The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-11-10
The Elections
The elections are over.

The peaceful and orderly of American democracy
operation again there evident
real resistance the dominant capitalist party machines
kidnapping sugging shooting repeating bal
lot-box stuffing, etc, were the order of the day.
Returns available indicate that reaction strengthened by
the elections There not single upset of city state
machine In Philadelphia the Ware crowd swamped the oppos
ton and in New York Tanlmany Hall was again victorious
The nonpartisan policy of the official labor leadership
in the elections to be major factor contribu
ing to the decentralization of the working class.
Supporting republican machine an important
dustra city like Philadelphia aiding the equally corrupt and
antiworkng Tammany Hall machine in New York, local
labor ofcadom again successfully smohered class issues
Another factor contributing to decentralization the socialist
party leadership steadily refusing to enter united front
ment for labor party united labor ticket the
time actively cooperating with sections of the republican and
democratic parties.
The socialist party leadership all
bases itself middle class elements dgrunted ndepen
dents"
The by Norman Thomas, socialist candidate
for alderman New York City and of the outstanding lead
of the socialist party relative to the of the defeat Of
his ticket clearly indicates that contempt Tor workers rather than
hatred of reaction is the dominant feeling of socialist leaders
Thomas statement to the following the election said
side for of little peace the
promise of job and such petty considerations the
ardce the district that defeated u.s.. Our emphass
Jacob Panken socialist candidate for judge in the second
municipal district after citing the intimidation and corruption
evident in the election contributed the following gem:
MANY socialists told they will again be-
cause of the fa[down of the whole system"
these spokesman of the socialist
party that sections of the working class Disguised by
the character of the campaign carried by the socialist party
that the united front with lawyers associations and other middle
class professional and the concession made their lib
erasmsuch the endorsement of $4,000 year salary
for the govenordisgused former socialist supporters
The socialist party helped demorase the forces of the
working class in the election struggle
The vote poed by the candidates of the Workers Com
munst Party is smaas expected under the circumstances
But should have made better showing than did by
cenratng local issues and the attack the labor
We need not however, mnse the fact that many sections
where watchers duty the of party
counted.
The chief lesson of the last election is that without labor
party the labor movement the mercy of the capitalist
ties that the longer the organization of labor party delayed
the greater the decentralization of the forces of labor and the
greater the influence exercised by the capitalist parties the
upper layers of the labor movement.
With this lesson learned is obvious that the main task be-
fore the establishment of labor party least united
labor ticket for the 1923 elections.
Failing this the only thing the working class will
the 1923 elections will be the of reaction
than has yet been witnessed without additions the
in the arsenal of the labor movement.