The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-10-11
REPUBLICANS
GET LABOR VOTE
NO DELIVERY" BY
SAMUEL GOMPERS
Congressman Cooper, a Union
Workingman, Gives En-
tightening Interview


Chicago, Oct. l0--ConSresansn John
C. Cooper OF tho Ninetneuth Ohio dis
trict, declared J.; Chicago today that In
hla opinion tho Republican ticket is
port In November. despite the efforts
OF Samuel Gompsrs and tho soscallsd
tarrnsr-lAbor leaders bNhind John FHtI-
patrick.
Congressman Cooper who has served
in congress- slnos 1915. formerly ~aS a
locomotive engineer on tho Pennsyl-
vanIa railroad He wsA elected TO con
Eress from tho AAhouunk county
(YounkstoWn) district as rspreHentA-
tive OF the organized workers. This 10
ono OF the blsgeat Industrial conkreHs-
ionAl districts In the United States.
Coopsrn Record
Tho interesting point about Mr. Coo
pers forecast Is personal experience a.
q labor man In good and regular stan =
inG. In tha last conGrsAa. hs opposed.
not only with hia vote but with htTonS
sposchea on tho floor, both tho Ilumb
O~psrahip and oparatl"h Of railroads
Than. TO cap tho climax, ah soma "t hls
labor friends told him. hs made n nGht
for the CummioB- Esch Udir"ad blu.
which nnally beCaIno "a Law
Then hsrs Ia what happened I" Coo
per lilo returned Ia his on" working
mans district for tho primary last
August He found two other candidates
against him Ito found that hamuPl
uompsrs had sent into tho district tho
Tho whole onioial force OF Mr.. Gompora
was csntsrsd On Coopar'H defeat Tbs
Plumb plan people Co-OpsFatsd with tn"
opposition 10 Coopor. The radical OF
aloTs burned him up On the straot
corners. Cooper was going tofbs ami
hilatod la the primaries.
sam.taias mArpsasa
Thsn something baEan TO happen u
vss disclosed that moat or tho Worhsrn y
bsratinE Cooper were Democrats aud
Socialists who neSsr had voted Ito
publisan Iiohol Tho Republican work
els I" III. naiils Aad os lhs '"''rysus ys.s
pfiIusTy dsY yolisg sTouGd they DE-
asan1sd ass't hgJidaf. tnSsatsninI \"
bfTfts 10 u we're act aissn Than. Tns
s2l!e:y va. s'-s,.a % .. .sS .s ga; fI,sa ii.a
VA IN. ,s,.s@s yadlsai IssuYn wen,
wbln Tie saiSs Nsss sosssya ~ rs.
r9und tlst the tYnsEhIs~r d'ltgie, hal
4 stysn tiooPAy a Pls,.lhy ~ noe a"a =
a bs,tsT labor Vats for him thu" b" -
eaivsd four years pr4viouS
LAheF Fsissdly
''rsov" seid Congressman Cooper. VII"
IL TeturrtnH Fast from speaking tour
in bshsif Of tia riding, u take " that
What Ia human nature In Msnonlna
county. Ohio. 10 human nature In No.
bresha or Ida hour Missouri
'Vour years pEo Z couldn't do any.
thing Tor Hughes ia Youngstown. They
~ouIdn't ;islsn TO mo ! was all WI
son, In this campaign the workers In
nay dlAtrlct arc eager 10 hear about
harding OF oouEHs. thsT" are n great
many of astrsms radical typo ard nor
NAL Democrats who sr" out for Cox and
ar. whoopinK u up for him. Bu,
YOUNGSTOWN In moro friendly todhy To
Harding a. krsAt deal moro rn than !,
was for HukhnH, ! mention thiH RH an
indication Of change In asntimont among
the conservative claHa Of orRahlEod
labor which am nndlnE nil oVor tho
"IIp 10 a couple OF wcoks before sl"c.
tlon We are always hearing bear HtoriaI
Of what tho so-callod labor vote IL going
to- do or course. ws are all lhb"TlnE
men. In 1895 We wore told that labor
had gone solldly to Mr.. Bryan. We
heard Il again In 1900. and then about
election day We found that labor was
voting just sa tho average cltis'h was
voting. whsther banker or college man
or farmer or carpenter. and that wax
for their convictions.
what viii happen
Tho samo thing In going 10 hc re-
corded In this election. II IN true that
no railroad mon viii vote for Cox pos.
sibly a lltllo stronger than they have
voted tho Democratic ticket over before.
That IL bscRuNs thoy don't understand
thoroughly tho nav rwilroAd laklslhtion
paasod by tho last conkross. The ultra
radicals and the Oompsrs and Tlurnb
propa Kandtsts havs had their ears
closed TO tho exclusion OF all other ar
Eumant But In nv trip through the
wost I have found "A very RpprsclRt tlva
audience OF railroad mon wherever
have gone aud I know that tho Demo
cratic claim Of tho labor vote arc not
well founded.
l,,al
what has always trnnspirod Wo Re
publicana always have lost tho r0-"ailrd
labor vote and lost u solid through the
campaign, but election day ~ In
found that labor. M We uso tho tnrm,
did about as all othsr citlEsna did voted
It's Individual judgment and that IN.
Republicans got their normal support ~
usual