Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1925-11-06

hamlet village and home in America.
a man With brilliant reeefd ia tde
legislative bodies Il our country,
who could the Independent poliliH
cal party have selected stronger al
merc influential than the late Senator
Robert lAfolletles And YET As
President Lynch of the Typographical
Union. has well said, the working
people of America. even under eur
Recommendation would moi 80 over
into this independent political moyes
mont Il Is nay Judgment that ~
analysis Of that experience, still fresn
IN eur minds, ia sufficient e. demon
tfatc in America At least the impiaez
ticability OF an independent lahar
party,
"Another thing suppose these
men Who have been elected to The
uultcd States senate and II the halls
Of congress. who have fought labor
battles 50 we'll had heon candidates
upon the independent political parly'a
ticket Would they nov lac either III
the ccnato OF the United States or III
the house Of representatives Only
recently We have hal an opportunity
tn try out again our Honrartisan
political program. In the state Of
Wisconsin the voters were called upon
t. elect a successor 20 the illustroua
late Senator lafellettc, his son. his
offspring became candidate. Upon
what tieketg Upon the ticket Of one
of the old political parties. The
American Federation Of Labor sup
ported him, the other groups of labor
supported him likewise, and as fee
suit this young son of Senator La
Toilette WAS elected 10y an oserwhelm.
INK majority, What would have hap
nenod 10 this same man, had he been
candidate In Wisconsin, had he been
a candidate upon an independent poiis
tical party tiokotf leave II Go you
to answer that qeslion. A result
of this policy labor will have In tie
United States senate another friend
who has pledged his support Ia the
American Federation Of Labor, and II
We had followed the policy that my
good friend Max Hayes advises here,
Senator l,al'olletto would be at home
aud some reactlonaty would have been
sent from Wisconsin 70 the United
States senate,
Where would senator Wheeler be
II he had been candidate in Mun'
tana upon an independent political
party tlcket2 Where would tho 9th
ers have boeng All of them would
have been left at home, while the
enemies Of labor would have been we'll
| represented. Labor IL not going 10
follow a policy that means isolation,
and In eur attempt 10 pursue this in
ldopendent political party We only play
into the hands of the feactionafy ele-
mcnts of our country.
There may be a timo when We In
| America can organize an independent
| political party, Hhen our nation be
| comes an industrial nation as Great
Britain now Ia, when the eontors OF
population have grown and increased
anu the distances between our villages
and eur cities are greatly reduced,
when the line of dematcation between
village and village aud city and city
IL 30 indistinct that II Is scarcely dis.
eenablo. We will have To change IN
America from an agricultural nation
To a semi -in,uH fial country before
We can make a success along that line,
and without form Of government with
the constitutional instfumentalitles at
our command with our form Of gov
ornmont, the voters of America can
make ont Of this government what
they wish II 10 be.
There is no need Of fear of feyolu
lion, there iB no need here Of class
war or class struggle. Every citi-
zen Is sovereign and every citizen
II a voter, and the power of govern
ment Is inherently vested with the
yoIcra Of America.
so that II the things We complain
Of need correction they do
when the voters are educated To the
point that they are determined To
correct this wrong or that wrong they
viii employ the instrumentnlitie at
their command 10 correct those
wrongs.
II thought IL proper ana fitting that
| should say these things this morn
ing. They are on my heart and | want
cd you 10 understand the attitude of
the president OF the American Fedora
ton of Labor on Lhi4 sub ierI "