The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-11-08
SOCIALISTS GET
IEFRIM YWhTIAM
HEAVI WALLU
in new YORK
Norman Thomas PeeUed
at Needle Trades
Especial to the Daily Worker,

INOIUldn HO068, Lar GILLETTE
candidate for governor on the
socialist and LaFoIIette ticket,
lpolled only 46,137 votes while
Fightin' Bob got away with
266,o37. Thus it oan be seen
that the socialists did not gain
anything by hanging on to the
LaFollette bandwagon but al
most annihiIated themselves as
a political party.
It must be remembered that
whereas the Workers Party par
ticipates in election campaigns
merely as part of it's activity. to
the socialist party elections are
the entire sum and substance
OF its reason for existence.
Meyers Seat Gone.
The complete passing Of the social
list party as political factor in New
York is shown in the failure of their
candidate in the 18th congressional
district which sent Meyer London.
twice to congress to poll more than a
paltry 1000 votes out of 10000 cast.
The only victory claimed by the social.
lists IN this city is the election Of La
Guardia, g republican who was en-.
dorsed by the socialist party.
Over 5000 votes were counted for
the Workers Party presidential candi-
date, William 2. Foster, in the CITY.
The Workers Party did not wage a
vote-catching campaign but used the
occasion to spread Communist propa.
ganda, increase the circulation of the
DAILY WORKER and build up the
party membership.
AIsy Gets Small Vote.
Among former socialist ONCE hold.
ers to be showed under was Algernon
Lee, who fount himself on the wrong
side Of one thusand, when the votes
were counted. Lee was a member of
the aldermanic body and voted for the
famous victory arch, in honor Of the
soldiers who died in France to save
the Morgan millions. That was about
all the soldiers got for their trouble.
Opinion as to whether there shall
be a third party or not organised il
divided in LaFollette cooncils. Nor.
ris Hillquit declared the LaFollette
vote proved the need for q new poiiti-
cal alignment, but did not commit him.
self to new party, except in an alb.
stract manner He did not even hint
at the necessity for. forming q labor
party.
What VIII Sam DOT
What action Gompers may take at
the 81 Paso convention Of the A. F.
Of L. is also matter Of conjecture.
1t is generally conceded that the Tam
many labor leaders at the head of the
Central Council gave Gompers' pres.
tige bad blow when they rescinded
their endorsement Of LaFollette and
supported Davis. The Trades Council
has membership Of 100000 and the
number of votes taken out Of the La.
Toilette column by the Tammany
leaders action was a serious loss to
the Wisconsin senator It is believed
that the unions that stood to their
original political endorsement were
not able to throw more than 100000
to Fightin' Bob.
Another singular feature of the cleo.
ton was the desertion Of the needle
trades votes under the control of Sig.
man and perhaps Hfllman, to AL Smith
rather than to the socialist guberna-
torial candidate. Thomas is consider.
ably peeved now over this treachery.
but when Comrade Cannon made a
statement showing the alliance be.
tween the yellow socialist unions and
Tammany Hall. the New Leader. edit.
ed by James Oneal came out with a
great splurge denouncing the Com.
munists for circulating false rumors.
Sidney Respectable.
Sidney Hillman apes Morris HiIIouit
In his talk Of new party. No more
talk Of class party for the versatile
Sidney. He says: ut IL my opinion
that realignment toward the forma,.
ton Of a new party will be well under
way by 1925. when the next congress
sional elections are held" Abraham
Leftkowits. the gentleman who rot
callousss on his belly crawling TO the
Tammany Hall leaders OF the Central
Trades Council. before the election.
now attacks them for speaking In the
name OF the council But II is safe 70
predict that ABE" and his cohorts
will be very quiet at the next meeting
of the Central Trades and Labor Coun.
Gil.
The 8. L. P. after being in the ield,
for almost 40 years, polled 1000 votes
In New York City. At the rate they are
travelling, the social revolution is 70
Ing In the wrong direction, az the
8. L. P. has positively states that Il
will refuse to recognize It, provided II
does not come peacefully at the ballot
box, yea, even II II took one thousand