▁position ▁with ▁the ▁Oregon ian . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁he ▁left ▁the ▁paper ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁the ▁Port land ▁Lin ot ype , ▁where ▁he ▁remained ▁until ▁ 1 9 1 1 . ▁ ▁Labor , ▁politics ▁and ▁business ▁success ▁Through out ▁his ▁career , ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁active ▁in ▁progress ive ▁politics ▁and ▁organized ▁labor , ▁gain ing ▁election ▁to ▁both ▁the ▁Port land ▁printer ' s ▁local ▁and ▁the ▁Oregon ▁State ▁Federation ▁of ▁Labor ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 8 . ▁ ▁His ▁hard - line ▁left ist ▁views ▁were ▁evident ▁in ▁a ▁speech ▁he ▁gave ▁at ▁a ▁labor ▁para de ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁introdu cing ▁social ist ▁" Big ▁Bill " ▁Hay wood , ▁den oun cing ▁a ▁" gre at ▁cl am or ▁from ▁all ▁qu arters ▁that ▁the ▁labor ▁un ions ▁should ▁be ▁p urg ed ▁of ▁the ▁radical ▁element ." ▁ ▁His ▁strong ▁stand ▁for ▁labor ▁and ▁political ▁radical ism ▁earned ▁him ▁growing ▁support ▁among ▁the ▁rank ▁and ▁file ▁of ▁Port land ▁working ▁people , ▁and ▁eventually ▁some ▁small ▁business ▁operators , ▁but ▁his ▁social ist ▁t ies ▁would ▁yield ▁ad verse ▁impact ▁on ▁his ▁later ▁political ▁amb itions . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 1 , ▁with ▁the ▁solid ▁backing ▁of ▁the ▁middle ▁class ▁residents ▁of ▁Port land ' s ▁growing ▁east ▁side , ▁Dal y ▁won ▁election ▁to ▁the ▁Port land ▁City ▁Council , ▁becoming ▁the ▁first ▁union ▁official ▁to ▁serve ▁in ▁that ▁capacity . ▁