Show SAMUEL GOMPERS samuel gompers of 0 new york r recently e elected to the presidency of 0 ti the io american federation of 0 labor has eight times previously been elected to the same office last year he was de I 1 1 C 1 samuel gompers Oom pera feasted in denver by john an anil was elected reelected re atter after a bitter struggle sir compers Is one of the foremost of 0 the labor leaders of the country ile he Is in tile tho prime of life and his 3 work has done much to promote the welfare of laboring men ue ile Is an advocate of the improvement of the condition of labor by the efforts of the laborers themselves and believes in as B little t it S state t tte interference as possible ills his opponents I 1 0 ne e call him a philosophical anarchist I 1 hist at on account of the force with which ch he advocates the latter principle |