Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-25
LEACUE|RS IN
BAD W'l||I]['THLABOR
IN WASHINGTON
Leader Says Labor Got the
Worst,of it in Recent
Nominations.

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 25.-The fol-
lowing excerpts from an article pub
lished in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer,
tend to show that labor and the labor
not wholly pleased with the treatment
that they received at The hands Of the
Nonpart,san league in the recent cleo
tons: .tN
Short is Dissatisfied.
President William NJ. Short of the
Washington State Federation of La
Dor, and A. w. Sw;gert. acting state
organiZcr'for tho: Nonpartisan league.
are not In full accord over the recent
ela ction. Short says that labor got
the worst Of the contest because it
was not fairly represented in the con-
f%erences and the subsequent parcel!ng
out of Offices that RESULTED in the
nomination of the Farmer-Labor state
ticket; he says the term Farmer-La-
Dor was a ,misnomer so, far as con-
cerned the nominating convention,
inc uses even harsher language. all
of which is contained in a letter sent
out to the affiliated unions in the
state. fYyN =. rr
Through unfair manipulation. the
basis of representation was arranged
to give the farmers and Committee
of 4S complete control" he charges,
with, the result that they named the
complete state ticket, and while the
main ticket was satisfactory: espe-
date for governor, yet the fact re-
mains that to all practical purposes
labor had no part in its selection"
Short frankly admits that the Nom
partisan league faction in the third
party movement in this state put
one over on Labor assist ed by men,
bers of the Committee,ssof as at the
Seattle primary convention. He names
them all in his Indictment. and then
serves notice on ''the enemies of la
! bor," hat the next fight will have TO
+, be in the open. He says:
1.-THE labor movement must prenare
to protect itself in the future against
their vicious, underhand d manlpu,a-
tons. Political expediency demanded
that silence be maintained throughout
the camra,gn in order that division be
sib!e given our candidates. Harmon
is very desirable. but harmony cannot
be maintained 5at the price of IN
justice. insult. and injury.aAnd notice
is hereby given that i'm the future
we will compel our hypocritica'
friends s weli~as-our -op"ne enemies
to concede us a square deal. The
game will either be played that way
or not at ALL"
| 1NSu1UGu Anu 0U11ElAldUSu.
In a postscript the labor head de.
fines unfair manipulation" referred
to earlier, in plain words:
THE Nonpartisan league demand.
ed and secured equal representation
at the state convention with the
Farmer-Labor party. On top of this
a large number of its members were
elected as delegates from the Farmer
.sLabor-partycsand some5from~the Com.
: mittee Of 48. A teporarily successful
campaign of prejudice had beer con-
Quoted among the Committee of As
members, with the result that not
only was the labor group subordinat.
ed in the convention, but were delib.
(, erately insulted and Inundated.
While. bitterly complaining of the
Dor group at the Yakima convention
! and again at the nominating conven.
ton in s attic by the Nonpartisar
league and the Committee of 4S
Short takes pains to say that Swigert
was eminently fair in all his dealings
with the labor movement, as was the
editor of the league paper at Yakima
Upon the shoulders OF j. l.. Free,
man, state manager of the Nonparti'
3 league C. r.. Cottrell Of Kent, q
sformer.s~associate of Shorts's in the
ixold TriplessAlliance; J. L. Chamber.
jslain aof Puyallup. also an organizer
Of the alliance; William Bouck, maste,
Of the State Grange and unsuccessful
candidate for congress in the Second
district, who is about to be repri'
manded by the national grange fol
pernicious POLITICAL activity, and Lucy
4 r. Case of the Committee of As
Short places responsibility for wha'
he terms. ""the dirty work at Yakima