Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-08-04
HIGH RAILROAD FARE MAY ALTER HARDING'S
 FRONT PORCH PLAN
Republican Nominee Assured Support of LOngshore-
 mems Leader

Marion, Ohio, Aug. 3.-Senato1 Harding held conference today with T. V. O'Connor of Buffalo, president of the International Longshoremen's association, at which the labor situa- tion was discussed generally and the candidate was assured of the support of the labor leader. MT. O'Conno1 later gave out statement covering his views.
 Previous to his conference with MT. O'Connor, Senator Harding had conferred at length with Senator Harry s. New of Indiana, chairman of the republican speakers bureau on matters pertaining to the speaking campaign. To what extent, if at all be deviated from is understood to have been discussed.
 Senator New asserted that no one in authority has said there would be no deviation from the plan and ther proceeded to discuss the handicaps of front porch campaign now as compared with the Harrison cam. paign in 1888 and the two Mckinley campaigns in 1896 and 1900. Not only are railroad rate higher, but it is i'm possible for the railroads to furnish equipment to conduct excursions to the candidates home as in past years he said.
 A statement issued by MT. O'Conno1 after the conference said in part:
 O'Conner's View.
 "I am for Senator Harding because I believe a change of administration is absolutely necessary to restore con- fidence in this country. know Sena- labor will always get square deal without any blare of trumpets or brass bands.
 ''I have heard a good deal of var ious leaders who are going to deliver the labor vote this year. but I want to say that nobody will deliver it Labor is thinking as never before and is going to vote to suit itself. In 1916 I was away from home and lost my vote, but if I had been there I would have voted for Wilson. But the demo cratic party has since then lost it's claim for confidence of the country We must restore popular confidence in our government in order to put an end to unrest that exists. The fact is that the world is in bad scrape and if the United States does not keep it's feet on the ground the world can't".
 q deal with all the nationalities except Asiatics, in our organization and know that there is general de- sire to get away from entanglements with European concerns. There is a good deal of apprehension among the men, lest conditions which they ob- serve in Europe may reach. They are determined to avoid anything of that kind if they can.
 "1t seems very plain to me that labor must support the republican party this year. If the democrats should win the government would be turned over to the control of the solid south and the machine -dominat- ing democratic states of the north The solid south will be the dominant partner and the south has been utter ly reactionary in it's attitude toward labor. It is completely out of step with modern attitudes toward such questions as women in industry, child labor. limited hours of labor, em- players liability and the like.
 Former Senator Bailey is cam paiging for the nomination for gover- nor in Texas, with the open shop az his platform. I have never asked for the absolute closed shop, but I cer- tainly could not assent to the view that the southern democracy takes ot the problem of labor.
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