The La Jara chronicle., 1908-10-30
Majority Of the Real Leaders and
Workers Will Vote for Their
Real Friends.
No Longer Any Doubt But That Taft
Will Get the Majority of Labor
Votes Despite the Unscrupulous
Fight Made by Gompers in Behalf
of the Democratic Bosses.

there is every indication that Taft will
get the votes of most laboring men. At
least three of the most influential vice
presidents of the American Federation
of Labor evidently disagree with Com
pcrs.
One of the men who called on Presi.
dent Roosevelt recently gave assurance
that John Mitchell is not for Bryan, as
intlmated In telegram alleged to be
from him published in the last two
days He declared on authority. said
TO be- that of Mr. Mitchell himself, that
the noted labor leader did not write
any telegram putting himself in the
Bryan column. The telegram is said
to be IA fabrication.
James Duncan, first vice-president OF
the American Federation of Labor, next
in authority to Gompers and n man of
great influence in the organization, has
written a letter to Willis Moore, chief
of the weather bureau. pointedly an
tagonizing the attitude of Mr.. Gompers
and asserting that each individual
should be allowed TO vote without pres
sure from any one.
Daniel Keefe, sixth vlce-president of
the federation and president of the
Longshoremen's union, Is out for Taft
and working hard for him. Keefe ad-
vises labor people to vote for Taft. Thus
three of the six vice-presldents under
Mr.. Gompers are either supporting
Taft or are opposing any plan that will
place the organization as body against
the Republican nominee. Mr.. Keefe
said recently:
Bryan has not been indorsed for
president by the executive council of
the American Federation of Labor.
Neither has any one the right to criti-
else n union man for voting for any
other candidate for president. In fact
l will vote for Taft"
Tnfrs True Attitude UnderStood.
The Labor World of Plttsburg says:
every day it is becoming more and
more apparent that the more the labor
record of Judge Taft is discussed the
more does the fact shine forth that he
is a real friend of labor The truth
has always been recognized by the in
telligent and fair-minded trade union
leaders and officials, many of whom
have the courage to stand boldly out
and declare themselves to this effect
despite the fact that undue pressure is
being exercised to subdue such declara-
ton"
The United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, the strongest organization numer-
ically in the country, will not be bound
by the political program of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, to support
Bryan and the Democratic platform.
In an official circular issued by T. l..
Lewis, international president of the
union, to the 100000 members, he says
the membership has intelligence enough
to know how to vote without any ad-
vice from him and he will do nothing
to influence their political preferences
in any way.
"Public BcEEar" Story Confirmed.
A campaign sensation was sprung at
Wheeling, West Virginia, at n Repub-
lican rally when Honorable NJ. NJ. Gar
land of Pittsburg. former president of
the Amalgamated Association, declared
he was present when William Jennings
as "beggars" and labor unions as 'nuis-
ances" in 1893, when the Ways and
Means Committee of the National
House of Representatives was consid-
ering the original Wilson tariff bill.
William II. Farley, OF Alabama, for
the last ten years a member OF the eX-
ecutive board of the United Mine Work.
ers. has come out with the statement
that it was the duty of laboring men
to vote for Taft and Sherman. Ills
stand is a practical reputation of the
leadership of Samuel Gompers, and ad-
ditional evidence that the attempt of
Gompers to deliver the labor vote to
Bryan is dismal failure.
Among the well-known trade union.
lists of Pennsylvania is George w.
Boyd of the Structural Ironworkers'
Union. He Is fearless in the declara-
tion of his opinion and is always guild
ed by what he absolutely believes to he
the truth. He is believer In w. III.
Taft as a friend Of labor.
Prominent Chicngoan Defes Gompers
In the Piano. Organ and Musical In
strument Workers Official Journal
Charles Dold, the editor, who was for
merly president of the Chicago Fedora
tion of Labor, bitterly assails Samuel
Gompers for his effort to deliver the
union labor vote in this campaign. He
critlciZes in particular a circular issued
by the executive council of the Amerl-
can Federation of Labor, asking the
to contribute to the Dem
ocratic campaign fund. Two quotations
from the editorial are sufficient TO show