Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-29

| Gavin. republican Ohis is a democratic dis.
| trict normally, and Stanly Kunz, democrat
DIR. Willis c. Stone in the third who with
! crew from the democratic ticket in tina,
district to accept the league nomination
Representative William w. Wilson has beer
| renominated in the third by the repubii-
cans.
The men nominated by the independence
League for Congress and the legislature
are all in sympathy with the Federation OF
LABOR POLITICAL reform, and have been pick
ca or Endorsed by committee Of union
leaders.
Gompers on Speaker Cannon.
In an interview here on Speaker Cannon
Mr.. Gompers said the campaign against the
Speaker would be an exciting one.
Speaker Cannon said Mr.. Gompers, us
one Of number Of representatives who
have shown themselves to be opposed to
the interests Of labor. and, with Represent
alive Littlefeld of Maine the Speaker is
one of a number over whom the American
federation has been keeping special
watch.
HE has shown an unfriendly attitude
toward labor as a consistent policy. legis-
latively considered. He opposed the legisla-
ton which labor aksed for before he was
ton which labor asked for before ne was
Speaker. and after becoming Speaker SO
constituted his committees that they did
not dare to report favorably upon the bills
which were sought to be passed in the in
terests of labor and organized labor.
MI Cannon is against us and we will go
after him II we can see chance Of win
Speaker Cannon and eight other mem
bers of Congress were the only ones Of
2o9 members present who voted against the
labor amendment to the Sherman anti
reported adversely by Mr.. Littefield's COM
mittee, and a minority report was made by
the committee members favoring 1t. Can
non did all he could to defeat the immigra-
xlyho 4 ftoo
hoor of the House he adopted the most
dlsgraceful method ever seen there to de-
feat it. He left the chair and went from
one member to another bully-raggng and
brow-beating them.
when capital wanted the annulment Of
the elght-hour law on canal construction
1t was Cannon who creased the tracks to
secure 1t. He even went so far in his oppo-
sition to labor that he had prison labor
bill referred to the judiciary committee SO
that 1T would not be reported
When the eight-hour bill was reported
by accident, I am informed that Speaker
cannon gave every republican member Of
the committee on labor piece of his mind
Tor allowing the bill to be reported. He has
appointed committees with the particular
purpose In view that they should not report
pack SUCH measures as the eight-hour and
Injunction bills"
The republicans will open the state cam
palsn october !. Among their star speak
ers will be four governors, besides Senator
LaF'olette of Wisconsin and Senator Bev-
eridge of Indiana and Representative ].
Adam Bede of Minnesota. The governors
VINO Will go on the Illinois stump are: A.
r.: Cummins OF Iowa. J. o. Davidson of
Wisconsin j. Frank Hanly of Indiana and
FRED N. Warner of Michigan. All the state
leaders of the party will be on the speakers
bureau list and canvass of every county
VIII be made. They will devote special at
tentlon to William ]. Bryan's government
ownership theories
The democrats will open their campaign
NIX ffv,1
have an equally imposing array of speak
ers, including Gov. johnson of Minnesota.
Gov FoH of Missouri Mayor Tom Johnson
OF Cleveland Representative Towne of New
i totk, MI Bryan and other prominent party
leaders Mr.. Bryan will speak in Illinois
the latter part of October