Show FED FEDERATION Will STICK BY GOMPERS No Fight Upon the Labor Lead Leader er Who Stands for All Oth Others Others ers of His Class CONVENTION APPLAUDS REPORT OF PRESIDENT WILL BE NO OPPOSITION TO HI HIS REELECTION TEM ENT BY JOHN MITCHELL Denver Nov 9 Hearty applause as given ghen President Samuel Gomper Gompers nf of the American Federation of Labor Labo by the th delegates to the eighth annual convention cOR of the at its It opening g session today toda and andallo al ab abat at the close of f his report which hi lIe 1 read at the afternoon session and wa was Interpreted to indicate that there will wil wilbe willbe be no effective opposition to his re reI r deet lection I Ion Will Be No Fight The statement nt there thele will be t a abig big light fight in jn the convention in hi regard t to the action taken by b President Gompers Gomper in the recent campaign will not be fui tul fulti titled said John Mitchell fonner former pres pre president presIdent ti ident of or the tile United Mine Workers o c of America merl and a n delegate to the lab labo laboi r i t today The uThe action of Mr Nt Ir Gompers was th result of or instructions given gi him by b tin the federation at previous conventions am an amIK mill anh h IK hf will Mill hay hv practically pr the entire sup supH H ort rt of 01 the present st ut convention It is true there may ma be a fight 01 on o oth the th question of allowing the federation to fl be brought into politics in the fu tur lur but I do 10 not think Mr Gomper ill be censured for the part he played playe in fl supporting Mr Ir Bryan The reading of the report of oC th the president consumed more than three thre hours hour and the reports of oC the tiLe and treasurer were then read In ab abbreviated abbreviated 1 form The SEcreta s re ye report port showed that the federation ha mi had a prosperous year Report of Mr Gompers President Gompers report was u ulong long lu ng and anti exhaustive tle accounting of tin Lb work performed by the president dur duro durUI 1115 UI the past year car At the outset hi he h There must not be per permuted permitted muted to grow up or to be maintained a permanent army arm of unemployed cd The Tie part of Urn thu report that on no the Buck Butk Stone Sto ie nd Range Rane injunction case was wa frequently fr inter interrupted by appl use The statement ol o 0 the Uie stand taken by John Mitchell Frank rank Morrison and Samuel Gomper J Jon on the Injunction matter was also ap applauded applauded applauded Mr Ir Gompers said in part It is impossible t r see iee e how we cai ca comply lo fully tully with the courts Injune injunction tion lion Shan Shall AX we e be denied the right light o oj free fl speech and free tree pr s simply be beu u uFe e we are workmen Free Speech Free Press Now Nov xU it is the American f Labor and the American Amerlean Federa FOdera which are enjoined from the ex exi e i ruse of the th right of free tree speech am ani anthe the liberty of the press In the it II may be another publication an am anthis anthis this injunction will wilt then be quoted a aH aIl H Il sacred precedent for future and fur tur further further ther encroachments upon the right o oui 01 our ui people The suppression of freedom of tin the press Iress is a most serious riou undertaking whether in autocratic Russia or in ill thi thE r of C the United d States It II i h hf I f because the and aud UK thE proceedings sup up I free Cre speech fund free press pres tha thu thuI I 1 feel f l it my m duty dut to enter a most em protest The decision of the supreme court ii Ir the hatters case Involves every eer wage Corker in our country No more un unjust unjust unjust just decision Ision has iUis over oer bon issued Issue l bj b ba ba a oW oart The Dred Scott decision de Ill dit mt H approach it in Cope l Speaker Cannon thas packed com corn not only against labor bu bUI any iB otier roal rual reform legisla Jegl Ja lp Declaration of Sherman adjourned with the de dc del l declaration of or one of the Republican lican leaders leader James Tames S Sherman thai tha th Republican party part is responsible foi tOi I gl or for the failure or of legisla legislation tion tn and aDd that tIt he and his party willin Willing to assume the responsibility The report of or our legislative com corn committee committee reveals a tale of perfidy to th thi xi veal pal al and in telling truth per perforce foree force besmirches the name and fir lr t a political party part that found its It em and idealism in the The Republican party part adoptee for the enactment of t tWIT I WIT ar that would legalize the worst abusi and nd of the injunction this th thIn thin In m direct opposition to what we hat hac hatak asked ak Mr Gompers made a detailed I f hK hh hi work in the tho political field dur Continued on Page 2 I FEDERATION WILL JILL WILLI I STICK BY GOMPERS g i Continued from Page 1 Ing ipg the last conventions convention of both hI U parties and also of his experience congress The Tho American labor movement he hea iUd a Is not partisan to a political It Is partisan to a principle the principle of equal rights and human I freedom f edom Our conventions have frequently de declared deci ci red said Mr Ir Gompers that our m has neither the right light nor the to dictate tc how member shall Cg tt t his hl vote ote otei i Ir is defense det nse of rf ls action during t the late l te political nl campaign ca was wasa a greeted i with cheers k |