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Show Jean Mitchell, Famous Leader of the Miners, a Political Football NEW YORK. May 7. John Mitchell, th noted labor leader and one of the few who have not been denounced by capitalists aa aa agitator, has become be-come a political football in New York state and ia being kicked around from Gov. William Sulxer to Charles T. Murphv, boas of Tammany Hall, and back again. Tammany Hall, which all through its career baa made it a habit to rater to labor leaders, haa actually trampled on one of the moat promi nent of them. However, thla Is not because anyose in that organization has objection to Mitehell Tammany would be glad to have him within the organization. But Goviernor Sulxer and Murphy are now la open warfare. The governor gov-ernor nominated Mitehell for "tats commissioner of labor without the indorsement in-dorsement of the leaders of his party. He named some others for office who were disliked by leaders. Thus Murphy, Mur-phy, who controls the state senate, has aeon to it that the governor's nominations nomi-nations were rejected. Mitchell was a mere political victim. Bather than Svc in to the governor Tammany took a chance of alienating the thousands of friends Mitchell ha among organized organ-ized labor men of New York. |