Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-03
URGES LABOR TO SUPPORT ..
 MEN AND NOT PARTIES

The first of series of meetings to be l held here and elsewhere in the state in | the interests of organized labor before the coming lection was held in St. Mary's T. A. F. hall on Thursday C. ming with an attendance of about 35. William H. Donahue presided at the meeting and before introducing the first speaker ca plained the purpose of the meeting and said that both the republican and demo- cratic parties had been given a fair try out by labor and that now the time had come when the laboring man should use his own judgment in elections and that he should vote for the man that he thought would be the man most benn- ficial to his interests, regardless of par ty
 ATr. Donahue introduced R. \. Orn- burn. of Hartford. secretary of the state fedora ton of labor. who in a well de- livered speech explained the reasons why the labOrng man should come forlh and show his power in the elections He said that the laboring man should for get his alegience to either the repub- ican or democratic party and vote not | for the party but for the best candidate. 1 regardless of party. He said that a i convention was to be held in New Ha- ven this month when representatives of l all organiz. labor would be present to endorse cal { dates.
 Mr. Ornburn characterized the pol- l ticians in the state as the most corrupt i in any state in the country al endeav- ored to illustrate his point by telling of
 what he considered injustces that had 1 been imposed upon the working man. He 1 criticized the judges on the benches and 1 told his audience of what treatment the 1 strikers in Waterbury had received dur | ing the strike there. MT Ornburn claim 1 ed that the Waterbury papers did not tell i the truth regarding the strike and told l only the manufacturers side of the con 1 troversy.
 He said that he hoped that organized 1 labor and unorganized labor could change ] the depa rtment of labor of this state and 1 enlarge. He also advocated the estab- l lishment Of q board of mediation and ar l bitration for the settlement of labor diff | faculties. He cited various instances
 where such a board could have been of use. He claimed that the war labor heard had been a good thing and that
 labor had lost very few cases that were presented to the board. He advocated a board made up of an equal number of l workingmen and employers and represen- tatives of the public. He urged all
 to support any candidate that would favor these changes in the departmen,
 of labor
 In answering his own question as tc who was the head of the party corrup- ton he mentioned the names of Ullman 1 Brooker and Merritt and several others 1 accusing them of advocating the ap pontment of judges that would be favor. able to them He said he could find nc fault with Judge Wheeler.
 Tn speaking of the boycott and intim
 idation act he characterized it as l treacherous. far-reaching act and citeC
 several cases in Bridgeport where ar 1 rests which he claimed were unwarrant
 ed had been made under this law
 He claimed that the present consti
 tuition of the state granting only two leg
 islative representatives to a town O
 city with a population of 5000 or owe
 as unjust as it gave the farmer a con
 trolling power. He urged that the work
 ingman support the candidate favorabl
 to more progressive legislation and ge | the farmers out.
 In closing he said. Let us send to tn
 legislative halls those who are wilIin
 to represent the people"
 Chairman DOnahue introduced a Nil
 Adams of Washington who claimed h was more or less familiar with the labo situation throughout the country. Mr
 Adams delivered his talk with much vii , and earnestness but it was of a bitte and biting nature. sarcasticaily directe . at Brandegee and Freeman of thi state and many of the other congress
 men in general. He was loud in hi praise of others who had been endorse
 by labor His speech was punctuate ! with eoodly flow of profanity an f coarse humor
 Q He endorsed everything that had bee f said by MT. Or%urn and said that goo |, government came frcsl good men and ba
 government from bad men and it was ti n duty of the workingman to choose bt Y tween the good and the bad Settle it il l your own mind and decide if the cand : date is the best to represent the worI
 ing class. MT. Adams stated that T :. candidate could be elected unless he ws , l endorsed by labor if the workingma = | mobilized their forces
 I Mir Adams attacked the newspapers - bitter tirade. accusing them of prejl , dicing the public mind regarding labo
 He accused them Of misquoting facts ar
 not revealing the truth in many case
 The sneaker talked at length on u
 Liberty Bonds and how they had dro
 ped and read extracts from the U.' fl treasurer's report on the matter
 claimed that the government was bu T ing in the bonds at below par and thu
 making many millions of dollars r :. quoted figures to illustrate his points. II In conclusion he urged the workingmt -' to consider carefully who they wou . vote for in November and to choose ol | who would best represent them in Il t legislative halls of the state and cou