The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-08-19

told that they were impudent in their
 demands.
 The injunction plank of the Chicago
 platform failed to satisfy Samuel
 Gompers and those acting with him.
 They then went out to Lincoln to see
 Mir. Bryan on their way to the Dem
 yer convention and stated their case to
 him. At Denver they appeared before
 the Resolutions Committee, and they
 came away from there perfectly satis-
 aed. The Denver convention did noth-
 ing more nor less than to advocate a
 law such as that passed by the Senate
 early in 1896. That bill was carefully
 considered by the Senatorial lawyers
 whose names are given above. It will
 be observed that both Republicans and
 Democrats were among the most in-
 tsllectual men in that august body
 men who knew what they were doing,
 and who should be given credit for ac-
 tion they thought was clearly In the,
 interest of both employer and ern-
 ploye. It was q matter which threat
 ened to bring on terrible conflicts be- tween capital and labor if something
 was not done to define the line of ae-
 ton in the courts of the land. If there be any who find fault with
 the demands made by Samuel Gompers
 and his associates--any who are dis posed to accuse the Denver convention
 
 to the demands of labor in this great political contest--it is only necessary
 to remind them that labor Is asking only for what the above named Sena- tors in 1886 by their votes believed it
 should have. At the same time these
 Senators could not be accused of paw ing the way for legislation inimical to the interests of capital. The Senate
 Judiciary Committee was then, as 1t Is now. composed of conservative men. No one could truthfully charge that the
 Committee was dominated by destroy
 CTS of public confidence, or that they
 sympathized with the socialistic els- ment.
 Labor Unions' Foe.
 Three years or more ago Samuel Gompers and his followers decided that
 one of the worst foes they had In the House of Representatives was Charles E Littleheld of Maine. He came to Congress as the successor of the late Nelson Dlngley author of the existing tariff law. Mir. Littlefeld so steadily opposed the injunction bill that Sam
 uei Gompers and those acting with him decided that they would so into his | district and do their utmost to defeat
 him. LIttleheld laughed at the threat
 The idea of Gompers and his crowd be-
 ing able to defeat him. Dingley used
 to roll up anywhere from 10000 to i5.-
  ne1d when he was elected member of the Fifty.nlnth Congress got nearly
 5000 and he had carried the District before that by much larger margin. It was simply ridiculous, he thought, for Gompers to try to knock him out
 Well, Gompers stumped the District
 two years ago against Littlefield. and
 the result was that the Congressman pulled through by a triae over 1000 votes. Ii was scare that nearly took
 his breath away.
 Now the funny thing about this busi-
 ness is that the Republican Committee gave the candidate very little money. They told LittIefield that Gompers was
 not to be feared, and that he could win without the use of money. But Little- | field saw that he was in great dan- ger of defeat, and to save himself, 1t ia common talk here that he went 1 down into his own pocket so deeply i that he did not have much of his 1 congressional salary left after his ex- penses were paid. Gompers made up
 his mind to take another whack at him
 this year on account of his savage op- | position to bills demanded of Congress I by labor organizations. The tall
 Maine statesman wisely concluded that | the best thing for him to do was to | get out of public llfe, and he rendered his resignation. So Gompers got rid l of one enemy quite easily. and has 1 Littiefeld had to surrender. Repre- 1 sentative Clark of Florida, Secretary l of the Democratic Congressional Cam I patgn Committee. has recently been in
 Maine. He is strongly of the openion
 that Mir. McGillicuddy, the Democrat
 years ago. will be elected next month, who ran against Mir. Littleheld two owing to the fact that the laboring men
 in Maine are generally disposed this
 year to support the Democratic candi-
 dates.
 Against "UncIe Joe" Two years ago the Gompers influence 1 was exerted against the reelection of
 Joseph G. Cannon. It Is well-known here that the labor organization people are going to put up big light this year against old Uncle Joe" He
 openly insulted Gompers and several | of hts followers who called upon him l last session in the interest of the in- | junction bill, and they got as mad as March hares over the treatment ac- corded them. With so many men out of work in Illinois and the tough time the people out that way are having to | get a living, 1t Is said that there Is | widespread diseontent. dompers ex- | poets to so into the Cannon district | to take another turn at him, and he
 might possibly get the Speaker this time, though the Republican majority IS large Tn that ulSIEIct. MT OdhuOu
 was never beaten but once. That was
 in 1890. the year that the Mckinley tariff bill was enacted. The author of that measure also went down to
 defeat in Ohio.
 According to It's officials. the Feder- ation of Labor has a total member ship of approximately 1,750.000. The labering people are frank to say that
 they are going to try their utmost to defeat a score or more of Republican Congressman who have opposed their demands. It is noteworthy that they have no Democrats on their list for slaughter at the polls. The rank and | file of the labor men, in the opinion of the ,officials of the Federation, will
 vote the Democratic ticket this year, from tie condition for President down to the State officials. The situation is
 undoub tedly alarming to the Republi. can campaign managers. Naturally, | they are doing eevrything in their power to stem the tide which appears to have set in against Judge Taft
 among the working people. The Re- publicans in the last three contests have had the bulk of this vote. No
 doubt about that. To have to fight to hold it is a serious thing, to say
 the least. They are being attacked
 all along the line. If only 70 per cent of the labor vote in the doubt
 full States of the North and West Is
 cast for Bryan, 1t means danger for
 Taft. Sixty per cent would elect
 Bryan.