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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
Republican Politics Are
Discussed Over Bier of
Late Senator Curnrnins
BY J. LOUIS ENoDAHL.

farmers has secured a small foot
hold, is "the next step" If Iowa
labor wants to be betrayed again it
will blindfold itself and walk sheep
ishly along the path laid out for it
by republican bosses, which in this
case means the support of their can
didate, Brookhart. OF course, Brook
hart may deny all this, but Brook
hart is still in the republican party,
he controls and uses the republican
party organization, and at the pres
ent writing he has the good wishes
of the republican bosses. They have
adopted him as their own.
Brookhart may make radical
sounding speech, in the campaign
forum or on the senate rostrum.
All of the Brookharts before him, no
matter what their real names, have
done that. But in the final analysis,
they all support the capitalist re-
gime, that lives and thrives thru the
plundering of the workers, whether
on the land or in industry. Farmers
and city workers cannot feed their
families with speeches. Phrases do
not pay rent or buy clothes. In
other words, the profteer continues
to do business just the same.
AS conservatism grips Brook
hart, following in the footsteps of
Cummins, some new insurgent will
rise. That is already taking place
in Wisconsin, where there are those
elements within the republican party
rebelling against the gradual sur
render of LaFollette, Jr., to the
forces of reaction. The voters are
being asked to "try others" within
the republican party.
Thus Congressman John c. Schae-
fer, of Milwaukee, turns against La
Follette's candidate, Blaine, claim
ing:
Il am opposed to the Madison ring
"a self-perpetuating oligarchy-
the principal plank of whose plat
form is, Keep us in Office, even tho
it means reputation of the life work
of the late Senator LaFollette!"
But Schaefer has his own repub-
lican candidate in the primaries for
the U. S. senatorship.
Labor's interests are promoted
only thru the class war waged
against all the political expressions
of the present capitalist class. La
Dor deludes only itself If it thinks
1t is making progress by DESERVING
the political forces of the great cap
italists, only to surrender them
selves to the camp of the smaller,
middle class capitalist interests, or
even to content itself with remain
ing small insurging wing within a
radical" section Of that middle
class. Labor has its own class in
terests to conserve and promote. 1t
must form its own labor party. 1t
must fight as class, in Iowa and
everywhere else.
Instead of experimenting with
past, present and future renegades.
let the workers remain loyal to
themselves by organizing as a class.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
American Miners,
Stop Flow of Coal
to British Isles

WASHINGTON - (FP) - American
coal, both union and nonunion mined,
is now flowing steadily into the Brit.
lsh markets, due to the British min
ers' strike which has been in progress
since May 1. New York exporters
estimate the shipments from this
country, on account Of the British
strike, to be at least 100000 tons.
The department Of commerce, which
Is watching the development OF this
trade, has not yet compiled its Stats
tics Of the tonnage shipped In the past
month. It is convinced, however, that
the total Is very high.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
Grand Jury to Probe
Payroll of Sanitary
District Trustees

The fourth special Cook county
grand jury to investigate vote frauds
has been impanelled by Chief Justice
Thomas J. Lynch of the criminal
court. The fourth grand jury will
spend its time investigating the mil
lions of dollars worth of contracts
that have been placed by the sanitary
district trustees.
The probe into the sanitary district
payroll and contracts was recon-
mended by the third special grand
jury after revelations that in Sanitary
District Trustee Morris Eller's ward
$4,000 votes were stolen and that he
had six relatives and his 20 percinct
captains on the sanitary district pay
roll.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05

TNWENTY-ONE United States SEN
4 ators and the whole Iowa delega-
ton in congress gathered about the
bier of the late Senator Albert B.
Cummins at Des Moines.
1t was less a time for paying
tribute to the death; more a time to
plan the future of republican pol.
itics.
1t is we'll for the workers and
farmers to study how that planning
is carried on.
Senator Charles S. Deneen, of
Illinois, slated as manager of west
ern congressional campaign for the
republicans, was at the funeral. But
he was there to make peace with
the living, to hand out an olive
branch to Smith w. Brookhart, who
has the senatorial nomination in his
pocket.
The Iowa voters cast their ballots
for Brookhart and farm relief, and
against the world court and the
league Of nations. Deneen and the
republican party is for the court
and league and against farm relief.
But that makes no difference. The
regular republicans want Brookhart.
Our prediction is that they will get
him.
One of the first signs Indicating
whether Brookhart has made his
peace with the regulars will be his
selection to fill out Cummlns' I'M
expired term, meaning that he will
sit in at the December session of
congress.
Laurence Todd, the Washington
correspondent of the Federated
Press, writes that, "Cummins was
never a radical" Nevertheless, he
had reputation in that direction
in his early days, gained somewhat
like those regulations for insurgency
won by LaFollette, Clapp and Dol
liver, in their windmill battles with
the Payne-Aldrich tariff schedules
during the Taft regime, just to cite
one example. Cummins, however,
assembled the heights of reaction
when he sponsored the Esch-Cum-
Minis transportation act of 1920, with
its special privileges to railroad cap
ital and its bitter oppression of rail
road labor.
Yet the political gangsters that
sponsored Cummins during his clos
ing years are now seeking to put
their grip completely upon Brook
hart. Todd further states:
Before Cummins, the voters re-
moved other railroad senators who
had claimed to be progressives--
Poindexter of Washington, Town
send of Michigan, Pomerene of Ohio
were conspicuous renegades to early
faith in the people. All of them
demonstrated the quicksand founda-
ton of middle-class reformist polit-
les. At the pinch they bowed to or
gSnized capital. Then the voters
tried Others"
The problem in Iowa, as in many
other states where independent pol
itical action of the workers and
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05

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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
BRITISH BOSSES
TO LEARN TRICK
OF u. S. CAPITAL
Sending Delegation to
Learn Collaboration

LONDON, Aug. 3.-Another delega.
ton from Great Britain is to be sent
to the United States in September.
But this is not a labor delegation to
collect relief for the striking miners.
1t is an expedition to gather data on
how American employers bamboozle
American workers with company un.
ions, class collaboration with regular
trade unions by corruption of the
union officials, and other sorts Of sim
liar ideas.
British business Is filled with admi-
ration at the way the American en-
ployer can sweat blood out OF the
workers and get away with It. Great
Britain has need for such procedure
to bolster mp its fading capitalist
economy.
The plan for a delegation originated
with Sir Arthur Steel Maitland who is
minister Of labor in the Baldwin cabl-
net. who is anxious that British en-
ployers adopt the American plan OF
welfare, bonuses, company unions
and class collaboration which he
thinks accounts for the prosperity OF
American capitalists.
SO the plan is already adopted for
sending a mixed delegation OF en-
ployers and hand-picked labor repre-.
sentatives to find out how It is done.
The house OF commons will appoint
the commission at once.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
LUNDIN SAYS
He VOTED FOR
La Toilette
Declares Court Fight Is
Sham Battle
CONTINUED from page y

Continued from page y
where the former mayor was taking a
holiday.
Big Bill' was once a leading figure
lin the Small machine, but owing to
differences with Fred Lundin he broke
with Small. In the last primaries he
supported the Crowe-Barrett ticket in
the county and Frank L. Smith for
senator.
Wanted To Make Deal.
The Crowe-Smith faction approach
ed Thompson with the request that he
support their county ticket in return
Tor their support for the mayoralty
campaign next Spring. OF course
Thompson would not make a bargain
on this condition. 1t was matter of
principle with the former mayor. He
said this without bathing his eyelid.
Thompson delivered a long speech
on entangling alliances and how he in
duced the Crowe-Barrett faction to
declare against the world court. This
was the reason for his connection
with the Crowe-Barrett faction, he
said.
Like All other Campaigns.
Thompson testified that he was a
member of the Grove Barrett organ
ization. He said the campaign was
no different to any other; they were
always in need of funds. Thompson
received $4,000 from Smiths cam
paign manager for the Grove Barrett
county ticket.
Money From Both Sides.
The former mayor declared that he
understood that Senator Mckinley
contributed to the Crowe-Barrett cam
paign fund. He did not know if he did.
Under Reeds questioning, Thomp-
son admitted he paid three or four
thousand dollars for various expenses
incurred during the campaign.
The wages of ward heelers are
going up Thompson testified. Former.
ly those workers whose Job is to get
out the votes received $500 a day, but
now they get from five to seven fifty.
do you know anything about the
sources from which the Smith money
was received?"
mo"
Thompson Delivers Speech.
After Thompson was excused he
managed to deliver a speech which at
tempted to take some of the sting
out Of the tremendous slush fund used
IN ntrcbaoa tha ,,ou,footto,, o. u,~oot.
L. Smith. Thompson was indignant
because the western papers carried
big headlines that give the impression
that the $i75,000 collected by the
Crowe-Barrett faction of the county
machine was for Smith.
Reed Was Alone.
Fred Lundin was in the courtroom
waiting TO testify
Reed conducted the Investigation
alone yesterday, LaFollette was absent
and none Of the other members OF the
committee appeared.
The first witness TO take the stand
in the morning was Rufus o. Sheppard
OF East ST. Louis. He supported Nc
kinley A man by the name OF Fisher,
an official Of the Illinois Traction com.
pany supplied the money.
A stir Bargain.
Sheppard said II cost them 5000 10
cover precinct that cast $50 votes.
Reed got a laugh when he inquired
who was the hand bargainer who ex.
pected to get $50 votes in Illinois for
5000. Melted by the witnesses faulty
memory Reed observed: "You did not
clean you head out that you took all
your recollection out"
= .aH tsat .,s-at saa.s la iisstsil..
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
New Campaign for Aid
to British Stirs All
Soviet Labor to Act

MOSCOW, July IL (By MaiD I'm
the Soviet Union new collections for
the British miners have begun every.
whore. The donations Of the Lenin.
grad and Moscow workers already ex.
coed one million roubles. The central
committee or the Metal Workers.
Union have informed Cook OF the
transfer OF $4,000 roubles.
The second collection campaign is
Just as successful as the FIRST Par.
ticularly energetic work is being done
by the working women's relief com.
mittee, which has Issued an appeal to
all working women to donate a days
wages for the children OF the British
miners
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
Workers Sports
Defeat Roosevelt
A. c. by 2 to o

In a hotly contested game at the
Riverview Park Workers (Commun-
ist) Party Press Picnic the Workers
Sports Athletic Club defeated the
Roosevelt Athletic Club by 2 to 0. The
Roosevelt Athletic Club is in first
place in the second division Of the
International Soccer Football league
competing for the Peel football cham
pioniship cup.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
BRITISH MINERS
need Immediate
STRIKE RELIEF
National Tag Days Aug.
z and 8

When lockout notices were posted
at the mines in England on Arril so
demanding that henceforth the miners
work an hour longer every day and
accept a 1923 wage cut from their pay
envelope-that was already so lean as
to barely keep the workers and their
families alive-it was declaration of
war directed particularly against or
ganized labor.
The miners, depending on the help
of their fellow workers and friends,
have, in the face of great poverty, re-
fused to accept these conditions.
The "seven-hour law" for coal min
ers was enacted by parliament, be-
cause survey of all accidents in the
mining industry showed that it is in
the last hour of work that accidents
occur. 1t is this last hour taat the
miners are refusing to accept. Thou
sands of them are crippled and MAIN
ed already and rather than face life
of beggary with only one arm or one
leg, they are now fighting for their
very lives. There is no labor strug-
gle recorded in the history of the
British labor movement of as great an
importance to the working class OF
the world as the present fight.
The wives Of the miners have heroic
ally taken their place besides their
men, urging them not to weaken, suf-
fering perhaps more than the men.
They remain firm and with dry eyes
declare; 1t is better to starve fighting
than to starve working at the risk of
life and limb.
Nationwide Tag Day.
The International Workers Aid has
undertaken to care for thousands of
these children, and depends on the
millions of workers and friends to
help in this work Saturday and Sun
day, August z and s, have been desig-
mated as national collection days fof
the British miners. On these two days
everywhere thruout the country,
money will be collected wherever men
and women are-on the streets, from
house to house, Office to office, in every
shop and factory.
These miners, their wives and chill
dren are fighting for the right to live.
They are fighting to maintain their
organization. Their fight is our fight.
Their defeat will mean worse condi-
tons for labor thruout the world.
Every worker and friend must do all
that is possible to help feed the chill
dren and bring victory to the miners
Of England.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
Four Die In Balloon.

LONDON, Aug. 8. - Four persons
we're killed today when the basket OF
captive balloon, at fete at Kemp
ston, near Bedford, broke lose from
the balloon and went hurting TO the
ground. carrying with 1t the pilot and
three passengers. s.taAAh
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
Section a, Chicago,
Enlarged Executive
Meets Friday Night

A meeting Of the Enlarged Executive
Committee OF Section No. Will be
held Friday, Aug g. at D. m. sharp.
II is important that every member Of
the section committee and the nuclei
secretaries be present
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05


On the front cover there Is draw
ing by Lydia Gibson OF a locomotive
engineer jotting down his grievances
4 for the workers press while he is in
his cab at work.
The feature article OF this issue is
entitled THE Voice OF the Railroad
ers," written by a railroad worker.
This article is OF great value to work
ers other than those on the railroads.
The following list OF titles of ar
tlcles appearing the coming issue Of
the American Worker Correspondent
will give one an idea OF the value of
this number TO worker correspondents
all over the country:
"The Glass Struggled Teacher"
49,
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
FOURTH ISSUE OF THE AMERICAN
WORKER CORRESPONDENT ON PRESS

The fourth issue of the American press
and will be out in few days This
special Railroad number has been de-
yed due to unforeseen mechanical work in the
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-08-05
CURRENT EVENTS
BY T. J. O'FIaherty.

Continued from page II
Party, which will be held in October.
In the meantime enjoy the fun, keep
cool, and read The DAILY WORKER
for facts.
SENAToR ALBERT B. CUMMTNS
~ of Iowa passed away and the usual
paens are going up in memory of the
well-known reactionary. Even Sena-
tor Brookhart, who is as fond of Cum
minis as Cummins was of boil weeyiI.
joined the chorus. There is no more
reason to lie because a man happens
to die than there is while he is living
This is typical of bourgeois hypocrisy.
Brookhart has two pictures hung in
his office he says-one of Lincoln and
the other OF Cummins. II he held the
late G. o. P. stalwart in equal esteem
with the so-called "emancipator," why
quarrel with him?
ME lost one subscriber because of
w the way we handled the Aimee
Mcpherson confidence game stunt. 1t
was quite obvious from the start that
Aimee was out to rob her faithful,
moronic flock and also to have a little
innocent amusement of the kind the
devil is supposed to snare the unwary
with. In other words, Aimee, being
Obliged to rein in on herself, so to
speak, while in the vicinity of Los
Angeles, thought she could kill two
birds with one stone while her flock
was doing the worrying and the con-
tributing.
GONTINENCE Is one OF the best
~ talking points of the go-getting
evangelists. This form OF self-chas-
tisement appeals To the unfortunate
people who live in such misery under
capitalism that a world beyond the
grave peopled by enuchs Of both sexes
is their only consolation for their pres.
ent misery and in revenge on those
who are not fettered by conventional
chains. Aimee fed them on this kind
OF pap. Then she took a jaunt with
her radio expert. There Is nothing un.
common about that, certainly not for
evangelists. Since strong advocates
of total abstinence frequently disguise
themselves in clean shirt and leave
town for spree, and fanatical vege.
tartan doctors sometimes shut ND the
factory and Gil up on pork shanks and
sauerlraut, why should not the fasoi.
mating Aimee snap her fingers at the
devil and show him something new IN
the line OF real devllment?
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Evening star., 1926-11-21

John Wilder, 80year old uncle of President Cool
ldge, who recently visited Washington with his Ply
mouth, w. oldtime dance orchestra stage tour.
Uncle John and other members of the orchestra,
some of whom also relatives of the President were
invited to the White House for chat with the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge P% r~"-
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-02
BUILDING-LOAN BANQUET
Mainland Association Shows !
Rapid Growth.

The Mainland Building and
Loan Association held banquet
at the Country Club of Atlantic
City, in Northfield, on Monday
night, with Raymond P. Read. of
Atlantic City, building and loan
expert, as the speaker.
The main purpose of the ban
auet was a get-together of the
board of directors, who will short
ly institute drive for new stock
holders on the Mainland. The
association has shown a splendid
growth from its start two years
ago, and the directors are justly
proud of it's success. The bases
of the association are of fixed pre-
miums and at the present rating
the directors are expecting ma
turity in a very short time.
Former Mayor DR.. Thomas
Crawford is president of the asso-
citation and presided over the din
ner. There were several brief ad-
dresses given by the directors in
the interest of the association.
Those attending were DR.. Tho
mas Crawford, Raymond P. Read,
Charles M. Schwell, George Hous-
er, Charles w. Ingersoll, Robert
McCaughrean, William C. Lear,
Joseph Welsh, Milo Bassett, Ro-
bert MacLean and James c. Wick
erS
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-02
DEATH OF MRS. CLARA
M. WILKINSON
Widow of the Late John A. Will
kjnson, AGED 70 Years.

Mrs. Clara M. Wilkinson, wild
ow of the late John A. Wilkinson,
died Saturday night, March 27, at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Louis Muhly at 213 West Wash
ington Ave, aged 70 years. Mrs.
Wilkinson was a native of Ph1la-
delphia. where she was born Jan.
5. 1856, the daughter of George Z.
and Anna M. Pender.
During her residence in Phll-
adelphia, Mrs. Wilkinson took an
active interest in affairs. She
was Past Grand President OF the
+. O. of A. of Philadelphia and a
member of st. Matthews church
in West Philadelphia, also OF the
Daughters of Liberty and the La
dies Auxiliary of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen. Mrs.
Wilkinson made her home with
her daughter, Mrs. Muhly, and
during her residence in Pleasant
vile made many friends.
Mrs. Wilkinson's death followed
a brief illness of two weeks. The
Rev. r.. M. Simanton, who was
most kind and thoughtful during
her illness, conducted brief ser
vices at the home after which the
remains were taken to Philadel
phia for funeral services at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Lewis S
Crothers. Burial was at Phila
delphia. Mrs. Wilkinson is sur
vived by two daughters, Mrs.
Lewis Muhly and Mrs. William
Fl. Irelan, both of Pleasantville.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-02
TWO BOYS FOIL
PLAN TO DERAIL TRAIN
Attempt to Wreck Pennsy Filler
Bearing 1900 at coIlingswood.

An attempt to wreck an Allan
tic City flier bound from Atlantic
City to Camden, Sunday afternoon.
which probably would have cost
many lives, was discovered about
four o'clock Sunday afternoon, by
several small boys at Ceilings
wood. The would-be train-wreck-
er, after digging the supports
from under the rails of the track,
wrapped two-inch steel chain
around the track.
The boys discovered the chain
about fifteen minutes before an
express train laden with Palm
Sunday visitors to Atlantic City
was to pass the spot.
Unable to unite the large chain,
the boys ran to the headquarters
of the Collingswood police, and
notified them. Motorcycle Police
man George Smith hurried to the
scene. Unable to remove the
chain before the train would ar
rive. he notified a signal tower
man to halt the train.
With the aid of several railroad
workmen, the chain was removed,
and the train was allowed to pro-
ceed
The train carried about 12OO
people, many of whom would have
been killed or seriously injured II
the train had left the track at this
point. which is about twenty feet
above the ground.
All information of the attempt
to wreck the train was kept Sc
cret by the railroad police, who,
under the direction of Captain
Amos, head of the railroad police
in the section, have been search
ing for the wrecker.
Chief of County Detectives
Lawrence Doran said, '"This is the
worst case of this kind that l
have ever heard of. Why, many
of the people on that train would
have lost their lives if it had not
been Tor those small boys. we
will do everything in our power
to apprehend the person, or the
persons, that tried to do this MUIR
derous thing, and, if they are ar
rested, they will be punished TO
the full extent of the law
The names of the small boys
chat discovered the chain on the
track are being kept secret, but
they are expected to receive re-
ward from the railroad for their
services in averting a disastrous
wreck.
The Pleasantville press., 1926-04-02
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