Evening journal., 1920-06-25
A LAucHAnLE pEMocRATo MIDDLE

~ FprrRrIcANs and Independents in Delaware are
N laughing heartily because Of The Coyne-Buekey-
MeaIeyNIachnists Union mNup on the Democratic side
IN the city OF Wilmington Thai is not surprising be-
cause seems be conceded all sides that the pro-
ceedngs Instituted by labor friends OF Buckley against
Martin j. Nesey in the Machinsts' Union are so far
fetched and farcca that even those Democrats who can
swallow their indignation constrained to laugh
The charges against and The trial Of Mealey before
committee the Nachnsis Union does not represent any
onense that Meaiey. who a member OF the union. has
committed against organized labor Rather 70 is merely
a cheap and dscrediable effort by certain Democratic
friends OF Daniel Buckley to labor union to punish
Mesley because IN Democratic caucus he refused to
vote to Buckley 10 san Francisco as delesae to
the Democratic National Convention Instead he cast his
vote for William coyne a Democrat who is concededy
more representative than Buckley is or ever has
been.
Many union men feel that II is a shameful abuse OF
union power and that the organized machinss should
throw the entire proceeding out and serve notice on
Buckleys Democratic henchmen that the union does not
exist for the purpose OF enabling them TO work out their
petty schemes OF against man who had re
fused to TO the crack OF the Buckley whip, espe-
cially when the OF opinion is that Buckley
would made poor Democratic National Convention
timber, anyway
Martin j. Meaiey resides In the Twelfth ward. lie was
elected 10 represent that ward the recent Democratic
State Convention In Dover. Meanwhile Dan Buckley had
become obsessed with the that he should be elected
one the delegates TO the National Convention. He or
eanzed his little machine endeavored to give the i'm
preston that he the candidate OF organzed labor
and because Mealey was a member of the Machinists'
Union endeavored to whip him into line
Mealey however, refused TO be whipped Instead he
decided to support William Coyne, Of the most prom
inent and popular Democrats in Wilmington for san
Francisco delegate honors Buckley and his friends were
furious
The hfteen Wilmington delesaies to the state oonvcn-
ton met in When the votes counted CoynC
received eight and Buckley In short he was
beaten The result accepted by the state
Convention. That coyne subsequently found it neon
veneni 10 60 san Francisco and that another mar
in his stead does not enter materially into this
story.
After .he state Convention had adjourned Buckley an,
his friends went after Mealey. Some OF them file,
charges against him with the Machinsis' Union. The
chief charge that ne had voted for Coyne, "a capi
tahst7 and asansi Buckley. "a union man."
Friends OF Mealey reoried quickly that both Coyne AM
Buckley wealthy men, the only question being a
the relative amounts Of their wealth that Coynes rec
ord a railroad man showed that he always had bee
fair labor and that labor had been commtte
70 Buckey's candidacy Further than that Mealey
friends asserted that Buckley had scant claim 20 ca
himself union man, he had spent about nfieen year
saoon-keeper following the giving up OF his callin
a machinisi, and since prohibition had put him O,
OF that business ne had devoted much time 10 coectr
rents apartment houses and other properties on
by him. and no time to the trade OF machnlst.
rs labor doing right in crcsing for voting 4
for national delegate, particularly when labor
not endorsed either that his opponent and VIII
labor had just grievance against the for who
be voted is question that is being asked in Democrat
circles today.
Meanwhile as we said before, Republicans and Inc
pendenis are laughing heartily at his Democratic mu
die and wondering TO what extent the machinists
going TO permit Buckley and his henchmen to IN
union as a with which to punish Mealey because
would not take orders from Buckley