The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1919-11-20

1914. On the contrary, the price wa
reduced.
ut is not true, as Mr.. Gomper
states. that for the past several year
the miners have averaged only 16t
to $50 working days a year.
ut is a fact, however-and Mr.
Gompers could easily have ascertalnet
it-that virtually every bitumlnou.
mine In the country has on its pay
roll a substantial number Of men who
deliberately lay Off from one to three
days week when they have an op
portunity to work."
Samuel GOmpers and his conservn.
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-
Iutely necessary to success In such
matters.
That the people really are waking
up to the perils Of the situation was
FULLY demonstrated In the Massachu.
sets election. Governor Coolidge.
who had taken q 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 Fl. Long. The lat.
Ter. running on the Democratic ticket.
had promised to reinstate the police
men II 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.
or the other elections of the week
tne most Interesting was in Kentucky,
where p. p. Morrow. Republican. de-
feated Governor Black by large plu.
ralIty and the statewide prohibition
amendment won. In New Jersey r..
l. Edwards, Democrat, who ran on n
wet platform. was elected governor
ana 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 terrific defeat. los.
Ing ten aldermen and eighteen assem-.
blymen besides various other offices.
me oyster Bay district sent Lieut..
Col. Theodore Roosevelt to the as.
'embly with whopping big vote.
PRESIDENT Wilson warmly congratu-
ated Governor Coolidge on his VIC
'ory over the forces Of misrule. rs do |
III good citizens regardless of party.
me Republican leaders also reioiced
because they looked on the results In |
ne BAY state and In Kentucky Ms n |
orecast or the results In the next |
presidential election. Democrats were
'lated over New Jersey, and the vets
lerived much comfort over the vote
n that state and In Ohio.
Despite the apparent deadlock over
ne peace treaty In the senate, the IN.
locations are that an agreement for
arly final action is at hand. Secre-
airy Tumulty arranged with the pres.
dents physicians for n visit by SEN
TOR Hitchcock to Mr.. Wilson I'm order
lay before him the entire situation.
xplain the evident intentions OF the
majority concerning reservations and
htaln the presidents word as to what
re would accept in that line. Over
nd over again Mr.. Wilson has said
e would accept no change In the
reaty or reservation which would
ompel the resubmission of the pact
the other nations, and the majority
enators are taking cognizance OF his
termination. Already they have
hanged the Lodge reservations nv n
entence pointing out that the nc.
eptance or the reservations by the
Their powers, MS required by the pro-
osed ratification resolution, may he
btained through an exchange OF din
,matic notes. They also planned TO
triRe out the fourteenth reservation.
ec'aring the United States Is NOT
ound to submit to the League OF Ma.
IONS questions OF vital interest or ma.
|onal honor.
According to Paris advices the
realty or Versailles will become effec-
we on November %, when the OK.
mango Of Publications between Ger.