The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-10-19
cRooKs oFFER EIGHT HOURS

for a meal it first covers it with
slime TO make digestion easier That
is just what Wall Street is now trying
10 do with the intelligent voters of
the country through their corporation
owned Republican party They have
never raised single sensible issue
in the campaign, but have been trying
to slime over the whole campaign
with a thousand frivolous matters i'll
none of which they can agree among
themselves They have found out
that in Ohio and other western states
the vote for Wilson is so unanimous
that they have thrown off their mask
and have determined to use millions
of war profits to try and defeat the
man that the people want. They may
be able to do it in Pennsylvania as
they did four years ago but the people
further west have become more
AmericaniHed and are able to see
through their false mask and are con-
WINGED that they will no longer follow
the serpent's trail as they have in
years past.
Louis Sebold in the New York
World says:
Toledo, where there are 5000 hands
employed on the twenty odd lines
that converge there, is normally Re
publican But it now displays an un-
mistakable tendency to swing clear
around the political circle next month.
The same is true of Cleveland, Gin
cinnati and Columbus.
In an effort to stem the tide the
Republican managers have inaugural
ed secret campaign among railway
employees, which they hope will stay
the Democratic deluge Emissaries
from the National Republican Com
mittee have recently approached lead
ers of the men with propositions
strongly suggestive of promises ito
secure an enactment of broad, eight
hour law" in the event of Republican
success.
1t is Misunderstanding of some of
the railway leaders to whom the pro-
Ject has been revealed, that Mr..
Hughes has agreed to fulfill this pro-
mise One of the undertakings OF 20
Republicans is the retaining of $50
men formerly engaged in the railway
business to spread the Republican
eight-hour propaganda among rail-
way hands. The Democratic leaders
are advised that the venture has not
found any encouragement
Notwithstanding that Rockefeller
Morgan & Co, and the special privi-
lege financial crowd are backing up
Candidate Hughes, the news reached
this city yesterday that betting in
New York is now even on the presi-
dental candidates. What has hap
pened to the one hundred per cent
candidate who don't like the eight
hour day, the child labor law, the
seamen's> act, the rural credits and the
numerous other good laws which
we're made for all the people by the
present administrations Are the
money grabbers losing heart in their
fight against the workers ard the
common peopleo
Idaho wool growers must be very
thankful to candidate Hughes and
senator Borah, for telling them that
they should have high protective
tariff on wool They remember that
when they had high tariff that they
got nine cents a pound for their wool
but the first year after the tariff was
removed the price was 10 cents and
has steadily increased ever since that
time until now they get 30 cents. The
ordinary wool grower is generous
hearted man, but he will hardly break
his neck in getting to the polls to
vote for Hughes and 9 cent wool
The final count in the straw vote
which was taken at the Majestic
Theatre last week was counted Mon
day and the results were as follows:
For President-Wood Wilson.
70S Chas f. Hughes. 521, Gov. F. ].
Hanley g. For Governor-M Alex
ander, Sl8, d. w. Davis, 657, Annie
Triplow. so, The management Of the
Majestic theatre will give $500 to
the Associated Charities If either of
the men with the greatest count in
these returns do not carry the city in
the general election.
There is every indication that the
women wise-acres from the efete
East, who came out here to tell the
women of Idaho how to vote, are moi
meeting with much success in theiI
Republican mission. 1t is safe to as.
sumo that very large majority of tn,
women of Idaho are for The presiden
Notwithstanding the strenuous effort.
put forth up to date by the effiminat,
Hughes missionaries from the seat.
of wisdom on the eastern slope o
this great country Of ours.
1t seems that about all there is Il
the Hughes alliance" in Boise j
Jimmy Gipson. At any rate, the "Al
lance" banner across Eighth stree
says: Hughes Alliance J II Clip
son" Surely Jimmy is conceite,
little cuss, to not identify himself il
some official way on the said banner
OF course he may be the "whol
thing" in that alliance business. or il
other words, he may be about the on
ly bona fde member of it. VIII
knows?
A poll that IS especially pleasing Il
labor unionists was that taken of tn
representatives of the labor unions o
Seattle in the Labor Temple Of tina
city recently by the Seattle Times
which gives the result as being 81 70
Wilson; S for Benson; none 70