Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-10-30
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

ed by what he absolutely believes to be
the truth. He is believer in w. IL.
Taft as friend of labor.
Prominent Chlca goan Defles Gompers
In the Piano. Organ and Musical In
strument Workers Official Journal
Charles bold. the editor, who was for
merly president Of the Chicago Fedora
ton Of Labor. bitterly assails Samuel
Gompers for his effort to deliver the
union labor vote in this campaign. He
criticiZes in particular circular issued
by the executive council Of the Amer:
can Federation Of Labor, asking the
wage-earners to contribute to the Dem
ocratic campaign fund. Two quotations
from the editorial are sufficient to show
what is thought Of Gompers' effort:
1--WE have searched diligently for
some act or deed Of the Democratl.
party justifying labor's support, but
have been unable to ind one.
''The most deplorable working con.
dition In the United States, the lowest
wages, the greatest illiteracy, are all to
be found there under the Democratic
regime Of the Solid South And the
Solid South controls the Democratic
party"
On behalf Of the International Broth.
erhood Of Painters, Decorators and
Paper Hangers statement has been Is
sued. saying "a man Is known by the
company he keeps, and Mr.. Bryan has
publicly chosen to associate himself
with men with whose unsavory past he
is quite familiar
The Alton (lll.) Glassblowers' union
the largest union in the American Bottle
Blowers association. has repudiated in.
reference by Samuel Gompers, who ad-
vised the union to indorse Bryan for
President, and summarily laid on the
table the communication from President
Gompers at their business meeting.
The president Of Highland lodge,
Amalgamated Iron and Steel Workers
OF Terre Haute, Ind, said his organiza.
tion cannot join in partisan politics. and
that 1t also turned down an appeal from
Gompers sent from American federation
headquarters for contribution to the
Democratic campaign fund.
HIinnesota and Iowa for Taft.
Bryan is not to receive the solid labor
vote Of Minnesota. Contrary to the re-
peated predictions and efforts of Demo
cratic labor leaders there appears to be
4 big split in the ranks of organized
labor, and Taft will receive his due
share Of votes from the union men.
Fifteen of the most prominent union
men in Minneapolis have signed cir
cular letter declaring they take ex-
ception to the methods used by the
Bryan element of the organizations, and
many believe the labor men Of the State
will exercise their individual Wills
when voting. and will cast their ballots
for the Republican nominee.
There Is every reason to believe that
a movement has set in among the Ia
boring classes of Iowa, the workers
in the large industrial communities,
towards Taft and the Republican ticket.
Not only are the labor leaders who
early in the campaign were advocating
the election Of Bryan less active in the
support Of the Democratic ticket, but
many men less prominent but no less
influential in the councils Of the vari-
GUS labor organizations are openly
c0unseling more rigid scrutiny of
party promises and records.
August A. Bablitz, secretary Of the
Central Labor Union of Lexington, KY,
urges his fellows to vote the Republi-
can ticket in order to insure q con-
tlnuation Of prosperity.