Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-11-14

1914. On the contrary. the price was
reduced.
cit is not true, as Mr.. Gompers
states, that for the past several years
the miners have averaged only 160
to $50 working days year.
"It 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 substantial number of men who
deliberately lay off from one to three
days a week when they have an op-
portunity to work"
Samuel GomperS and his conserva-
tive associates among the leaders of
the American Federation of Labor de-
serve commendation 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
fully demonstrated in the Massachu-
setts 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 FL. 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 o1
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
|. Edwards, Democrat, who ran on {
wet platform, was elected governor
and Ohio voted wet on all four of tht
| liquor propositions presented. accord
ing to incomplete returns. Maryland
and Mississippi were carried by thu
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 whopping big vote.
President Wilson warmly congratu
lated Governor Coolidge on his vic
tory over the forces of misrule, as dt
all good citizens regardless of party
The, Republican leaders also rejoicet
because they looked on the results ii
the Bay state and in Kentucky as
forecast of the results in the mex
! presidential election. Democrats wer
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 iss at hand. Secre
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 AM
obtain the presidents word as to wha
and over again Mr.. Wilson has sait
he would accept no change in tn
treaty or reservation which woult
compel the resubmission of the pac
to the other nations and the majorit,
senators are taking cognizance of hi
determination. Already they hav,
changed the Lodge reservations by
sentence pointing out that the ac
ceptance of the reservations by tn,
other powers. as required by the pro
posed ratification resolution. may b,
obtained through exchange of dip
lomatic notes. They also planned t,
strike out the fourteenth reservation
declaring the United States is no
bound to submit to the League of Ma
tions questions of vital irterest or ma
tional honor.
According to Paris advices tn
treaty of Versailles will become effec
tive. on November %, when the ex
change of ratifcations between Ger