The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-03-29
The American Federation Is
Busy Discovering Those
Who Oppose Bills Afsc..-
ing Working Men
REPRISALS THREATENED
REPUBLICAN MAJORITY NAY
FIND IT'S FIGURES ALTERED
IF A CHANGE BE NOT NOTED.

Samuel Gompers, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, is authority
for the statement that organized lab-r is
in deadly earnest in its intention to work
fer the defeat Of Congressmen Who are
krown to be opposed to the interests OF
the laboaing men and labor Organizations.
70 carry out this idea it is understood
that record viii be made Of he vote
Of each and every Congressman in the
present Congress, SO that his attitude to-
wards organize d labor VIII be known by
the labor leaders.
Congressmen who have failed to vote
in the affirmative on bills favorab' 10
organized labor will be marked for
slaughter. If the ideas of the leaders of
organized labor are carried out, as they
probably will be. there viii be 70 p3I-
tics in the crusade that will be waged
against those weighed and found want
ing The plan will be to get the CO.
operation of all labor organdza ons il
the district of a Congressman who is con-
sidered to be against the inter cts of or
ganized labor, and to direct the comb,n-
ed energies to defeating him at the polls.
The labor leaders believe that they can
at least defeat some Of the Congrefsmen
who have. been prominent in the Hcuse.
and the retirement of General Grosvenor
Is claimed to have been accompE shed
through the aid Of the labor organiza-
tons in his district There is no notion
that the labor men can hope to get CON
trol of the next House by even holding
the balance of power" but the leaders
are confident that they can make such a
showing next fall that the next session
of Congress will be disposed to pay a
Little more attention to the requests that
are made in behalf of organized labor
and its interests.
The present Republican majority is
112, and yet there are large number of
districts in which the change of one or
two thousand votes would mean the loss
of a Republican Congressman. This is
especially true of six Congressman elect
ed last November in Missouri One man,
A. P. Murphy, had majority of only
36 If the Statehood bill fails to pass
this year there is danger that every Re
publican Congressman in Missouri may
be detected, and it will also have an ef-
feet in Kansas and Nebraska. In these
three States there is marked interest in
the Statehood bill and the people want
to see it become a law.
Men who watch the drift of the politi-
cal tide are disposed to think there may
be decided trend in public sentiment
toward the Democratic party this coming
fall that will make big inroads into the
Republican majority in Congress. 1t is
known that the Democratic campaign
committee is making a close Inspection
of AL Of the close Congressionaldis districts
for the purpose Of making a fight where
ever there is a possibility of defeating a
Republican. Or course, the Democratic
leaders do not hope to capture the House
next Congress, but they are hoping to cut
down the Republican majority to such
an extent that it may be possible later.
One of the districts in which a fight
may be looked for is the sixth. Repre-
sentative Henry c. Allen defeated Will
liam Hughes, the former representative,
by $40 plurality. That the Democrats
will endeavor to defeat the Republican
candidate, whoever he may be,and it is
understood that it is doubeful if Mr.. Al
len runs again. is conceded. However,
with a strong candidate and Z good cam
paign the sixth district should be kept in
the the Republican column, and if there
is no apathy on the part Of the Republi-
cans throughout the State, there is no
reason Why the Congressional delegation
should not stand as It is at present, 0
Republicans and Democrat. The latter
will probably be James HamiI who VII
succeed Mr.. McDernaott.
George B. cortelyou, the Postmaster
General has submitted an estimate Of
the cost Of handling the annual seed dis
tribution. He places the cost at $34, 500,
based nthe calculation that the seeds
weigh $4,000 pounds The estimate is
FIVE cents pound at the lowest. The
number Of packages sent out Is 100000.
The estimate is made thar the handling