The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-09-24

Protective Tariff association, the
Committee Of American Business Men,
the American Defense society and the
Republican Publicity association.
As for the Barnes book. the Demo-
Gratis assert the Republicans are break.
Ing the law By accepting for this cam
paign effort contributions from cor.
porations. The senatorial committee
decided to hear more Of 1t from Mr..
Barnes, probably In Pittsburgh.
Provoked into recrimination the Re.
publicans are making various accuse.
tons against their opponents. In the
nrst place Chairman Hays asserted
the Democrats were planning to raise
. fund Of $4,000. O00-whlch the lat.
ter promptly denied. Then Mr.. Hays
charged that the liquor interests were
actively engaged In supporting the
campaign Of Governor Cox, and he
produced q letter signed BY the pres.
ident Of the New Jersey Federation
Of Liquor Interests which said the
organization had set out to do Its part
toward the election Of Mr.. Cox and
called for assistance. financial and 9th.
erwise. The reply Of the Democrats
to this 10 that they have received no
contributions from either the vets or
the drys.
More serious. perhaps. was the &C.
cusatiOn made before the senators
that the Democrats were breaking the
law b. assessing federal ofFiceholders
for campaign money. W. d. JAMESON,
director Of finances for the Demo-
cratic national committee. was ques-
toned closely concerning this and
partly admitted its truth, hut said the
soliciting letters were sent to the
homes Of the officeholders and that be
was soliciting funds from Democrats
as Democrats, not as federal officials.
He said his Office had sent out about
100000 letters of appeal. He told OF
a card index of 10000 Democrats
with incomes. But he said the income
estimates were made by Democratic
leaders IN the various neighborhoods,
not from the income tax reports In
the department at Washington.
The combined efforts Of Senators
Reed. Spencer. Edge and Kenyon
brought out from Mr.. Jameson the
fact that federal officials generally
were solicited; that they were in.
formed Of the exact amount they were
expected to give, and that only those
who were 30 poorly paid that Mr..
Jameson didn't think It worth while
to waste l0-cent special delivery on
a l.cent man" were excepted from the
assessment.
Samuel Gompers and his associates
In the management Of the American
Federation of Labor have finally an.
nounced themselves In the mat.
ter Of the presidential campaign.
The "nonpartisan political COIN.
mittee" of the federation has IL.
sued a report on the candidates
for the presidency in which Governor
Cox IL proclaimed a stronger cham.
pion Of organized labor than Senator
Harding. Consequently members OF
unions are urged to vote for Cox. The
report. which Is signed by Gompers,
Matthew Wolf and Frank Morrison,
lists ms Favorable" or ''unfavorable''
to labor the legislative record Of Sem
ator Harding as member of the Ohio
state senate and In the United States
senate on measures In which organized
labor had special interest.
1t does likewise with Mr.. Cox ms a
member of the house in 1912 and as
governor Of Ohio In 1919. 1914. 1917.
1920. The records Of the candidates
are summed up as follows:
Hartling-Favorable. Z; unfavorable,
10: paired unfavorably, l.
Cox-Favorable. 60: unfavorable, Q.
More trouble has broken out In the
mining fields. President Wilson, after
receiving and approving the report of
The wage award made BY the federal
commission for the anthracite miners,
'eIegraphed his urgent request that the
men also accept It. The miners scale
did this under protest. but
strong minority In 6 locals refused
Ind voted to take q vacation" until
,etter terms were granted. In some Of
he bituminous fields also work has
'eased. In Alabama the men struck
70 order Of President Lewis because.
" says. the terms Of the agreement
re not being carried out BY the op.
'fators. IN Iowa the miners and OBJ |
rators failed to reach an agreement,
mt there may b no strike there.
New York wis badly tied up By an |
Unexpected strike Of about 5000 EN-.
'loyees OF the Brooklyn Rapid Trans
company. which concern u In the
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