East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-10-07
KEEP W|THYCOMBE,
BOOTH, NJ ARTHUR
HOME, SAYS LABOR
CANDIDATES OPPOSED To POIIT.
ICAL AIMS OF LABoRING
MEN.
Entitled TO No support from Organ
iEed Workers and Records Arc
Pointed to TO Substantiate Asser-
tons-Labor Press Vigorously
Fights Their Election.

PORTLAND, Ore. oct. 7.-Declar.
ing that those candidates whose pub
lie careers have shown them to be op-
posed to every political principle
cherished by labor can well be op-
posed Vigorously by organized labor
the Portland Labor Press. which Is
the official publication Of the Central
Labor Council Of Portland and vicin-
ity and OF the oregon State Fedora
ton Of Labor, publishes this week an
article telling why organized labor
should oppose the candidacies of r
A. Booth for United States senator,
DR.. James Withycombe for governor
and c. y. Macarthur for congressman
1t says these men are entitled to
no support from labor, and points to
their records for proof. The Labor
Press says:
Booth for senator. Macarthur for
representative, and Withycombe for
governor are entitled to no support
from labor. All are entitled to its
most vigorous opposition.
II is in keeping with a well known
labor slogan to oppose and defeat"
the enemies Of labor and of progress,
and all enemies of labor are enemies
Of progress.
Records Are Barred.
It Is sometimes difficult for a pub
lication like the Labor Press to ac-
lively support any certain candidate
for an important office when another
candidate has an approximately equal
following among the voters represent
ed by it. But those candidates whole
public careers have shown them to be-
opposed to every political principle
cherished by labor can we'll be op-
posed vigorously.
Booths career in the Oregon sem
ate was always opposed to the pro-
gressive laws which labor has always
and by which labor has
been greatly benefited. He opposed
the direct primary. He favored the
constitutional convention to kill the
initiative and referendum. He sup
ported 10 the last ditch a measure TO
kill Statement No. / and thereby pre-
vent election Of senators by the peo-
pie And now he asks the people TO
elect him who would not himself trust
them with the election Of senator's.
Macarthur Is F1ayed.
McArthurs well-known opposition
10 various laws that were presented |
Dy organized labor to the legislature
If which he was a member, Is enough |
10 insure that no union man will cast
mis- vote for him. His advocacy of |
he Infamous Brooke Bean bill which |
sought 10 kill Statement No. Is per- /
laps the worst blot on his public ca
-eer. and together with his connec-
ion with the Burns detective agency .
makes him 20 us impossible
Withycombe favors admission OF
'hinese TO compete with Americans |
n the labor market. He would have
Omitted them TO clear land, he says,
jut after that, with increasing num-
,ers OF them on our hands, what?
lie leaves the subject there, and thus
.hows clearly the extent Of his capa-
,ility 10 deal with vital industrial
ne AdNDin AIlt assembly |
nd harmonious relations with the
legislature. Labor would abolish the
enate as more than useless, and have
he remaining branch understand
hat very much Of its past career for
many years warranted the most care
VI scrutiny and drastic handling By
he governor
Called Standpatters
IN word. Booth, Macarthur and
all represent the same
eactionary, standpat big business in
erests that have been generally and
eeularly rejected by Oregon voters
or many years. And Oregon's splen-