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Show !0KEK ARE SSED er KEl lenator Given ari ; .When He Rises 6 Speak. FOR HARMONY or Leaders They ot Indulge in Peril Per-il Squabbles. DLIS, Jan. 31. United or John W. Korn was on when he addressed tho the United Mino Workora re lato today. After tho died down, when ho con-Inors con-Inors gave hkn a rising iation. re from Washington, ' ' Kern, "to bring you a )od will froni tho mom-den mom-den of tho United States lhat stalwart fighter for irtine, Henry Ashurst, rah, W. S. Kenyon and rndol tlmo for organized JB.of labor are pntting efforts than evor boforo snccs over members of he sonato in an attempt unionism. It iB a time )uld bo harmony among DUr enemies have hau in your assemblies and iiarupt your organization 3u going to disrupt your-intornal your-intornal squabblos ' and orsonalities? Every ro-lions ro-lions sent put from this ngs joy to your eno-olution. eno-olution. i referred to tho West i investigation and said ;he resolution) at tho ro-or ro-or Borah as a matter of policy, as ho was chairman of the caucus. cau-cus. 'I had little knowledge of tho conditions con-ditions hi West Virginia. Tho newspapers newspa-pers did not print the story of the terrible ter-rible conditions existing."' 1 did not know that 'Mother' Marv Jones was held a prisoner without the guarantee of her constitutional rights, and that Bho was triod by a drum-head, mock court-martial. Such news was suppressed. sup-pressed. "Within twonty-four hours aftor tho resolution of investigation was offered, telegrams began to pour in, exorting ov-ory ov-ory mfluenco possible to make me not press tho resolution. I was told not to disturb tho peaco and quiet reigning in tho beautiful hills of West" Virginia. Thon fonl slander was circulated regarding re-garding that noblo woman, 'Mother' i Jones, who is known and loved more than any other womnn in tho laud. j Public Sentiment Aroused. "It was publicity moro than the congressional investigation that brought results. It aroused public sentiment sen-timent and the men down .hero wero afraid to continue their lawless poIic3'. ' ' The senator said ho had received messages mes-sages from Michigan saying that the miners there had no cause to complain. "I am not horc to prejudice tho investigation," in-vestigation," tho senator continued, "but I firmly belie vo that as soon as the light of publicity is turned on the conditions there, public eontimont will Bee to it that the wrongs complained of in Michigan will bo righted.' Senator Kern, in speaking of tho proposed pro-posed anti-tniBt law, said it would be written before tho present congress nd-journs, nd-journs, and that the Sherman law was not intended to be uBod against labor organizations. When Senator Kern concludod many of tho delegates climbed on tho chairs and throw their hats in tho air. The applause continued several minutes. After a number of soctions of tho constitution had been roadopted this afternoon, tho convention bocamo ' involved in-volved in a controversy ovor tho authority au-thority of the international organizors to pass upon bills presented by tho international in-ternational board members. Tho quos-tlon quos-tlon hnd not beon settled when tho convention adjourned until Monday morning. |