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TTTE MOItNIXG OltEGONIAX, - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1920 RADICALS OTLOOK FAR FROM HOPEFUL Voice in Coming Congress Will Be Small One. MANY FIGHTS ABANDONED One Scat in Senate May Be Gained, but That May Be Orfsct by loss Elsewhere. - TTTE OREGON! AX XEWS TSZJ REATJ, asn,ington. Oct. 21. Notwithstand ing tho increased rumble of radical ism, a survey of the political situa tion reveals small hope for the ex tremists to gain increased expression In the next congress. This is especially noted in the sen ate, where the Plumb plan league, non-partisan league and farmer-la-boritcs can. at their best sain only one vote. These elements now get their representation in the senate through the following senators: Kollette. republican, of Wisconsin; France, republican, of Maryland, and ?f-irent. Democrat, of Idaho. Tho one chance for a gain is in North Dakota, where Dr. H. K. Ladd, non-partisan-leaguer, is almost cer tain to be elected to the senate in the place of Senator A. J. Gronna. How ever, Dr. ladd's election may be off set by the defeat of Senator Nugent of Idaho, who is one of the most dependable men in either house of congress on measures of a radical nature. Radicals Tract IVojtetit. Senator Nugent is frankly for gov ernment ownership of railroads and voted as the Plumb plan league de sired on every test during the pas sage of the Kach-Cummins railroad bill. Radicals are quite sure that Sen ator Nugent can be depended upon at the right time to support the nation alization of all basic industries, in. eluding the mines. The Idaho senator is by far the most effective aide of the radical cause in the senate because be has a quiet way of supporting the extrem ists, lie is not a grandstander and manifests no desire for publicity, be ing the very antithesis of aL-Kolle-tte, who makes so much noise that he aometitnes frightens away those who might give support to some of the milder radical measures. The bond of sympathy between Nugent and the radicals appears to KO back to the time in 1907 when he assisted Clarence Darrow, of Chicago, j and Aloyer in the Steunenburg murder case. Support Won at Trial. The first named of the three de fendants is none other than "Big Bill" Haywood, head of the Industrial Workers of the World, now under conviction for violation of the es pionage act. Nuget won the friend ship of all of the radicals in that cele brated trial and they have been true to him. He has been equally true to them. Perhaps he is iwt so much ap preciated as LaFoIlette among the dif ferent breeds of radicals, because he does not fight as openly and with as much invective. The average radical is fond of de nunciation and LaFollette is the out let for all of the unkind sentiments the radicals "profess to think about everybody else. In other words. I.a Kollette is both a radical and an agitator, while Nugent is radical with out being an agitator. The Idaho senator had been in the senate al most two years before he delivered his maiden speech. He has had little to say since that time, but he never misses a vote on the measures in which the many varieties of radicals sre interested, which is not always true of I,aFol lette. IaKollette faded away just at the time that he was Tnowt needed to carry on the Plumb plan league fight against the Ksch Cummins hill and it was announced that he was ill. Nugent, on tho other hand, was on the job every minute. Flgnt On In Wlaconxln. The radicals are working hard to elect .lames Thompson to the senate from Wisconsin in the place of Dcn root. Thompson's election wouUi be a genuine triumph for the radicals, as will be beat understood by quoting an utterance of Thompson's said to have been made during the recent primary campaign in which he was defeated by l,enroot. -He is quoted as saying: "ISlect me and Bob will have two votes in the senate instead of one." n "Bob" he meant Bob T-aFollette. The possible effect of Thompson's candidacy, however, which Is on an independent ticket, might be to de feat l.en'root and elect Dr. Paul S. Kclnsch. the democratic nominee. Over in the house the Plumb plan lCHElic and Clonipers party, though claiming to have won in 40 contests tor scats in the primaries, had in reality but one victory to its credit. This was the defeat of Representa tive F.sch of Wisconsin, co-author of i he Ksch-Cunimins law. By combin ing with all the terroristic organ isations in the Ksch district it was possible to nominate lsch's opponent. Many 4'onfentn Abandoned. In every other instance where the Plumb plan league and the Gompers so-called non-partisan labor party claims victory the results can easily be traced to other influences. Since tho primaries the radicals havo abandoned most of their con tests In the congressional districts of the country. They were yo sound ly beaten everywhere that they gave up the fight. Much of their effort is now centered in one district In Wash ington and one in Oregon, where Rep resentatives Webster and McArthur are being bitterly opposed for re etevtion. Outside these two districts only desultory campaigns are being carried on in a few other states. CROP-RICH UNION SEEN passed. And they say that their re turn to Portland will mark a new era of understanding between the two great districts of the state, despite the Cascades. They bave heard criti cism, much of it. but delivered in al most every instance with a candor that was genuinely lacking in abuse. Equitable Readjustment W anted. It was Jay Dobbin, dean of Wal lowa county ranchers, who told the visitors that agricultural unrest is not only created by the decline of agricultural markets,' but by an ap parently inexplicable gap between the price of raw products and the tag on the finished article. He bade the Portland trade emissaries remember that it goes against the grain, in a wool district, for sheepmen to buy a mackinaw through which he thrusts his elbow within the month, and to realize that his, wool cannot find a market while shoddy masquerades as the genuine. And he contrasted the price of raw hides, by the pound, a matter of cents, with the $17 cost of tw pounds of finished shoe, "We are with you," said Mr. Dob bin, "but we ask you to aid in a more equitable readjustment. We have no patience with radicalism, and in this connection I want to pay a trib ute to your mayor, George Baker, who took such a firm stand against the I. W. W. in your city that radi calism did not find root in Portland or in Oregon. "But we do fee! that the men on the soil are entitled to simple justice and recognition. Tour pros perity is bound up with theirs." At Elgin this .morning the excur sionists were breakfast guests of the thriving little Union county city. Brief noon halts were made at Im bler and Island City. The special train leaves La Grande at 11:50 to night and will halt tomorrow after noon at Pendleton. Visits will be paid during the day to Adams, Athena. Weston, Milton and Freewater, on the Walla Walla branch. BRITISH WAGE FOUND LOW OLE H.VXSOX IULXS IXTO REA SONS FOR BOLSHEVISM. Ex-Mayor of Seattle Says Miners Have Lost Sympathy of People. Strike Means Hardship. (Copyright 1020, by The New Tork World. Published by Arrangement.) LONDON, Oct- 23. Mayor Ole Han son of Seattle, who cleared Seattle of bolsheviks and who is now traveling through England studying industrial conditions, cost, living, wages, hours, etc., said that he had not found any more bolshevism in Britain than there is in the United States. "And," said Mr. Hanson, "there is damned sight more reason fori it here." Hanson declared the average .Brit ish workman is getting less wages than the average American worker despite the fact he has to pay more, for necessities of life except rent .and woo! clothing. Regarding the coal strike Hanson says the miners' case is a bad one. "The investigation shows they have lost the sympathy of the British peo ple," he said. "They are the aristo crats of British labor and receive more on the average a day by far than any other class of workers here. They produce less coaJ a day a man than they produced before the war, al though there are 100,000 more work ers in the mines. The government is ready for a showdown, but God help the poor people of Britain while the strike is on. Millions will go hungry within three weeks if the strike con tinues, but I guess Lloyd George wants to know who constitutes the govern ment of England. Apparently gov ernment ownership of things doesn't bring about either contentment, in- iun iniiifii-i-i)-'"1' if '"-rffv 11 rT"ivirir yMi The greatest improvement made in Men's Hosiery in half a century The wonderful, wear-resisting Interwoven Toe and Heel iliiliU me u. fat. off. sport woou toe And heel f Lisles Pure Silks creased production or industrial peace." Hanson told an amusing experience In Liverpool a few days ago. While walking along the docks he found a communist speaker attacking England and the United States before a large crowd of workers. "I took up a posi tion about 50 feet away." said Hanson, "and began a little talk of my own. In 15 minutes I had 65 per cent of the crowd listening to me." Highway Wage Scale Increased. SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Oct. 21. Pay increases ranging from $5 to $50 a month for employes of the state high way commiss-ion were approved today by the stiite board of control and civil service commission. Application for an increase from $400 to $425 a month for division engineers was denied. AMERICANS VISIT POPE Small Pilgrimage KeeeiTes Apos tolic Benediction in Borne. ROME, Oct. 21. Pope Benedict to day received a email American pil- grimage beaded by Monsignor John Grimes, bishop of Syracuse, N. T. It Included Bishop Matthias C. Leniban. Great Falla, Mont. Several ladies accompanied the party. The pontiff spoke cordially to each member and imparted the apostolic benediction. Workers Accept Wage Reduction. PALL. RIVER, Mass.,. Oct. 21. The Massasolt Manufacturing company announced today that its employes here have offered to accept a reduc tion in wages of approximately 20 per cent in face' of a threatened shut down. . Continued Krom Ktr.t Pace.) eider my time well spent, as it may relate to the serious side of business, and the feeling of new friends." Better f.'nderntandlna' Vrjced. A plea for the better understanding of the problems of all Oregon was made by Robert E. Smith, who de clared that if this is only a trade and get-together it has railed of its pur pose and possibilities. "Not only is it the duty of the Port land men to get first-hand informa tion of the problems of every nook and corner of Oregon." said Mr. Smith, "but it is the duty of men living in all sections to visit other parts of the state for tbe purpose of solving our individual and common problems. Country boundaries are no longer commercial and social boundaries, and sectionalism Is giving way to state pride and state consciousness." Members of the trade excursion are as one in admitting that the great eastern section of Oregon Is rife with possibilities for Intensive develop, mem. 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