The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-21

NASf ApbdNCo anu cigar FACTORY DnATH-
tlves and many others.
Efforts have been made to number
the ieglons of wage workers by States
but these efforts have been far from
satisfactory. The organization of Ia
borers and other wage earners is par.
Itlcularly effective in a few States such
as Massachusetts. New York, Pennsy,,
vanla, new Jersey. Illinois, and Can.
tornia. The labor unions predominant
generally in the big manufacturing
States.
Secretary Frank Morrison, of the
Federation of Labor, said recently that
no one could more than hazard a guess
as to what portion of the organized la
Dor vote is normally with the Republi-
cans or with the Democrats. The cam
paign chairmen have apparently never
taken any poll of the labor vote that
reached the public. 1t is said that in
Pennsylvania something like 80 per cent
of the labor vote is with the Republi-
cans. In many of the large cities the
big percentage goes with the Democrats
under normal conditions. Old cam.
paigners assert that in the three States
of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois the Re
publicans for several years have been
getting the major portion of the labor
votes.
1t is a favorite claim of the American
Federation that its leaders have a large
following outside of the unions This.
of course, is stoutly disputed for one
hears that many of the unorganized Ia
borers cherish an antagonism to the
unions. Wages for all laborers are
said to be determined largely by union
scales.
There is large opportunity for spec,
ulation as to how generally the anti.
injunction issue and platform provis.
ions for trial of contempt cases by jury
appeal to these working millions. 1t
is very certain, however, that the men
who have urged President Gompers to
enter the fight against the Sherman
anti trust law provisions and the equity
practice of granting injunctions without
notice comprise only a small portion OF
the workers for daily wages.
Southern orators are not wanted in
the Democratic Congressional campaign.
The committee, which has its headquar.
tiers in this city, is trying by the most.
diplomatic methods possible to elimi-
nate all these Southern stumpers-
least all except those who have been
known as out and out Bryan men.
"'The anti -Bryanite Southerners can
not do us any good on the stump say
the Democrats who have been at the
Congressional helm. "We are glad to
have their support and do not want
either to discourage them or to offend
them. But audiences know the political
history of Congressman who address
them. We can not prevent that.
Usually considerable flock of South.
ern orators start north early in every
Congressional campaign. The Southern
Congressman, as rule, are not very
busy in the recesses of Congress. They
are generous in giving their time to
help the party in federal elections. For
the last eight or ten years a Southern
Congressman or two has generally gone
into Maine, where the election comes
the first part of September. By Octo-
Der dozen or more of the Democratic
congressman from the South, where the
campaign generally ends with the pri-
maries, are rendezvousing at the com.
mittee headquarters in Washington,
willing to go anywhere the COMMITTEES
wants them to go. But very large
proportion of the Southern Democrats
in the House were anti-Bryan men right
up to the time that the nomination was
made at Denver. Count through the
column of Southern States and one finds
hardly more than score who were not
advocating the nomination of some
other than BRYAN OF course not all
of these are orators and so the list or
available Congressional speakers from
the South this year is very limited in
deed
There are still other reasons why the
Southern orators are not as acceptable
TO the Democratic Congressional man.
apement as they used to be. They may
he eloquent and entertaining, but they
are inclined to be abusive rather than
argumentative toward opponents. They
have had their political training IN COM
muuities and states, where Democrats
ALWAYS win and where it is customary to
pummel the Republicans. Northern
candidates for Congress on the Demo-
cratic ticket must look for votes from
the present dominant party. To win
sneh votes the managers and orators
must speak softly, argue automatically,
and avoid giving offense. They must
not inveigh too strongly against Koose'
Welt and this becomes more and more
true the farther west the orator goes.
The difference between the two
schools of public speakers. 1t was point
ed out here today, was illustrated
at Denver by the speech of Temporary
Chairman Bell. of California, and Per.
manent Chairman Clayton, of Alabama.
The first speech has. already become
one of the foremost utterances OF the
campaign. The second speech-the Dem
ocrats are trying to forget it.
As matter of fact the Democratic
Congressional Committee is very much
in accord with Bryan in this selection
of campaign orators. He has been
sneakinq softly and has been calling no
one hard names. While nothing IS
known about il here, the idea prevails
that the Southern orators i'll not be en-
couraged mnch to go into the general
campaign. A few of the out and out
Brvanites may be welcomed. The stu
alton is taken to mean that the South
is not to be allowed a seat in the sad
die. Western Democrats are running
things congressional and presidential,