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Show oo NEW POLITICAL ASSOCIATION Without attempting to form an independent in-dependent party for the purpose of Inominaiing a ticket, the labor organi C&tioni of del t Lake have organized a i labor political association. This asso i iation will foster the election of offi jeers and the enactment of laws favorable favor-able to the interests of labor, and is said to bp part of a nationwide move nienl to unite labor politically. This new plan should strengthen the labor unions as political factors, and prove more effective than an independent independ-ent labor party, as it will compel the old parlies to be slow to offer affronts to the union men, and perhaps place the balance of power in the hands of tho labor leaders. The Irish party under un-der Parnell almost dictated terms to the dominant Liberals when Gladstone was in power and, by remaining independent, inde-pendent, gained almost everything asked for. a n 1 no |