Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-08-30

LABOR REJECTS HARDING,
WILL VOTE FOR cox


Governor Cox is the candidate on "A
Pix form which labor has declared
marks Il measure OF progress not
found in the Republican PLATFORM
and the pianks of which more nearly
approximate the desired declaration
Of human rights than do the planks
found in the Republican PLATFORM
Not only in the SPECIFIC utter
ances relating directly 10 questions
held paramount by labor is the COM
parison favorable 10 Governor Cox.
His progressive and constructive
viewpoint holds throughout his de-
claration of public questions. though
he SLIPS Al times into that amhi guilty
which unfortunately has marked 10 Il
greater or less degree the platforms
OF both parties ana the uttcrances of
both candidates.
Cox Is Convincing
~ must he eNasperat'ng To tho
whole American public that political
Parties bidding for the suffrage OF:
the whole citizenship cannot state in
definite terms what are their pro-
posals and what are their pledges.
The same eNaspcration must he felt
regarding many OF the uttcrancrs of
candidates However, the T:ewpoint
of Governor Cox is. we find, more
convincingiy expressed and less open
to criticism for lack Of clarity.
Moreover. and as an argument that
admits of no Qualifying or denial.
there is Governor coS's record as
Governor Of Ohio. during which he
acted upon hfty-ninc measures OF in
tercst 10 labor. without acting on :,
single one adversely to labor. This
Is record OF iidelity TO humanity,
of understanding OF the needs of the
great masses of the people which has
i!fc."
In concluding its report the com
mittec says:
The American labor movement
n nj a
OF political conduct. II seeks to die
tate 10 no one. With the workers OF
America rests the right of deciding
for which candidate they shall vote
As they votc-whcthcr il be we'll and
wisely. or with disregard for the
facts of life as they arc--thcy will de-
and progress OF the working people
OF our republic in the years just
ahead"
In reviewing tho lcgislative record
mittecmen find that all his votes as
member Of Tho Ohio Senate were
favorable 10 the labor cause. but that
ten times out Of seventeen he voted
upon labor issues in the United States
SENATE his votes were unfavorahln.
Among the unfavcrablc votes cast by
the Senator. il is shown were those
upon motions 10 strike the Tavcnncr
amendment prohibiting stop-watch
ana bonus systems from four scpa-
rate appropriation bills: the appro-
priation for the employment bureau:
Horland amendment increasing the
hours Of government employees: re-
iiremcnt ill--objcCtionabl substi-
tutc by Pomcrcnc: motion TO strikc
the labor charter from the league OF
nations: motion TO extend Federal
control OF railroads for two years
and the final passage of the Cum
minis railroad bill. making strik es
unlawful.
The senator voted favorably to
labor on the passage Of the iinmi-
grafton restriction bill: passage OF
The same bin over the President
veto: war risk insurance: soldiers
aud sailors civil rights bill: woman's
suffrage: appropriation for the I!u-
rcau or Cancellation OF the Depart :
mcnt OF Labor. and the Myers amend
inent prohibiting utilization Of Fed
crhl employees with organized labor
( EXACTLY sixty measures in which
labor was Interested were voted or
acted upon by Governor Cox. accord
ing 70 tho committees list. during his
service in Congress and his three
terms as Governor. He is recorded
AS having taken iabor's stand on
every one Of the sixty bills.