Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1908 — UNION LABOR IN POLITICS [ARTICLE]

UNION LABOR IN POLITICS

Compere Begins His War Against Cannon at Cannon's Home Town. Danville, 111., Sept. B.—Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, opened his campaign against the re-election of Joseph O. Cannon as a member of the national bouse of representatives when he spoke at the Labor Day celebration in this city. Gompers spoke to a crowd of about 1.000 people. “If you wish to de, feat Mr. Cannon,” the labor leader said in concluding his speech, "you wilt have to vote for a man who is here listening to this address.” With this reference to H. C. Bell, the Democratic opponent of Speaker Cannon, Gompers quit the stand, and there were cries for Bell, but the celebration managers wouldn’t permit Bell to speak, preferring that the celebration be non-pollti-cal. Jefferson City, Mo., Sept B.—Attorney General Herbert S. Hadley, of Missouri, In a Labor Day address here discussed the subject of Injunctions. He said he had “heard considerable discussion recently of the right of the courts to issue injunctions in labor disputes. Labor men should understand that the process of the courts can be invoked to protect their rights, as the processes of the courts have in the past been Invoked to protect the rights of property.” Marion, 111., Sept. B.—John Mitchell, ex-president of the United Mine Workers, addressed 2,000 people at a Labor Day celebration here. Mitchell spoke of the rapid advance of laboring classes and denounced the idea that the are growing richer and the poor poorer. He spoke highly of the judiciary, but criticized its course in some injunction cases. Muncie, Ind. Sept. 8. —John W. Kern's address was the leading feature of the Labor Day celebration in this city. The Democratic candidate for vice president was heard »at the fair grounds. He came out strong for union labor and gave the monopolies a roast.