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Show Q0MPER8 AGAIN CHOSEN. Veteran Labor Leader Remains at Head of American Federation of Labor. Denver, At tho election of offlcers of the Amerlcnn Federation of Labor, La-bor, hold hero on Saturday, Samuel Gompors was ngaln chosen president. With tho exception ot Daniel J. Keofo, all ot tho ofllcors wero ro-elected. ro-elected. Kcefo refusod to run, because- ho stood for tho prlnclpla that tho American Federation of Labor could not dtctato what church or what politics nn officer should support. sup-port. Kecfo could hnvo been elected without any doubt. Tho big men In 1 tho convention refused to make n martyr out of him. Mr. Gompcrs was re-elected to tho olll co ho has hold slnco tho organization organiza-tion or tho federation In 1881, with tho exception of ono year, amid sconca of greatest enthusiasm, only ono representative of tho Socialist party voting against him. |