Rocky Ford enterprise., 1908-10-30
ORGANIZED labor
SUPPORTS taft.
Majority Of the Real Leaders and
Workers Will Vote for Their
Real Friends.
xoLonger Any Doubt hut That Taft
Will Get tho Majority Of Labor
Votes Despite the unscrupalous
Fight Mads by oompsrs In Dshah
Of tbs Democratic BosssA

Fight Made BY 0omPsrs In 1soa11
Of tbs Democratic BosssA
gaLsII cd INV CIalJ
Leaders Of organized labor are op.
posed to Samuel Gompers In his efforts
to deliver the labor vote to Bryan, aud
thess t,issesys iadtsatisuf thet TAFT y u,
get the votes OF most laboriny wen. Al
least three OF the most influential vice
presidents Of the American FEDERATION
Of Labor evidently diSsgres Hlth Com.
psfs. $40 ss5JlIEt OIL JIJa
One of the men who .eiilsd. 9ei pfesi'
dent Roosevelt recentty gave sssurusfe
that John Mitchell Is not for Bryan. -
lntimated in .seissram taltegst KoysfI
from bim published 10 the hast .txo
days He declared Loa. auh0fitys h4h
In b. that Of Nj Mitchell himself, that
lhs noted labor leader did not write
snyl teleEram putt.sE himself IL tbs
Bryan coiuunn The telegram Il ssid
to be a fabrication.
James DGncau. tirst vice.presilent NJ
rhe American Federation OF I,aboc. nest
In au,hcrltr to Gompers and n man G
great influence IN the organization. has
written a letter to Wills Moore. chief
0r the weather bureau. roirtsd'y aa-
tnsonIzin. the altitude OF Ne. Goa'n"rs
aud asssrting ftbat each Individual
should be allowed 20 vote wit.out pres
asSr.s from sanv' QUE. sGl
Daniel K.ese. sixth vice.pre.ihrut Of
the federation and presiJgrt OF t4S
Loncsbcremens union. IL our for TAR
snd working hard foe him. keefe ad.
vises labor people to vote for Tast- Thus
three of the sig vice-presidents under
Mr.. Gompers are either supporting
Taft or .ars oppcs!n: any plan That VIII
place the Organization rs n body acaInsf
the Republican nomInse. Mr.. krefs
aaid recently;
,-Bryan has not besn indor.cd for
president by the executive council OF
the American Federation of f.abor.
Neither has any one the right 10 criti-
else union man for voting for any
other candidate for president. In fact
] will vote for Taft" ~
Tass's 1pss, &ssAsaAs. UsAaessesA.
The Labor World Of PtttSbury says:
-Every day It Is becoming more and
more apparent that the more the labor
record Of, JpJge. Taft iis discussed the
more does the fact s;iine forth that he
is 8 real friend OF labor, The truth
has always Teen recognized by the In
teiilycnt and faIr.mIndei trade union
leaders and officials. many Of whom
fo lfu nd l.alh
and declare themselves o this eject
despite the fact that undue lprcssureiis
being exercised to subdue such declara-
tion." ~ - . '.g
Tho United Mine Workers of Amer,
lea the 81 o,iseAt Organization nii:i'rr.
icGlly In the country. will not be bourl
by the political program os the Amer;
tear Federation of.fIaisor. to support
Bryan and .tae Dencra tic platform.
In an official circular Issued by 7. Il.
Lewis. intorratio,in, presidsft Of ths
union. to tic 100000 meuIbers. be says
the nleInsers,Ip has Intel iyenee snouGb
TO know how to vote without any ad-
yicc from him ard he Will do rothlus
to influence their political prefsrsnces
In any way - - - 'E-1-r-- 7---| -
"Pubiis Bsxgar" Story CoaaR0sA.
A campaign sensstI0a Waospsvns at
Wheeling. West ytfEfnia taS . 6<pub-
Iican rally when iaonosabIe n. Car
land Of P;ttssurs. former presiien,, "
the Amalfssssteds Association. declared
be was present when william jennings
Bryan stiymattzed union labor leadars
a. -bexsass" aHdrIabo .unlops, as,'nNisr
snoes,s In kisu3l wheuJ de- ways. and.
Means Committee Of the Nutiooal
House Of Repre- esentR tives was consid.
srtng the original. Wilson tariH bill.
the Ian ten years a member Of the sx.
ecutive board OF the United Mine Work !
ers, has come out with tjie statrments
that II was the duty Of !aborins men
to vote for Taft and Sherman. Ais
stand 10 a practleal repudiarion Of the
leadership Of samuel Gompers. and ad.
dItIonal evidence that the attempt Of
Gompers 70 deliver" the labor rots to
Bryan n a dismal failure. "a 3 .sa .E
Among the weIi.known trade ,uhios,.
lists Of Pennsylvania is GsorHe ".
Boyd OF the. Structural Ironworkefs
Union. He Is fearless In the declara-
tion Of his opinion and Is always guild
esi by what he absolutely te.ieyesgta be
the truth. He Is believer In ". II.
Taft as 4 friend of lnbcr. r II
rroniae ar chieaross Dsaes osnpess
In the Piano. Organ and sitpicai In.
strument workers'i oGisial!, lournsi
Charles Dold, the editor. who was for I
merly president Of the CHICAGO ,Fedsra.
lion of. Labor. bitterly assaiis .sannisi
GomDers for his effort to delivsr The