The Connecticut labor news., 1924-09-27
LA TOILETTE PETITION (Continued from Page One

thing other than giving the other fel- low a chance 10 get his name on the ballot and 1t is. stated by the officials that there will be no effort made to erase them or seeking to have them des- ignate one seperate preference.
 A causual perusa1 of the lists shows many surprises and indications that some of the signers at least did so as a matter of courtesy to some friend or other circulating a petition. One of the big surprises that caused New Haven election officials to gasp however came on the prohibition petition where the name and address of Fred w. Orr, chairman of the Republican town com n1ittee in New Haven and now III charge of republican national affairs m New York and vicinity was deliberately appended Had Mir. Orr's name been attached to the LaFollette, the socialist labor or any of the other petitions ii wouldn't have caused near the stir and comment it did when noticed on the prohibition lists. For many years MT, Orr has been secretary and legislative agent for the Connecticut Brewers as sociation and in course of his dut1es bit terly opposed and was just as bitterly opposed in turn by the foes of the beV- craze that invlgOrates and cheers. Now to have him come forth and support the l i. 4: f<,,- 1N11~ Io 1itica1 sun again IS causing many ot his friends to wonder MT. Orr being out of the city most of the time It has not been ascertained whether the signature IS genuine or was attached by some JOG ular friend in his absence, The writing however IS claimed by those said to he familiar with MT. Orr's writing to be apparently his or at very clever tor gerry and it has been accepted as gen. uine and the petition as 1t stands for wardered to the secretary of state
 The LaFollette Wheeler committee IS still having its troubles securing the necessary shekels to carry on the cam paign, especially among the Labor ele- ment from whom great shakedowns were expected. The committee author ized by the recent Federation conVen- ton got busy this week and organized by electing Alexander Dreissens ot New Haven, a socialist, chairman and George R. Moffatt of Stamford, as sec retary and state organizer The Fed eration convention having declined to make a contribution the committee IS to make a personal appeal to individual la bormen and authorized MT MOf1at to tour the state in missionary work along that line Some local unions when the third ticket was first preached rushed headlong into making contributions and few others have followed That sort of enthusiasm has Waned however and what contributions are made III the fu- ture will be from individuals rather than labor bodies as whole The com rnittee plans to appoint subcommittee in Labor centers to arouse the voters but among Labor men generally the be- lief is now held that all the support La Toilette and Wheeler will get from La bor in Connecticut has already been registered and that the committee will have even hard task to hold that In fact it is slipping already even ardent LaFollette supporters admit, despite the clamor being made by self appointed Moses trying to lead the working man out of the wilderness.