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Show VOTE I h'vDFFICERS WANTED Ate5 Federation of S ibor Convention Introduce Intro-duce Resolution. VIPERS RE-ELECTED Confident, However, He ,aU Make a Good Liv- ing if Defeated. Js y "O. Nov. SO. --Samuel y- pf N"w York City was ro i'raiicnl of the American Fed-3 Fed-3 of Labor a, the concluding ses-i ses-i ib? atuuuU convention held here .,. 0 cli 1 0 dte-nttn Totea, on ; ictu'd as that ot Adolph 0r-jviiuist 0r-jviiuist oi Colltusvin, 111., who .: that ttfiKlol record be mad of gainst Gompcra. v '"the p:fiexf a th federation war almost unanimously. Besides GcaapftTS, they were: -j IuucJi, QuAnejr, Mass., first , 'reiiat; Jamas OXonneU, Wash- , ':"'tcoi president; D. A.I u Failsdflpaia. third rio prel- 1 F." Valentine, Cincinnati,! J" ri: rrident; John B. Alpine, vic president; U. B. Per- -1- "v. Louis, Siith Tie prAsideat ; "IViffv, Indianapolis, seventh vice Tuliani Green, Indianapolis, " 'i'n!' prefident: John B, Lennon, k on. 11L. treasurer; Flunk Mor-'' Mor-'' CiicaOi secretary. .'erendura Question. 3 Vrtipcs asking "Shall the orTieprs f Ae-icaa Federation of LsJbor be i ?t reiereodam vote of the mem-y:f' mem-y:f' aid providing lor th initia- r?-?.v"cum. and recall In tracsact- -li afirs 01 the orsauuaiion, '-v:Tai c.ni today by the delegates i tMrrv-rifth annua convention y-1 i:ccj5:on lasting several hour. iat oiTioers of the federa-wert? federa-wert? cproied to adoption ot' the i:-; ntta-ires because they felt w;3:e in tbu positions without - were se: w.:h a statement from - if:! Go-pers thai he could cam ::'b trcrey m some other line if ho .; 35 ui'h tin, and energy to an- ;:.riiioa as h does at present :f afJirs of the federation. . V:'d Earn Living. " ;ivp co inorrey, hut T am confi- I .:a3 make a pood living even r. I am cot re e'.e-r?d president ot" .-.w.icn. ' ' said Mr. trompers. -Aiii-i that if the initiative and ref- wia to be adopts I bv the fed-t fed-t -1; th mecbe-s must wait until J - rrjiLizaTiozs themselves, of which f-era:ion is th parent bodvt have : rulizs into e?e?t, lie said , . : wss e6 labor organization which 3 c3i:?r? in thia manner. fr. -rs aii he had inveotiated the --a after it had com up at the convention and that he had to all the national unions aud i.' international oriranizations ak- ::::iivice on the question. All the he said, were negative on the teototkm Introduced. 1r.: question came np on two tpsoIij- - by John J. Fiizpatrick of Chkago, iiur&d been referred to the commit-r commit-r :a laws. In reporting the comicit-rTotd comicit-rTotd that the question had bwn Ir.'.ered at the Rochester convention . Ti and was not adopted ; tils gronnd reported non-con-Hiijijr for the referendum resoln-u resoln-u to th election of offirr?. FiU-contended FiU-contended that the rank and c: Jie affiiiate-i members of the federation at least ouht to bo civon a clnnue to vote as to whether they de sired putting the referendum into effect ef-fect in the federation. J. M. Thames of Chicago opposed the conuuittee's report and it was he who said the federation otYicera opposed the referendum because tlnv would not feel so secure in their position with the proposed pro-posed system of voting. Will Find a Way. "If tou delegates want tie democratic demo-cratic form of government you ohould vote down the committee's" report,'' urfjed Polecate Barnes. I believe the members of the arTillated orpnni.ations should be siren tiie opportunity of paying pay-ing how much they want to do and tie wav to do it. If the members want a thinp they'll find a way to do it. The threatened breach brought about last nirht by consideration of a resolution resolu-tion calling for the suspension of the I nited Brotherhood of i arpentora a.nd Joiners because of failure to refrain-from refrain-from alleged encioachn.nt upon jurisdiction juris-diction awarded the mafhinipts, was looked upon bv all the delegate and officers todav as mrrely an in'.ident of the convention. The only reference to the debate of the night before was when several member moved good-naturedly that for tie benefit of all coiu'emed the dis-mssien should be printed in full in the minutes of the meeting. A resolution of S. B. Mrks of th Georgia Federation of Labor, providing I that the convention mct each year in ! j November in Wahineton, T. C. uru I recommend ion of th committee on laws was voted down. |