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Labor Vote Myth in Politics Debated by Ernest McGaffey
In a 1908 column McGaffey argues the labor vote is overrated and unreliable, likening it to a harmless scarehead. He cites personal experience in city politics, warns against demagogues courting labor, and urges focus on “principles not men.”
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Edward Morris
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Phelps Stokes
Ernest Crosby
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Astoria
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J. D. Simpson
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Edwin F. Pardee
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