Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-11-24

AMERICAN HOUSE OF LORDS NO
LONGER EXISTS
Election Marks an EpOch-Trade
Union Policy Succeeds-Party Man.
dates Cast Aside by Voters

The people, through Thomas Jeffer-
son, smashed the Federalist party
with it's sedition law and anti-democ-
| ratio instincts. Six decades later the
people wrote slavery's sentence and
smashed the Whig party because
liberty can not compromise with traf-
| fic in human beings.
Eight decades later-November
1922-the peoples political expression
marks the beginning of another era
in the nations life.
This election differs from all others
1t is the first time the United States
senate lost it's characteristic of being
the haven of privilege.
The people have caused other pol
tical upheavals. The policies Of other
administrations have been rebuked,
but this is the first time privilege has
been challenged on the floor of the
United States senate.
In every decade, in every genera
ton, the cold guard" was considered
invulnerable. Before the civil war it
was the bulwark of slavery. Follow
ing the civil war the agents for steel,
for textiles, for lumber, for the pack
ing industry, for coal, for the rail-
roads, were known and shamelessly
proclaimed.
Presidents could be defeated and
congressman retired to private life,
but the senate system continued.
In late years agitation against these
political agents made some headway,
but they could yet stand on the senate
floor and advocate Handwriting labor
to it's task, remove taxes from wealth
and urge a ship subsidy for the favor
ed few.
The recent election has changed
this. The AMERICAN house of lords no
longer exists. The senate has lost it's
characteristic. Industrial oligarchs
will not control that body.
Another feature of this election was
it's nom partisanship. Men who berate
organized labor for it's non-partsan
attitude are jubilant over the peoples
victory, but fail to see that they are
celebrating victory made possible
by -partisanship.
They condemn labor's political
method, but they used that method to
record the third significant political
upheaval in the nations history.
Party labels were nothing to voters
at this election. The power of party
discipline was nil. Voters "picked
off" the defenders of privilege and
elected by large majorities honest
men who were on the same ticket.
Voters refused to obey party man.
dates and broke the party spirit
Congressman Keller's party organiza-
ton condemned him for daring to i'm
peach Attorne- General Daugherty.
The people ignored the politicians and
reelected the Minnesota lawmaker.
Then they scratched Senator Kellogg
on the same ticket and elected DIR.
Shipstead.
Voters everywhere adopted the nom
partisan policy. At no other election
was labor so victorious or its policy
so completely sustained.
The election proves that il the re-
cent intensive campaign against |
Daugherty's injunction will be con-
tinued, Or the same agitation against |
chlld labor or other social wrongs, a |
public opinion can be created that will |
break the back of every opposition.
No force that reaction can assemble |
is powerful enough to Withstand con-
tinuous intelligent agitation.
It's public press, it's distorting eco
nomists, it's subsidized educators, and |
it's other tinsel and sham are impotent |
before determined citizenship.
The lessons of the recent election |
should encourage every believer in |
social justice to continue the fight for
right,