Show I THE LABOR VOTE SAMUEL C AMUEL GOMPERS president of tho the American I Federation of Labor assures the country that h he never promised to deliver the labor vote to any canI candidate can can- I for tho the presidency His Hie st statement te ent is ie not difficult difficult dif dif- dif dif- of belief Whatever r else may bo be said of the leader o of organized labor abor he is by bj no means a fool and ho would not promise so anything both he and the recipient wot would d know to be absurd There hero ia is R no labor vote in tho the Unit United d States Members o of labor unions are aro American citizens much like their fellows ellow They have e opinions on I economic and political subjects and not infrequently employ unusual originality and force in e expressing g I them They can no more Inore be bc voted in blocks g like BO so mu much h merchandise than the tile merchant vote ote or the I I school teacher vote Ote The They divide on party lines in political matters just as do other classes of tho tim American Amer Arner- ican people and they use uso the rare intelligence of preventing pre pre- preventing venting their political differences from int interfering in any way with their duties as unionists Tho The labor Jabor unionist is generally capable of connected con con- thought else he could not gain admission toa to I a 11 body of craftsmen men who welcome none that havo have not notI successfully withstood the proficiency test Observation tion teaches him that the entrance of politics into I a S1 political non organization ia is more prolific of trouble than an any other topic not excluding religion Consequently Consequently Conse Conse- it is taboo Mr r. Gompers never promised ed to deliver leliter anybody r because he c could not do it if he deE desired de de- dc- dc E sired r d and nobody would accept such fuch a pledge as s other than a jest in hl extremely bad taste i ikI kI |