Arizona republican., 1907-10-31

bills
 But the federation went farther than
 this. It marked certain men for it's
 especial disfavor and announced that they were to be defeated by a union of
 the Democracy and the trades unions. Among those who were specially at- ! tackled were Representatives Littlefield. of Maine; sherman, of New York;
 Payne. of New York; Dale and Deem-
 CT. of Pennsylvania; Crumpacker and Overstreet, of Indiana; Lorimer, Whar- ton and Cannon (the latter Speaker of the House), of Illinois, and Kennedy, of
 ohio.
 As the Maine election came in Sep tember. all the resources of the Amer
 ican Federation of Labor were con-
 centrated on MT. Littlefield in the sec
 ond district of Maine. It was felt that
 if he could be defeated it would help
 the fight on the other members marked
 for slaughter in other states that elect
 ed their congressman in November
 Money was spent like water in the Lit
 tlefield district Forty sub-presidents.
 local presidents and other union offi-
 cials under the orders of Mir Gompers
 were quartered for six weeks in one of
 the hotels of Rockland. MT. Gompers
 himself stumped the district. To meet
 the Democratic-labor raid the Repub-
 licans accepted the issue. Secretary
 Taft, who, when on the bench. had is-
 sued injunctions against labor organ
 izations. went to Maine and spoke for
 Mir. Littlefield. He boldly stated his
 belief. that what the labor men were
 seeking was unconstitutional. and if granted would rob the government of it's most effective weapon against the trusts and monopolies. Speaker Cam non also went to the rescue of Ir. Littlefield. At the previous election Mir. Littlefield had been elected by 3,419 plurality. Owing to the prevail ence of state issues and the liquor question. the Republican vote was di unfinished all over the state, but Mir. Littlefield won by 1.462 plurality.
 Another point of fierce attack was the Cannon district of Illinois. The labor unions induced the Democrats to surrender completely to them. They nominated a thorough Socialist against the Speaker. and made every effort to array the solid labor vote of the district on the Democratic side. But the re- suit met with disaster As he had done many times before, the Speaker appealed to the common sense of the | and the result was never ! in doubt He had received nearly 16.- l GOO plurality in 1904 as a result of the | Roosevelt tidal wave. Now with I Roosevelt not running and no state is ! sues to bring the vote out. his majority l was just 10000.
 In the eighteenth Ohio district where l the American Federation picked John | T. Weltv to defeat Representative Ken | nedy, the most desperate tactics were utilized to win success. It is a very strong labor district. MT. Kennedy had | been elected in 1904 by nearly 10000 | majority. This time his majority was | rut down to about 2.OOO. But he was elected. and it is probably the last 1. time the Democrats and labor OrganiZ- ations will unite in that district.
 Representative Jesse Overstreet in | the seventh Indiana district had been elected in 1904. Roosevelt year." by [ about 11.000. the Bryan Democrats very | heavily supporting the Republican nominee. The majority was very much | above normal in that year. The Dem Dcratic-labor combination picked Cav In Dent as the opponent of Mir. Over street. but MT. Overstreet was elected by about 5000 in 1906.
 One of the most determined assaults ,f the democratic-feder combina- ion was that made on Representative James Sherman in the twenty-seventh New York district. Mir. Sherman was marked for slaughter. largely because le was such a conspicuous member # the house. being chairman of the epublican congressional committee. against him was James K. )'ConnOr. who received the nomina- ion of the labor party, the democrats md the Hearst Independence League. Ir. Sherman's plurality in 1904 was bout 5000 He defeated O'Connor in his contest in 1906 by 4.30O.
 It was like rushing in where angels ear to tread" to essay the defeat of Serene F.. Payne in the hirty-first New York district, but MT. iompers and MT. Morrison rushed in III the same. MT. Payne's majority n 1904 had been 12.1S4: and he de- eated the federation candidate, Mir. l Warner in 1906, by 11.000.
 The labor leaders were particularly | lesirous of retiring from congress William Lorimer of the ixth Illinois district. They nominat- d William J. Stark to produce MT. -orimer's defeat. MT. Lorimer in 1904 lad received a plurality of 1419. and n the year of the labor raid, 1906. he asily showed Stark under to the tune f 9,513.
 There were but three districts in the ountry where the or-democratic succeeded. They were the ourth or "Stockyard' district of Chi ago, where c. S. Wharton, who had een elected in 1904 by 4.534, was de- eated by James T. McDermott, a un- on telegrapher, by 1898; the tenth where was achieved the cfeat of Elijah Deemer by G. II. E. Il Wilson by a majority of 1900, and the fifteenth Pennsylvania, where the coal II miners elected T. D. Nichols over T. III l. Dale by 6.241. MT. Dale's plurality Fl n 1904 had been 3.32O. Wharton's de- eat was due to the trick in which is vote and the attempted Panama anal legislation for an eight-hour day ras misrepresented. Il