The Connecticut labor press., 1920-01-31
HARTFORD LABOR
PARTY GOING TO
START SOMETHING
One Result Appears Sure to The
Courant, Namely Demo-
cratic Defeat.
FRANK MADDEN READY
Scorns Prefer of Place on Demo.
cratic Ticket Big Campaign
Is Planned.

| Labor men throughout the state are
watching with interest the preparations
| of the Labor Party of Hartford for its
campaign in connection with the next
| city election which comes in April. Ii
will be recalled that its appearance al
the last city election resulted in the de-
| feat of the Democratic aldermen who
| would have supported Mayor Richard
F. Kinsella, an official unusually friend
ly to Labor, and tied his hands with a
Republican board.
+ The Hartford Courant, the Republi-
can organ of Hartford, evidently sees
great hope of Similar effect this year
and it grows quite enthusiastic in its
account of the preparations which the
Labor Party is making in one of its
issues this week. 1t almost g1oats over
the anticipated "wa1lop" which the
Democrats will get from the efforts of
the new party as follows:
can extremely heavy labor party vote
will demoralize the democrats at the
next election and unquestionably they
will attempt in every way to weaken the
new party. However, series of rallies,
closing with the largest mass meetings
yet attempted by the labor party will
precede the election and a remarkably
heavy turnout is expected. In fact, the
more optimistic of the party leaders
anticipate carrying at least several
wards"
No reference is made to any effort
on the part of the Republican party ito
weaken the new party'-and there will
be no such effort for a very obvious
reason. Incidentally the Republican
party leaders in Hartford have about as
much use for organized labor as the
average individual has for smallpox.
The Courant's story deals originally
with the determination of Frank Mad
den to offer himself as sacrifice for the
party if need be, and is as follows:
That Frank J. Madden, candidate for
assessor at the last city election and the
heaviest individual vote drawer on the
labor party ticket, will not heed the
siren song of the democrats, regardless
of inducements, was shown yesterday
Sunday afternoon when Mr.. Madden
at the meeting of the Bartenders'
Union, of which he has long been an
officer declared that he will never sac
rihce principles for economic gain. He
also made it clear that, if nominated he
will again run as a candidate on the
labor ticket for any office.
"The bartenders, who are retaining
their organization despite the advent of
prohibition, Immediately following Mr..
Madden's announcement appointed three
delegates to represent the union in the
labor party city central committee,
which will be organized within the next
few weeks to carry on the campaign for
the next city election. Aside from Mr..
Madden, William II. Callahan and VIII
liam J. Dooley were named. Although
Is union organizations in Hartford have
declared approval of the labor party the
bartenders by their action yesterday are
the first to name delegates to the city
committee.
cit was made known yesterday (Sun-
day. that the labor party is planning an
immensely aggressive organization for
the April election. All activities will be
directed through the city central COM
mittee, each of the labor unions is to
name three delegates to this body, and
at its meeting tomorrow tuesday
evening the party will name Is delegates
to the central body directly.
According to its campaign plan it is
understood that the IS delegates to be
named by the local branch of the labor
party will be principally non-union men.
In the coming election the party will lay
emphasis on the fact that it is party
for all workers with brain and hand
and will attempt to enroll the more lib
era1 voters of all classes. The central
committee will be composed of both
union and non-union members.
"In the April election the labor party
leaders are now hoping to draw an or
gained labor vote of 1000. The new
typewriter local of the International
Association of Machinists, with more
than 5000 members, is expected to prove
a large factor while the Carpenters and
Joiners' Union and other unions in the
Building Trades Alliance are expected
to throw a solid support to the labor
ticket.
Moreover, the labor party expects to
enroll thousands of non-union voters.
The activities of the central committee,
it is now certain, will be concentrated in
a move to interest new voters"