The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-27
LABOR COUNCIL
TALKS POLITICS
Union Leader Raps the
Mayor for Caustic
Criticism.
DISCUSS OPEN SHOP
Judge Warren Defends &. III.
Hubbard in "a Warm Dis
cussion Of Policy.

Politicians ambitions To- secure
,ha various city offices boz tn" COM
iug elections. who lr. watching with
Keen interest," Hr.p tu nervous sHNi-
,,, every action ur lho labor union
element OF tine population, would
have found mst nights meeting OF
me trades and labor council AN un.
satisfactory barometer as to what
Inc Labor vote would DO IN the conn
ing election.
IN the lengthy many sided. warm
Is contested discussion Of the local
political situation on the council
floor last night there was l.tlv ip
Indicate Just how I1tgc % factor the
labor vote ~ the city would be iu
The election. II was equally 'mpus-
sihlc to tell from the debate Just
how much ~ the labor yot" could
leo counted on by clthcr uf the
parties or whether or not the labor.
INK men would launch q party ~
h"r own and a'temp' to elect a
labor union ticket
I'm the stream OF ur'atory mat
poured out ON every political quoa-
ion from woman suffrage 10 the
Independent ticket the question of
the open shop" easily took the
leading part. and Mr.. Politician need
not have been In the labor temple
more than five minutes at any time
during the meeting to have realized
hat IL would be iudiscrcct to say
The least Ia make The ''open shop"
an issue If he aspirod ~ the union
vote.
All speakers were Of one accord
ia their dcnuncintion Of the open
shop and merely competed with
zach other In the bitterness OF their
sarcasm of th proposition. Some
differed. however ms 10 what the
political parties would do on the
question. Some criticised the rcpub,
licans for not making II an issue
and leaving II out OF their platform.
declaring that they took that action
70 gct votes, Others of the union
lists upheld the republicans in their
actions and bitterly denounced tho
present administration.
The sensation Of the meeting was
an address by j. G. O'Donnell who
took offense at Mayor c. II. Hub.
bard for remarks he is alleged to
have made concerning O'Donnell
through the columns OF local
paper
I'm a Sunday morning paper the
chief executive of the city called mo
a dynamitcr because | am one cit
izen OF the city who does not agree
with him and his associates" de-
clared Mr.. O'Donnell. because I ex-
enciscd my constitutional right to rny
what | think about mis- administra-
ton and criticized his administration
at n recent republican meeting. the
honorable mayor used his feet rather
than his head ana branded me as
Dynamite joe, which classes me
with the reds, bolsheviks and radi-
calls. defaming my name as an Amer
lean citizen. Though I am bitterly
opposed To him because think he
has not given the union men n square
deal, | have never slandered him or
called him anything other than Hon.
orablc Mayor Hubbard. For this
reason | resent his deliberate at
tempt to slander me- and my Ameri-
'snism, and l intend to make him
regret It,"
THAT Is one OF fhc things n man
must expect IN politics" said Judge
I'D Warren, chairman OF the council,
defending the mayor 81 have been
called every name on earth, and just
IN the past week | was quoted AT
great length In the afternoon paper
on II subject about which ! have not
oven talked for two weeks much less
interviewed" e..
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