The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1908-09-05
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Various Independent" and third
party schemes are being fostered by
certain interests In order to deceive
the men 81 labor to divide their vote
and to .nullify their determination to
achieve real independence in this
campaign by uniting in casting their
votes for the great party which has
declared for labor.
No one with the slightest knowledge
Of practical politics anticipates that
any independ ent" third party can be
sIccessfutsi lin this campaign Not even
the candidates of 'independent' par
ties pretend to expect to be elected.
What. then is the function of all
independent" third parties in this
campaign? What is their effect on
the battle. Of the two great parties for
supremacy? +. %7s s
: . ::..=., :@. Old Political Trick. ~, 3
It is q well-established custom in
politics for the dominant party to
& divide the opposition to 1t in as many
:s independent camps as possible. thus
dispersing the united vote which; cast
solidly against 1t, might encompass It's
defeat. This Is what is being done
I fl1fs year by the pru1noti ION. Of indie
pendent" third party. schemes. ~
'ssE|To the men Of labor engaged In
their !. present contest 1t matters not
how the plat ffprm OF a. third party
may be 81 even how p1ausibis sis tlie
rennnsitf z*of isssd ..5
S #: hat the working people need nov,
Z ist not promises " hich can not be car
ried out, but legislation which can be
secured in the near future. -. &C.. Z 5
The Republican party and its can
sdidate TOR the presidency. Mr.. Taft,
have spoken. Where labor is not ig-
nored 1t is either ins<lted or the aim
is evident to rivet the chains OF in
Justice still more firmly upon the
MASSES OF the toilers.
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The Democratic party and its can
dtdate for the presidency, Mr.: Bryan,
have also. spoken: The latter give
absolute assurance in their declara-
lions for all that labor asked. The
working people and their friends and
the public-spirited public can elect the
candidate Of the party which has
made labor's contentious for Justice
Its own-real independe In this
campaign consists in the workers vot-
ing for this candidate. p.
We have said before that the re-
commendation> to the toilers alb to
their action in this campaign is on
account Of the fact that the Repub-
lican party worse than ignored labor's
demands for Justice and insulted the
totlers in It's attitude and declaration;
that the Democratic party cordially
and sympathetica made labor's con-
tentions Its own. S e. =
Caution to Labor. *s5.s.
What we say here is not necessar-
lily In derogation OF the principle un-
DERIVING an honest Independent
movement which may be a. a.snecessity.
at certain times and under certain
cond itions, but not this year. $ s
We desire at this time however, to
point out that those who vote foi
any third party independent ticket
uOtQ1AA ft1AS9 ESAk " @tlOSIllS% to- l6OOlI3
Iigtts and interests to success, Just
a. much as IL they voted that ticket
straight. u , 2$.. " Il
We. wish all the workers ana their
friends TO understand that IN this
campaign these third party 'inde-
pendent" movements are often mere
3 Republican side-shows. without
the knoWledges Of their deluded ad-
herents they are sometimes financed
and most unscrupulcusly manipulated
to ensure the continued dominance
and success of the party most closely
allied with the "interests'' and repre-
5senting them. Do our men of labor
and Their friends Wish to aid IN ac-
any such. result2 II not,
sthey nfuat scruti tini1e keenly these
specious third party movements put
forward to defeat BY indirection Ia
bor's effort to enforce It's demands for
Just1ce and right. american Federa-5
tionist.