The daily Nome industrial worker., 1914-11-06

Tbs fAft that t1A taif9F pfgfs3SAtS such aa the eieht sioar day and the sws-.s7:sa.:s= cs.ss s.-:ss=.l.a iA~s faliad 10 make any sort of geod showing iu Inc various states equipped with initiative and rafsfsadam as part oF their political machinery need oeeas wion m wonder The fact cannot bs overlooked that in the majority of states the wage workers are in tho voting minority for 1t ls unmlssak ably true. and that they have tbsrs- fore to accept the will of a major fly whose interests are opposed 10 theirs la part Of that political fact
 The aalaried employees. thossi msn who imagine thst they ar1 part of the firm tiie smaller husis ness man. the workers who are cF thiak thuy ara their owu boas aad follow such vacations as eaHvaaslaK drumming or peddiinR, tho taanag ara and supariatanaents rl@rRa and what not. together with the prot.s. alouH all thann together eenssituts ihe voting majority when allied with iham are a number Of wage workers who never can and never will yoie Ha thoir class interests dictate l hH suffrage has heEn taken away from the majority Of the wAke w0rkeFH. especially in the west T ha election laws necessarily raausFta. such des nnlts qualifications have resulted ln making Il lmpoaatbia for workers who have Co hunt around for iob, n uAat vota. Ao eme who hae nul worked for wages can haxe sYeb 2 faint of ldaa of shp number Nh aa su Ha from piaea ta place Hsekins employment and wlto thsFefots n states which require voter ta be thirty days ln \ precinct. siA months in county. and over year lh | state, are unable tn easl ballot
 These taan Who are migratory workers have really no place of con. Hldsralion n tho present repreaeusa' ton from tho yarleua states. and aannol hy their votes therefore aa' saet thnir wants ia Tho demand taF an eight hour day
 Nef h there any tendency te Fa' meay thtH state aI things, tG fael quite the contrary Year after Year Inc number uf statgH which ar mating the voting conditions more and mere restrictive ss steadily lit. creating uniyesaal naln eufErase aay mara than female suffrage does mos ssist and Amattesa eI5ssag are denied hy taeis fellow 0tiseag she right to vote heeansa thay aft victims of tadustelat eeudisleas ov@' @hieh they ha@e na coaisol
 When we therefore sse seatuA like California and Washington aed ethera vota dawn ln a referendum the eiaht itaaF aay pfopnsition. t is nonsense tn conclude Ehat ths workers arc uapaset ts the esshi hour day. but II is rlsht sa conclude that tue election lawa are nat tsl' lawa. and that all workers do aei Ataad equally before the iaw
 'rhe arguments whereby sheas elective restrictions were imposed npon ihs people ameaatsd 10 thiat Tho migratory voters were eastls corrupted. ant wheu tAeY veaaeaed sln rtaht to vote ala net exercises il voluntarily and eoasuieatsaaall. Aai aa the hriher aud eerFuptvr te whom they sold their sote. anslFed rAss, asgumemta may have been founded on speciar facts. Ana tae uasatatnr workers may have from tsan ss tltne been the easy marks uf sha itoas and the professional a7igssesan But they are not iaat esen ffom sA' potat af view al those who aphois political purity and civic morality 'rheFe sa 10 Justice ia rehhlag mss If their suffrage hecAnso some a them dia not aAeselee it wisely. tse aldea what man serlanely believes that legsslataras which hasa hvss notorious for corruption themselves which sold sheir own votes lska asl on tho market to railroad Asaas trnst Hobbies and captains oE lnaas try who considered some hsaeua act of corruption whereby ssssaaa franchises were dsapaHed af tor
 song. ssgna of political ahrewdnns and eiosnrness. were ainceru wh
 they placed restrictions 0n the wefk CTS votes heuaaise aosns ennalag bas made use of The hobo yofe to aecar