The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-01-15
Workers and Farmers
Viii Watch Nye in the
United States Senate
BY }. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

TODAY Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, is uII-edged
member of the United States senate Yet the equaniiy
of that august body proclaimed the land the
MiIonaires' Club, remains mistaken
When Nye, young and with reputation a REBEL
appointed by Governor Sorie, claimed that he
would be seated Numerous techncaItes cited
show that he entitled to the job Sore had given
him.
But that is all TechnicaIties swept
aside. Not the of North Dakota alone the United
aone and federal governments both
declared the right join in handing Nye his
senatorial toga He both state officer" and offcer
What the workers and farmers of North Dakota would
like to Know however is what all this really to them
Senator Capper of the authors of the Capper-ohn-
bill calling for capitalist dictatorship in time of
Oscar Underwood, senator from "open shop" Alabama
the most backward stone age reacona the democratic
Senator Johnson California who helps keep Mooney
and Billings and hundreds of other workers in the prisons
Twenty-six democrats, of them from the "soIid
South where children ensaved in the mills and where
labor organizations practically outawd voted for Nye
Senator Cummins of Iowa. Smoot of Utah. and Nc
Kinley of Illinois, all staunch defenders of Coolidge
faith found convenient to be absent when the
TAKEN they had been present and voted against Nye
would have lost his seat by instead of winning
with two votes.
Nye should have been seated There should have been
no doubt about it, The fact however, that he finally
seated showed no objection to
h on the part OF the capitalist politicians Senator Borah
was against him in the beginning He finally voted for him.
because it sad he wanted Nyes against the world
court
But the thing that stands big before North Dakotas
pundered masses is that Nye walked down senate aisle
on the arm or Senator Lynn Frazier governor of
North Dakota enemy of the drive for the Farer- abor
Party in his state. AS Nys and Frazier approached
vice President Dawes das that Nye sworn in
py Mogans agent republican leader Curtis rushed forward
10 snake the hand OF and congratulate the Dakota
senator OF such stuff is old party politics made.
wye IS already getting the Of oats that was
recenty Ted out to young LaFoee of Wisconsin, It is the
Preuoe 10 putting the republican halter both of Them
This interesting proceeding shows that +ba case ,oo
nave nor yet been drawn in the senate not even bv the
senator Hendrix Shpstead of Minnesota who
Ignts me mitancy Of the farmer-Iabor movement
Inat sent him to Washington. Atho elected as farmer
TABOR senator, he, too wears old party harness.
ne new drive for independent political action that is
sweeping west from Minnesota the coast and south 70
me gull will take all these developments into account The
workers and farmers will realize that order to raise their
STANDARDS and carry them forward SUCCESSFULLY thew
WIN De compelled direct against Nye as thew
nave ALREADY fought Shipstead, Frazier, Magnus johnson
ho ones who have forgotten that they were raised non
the shoulders OF the oppressed That u.s. unless Nye falls in
WIN the developing for class action of the
will bear close watching. " w 5' o'eao