Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-10

Protective TariT association, ire
Committee CT American Business Men,
The American Defense society and the
Republican Publicity association
~ for the Barnes book the Demo
Gratis assert the Republicans are break
inz The Law By accepting for this CAN
pai1 effort contributions from cor
p~oratl0ns. The senatorial COMMITTEES
deciGeF to hear nor u It from Mr.
Barnes, probably In Pittsburgh
Provoked INTO FecrfnfnatIon, the Re-
publlcans are making various accuse
tons against their opponents In the
first place Chairman Hays asserted
the Democrats were planning TO raise
a fund Of s10000OCo-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 be
produced e letter signed By the pres
ldent Of the View Jersey Federation
II LfqgOr 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
70 this Is that they have received 10
contributions from either the vets Or
The dFys.
More serious. perhaps, was the &C.
cusatiOn made before the senators
that the Democrats were breaking the
law BIZ assessing federal offcehOlders
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 70 the
homes Of the oficehOlders and that he
a soliciting funds from Democrats
az Democrats, not az federal officials.
He said his office had sent out about
2OOOO0 letters Of appeal. He told Of
a card index Of 10000 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 Senator's
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 It worth while
to waste q 10-cent special delivery on
a 1-cent man" we're 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 a report on the candidates
for the presidency In which Governor
Cox rs proclaimed a stronger cham
plon of organized labor than Senator
Harding. Consequently members Of
/ uiiIODS dIE ulEFL " fOlE " IVA liz
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 a member Of the Ohio
state senate and in the United States
senate on measures In which organized
labor had q 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; u~nfavorable,
10; paired unfavorably, /.
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 1t. The miners scale
committee did this under protest, but
O strong minority in GO locals refused
and voted to take q vacation" until
better terms were granted. In some of
the bitumlnous 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 op-
orators. In Iowa the miners and op-
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-
ployees Of the Brooklyn Rapid Trans
1t company, which concern is In the
! hands of a federal receiver who re-