The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1922-05-20

whose voice once resounded thr
folks. He has since become the
has been busy in recent years &c
Normally Is Rebuked.
There is hope for the election of
former Governor Samuel r. Ralston
over Beveridge in Idiana. Senator
New is the chief Of reactionaries.
His defeat was meted to him by the
Republican voters of the Hoosier
state as a rebuke to the return to
normalcy.' 1t hasa thrown the
"elder statesmen" into a panic. They
are in the position of the condemned
man who knew that he was guilty
as charged and wondered what the
jury thought about it.
A week before the Indiana pri-
mary Senator New and his cronies
'ir- the administration crowd regard
ed defeat as the remotest Of possi-
bilities. So lightly did they take the
candidacy of Beveridge that Senator
New felt it quite Unnecessary to ap-
pear before his constituents in person
to give an account of his steward
ship, resorting to tho radio to send
greetings and salutations.
1t is easy to imagine. therefore,
the emotions Of the Old Guard when
the painful fact was forced home
that New had. been showed under
by 10000 votes in an election in
which about half of the qualified
voters refused to-, participate. The
absentees assumed plague on
both their houses" attitude toward
New and Beveridge and decided to
bide the time until November, when
the real expression Of sentiment will
3e registered.
Hit at Administration.
Various interpretations are given
the elimination Of New from public
life. The Old Guard is trying to
convince itself that no reflection
upon the administration was intend
ed, that Beveridge gained a per-
sonal victory.
Such, however, is not the case.
What the Republicans started out
to do was to repudiate the admins
tration, and they succeeded. It. is
conceded that a combination of
farmers and workers attended to
News case. indicating in a srather
forcible manner their resentment of
the shabby treatment they have
been receiving from him and from
his political associates. The New
berry incident, of course, had its
proper influes ION the result.
Since New was a close confidant
Of President Harding and a leading
adviser to the administration, it is
going to be difficult to wipe out the
true meaning of. the Indiana result.
1t is not to be assumed that be-
cause thousands OF workers voted
tor Beveridge that he is in high
favor with them. From the stand
point of the industrirl worker he is
most Objectionable. Beveridge sew
,ral years ago became publicist for
hambers of commerce and organiz-
tons Of labor haters and has been
'aveling about the country sowing
,eds of hate and suspicion of
eorkingmen.
.... Beveridge Hates Workers.
He summarized his whole attitude
% workers In an address made be-
fore the New York Chamber of
Commerce on November II, 1921,
when he said:
{ mo sooner did the country and
the reign. Of certain banded rulers
Of capital, whose arrogance, obstin-
acy, insolence and greed began the
trouble, than certain banded rulers
Of labor took their Place and set up
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more irritating and destructive than
the preceding rule Of graft and cor
ruption. Another invisible empire
has been established as evil and dan
gerous as that ct the dethroned ,au'
tocracy Of wealth. This new assail.
ant of ordered liberty and American
institutions is the close and closed
corporation Of those who have made
themselves masters Of labor unions
This star chamber despotism de-
crees not only how, when and on
what terms work shall be done, but
also whether any work shall be
done at all. It denies to men ant
women their inalienable right tc
earn their livelihood. It violate.
the eternal truths announced in the
Declaration of Independence. Il
sets itself above the authorities con-
skituted by the people and flaunts
the peoples courts of justice.
Wants Eight Hour Law Repealed
1.-THE method by which the Adam.
son law was forced on the statute
books raised an issue as vital and
basic an that which brought on the
Civil war. Indeed, the Adamsor
law went to the very existence o1
xovernme ent5 itself. :.
The Adamson law must be re-
pAaled. The wartime labor classi.
eications,, regulations and so-called
national agreements must be abol-
iSf.ed. That curious contriver OF
makeshifts. the labor board. thai
tells the railway owners how much
they must spend, must be connected
with that other organ of our bur
eaucracy, the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which tells the railwa,
owners how much, they may re-
ceive." ~.
In retailing all, the exploded lie'
- Of the Chambers Of Commerce, TIN
railroad propagandists and othel
haters OF labor, Beveridge fairl,
and honestly indicated just wher!
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