The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-04-25
Oily Doheny Decides to
Quit the Donkey and Ride
The Republican Elephant
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

"EDDIE" L. DoHENY completely submerged in the 1923
Teapot Dome oil scandal but who to the surface
and saved by obigng republican administration,
has decided quit his democratic affiliations and climb
aboard the Coolidge bandwagon
The multi-milonaire oil producer and rener turning
from democrat to republican, thus proves again that the
fence completely down between Wall Streets political
organizations. Any pass either way, without
the slightest difficulty
Doheny has been little different than the other oil
capitalists The Rockefeller family, with its campaign
rbuton supports both the old parties Doheny has tried
to be loyal to the donkey outfit since William Jennings
Bryan first made his coss of god dash into the national
political Dohsny with the usual promptngs from his
friends" willing to offer himself Vicepresi
Dental candidate at the 1920 democratic powwow at San
Francisco
Dohenys ambitions within the democratic fold did not
cut him off from the republicans He believed that every
we'll nigh weckng the whole Harding Coolidge adninsra-
ton Gals regime saved itself by the timely throwing
encouragement Harry NJ Daugherty Now that Doheny
willing to enter the very bosom OF the republican family
additional devastating results may Doheny of
fers substantial for turning republican, He says:
republican for the first time because
decided to affiliate with and Support the party which more than
prosperity"
This is certainly unkindy thrust at the democrats
who, regime of the late Woodrow Wilson when all
forms Of footing made respectable turned out $4,000 get
richquck iIonaires Democrats in power did their
best to aid big business But the democrats not
power Evidently that is the for Dohenys deser-
ton In his new political philosophy he finds It profit
able always be with "the party in power Hence the
shift Coolidge is doubt ordering the welcoming break
fast prepared at the White House.
Doheny procIams that "the of prosperity"
der the Coolidge dynasty benefits a people, He
the impression that he the 115000000
women and children who live within the confines of the
United States But those who understand the situation of
the workers turnout the country must conclude that Doheny
unwttingy limits his observation to the business bandits of
his capitalist class. The wage cuts imposed by Coo
Idges political sponsors the textile workers have made
possible increased profits for the mill The violation
of the jacksonville scale has lowered the standard of living
of the soft coal miners The crushing of the hopes of the
anthracite miners for increase in wages, to meet the
mounting of living makes increased loot possible for the
barons in the hard coal fields. It the republican adj
mnistraon crushed the railroad shop strike in 1922
paving way for billion dollars profits for the lords of
transportation last year. In the rubber industry feeder of
the automobile industry profits increase while the workers
denied higher wages So the story goes repeating itself
everywhere turnout the whole American industrial structure
These are the favored great expIoters whom Doheny
refer to "alI people," They his people,
Doheny has mingled with the crowd that calls itself demo-
craft and behind Donkey he walks with the
republican procession behind the elephant Doheny finds
they all belong his class the that maintain
things they are profits for the poverty for the many
Labor should study this situation Dohenys change Of
political 'front.' which is change at ALL should teach labor
lesson. should convince the working class that it needs
party of its to fight the enemy capitalist class that
dominates both the old parties.