The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-30
COOLIDGE MAY
LOSE HIS Grip
ON U. S. SENATE
Booze and Slush Are
Main Issues
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Is taken to mean only the right of
the free American citizen to guzzle his
booze without the probability of a
stoolpigeon holding him UP for ran
som and confiscating his liquor to
boot. Free speech, free press or a
free right to strike has nothing to do
with liberty!
Republication and Prosperity" is
the slogan of the republicans, but the
democrats are equally positive that
the goddess Of plenty is at least as
much at home with democratic adj
ADMINISTRATION as with a republican one.
The democrats are viewing with
alarm" the rather odoriferous record
of the republican party since the cleo
tion Of Harding while Coolidge came
out at the tenth hour with speech
in favor of maintaining wages" at the
present high lever in an effort to
catch the vote of the better paid skill
ed workers.
G. o. p. Hit Hard.
The republicans have been hit hard
by the slush fund investigations. nli-
nois and Pennsylvania are outstanding
political cesspools in the matter Of
slush funds. The senate slush in
vestigation committee was under the
Craftsmanship of Senator James R.
Reed of Missouri and he made good
use Of his powers, so much so that in
all probability he Is q likely candidate
for the presidential nomination on the
democratic ticket, particularly if for
tune favors the democrats next Tues
day. Reed is a wet, middle westerner
and almost a southerner, a protestant
who is on good terms with the cath
olics. He is not friendly to labor, yet
makes his attacks on "big business"
acid and frequent enough to fool the
gullible working class into the belief
that Reed must be their friend be-
cause he attacks the Wall Street
! demon.
In all probability Frank L. Smith
will be elected in Illinois, tho entirely
surrounded by slush, and is a dry
supported by vets. But even insult
slush funds are no barrier to election
provided the boys ego down the line'
/ for the regular candidate as the khan
boys say The native sons of south
ern Illinois will vote for Smith be-
cause he is not catholic and be-
cause they believe that the stuff
they manufacture in the kitchen has
anything that could be gotten out of
a regular distillery beaten by several
stews.
Two insult Pets.
George E. Brennan, an insult pet,
will most likely pull the vote in the
industrial sections Brennan is the
favorite of big business in Illinois
since they know there is no chance of
electing Magill, the dry gentleman
who is supported by Julius Rosen-
valid, multimillionaire mail-order mag.
nate. Brennan is a more disciplined
tool of big business than Frank L.
Smith. The latter is in with the
gang of political burglars headed by
Len Small that the big fellows have
been trying to get rid Of for several
years.
In all probability Smith will be
elected, but It is not at all Likely that
he will be seated. But his machine
will not lose. Small can appoint an.
other member of the gang to take
Smiths place, or he can resign the
governorship and take the seat for
himself.
Lost by The Wayside.
Farley Parker Christensen can
didacy on some sort of progressive
platform has apparently fallen by the
wayside. Tho Christianson had
close connection with the labor move
ment and was once candidate for ma
tional president on the Farmer-Labor
Party ticket the officials of the I'LL
nois and Chicago Federations of La
Dor endorsed Frank L. Smith, the
insult candidate and ignored Chris
Hanson. Then the latter made the
mistake of not raising any working
class issues but undertook to purify
politics, a task which Hugh Magill,
the mail-order candidate is De,ter
fitted for. The working class have no
interest in purifying" the sinking
cesspool Of capitalism. Let the cap
italists hire their own scavengers.
And ambitious reformers should not
make the mistake Of being too respec-
table.
So much for Illinois, except to say
that the labor takers are either sup
porting Brennan or Smith.
slush Without End.
In Pennsylvania Ware is almost GER
tain to be elected but almost certain
not TO be seated. Ware spent about
100000 to win In the primaries
Senator Pepper. one OF his opponents
spent twice as much and the dry
hypocritical reformer, Pinchot spent
half as much as Ware.
William B. Wilson. scab-mine own
er, former secretary Of labor and red
batter, is running on the democratic
ticket against Ware. Wilson has been
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