Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1920-09-14

Protective Tariff association, the
Committee of American Business Men.
the American Defense society and the
Republican Publicity association.
AS for the Barnes book, the Demo
Gratis assert the Republicans are break
ing the law by accepting for this cam
paign effort contributions from cor
porations. The senatorial committee
decided to hear more Of it from Nh
Barnes, probably in Pittsburgh.
Provoked into recrimination, the Re-
pubficans are making various accusa-
lions against their opponents. In the
first place Chairman Hays asserted
the Democrats were planning to raise
a fund of S10.OO0,0 00-which the lat
ter promptly denied. Then Mr.. Hays
charged that the liquor interests were
actively engaged in supporting the
campaign of Governor Cox, and he
produced letter signed by the pres
fdent of the New Jersey Federation
of Liquor Interests which said the
organization had set out to do Its part
toward the election of Mr.. Cox and
called for assistance. financial and 9th
erwise. The reply OF the Democrats
10 this Is that they have received no
contributions from either the vets or
the drys.
More serious. perhaps, was the &C
cusation made before the senators
that the Democrats were breaking the
law by assessing federal officeholders
for campaign money. w. D. Jameson.
director of finances for the Demo-
cratic national committee, was ques-
toned closely concerning this and
partly admitted its truth, but said the
soliciting letters were sent to the
homes OF the officehOlders and that he
was soliciting funds from Democrats
as Democrats, not as federal officials
He said his Office had sent out about
100000 letters Of appeal. He told Of
a card index OF 100000 Democrats
with incomes. But he said the income
estimates were made by Democratic
leaders in the various neighborhoods,
not from the income tax reports in
the department at Washington.
The combined efforts of Senators
Reed, Spencer. Edge and Kenyon
brought out from Mr.. Jameson the
fact that federal officials generally
were solicited; that they were in
formed of the exact. amount they were
expected to give, and that only those
who were so poorly paid that Mr..
Jameson didn't think il worth while
to waste a 10-cent special delivery on
a 1-cent man" were excepted from the
assessment.
Samuel Gompers and his associates
in the management Of the American
Federation of Labor have finally an
nounced themselves in the mat
ter of the presidential campaign.
The ''nonpartisan political com
mittee" of the federation has is
sued report on the candidates
for the presidency in which Governor
Cox is proclaimed a stronger cham
pion of organized labor than Senator
Harding. Consequently members Of
unions are urged to vote for Cox. The
report, which is signed by Gompers
Matthew Vol and Frank Morrison
lists as Favorable" or "unfayorable"
to labor the legislative record of Sen
ator Harding as member of the Ohio
state senate and in the United States
senate on measures in which organized
labor had special interest.
1t does likewise with Mr.. Cox as a
member of the house in 1912 and as
governor of Ohio in 1913, 1914, 1917
1920. The records of the candidates
are summed up as follows:
Harding-Favorable. z; unfavorable,
10; paired unfavorably, 1.
Cox-Favorable, 60; unfavorable. o.
More trouble has broken out In the
mining fields. President Wilson, after
receiving and approving the report Of
the wage award made by the federal
commission for the anthracite miners,
telegraphed his urgent request that the
men also accept it. The miners scale
committee did this under protest. but
q strong minority In Sc locals refused
and voted to take vacation" until
better terms were granted. In some of
the bituminous fields also work has
ceased. In Alabama the men struck
on order of President Lewis because,
he says. the terms of the agreement
are not being carried out by the OPP
orators. In Iowa the miners and OPP
orators failed to reach an agreement,
but there may be no strike there.
New York was badly tied up by an
unexpected strike of about 5000 en-
pIoyees of the Brooklyn Rapid Trans
II company. which concern is in the
hands of d federal receiver who re-