The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-11-14
By T. J, o'FLAAERTN

NAACCNA N-NNAAA~~A4~%A
= day IN Chicago and our best pso-
pie" are ready to do ~the right thing"
by this female parasite who lives at
the expense Of the most exploited peo-
pie in Europe The shallowness of
our democracy was never better exem,
plifed than thru the flunkeyism dis
played in extending a welcome to this
bawdy queen Marie Is Infamous, even
among the aristocratic circles OF
Europe, because of her debauchery.
Yet our ruling classes that make
profession OF puritanism refuse en-
trance to useful foreigners while they
crawl ON their bellies to Queen Marie.
The lbenefciaries of the sweat Of the
packing industry slaves can afford tc
spend thousands of dollars on gowns
considered suitable to exhibit to the
queen, but if their slaves asked for a
trifiing raise those bloodsuckers would
spill more blood in resisting the mod
est demand than would fill the empty
champagne bottles that streW the path
of the royal train from Seattle to
Chicago
TN all probability. Frank L. Smith,
L senator-elect from Illinois, the bene
ficiary of the insult millions. win moi
sit in the senate. Neither will Mr.
William Ware of Pennsylvania The
~. Of
party, otherwise known as the G. o. P.
(grand old party the fight to unseat
them will be initiated by such promi-
nent republicans as Senator Borah of
Idaho and Norris of Nebraska. Which
proves that inside Of the G. o. p there
lis a cleavage born out of the diVerg-
ing interests Of the elements that orig
inally provided the party with an eco
nomic base
THERE is plenty Of hypocrisy IN
i volYed in this matter. Borah says
that the senate has a right to purge
itself of " undesirable elements. And
Borah, in taking this position, is rem
derfng7a Service to the capitalist sys-
tenn. The capitalist class as a whole
is not in favor OF selecting political
servants that win spend most Of their
time picking the pockets of their mas
tiers, which picking they regard as
bonus for allowing their masters to
pick the pockets Of the workers. The
capitalists have no ethical objection
against the picking of pockets, pro-
Yided 1t is not their own. So Frank
L. Smith, who was elected thru the
generosity of the open-shop multi-mil-
honaire utility magnate, Samuel In
sull. will probably get the gate be-
cause he got caught. The working
class OF Illinois should not forget that
Smith, despite his support by the open
shop Insult, was endorsed by the labor
ofhcialdom Of the Illinois Federation
Of Labor.
DETWEEN William 8. Ware, who
~ was elected senator from Penn
sylyania, and William B. Wilson, his
democratic opponent, there is no
choice for the workers. Both are ser
wants Of capitalism, and the democrat,
Wilson, is a particularly scabby speci-
men. Wilson owns scab coal mines,
yet certain labor publications support
ed him, not caring a particle whether
he was an employer Of seab labor OF
not, because he was a democrat Will
liam B. Wilson was secretary of labor
in Woodrow Wilson's cabinet A for
mer coal miner, he degenerated into a
red batter and strike breaker. 1t does
not make the slightest difference to
the workers OF Illinois and Pennsyl-
Tania whether Messrs. Ware and Smith
are elected or not Until they or
ganize labor party IN alliance with
the farmers they will be at the mercy
Of political grafters and crooks OF both
parties.