Evening journal., 1920-10-26
UNION LEADERS AND HARDING.

UNION LEADERS AND HARDING
ABORS vote will total around 6OOOOOO in the Novem-
A. Der election and probably 100000 women who are
affiliated by family ties to members Of the union organ-
zatons win vote with their relations.
Most OF this vote is concentrated in the large industrial
centers and in big cities large proportion OF the labor
vote is in the so-caled pivotal Sates-New York New
Jersey Ohio Indiana, Illinois and Connecticut, Delaware
also has substantial share OF that vote.
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation
OF Labor is making tremendous efforts to swing the
tire labor vote to- The Democratic ticket
But Mr. Gompers candidly acknowledged in a speech
at Columbus Ohio that he could not deliver the labor
vote IN this speech he stated evident fact for many
times before efforts have been TO deliver" the
vote to this that Presidential State Congressional
oandidate-alwsys with failure American labor far
too intelligent TO be led around by us In any cleo
ton. That is equally true OF Delaware labor
American labor is the most independent and best-in-
formed Of any in the world
Because 1t independent in the mass It resents any
attempt OF It's leaders to point the way politically
For this reason there are not wanting political Oh
servers who declare that Mr. Gompers attempt TO de
liver" labor to Cox and Roosevelt is good thing for
the candidacy OF Senator Harding and Governor Cool
idge, for union labor will resent any attempt at being
'delivered' by voting the Republican ticket.
In the opinion OF these observers Mr. Gompers is per
forming valuable TO the Republican party and
he is that his followers vote Democratic the he
viii succeed in driving union labor TO vote Republican
in November.
1t is wel-known fact that large proportion OF the
membership OF the American Federation OF Labor per-
sonaly hostile to Mr. Gompers TO GUST him
president at every annual election OF the federation
This class in the federation has always opposed Mr..
Gompers VIII ether he right or wrong. and II will
bitterly night his attempt TO swing labor for Cox this
time.
The labor record OF both senator Harding Governor
Cox is excellent Cox has nearly always shown himself
friend to union labor except in the instance where he
was charged with employing "scab" labor in building
his plant for his paper, the Daily News. Dayton, O.
lie was charged in petition nled in the Cincinnati
courts with employing "scab' labor and thereby forcing
into bankruptcy contractor for portion OF the build
ing who had adhered to an agreement to employ only
union This in 1909 and tfe petition is a matter
OF record in the Common Pleas Court OF Hamilton
county Ohio
The airest report any man always obtained from
people who work for him. Senator Harding owns IN,
Marion Ohio Daily star. Recently the Marion Typo
graphical Union No 675 which gets the Marion Star
unanimously endorsed senator Harding and treatmen
OF The members OF the union employed the Star
The resolution declared that Senator Harding has a.
ways been fair and consderste OF his employes-th'
Harding print shop is 100 per cent unonjt has alway,
paid the employees more than the standard wage sca
OF the Typographical Union.
Each and boy in the shsp is personally known Y
Senator Harding and they treated members OF tn
] "Star newspaper family"
y No endorsement as 10 Senator Hardiug's unionisn
could be better than the action Of The Marion Typo
e graphical Union No 6l5 Union labor would wan
other information 10 the unonsm OF Senator Hard
ing and his fair treatment OF organized labor Il Is be
eved this fact II generally known to all union
men, will be sufficient 10 more Man Offset any or Mr.
Gompers activities and his attempt to deliver" m
/, union labor vote to Cox
In Congress senator Harding has consistently voted 70
merorious labor legislation just as Governor Cox All
L vocaied good labor legislation in Ohio.
4 OF couse. MIR Gompers has right TO his opiNlo
to who should be elected president but union labor
ing generally will vote IN November election
according to Mr. Gompers' dciaon but as they beev
and please Any other by union labor would i'm
mediaely destroy the intellectual independence and tn
political freedom OF the organized American labOring
e We do not wish 70 cast the slightest asperslons
Mr. Gompers motives yet It not smss to state that hi
son, Samuel j. Gompers chief clerk OF the DepartmeI
1t Of Labor under the Wilson administration Such il
IT nuences naturally powerful and human nature is Il
same whether II be in ditch digger the great pres
dent OF the American Federation OF Labor
e And by the same token, let It be said that there al
ID certain labor leaders Delaware who are seeking to
Is liver the labor in State 10 Cox Those leaders
Identified closely with the Democratic state county ar
d. city committees and are in reality simply Democrat
A. workers masqueradng labor leaders They
doubt would be Democratic workers there not
!" labor union in Delaware
re Unlike Samuel Gompers, OF these abor-ead
e Democrats boast that they can and WILL deliver the ab
n vote Of Delaware 10 the Democrats Tuesday OF
week The declaration is insulting 10 self-respectr
re and Intelligent men and wage-earners that we n
rt hesitangy predict that the results Of the election
show that such votes could be not deliver
to the Democratic organization.
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