Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1908-09-01
''uil for Fitzgerald or Pull Out.
THE LABOR VOTE.

Which ticket will receive the support OF
the laboreIs of the country at the coming presl-
Dental election. is what is just worrying
the different parties in the field. That this vote
is great factor to the success or defeat OF candi
date is a foregone conclusion.
Up to within very recent years organized
labor, as an organization, has not taken part i'll
elections But this year the leaders expressing
themselves in no unmstakablc language and in
every case they are NOT SUPPORTING THE
REPUBLICAN, CANDIDATES. Samuel Gompers,
the head of the federation of labor, is talking out
for Bryan and using his personal power for the
election of the democratic ticket. Mr.. Gompers
does not claim to control the vote of any man in
the federation but there is no doubt but that his
influence carries great weight
He is beloved by his followers for the stalwart
fights he has made, on many occasions, for their
rights and they have learned to trust him as no
other man has ever been trusted by them.
Healsts papers are continually abusing Com
pers and trying to make out that he is not the
sort of man the laborers believe him to be- How
we'll Mr. Hearst will succeed in convincing the
labor voters to stop listening to Mr.. Gompers aud
take the advice that he Hearst) offers, remains to
be seen; but it would seem by causual observation
that Hearst is following course that will prove
costly to the Independence League, for the reason
that GomperS has proven himself worthy the con-
idence of organized labor too many times for them
to now turn to the call of Hearst who has really
claim upon their attention except that he always
paid good wages and run union shops. Of course,
Hearst has defended, in his string of papers, on
many occasions, the cause of labor but so has
hundreds of other papers having much prestige
as the ones that Mr. Hearst is editor Of Too
Hearst has not been conSStant politician person
ally.
First he plays fora nomination from the nation
al body of democracy and is turned down. Then he
warns up against Tammy Hall in New York city
and later coddles 10 them and thus secures the
nomination for governor Of New York the regular
democratic ticket, but is defeated Now we find
him attacking the democrats with all the fire he
can put into the onslaught. And it is not unusual
to hear it remarked that Hearst is working for the
election of Taft as much or than he is for the
success of the Independence ticket So the term
TRAITOR has been applied to Healst and it is not
doubtful if the labor vote does not fear that he is
making bid for it only to use it to further bis
own ends and sacrifice of their interests.
The socialist labor party will poll big vote
WllnOuU Il uOuDl, OUT pTOoaOIS HOt very mucn IN
excess of that of four years ago and the other
party's in the field wilt not cut much figure rs far
as the labor vote is concerned.
The fact is that either Bryan or Hisgen will
get the Labor vote and just now it looks very
much as if Bryan was ahead in the running.
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