Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-02-13
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF SEN
ATE AND HOUSE SECURE
m THEIR DISTRICTS.
MAY CUT SOMEWHAT INTO
cuMMlNs' MAJORITY
Senator Too Strongly Entrenched in
Peoples Favor to Be Supplsnted--
Kenyon Not Involved at Present
and Members Of Lower House Not
Worried.
tBy f. G. Dougherty. ]

Washington. Feb. lS.-The EN-
phatic declaration of principles Of
the American Federation OF Labor
that members Of the house and senate
must wear the union tag - has
created a general feeling OF uneasi-
ness among members Of both houses.
Nowhere In washington is the ID
Auence Of the American Federation
Of Labor more acutely felt than on
Capitol Hill. Every bit Of legisla-
ton that involves labor-even pro-
posed laws that only remotely AFFECT
the working mems given the
closest study by the legislative COM
mittee Of the American Federation
OF Labor.
The Iowa delegation in the house
has been particularly fortunate in
their votes on labor legislation. and
in the upper house the animosity en-
gendered by Senator Cummins' anti
strike provision in tn railroad bill
has been somewhat Offset by Senator
Kenyon's painstaking desires to put
upon the statute books laws that bet
ter the condition Of the laboring ele-
ment. The senior Iowa senator's
term Of office expires in 1921 and or
ganized labor in Iowa may make a
fight on Senator Cummins when he
seeks reelection next year. but the
fact that Iowa is listed more or less
strongly in the republican column
has given rise to the predictionssthat
despite any fight labor may make on
him, he will be returned TO the up
per house without great difficulty.
On the other hand, senator kenyon's
new term began March 4, 1919, and
he need have no fears until six years
hence.
With the Iowa members of the
lower house, however. the situation
is vastly different. They will be in
the campaign for return to Washing
ton right at the time that the cam
pa!gn OF the American Federation OF
Labor will be at its height. And
they are anxiously awaiting the pub
LEGATION by President Samuel Comp
ers Of labor's so-called blacklist.
Speaker Gillett Defiant.
AS an indication Of the way mem
bers OF congress feel toward the out
spoken threat of the labor organiza-
tions, the statement just issued by
Speaker Gillett in reply to a pub
| lished report that he is 10 head the
| blacklist is interesting. Speaker
Gillett said:
The wage earners of my district
are an exceedingly intelligent, level
headed set OF men, whose votes are
not carried in the pocket of any labor
leader or capitalist, but are cast as
their own judgment dictates. A ma
jority OF them have generally voted
for me, but they don't vote as class
but as American citizens, and at the
| next election l am sure that they will
vote not as any boss may attempt to
| order them, but as they al the time
think best, and l am quite content
to trust to their Judgment
Capper to Entertain Meredith.
Senator Arthur Capper. republican.
OF Kansas. a fellow editor and long
time acquaintance OF Secretary Of
| Agriculture E. T. Meredith, will en-
terrain a number Of active newspaper
correspondents and former news
paper men in congress in honor Of
| Mr.. Meredith Saturday night at his
| home here.