The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-06
WHEELER TALKS
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 He said when he was candidate fol
 governor three years ago, he was the candidate of labor, and when he became candidate for the United States senate he was endorsed by labor, and owed his nomination to the senate to the 1aboring men of Montana. He told the delegates that what labor has done in Montana could be done in Connecticut.
 Tt is an amazing thing in the east" said Senator Wheeler, where the great majority are laboring men and they continue to elect men to the United States senate, particularly in Massa- men who represent the predatory in terests rather than labor"
 He said he was born in Massachu- setts and lived in that state until 19 He related how he had worked his way through college, and finally went to Montana. He declared he owes every thing he ever had politically 70 or $ tana the candidates and newspapers had been controlled by the money in terests, the candidates would be efimi- mated on either side, and the laboring men would be obliged to vote for them. They played the farmers of the east against the 1aboring men of the west, until both realized they had the same interests at stake, and formed an al 1iance to break the backbone of the predatory interests. He said that 90 per cent. of the railroad men lined up behind him in his campaigns for gov ernor and for the United States senate.
 Senator Wheeler said 1t was just be- cause of such an alliance that there were such men in the senate as Brook hart, La Toilette, Dill, Norris and Walsh of Montana. Organized labor had realized there Is no difference be- tween the two great political parties and concentrated its power to elect other candidates. He said it couldn't have been done without the direct pri- mary, feature the predatory inter ests fought to have abolished.
 He maintained that in Washington no intelligent men would say that the administration is not absolutely domi- mated and controlled by the big in terests and he said he wished he could devote an hour in telling Of the cor ruption in the national capital. He would like to tell of the activity of William J. Burns in breaking up union organizations, and declared that when he was United States attorney in Mon Una he discovered the ranks of the unions were honeycombed with de- tectives bent on destroying the unions, and related incidents of such activities.
 Mr. Wheeler declared he was not in the race because he wanted to be in 1t, and he had no desire to be vice-pres- ident of the United States, but told Of having been approached by the labor in Washington who wanted him to run with La Toilette to take the government out of the hands of the predatory interests and return 1t to the common people. He the great interests were not making large contributions through patriotic motives, but rather because of the expectation of getting 1t back through personal privileges. This money is used as a bribe to get the votes of the working people, said the candidate.
 The speaker urged his hearers to stand up for themselves and he likened this to the action of the forefathers in off their political shackles. He declared that nowadays many of he workmen are afraid to stand up and be counted because of the thought hat their job might be lost, condi- ion he believed should not exist.