The Connecticut labor news., 1922-08-18
By C. w. ROBERTS, Chairman A. F. of L. Legislative
 Committee.

Chairman A. F. of L. Legislative Committee.
 Washington, D, C., Aug. 18-The organized wage earners of the United States, as we'll as their sym pathizers, are justly elated over the results of the primaries so far. held. Some of the most bitter antagonists of all that Is for the welfare of Labor and the people have been defeated and the mourners are preparing themselves for further shocks
 The humiliating defeat of Senators New of Indiana, and McCumber of North Dakota, and Representatives Campbell of Kansas and Ira Copley of Illinois have made a hole in the Old Guard breastworks that gives promise of the utter destruction of the reactionaries. Labor supported Frank R. Reid against Copley. Therefore the capitol is full of gloom. | Governor Allen of Kansas received a political blow from which it is lieutenant, Thomas Harley, who, as a member of the State Legislature, in troduced the bill providing for the Kansas Court of Industrial Relations, was showed under by Representative Little with an enormous majority The Nonpartisan Political Campaign Committee of the American Fedora ton of Labor warmly supported Rep resentative Little, who had practically a 100 per cent. record on all measures of interest to Labor.
 Senator Sutherland of West Vir- ginia won out in the primary by only a nose His advocacy of the appoint ment of Federal Judge McC1intic was heavy load to carry McClintic, as a member of the State Legislature in- troduced the bill permitting jurymen in criminal cases to be selected any where in the state, instead of in the county in which the defendant was on trial. He also Is responsible for the state constabulary law. These two measures were supported by the Baldwin-Felts detectives. In West Virginia it is commonly reported that the Baldwin, crowd control the votes in certain districts and can turn in enough to nominate or elect any candidate they support.
 Senator Sutherland's fl ght is not yet over as the people of West Vir- ginia are aroused over his record.
 nominated for the senate on the dem ocratic ticket, was supported by La bor and it is believed he will be elect ed in November.
 Labor Wins Victory in Oklahoma
 Contest.
 Labor won another victory in Okla homa in the nomination for governor of Mayor J. C.. Walton of Oklahoma City. His election is assured. Labor can also be proud of the victory of Senator Swanson of Virginia. His majority is expected to reach 75,ooo. Senator Swanson has consistently voted for every measure of interest talked against and voted against measures detrimental to the interests of Labor and the people.
 Labor made no recommendation in the Ohio primary for senator. Neither Senator Pomerene nor Representative Fess made a record that would com mend them to those who believe that members of congress should be true to the people. President Gompers in a letter to MT. Lewis D. Long of Ur- bana, Ohio, on July 3, stated that "the A. F. of L. National Nonparti- san Political Committee assumed a neutral attitude toward the candidates in Ohio for the United States senate. Neither Representatives Fess nor Dick on the republican ticket or Sen ator Pomerene on the democratic ticket is acceptable to Labor Re ports from Ohio stated that as the wage earners and their sympathizers have to vote for one of them, they are supporting the least objectionable. Senator Pomerene. The election of Representative Fess would be a vote of confidence in the Old Guard, and while Senator Pomerene is admitted to be persona non grata 1t IS thought | better to sacrifice their opinion by | voting for Senator Pomerene in order to defeat Representative Fess. Brookhart Nomination Big Victory l
 for Workers.
 Another bright spot in the strug- l gle to bring the government back to l the people is the nomination of Smith l w. Brookhart of Iowa. Despite every effort of the reactionary interests, de- ] spite great sums of money sent into l the state to defeat him, Brookhart | won. He had the support of Labor and the farmers and all others who | believe i'll good government. The vote for Brookhart is the best evidence that the people are dissatisfied with those who promised much, but have given nothing. Two years ago Brook hart came within a few thousand votes of defeating Senator Cummins for the nomination for senator. While this should have been a warning to those who seek to control the gov arnment, it appears to have had no effect on members of congress. They continued to press forward measures for which the people have shown in he primaries they have no sympathy. The ship subsidy and the sales tax