The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-11-02

The most momentous campaign IN
cur history will go to decision Novem-
Der 9TH and the result will mean much
to the American people. In the can
vases of 1896, 1900, 1904 and 1908
the people put the O. X. of approval
(unconsciouslyl upon the actions of
public servants who had betrayed
them continuously at every session of
congress during the incumbency of
the presidents who we're elected dur
ing these years Until Woodrow Will
son took his seat and began his SER
vice there had not been a cabinet
appointed by president that was not
a bargain between vicious business in
terests and the party leaders at
Washington. At this writing these
vicious business interests are hoping
to get back and are working openly
and secretly for the success OF the
Republican candidate. He is un
American in every fibre OF his spirit
and believes that it will not be neces-
sary for him to keep his pledges 10
the people. Should he be elected in
twenty-four hours after the result is
known to Wall Street the newspapers
of reactionary thought will proclaim
at the bidding OF Wall Street. that
the vote was a command to undo leg
islation in the public behalf enacted
by Woodrow Wilson and his party.
Every reactionary member of con-
gress will begin to amalgamate into
a pact to overthrow the best of the
Wilson measures and substitute in
their place weak bills that can be in
terpreted by instruments of the sys-
TEN, selected by President Hughes,
as a general letter of marque to mo-
nopolists to prey at will upon the
people.
If such a condition is 10 develop it
will be only because Providence has
decided that the masses need an OBJ
ject lesson in excesses by public enc
mics in order to hurry their educa-
ton in determining these enemies. No
thinking person can look upon Hughes
and the forces working for his sue
cess without knowing also the GER
tainty of his failure to either serve or
please the people 1t is only to be
hoped that the people in mass are
beyond. the line of education where
such an imposition can be successfully
worked and that further suffering is
unnecessary in teaching them the good
sense that the smallest use of brains
can do without it.
The defeat of Woodrow Wilson will
be the most stupendous ingratitude
ever sanctioned by the people of a
democracy and will do very much to-
ward emphasizing the allegation that
democracy is a failure in fact. The
election of Charles +. Hughes will
mean the downfall of popular cleo
tions because there is nothing more
eeTtain than the fast that actual per
WANT AN EIGHT HOUR DAY.
Portland. Ore.-The eight-hour day
is demanded by the Upholsterers and
Trimmers' union and the Mattress
Makers union Heretofore they have
been working 40 l-2 to 90 hours per
week In addition to the shorter
hours time and a half is insisted on.
A satisfactory agreement has already
been reached with a number of em-
ployers end the others are expected
to reach an understanding with the
rerrese natives of the union. This
IS the first time the union has expc-
rienced any difficulty with employers.
The industry is 100 per cent orga-
nized. a peculiarity Of the situation
is the fact that the Portland upholster-
ing and mattress making firms eneoun-
ter their strongest competition from
SaE Francisco firms where the wages
paid is $3.50 for eight hours.