III, ! THIRD PARTY UNWELCOME, jj Leaders of both the Democratic and t 1 IU'publican parties are comforted by ir't ! the exhortations or Samuel Gompers 1! 1 against the organization of a. third par-if par-if . 'I' i , t ty by labor, Gompers insists the tjJ M .1 1 ' workers must gain their ends by act- i ; 1 ' ing through either one of thJ two prin- U i cipal political organizations. U ( j This attitude of the labor leader is 8 ' comforting to tho party skippers be- ji,! ( cause each sees a chance to lln? up (j, ' j labor in support of his itcket. If thero 1 is no Labor party the Republicans fcol liJ ' that by nutting in the necessary I;' ' planks thd labor vote can be obtained j 1 for Republican candidates and policies, j . J' j The Democrats reason along the same j ji lines and both will make strong of- j , 1 ' ( forts to get that ilusive support tho j M ;; labor vote. Should there be a Labor party tho j f ". ' Republicans feel that ihOy stand a j II ' j I .' good chance of losing many Republic- i J i ; an voters and the Democrats could fig-j j j 1, ure that their voting strength would j 1, 'j' fall away, also, just as both partios: n, ; lost members when Roosevelt organ- l i . .! ir.iM the Progressive party. ; :j K There is another reason why a third 'i !! party is objectionable to many. Quite . , r " often a 'third party means victory for J , ii' ; tl , ihe minority. Woodrow Wilson's clec-, I (j ' tion was brought about through the i i 1 f Progressive party's .'ntering the cam- r jj 'J j; paign. Wilson was victorious over ( j t Taft and Roosevelt yet move voles; h il ',, were cast against Wilson than for him. ; That is, the combined vote, for Taft j 1 ' and Roosevelt was greater than the . Ill i M V vote for Wilson. , ( ! l .i It was a case of the minority gaining 1 i'f a victory over the majority through a. ' I jj ,i division in the ranks of the opponents. I ) ' 1 H When Wilson was elected the seSbnd I i Ijjj j time, however, he obtained a genuine! jf ' jjj majority. V . . 11 oo l