Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1919-11-14

1914. On the contrary. the price was
reduced.
ut is not true, as Mr.. Gompers
states, that for the past several years
the miners have averaged only l6O
to $50 working days a year.
at is a fact however-and Mr..
Gompers could easily have ascertained
it-that virtually every bituminous
mine In the country has on its pay
roll a substantial number of men who
deliberately lay off from one to three
days a week when they have an OPP
p~ortunity to work"
Samuel Gompers and his conserva-
tive associates among the leaders OF
the American Federation of Labor de-
serve commentator for their efforts
to keep the radicals and anarchists
from gaining control over organized
labor in this country, but they are not
doing their cause or themselves any
good by giving their full support to
such movements as the coal strike,
the steel strike and the strike of Bos-
ton policemen. Public sympathy is be-
ing rapidly alienated by some of the
methods adopted by union labor, and
in America public sympathy is abso-
lutely necessary to success in such
matters.
That the people really are waking
up to the perils of the situation was
q - AI4 ATnrrnnhTI-
sets election. Governor Coolidge,
who had taken a firm stand against
the striking policemen and had In
sisted on the maintenance of law and
order, was up for reelection and was
opposed by Richard H. Long. The lat
ter, running on the Democratic ticket,
had promised to reinstate the police
men if elected, and the contest really
centered in the strike. The result, of
course, everyone knows-Coolidge was
returned by an overwhelming major
ity and the radicals, who had gath
cred their forces to the support of
Long were crushed.
OF the other elections of the week
the most interesting was in Kentucky,
where E. P. Morrow, Republican, de-
feated Governor Black by a large plu-
rality and the statewide prohibition
amendment won. In New Jersey e.
1. Edwards, Democrat, who ran on a
wet platform, was elected governor;
and Ohio voted wet on all four of the
liquor propositions presented, accord
ing to incomplete returns. Maryland
and Mississippi were carried by the
Democrats. In New York city Tam
many sustained a terrific defeat, los
ing ten aldermen and eighteen assem-
blymen besides various other offices.
The Oyster Bay district sent Lieut..
Col. Theodore Roosevelt to the as
sembly with a whopping big vote.
President Wilson warmly c%ongratu'
lated Governor Coolidge on his vie
tory over the forces of misrule, as dc
all good citizens regardless of party
The Republican leaders also r~ejoicet
because they looked on the results IL
the Bay state and in Kentucky as {
presidential election. Democrats were
elated over New Jersey, and the wet!
derived much comfort over the vot'
in that state and in Ohio.
Despite the apparent deadlock owe
the peace treaty in the senate. the in
dications are that an agreement TO
early final action is at hand. Score
tary Tumulty arranged with the pres
ident's physicians for a visit by Sen
ator Hitchcock to Mr.. Wilson in orde
to lay before him the entire situation
explain the evident intentions of tn
majority concerning reservations an
obtain the presidents word as to wha
he would accept in that line. Owe
and over again Mr.. Wilson has sal
he woul4 accept no change in tn
treaty or reservation which woul
compel the resubmission of the paC
: to the other nations, and the majorit
senators are taking c~ognizance of hi
: determination. Already they hav
changed the Lodge reservations by
sentence pointing out that the a
: ceptance of the reservations by tn
other powers. as required by the PR
posed ratification resolution, may /
obtained through an exchange of dill
: lomatic notes. They also planned
! strike out the fourteenth reservation
! declaring the United States is NJ
q bound to submit to the League of N.
; tons questions of vital interest or n
tional honor.
: According to Paris advices II
u treaty of Versailles will become effe
tive on November %. when the e
; change of Publications between &c