The Connecticut labor news., 1924-07-19
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE
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work was done for those who em- ployed him but his personal rights could not be infringed thereby.
 Coolidge and Dawes are really ''im- possible" from Labor standpoint The Presidents last act before Con- gress adjourned, in vetoing the Or ganized postal workers increase-voted by Congress again showed his attitude toward the worker who has to work instead of depending upon his dollars to support him. That wasn't even necessary to prove his attitude toward Labor, not only organized but morgan ized, but 1t added one more item to the | list of anti-labor acts of the President by inheritance. Dawes, as founder of 1 the Minute Men, an organization open | ly out to disrupt Organized Labor, and his public utterances before and since | his nomination Is too well known to Labor men to need further attention. Therefore a vote for them is a vote against the worker and into the hands of those interests seeking to coerce the workers into industrial peonage.
 La Toilette and his principles are ad- mitted1y nearer the aims of the work CT and the farmer and if there were ! any possible chance of his carrying the state of Connecticut as he probably will several states of the west, then there might be some justification for Organ ized Labor men to vote for him here But the working vote of Connecticut IS too well acquainted with the machine made politics of this state to even be- lieve that La Toilette will have a chance of carrying 1t. It is necessary in the first place that he secure one per cent of the vote for president in 1920 to even get his name on the ballots. There were 365, GOO odd votes cast in 1920 in Connecticut making it neces- sary to enroll 3650 voters in his sup port to even get him on the ticket.
 This may be easily possible inasmuch as the socialists have endorsed his can didacy and cast 1O,350 votes in the last election. But even with this start La Toilette can not hope to carry Con- necticut. Including the socialist vote all others aside from the two big party tickets boiled altogether only 15,500 votes. The losing democratic side boiled 120,721 while Harding rolled up 229,238. Granting even that thousands of voters might be drawn from both big parties and vote for La Toilette what possible chance is there for him to carry "hide-bound" Connecticut against such overwhelming majorities?
 Connecticut has seven electoral votes and they will go to Coolidge unques- tionably unless the democrats and dis satisfied voters get together. Despite the damning that Senator Brandegee and others of the old guard got at the republican convention for their antag onism to the President, nevertheless MT. Coolidge has apparently forgotten that and only this week he called Brandegee1 in and asked him How about Connecticut ,"
 Brandegee promised him the state and its electoral votes by the same big overwhelming majority that Connectl- cut has always given the finance sup ported republicans. Brandegee's atti- tude, toward Organized Labor is also we'll known to Labor men of this state. Are they going to permit him to make his promise good by voting for La Fol lette and throwing their support thus indirectly to Coolidge and Dawes and the "Oil gang" which helped to nom mate them and kept all reference to the recent oil scandal out of the re- publican platform?
 The railroad unions 1t IS reported are already rolling up much enthusiasm for La Toilette whose platform stands for many things the railroad men de- sire. That is natural but even with their great influence can they possibly hope to carry Connecticut out of the Coolidge column? It's more than doubtful It's practically impossible.
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