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R f Perkins and Hughes fI I National Calamity to toI I Defeat the President r. r 1 By The Trl Telegram ram i a Special pedal o Ne-o SorTIe Santa g NEW V YORK Nov 6 ln In In a speech before a 1 tinge large rge labor gath- gath iring ring at the Hippodrome Samel Samuel Sam- Sam Jiel uel el Gompers president of the f Federation of Labor declared that the bill creating th federal department of labor with witha a a Secretary in m the presidents president's cabinet pas ras as signed reluctantly by President only when he was told in the closing hours of his administration by y three Republican senators 1 In an hour from now you will be nut but of office ottice but unless you sign sign that hill bill we shall shan be subjected to the taunts ts of f every man Republican and Democrat a c Continuing Mr Gompers t ld lin of polling a a meeting meeting he be addressed In In In- last week with present present pres pres- ent and eve every every one save two voted for or Wilson He ne e then polled th the e ht hip bip- por p- p audience of about with the he result that just thirteen said they were ere Hughes men while all the rest Meld t eld up hands for Wilson Raps Wanamaker 1 I hold in my hand Gompers said a a page in the New York American of 1 his morning a page in which is an ant t to an advertisement which ap- ap eared in the newspapers a few days f Jago go and signed Half a Democrat Who Who Cant Can't Vote for Wilson The ad of a few days ago was put jn in the paper by no less a person than Sohn John Wanamaker who never was a a Democrat in all his life nor half a I Democrat I dont don't mean partisan Democrat nor no a half partisan Democrat Democrat Democrat Demo Demo- crat but a Democrat that means the democracy of humanity and justice to all the people of the United States I may say there was not one newspaper newspaper newspaper news news- paper in all New York that would accept accept ac ac- ac the advertisement exposing this this' deception upon Ulon the people except this paper the New York American and the New York American published it in one edition and then len tore it out Coercion Charged I am not Justified in m disclosing to you or to a ode cri th the fie name of the gentleman to whom I am indebted for forthe forthe the information I shall read to you now The word has gone out and this has be been n telegraphed to large I employers of labor throughout the country I consider it it- the duty duty- ot of ot every I employer of labor to notify his em em- that if Hughes is not elected they will lose their Jobs Jobs' The great effort made in this campaign campaign cam cam- is to impress the people with the importance of the tariff Issue As Asa I a J matter of fact the tariff even if it it be important as its advocates advocates' declare declare declare de de- clare is not an an issue in this campaign cam cam- It has been referred to a tariff commission The Republicans want to use it for political advantage to scare the workers of our country as if we werK children unaware of I and rind not know knowing mg 19 the best Interests of our own fellows and ourselves The Danbury Decision After reviewing the record of Mr Hughes' Hughes vetoes as governor of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and asking his audi audience ce to decide decide de decide de- de cide for itself whether these vetoes were in the public interest Mr Air Gompers Gompers Gompers Gom Gom- pers said As justice of the supreme court he wrote and concurred in the decision decision decision de de- de- de which compelled aged hatters hatters hatters hat hat- of Danbury Conn to be evicted from their little homes sold over their heads and the few dollars that they had put away by their industry and thrift to stand them instead of their old age confiscated with the aid and assistance assistance of the court of which Mr Justice Hughes was a member T T. Rs Ra War Policy Polley The declaration has been made both by Mr Hughes and by Mrs Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt that if either of them had been president at the time of the sinking of the Lusitania they would have confiscated confiscated confiscated con con- every German ship Interned in the United States and then have sent the German ambassador his passports pass pass- ports I ask you my friends whether er it would not have meant war by bythe bythe bythe I the United States against Germany As a matter of of- of fact everything that could have been accomplished I by war has been a accomplished by the I diplomatic course pursued by President President I dent Wilson Vilson And there is not an I additional piece of crepe on the doorknob doorknob doorknob door door- knob of any American home Mr Gompers then recited many Instances instances instances In in- stances of the colonel having called callec him In in conference during his entire political career Asked Gompers Compare t to Call Only a rew few months month's ago added Mr at Gompers he asked me to call Oyster Bay because he wanted to talk taik over some matters with me I Iwonder Iwonder Iwonder wonder whether he he was playing second fiddle to me met Every thought expressed by Mr Hughes in jn this campaign since his speech of acceptance has been an afterthought in in the railroad affair the railroad strike and the legislation legislation legislation legisla legisla- tion pending If Mr Hughes was opposed to the passage of the Adamson Adamson Adam Adam- son bill one word from him could have prevented it He was the chosen leader of the party the candidate for forthe forthe forthe the presidency on his party platform platform plat plat- form Hughes' Hughes Silence No Republican w uld have dared to vote against the views expressed by the presidential nominee of his party Instead he remained as si silent silent si si- lent as the proverbial clam to take take- advantage of ot any position If the bill had not passed and the strike had occurred he could have damned the administration for not preventing it In preventing the strike and securing securing securing se se- se- se curing the enactment of the Adamson law he damns the administration tion Just the same |