Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-06
CLANS LOST
IN MAINE M|x-UP

| IN MAINE M|x-UP
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with the unions and their heart-to-heart
talks to the workfngmen.
Mr.. GOmpers was criticised for interfering
| in Maine politics. Speaker Cannon and the
other outside republican takers have been
careful to keep hands on the state issues
and have devoted themselves exclusively to
national questions. Mr.. Gompers claimed
that his own so-caIled interference in Maine
affairs had to do only with the election of
| 2 representative In Congress. in which ma
tfonal issues were involved, and that he
should not be criticised more than the
members Of the administration who came in
| from the outside.
| =. Extent Of Labor Vote.
The extent OF the labor vote is not easily
| estimated by the managers of either party.
| In towns such as Lewiston. Auburn; Ban
| gor, Bath. Rumford Falls. Lawrence Falls.
Lisbon Falls and Rockland. with their d.
versifed Industries employing all sorts and
conditions Of men. there are all kinds OF
! workmen. But many Of them are not nat
| uralized. 1t Is said. and the political ma
| chinery has not kept tab to any extent
| upon the legai voters.
1 II.
voting strength Of the unions for the same
reason, nor can he estimate the vote out
| side Of the unions, which might go In SYM
pathy and to which he is earnestly appeal.
| ing. There is no question. however, that
| the voters are being aroused and are TAX
ing great interest in the debates All
| speakers are given fiattering audiences,
| and as these Maine audiences are not prone
| to be overly demonstrative the speakers
| cannot always tell what effect their argu-
ments are having.
| Mr.. Littlefield Is making a wh1riwnd
| campaign. He has great lung power. Is q
| tireless worker and has been going day ana
night for four weeks. His opponent, MI.
McGillicuddy. the democratic candidate. Is
self, man Of pleasing personality, and Is
trying to keep up to the pace set by the
tireless Littlefield.
Liquor Question State Issue.
The politicians are unable to judge how
the state issue may affect the congressional
campaign. The principal state issue, OF
course is the liquor question. 1t has more
facets than the big Kohinoor diamond, and
every way you turn 1t you seem to get
new light. In general terms the democrats
are supposed to favor Iesup,e nmsstinn
to the people.
Well, many people are considering that
Question not on party grounds, put IN &C
cordance with their views on the liquor
question Some favor it because they think
it will result in substituting high license
for prohibition. Others favor resubmlssion
because they think that the proposition
would be showed under by such big ma
jority that 1t would settle the liquor ques.
ton and result in stricter enforcement! OF
the law. The republicans are supposeo 70 70
favor q vote of confidence In the plan OF
| creating a state constabulary to enforce e4-
listing law. So 1t goes, with divisions OF
opinion both ways among democrats anu
| PRrnsidant Roosevelt has written a letter
TO a friend in Maine cordially indorsins Mr.
Littlehelds candidacy and expressing the
| opinion that his defeat would De niis-
fortune.
Two Notable Meetings.
Two notable republican meetings were
| held In the Littlefield district last nignt'
Secretary Taft addressing 5000 people az
Bath and Speaker Cannon talking to ABOUT
| 1000 at Lewiston.
Speaker Cannon laid aside all hesitation
| and made the issue fair and square with
| the American Federation of Labor. ne
| figura lively took off his coat. rolled up MS
| sleeves and went at Mr.. Gompers ZOE .
| strangle hold. There Is no longer any o .l
! simulation; the fight Is one between the
| Federation OF Labor and President hoose-
| yelt's administration. both Speaker cannon
| and Secretary Taft making that fact very
! plain In their talks last night.
| Sneaker Cannon started In on MI GoM-
| pers frst dash out of the box last night. He
| said:
INF. Gompers has introduced new ele-
| ment into American politics. He Goes not
| exercise the right of petition. he demands
4 that Congress enact into law his win. he
| does not appeal to you, he commands IL
you are member of the federation 70 go 20
| the polls and vote as he would vote. He
does not come here to argue. He publishes
| a decree in the name Of labor that the pub
| lie official who refused to obey his COM
mand shall be retired from public lie.
The New Caesars Food.
"On what meat does this new Caesar feed
to make him different from other political
| bosses in this day Of the decadence OF boss
| ism? I do not believe in prescription IN
! politics. 1t is foreign to our institutions.
| foreign to a government of the people. I
| am opposed to Mr.. Gompers' political
| method of black-listing men who vote as
| their consciences and judgment and the
| welfare OF their constituents dictate. such
! methods In politics have never succeeded
| in this country and they never Will. me
| old know-nothing party tried this method
| of black-Iisting all who were not native
| born. 1t would have black-listed Mr.. Com
| pers and other federation leaders as not
| qualified to hold public office. But the life
| of that party was short. 1 remember when
| demagogueS-not farmersbut demagogues-
| tried to form the farmers into an ALI
| ance to secure exceptional legislation not
| given to other citizens
"But the farmers put their feet on that
| effort and stamped 1t to death. The farmers
\ are more than one-third Of the people, but
| they ask no legislation that is not gen
eral to all the people.
| 81 believe this effort to combine the
1 vote Of organized labor In politics would
! fail even II majority Of the Federation
/ of Labor adopted 1t.
Gompers Has Grievance.
| ."Mr. Gompers has a grievance against
| your representative, as he has against Pres
ident Roosevelt, myself and forty or fifty
| other men in public life. We refused to
disregard our oaths of office and enact leg
islation which Mr.. Gompers demanded"
| Speaker Cannon then explained to the
| audience the differences between Mr.. Com
| pers and the Congress. Referring to the
| Federation OF Labor's attitude toward the
| anti-injunction bill, Speaker Cannon said
| that the federation's stand meant that what
1 Is property and q property right under ordi-
nary Interpretation Of law shall not be
considered property or a property right in
| labor dispute. In closing, Speaker Cannon
L a.