ssago OF the
clght-hour. the autliniunctiOn and
other pot measures "a the union. IS.
cause they did 30. the unions are try.
ing 20 defeat Sir. Il.tionold aud
Mr.. Taft u opposing this pur-
pose ~ the unions and "a ondoagorlng
TO return SIR. lAttleneld aud others 10
congress, whore they will have oppof.
tunity 20 again oppose the measures
OF the Hai0ns. There would not seem
70 be any material difference between
the altitude Of Mf. Idillehold. aud Of
Mr. Taft toward Lle unions And, |
fhere Is every reason 90 believe. Nj
TAN has the support % Mr.. Roosevelt 1
and the national administration % the
stand he has taken.
Thus che issue "a sharply drawn AZ I
the very inception az organized iab0F s |
entry Into politics. TAboF'a campaign |
VIII be pueFiia and pualllanimous N li !
hGkta the Littiohnld8 and Ignores the /
Tafla and Ro0sevolts who are uphold. !
lag the hand- ~ the Littonelde. H.
On the other hand. labor bleta up he I
gauntlet which the R00H0Velta and
Iaiis have thrown down. there o. 50
ing 20 be some mighty Interesting do
mss 10 this country during the next /
fow years.
There isn't any doubt that public
mnh are disturbed W this political /
campaign o, the labor unions. Il a a /
new factor in American p-iitics aud /
one with which the politicians do not |
know how 90 deal. q may turn oul q /
nzEle. as have 90 many other political /
launched with loud ao /
claim, And it may De Tremendous 1
force which win turn upside down aii /
ne political traditions 81 an the years /
u OF depends on the rank and Ole
% the labor unions.
viii the Labor Party Succeed.
The average American citizen has
always retained the custody 81 hiB
lwn vote. There have been attempts
% unite men politically aiong he
Ines Of religion. OF occupation and 81
race. and All have failed. The know
loihlng party was one OF the earliest
" these efforts Il nourlshod Ike a
green bay tree, and died almost in q Z
hight More reoently, there was the
A. - a. movement, which was going
% keep an Catholics out of once. iis
meetings we're secret and lis member
hip Onth.bound and Tor a timo the
hing looked Formidable The A. p.
A'a are now hui a memory More
ioafly approaching the labor union
movement Naa the farmers alliance,
"a which q was proposed 60 unito for
ioiliical purposes al che farmers on
De country For q time the alliance
iad a measure % success, but there
anne a suspicion that the organization
Fas belng used by certain leaders
% further tho'r own ends, and 30
loom was sealed. The American far
ner refused t0 be- told for whom and
low ~ SHOULD vote.