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Show SOCIALISTS DEFEATED Political Question Warmly i Debated by Federation. LOST BY NARROW MAJORITY Max Hayes Moved That the Federa-tlon Federa-tlon Advise the Working: People to Organize Their Economic and Poll-tlcal Poll-tlcal Power to Secure for Labor the Full Equivalent of Its Toil and the Overthrow of the Wage System-Vote System-Vote Stood 1714 to 4341 Oompcrs Spoke for the Negative. New Orleans Noc. 3) -The Socialists eamo within o votes of securing control of the convention of the American l'ed-cratlon l'ed-cratlon of l.ibor toda) The struggle laslcHl ncurl) all l i) and a number of able speeches were made on both sides, notably those of I) A lla)es James Duncan and I'nsldent (lompers against the Socialists and letor llerger. Max llacs and V 11 Wllnon of the L'ntteel Mini -Workers In behalf of Ihe resolution Introduced I.) Delegate iiiimt ami nmmdetl b) bilcguc VMlsou til a manner acceptable to Ihrgir The ilcbatc I tsteil until I, o clock this evening when u rollcall showed (771 voles aRilnsi the amendment of Mr v llson anil (311 votis In favor vif It The miners voted solldl) In favor of tho amendment No business was trntiairtnl In the con. vintlou during the da) other than that nf Ihe debate unit tin repitt of the committee com-mittee which Investigated the (tompers-HhafTcr (tompers-HhafTcr trouble nova-mis i:om:atui) Tresllcnt Oompcrs has been completely exonerated of the chari.es nf ItUMclllv to the principles nf trades unionism sail to have leen made b) Theodore J Hhaher presllent of the AmalKiiiniited Asoeli-tlon Asoeli-tlon of Iron Hteel nnd Tin Workers Tho r port of the special committee which has conducted the Investigation reiorted In thai effect tiefnre the convention of the American Pi deration of !,ahnr The committee reporu-ct that when Mr Shaffer appeared before It he declared that he had not at an) lime either In writing or otherwise made nny charges against Mr (lompira of Inlldellt) to trades untonfom. nor did he dcsilo to be fore tho committee HHAM'hii ai i:mh VUItABSi:il V J Pherldan who Introduced the resolution reso-lution which resulted In the luvestlgitlon, was asked at the hearing If It were true that Mr Hh iffer had made an) chargea beforu ihe last convention of Iho Iron, Hteel iind lln-Vorkers ligalnit Mr (lompirs and he replied that Rhalfer had Mr bhaffer chilled It Mr Hherldau of fired to read the minutes of the meeting at which tho charges wire said b) htm to have been made Mr Shaffer objected to Ihla because tho minutes wi re those of a secret meeting anl If read by Mr Sheridan It would Invnlio him In trouble with his own orgnnlxitlon for divulging the Inner workings of Ihe convention The convention decided that tho fpus. tlon of veracity between Mr Shaffer and Mr Hherllnn was something Willi which It had nothing to do and Ihere being no charges agilnst Mr (iompers there was nothing to do but return a finding to the effect thnt Mr tfiompers was completely exonerated This was done, nnd Ihu report re-port was adopted b) the convention Tor the time being, at least, nil opposl. Hon to Hie election of .Mr (lompers has died out Since thn refusal of James l.)nch of the l)pngrnnhlcal union to run for the oftlce. no further effort has been made to secure a candidate nor Is it like ly id the prtsent tlmo that Ihero will be a rival candidate bOCIAUST QUt-HTION UP. The convention Iheu entered upon an extended debate. In which nt limes considerable con-siderable feeling was sbnwn, on tho resolutions reso-lutions introduced by Victor I llerger ot Milwaukee, committing Inn "convention to the doctrines of Soilollxm Tho committee com-mittee on resolutions reported us a slml-lir slml-lir committee had reported at the Si ronton ron-ton convention, thai the principles ot tho trades movement inntalu all Ibat Is ne. ressary for the worklngmen of the coun- Oclegale Max Htt)es offered a substitute substi-tute for tho rrport ti the effect that tho federation advise the working people lo organise their economic and political power pow-er to seeure for labor the full equivalent of Its toll and the overthrow of the wago a) stem ami establishing an Industrial, co-operative demoerac) Iho substitute was ruled out of order by Ihe chair as being a sulstltute for tho report of the committee, which was a substitute for the original resolution Uelcguto Haves then offered It as an amendment, and It was so adopted b) the chair. mvnv spi:AKi:nw on question Dclcgule Ilioes took the floor In defense de-fense nf his amendment, as did Ilerker, Ward Hrewer and Sherman In opposition opposi-tion to the amendment und In fuvor of Iho report, were Delegates Haves, Ice-I'resldent Ice-I'resldent Duncan, lewis Duff) and others Delicate V llson proposed nn amendment to the amendment, b) slrlk. lug out the words 'and the overthrow of the wage s)steni und establishing nn Industrial co-opcratlvo demoerac) " Delegate Ha)os declared this acceptable to him, but no notion was tuken and the debate proceeded from 2 o clock,. In Iho afternoon until S 40 tho debits went on President (lompers being the last sneaker I o urged the union men lo adhere closel) tounlen prlnclnlesji declaring that their success would be grenlir than It would bo if they follqwed nil) other decision than that under which they were organ- ''.'motion made b) Delegate Harter. to lav tbo motion on tho tuble. was lost A . rollcall was demanded the vote being on I the adoption of the Wilson amendment to the llerger resolution It wus lost b a vote of UK to WI PACIFIC CABLE A GO. President Mdckny Announces That Company W(J1 Comply With Conditions Con-ditions Made by President, Washington. Nov. 20 Clarence "vV Muckay, president of the Commercial Cabin lompan), fleorge Ward, vlee-piesldent, vlee-piesldent, and William M Cook gen-irul gen-irul counsel for the company, had an interview today with the Attoine)-General Attoine)-General with respect to the conditions prescribed by President Iloosevelt for constructing u tians-Pacldt cable These conditions were apprnved by the Piesldent In Jul) list, slnco which time the pacific Cable company hus not iifilclully untitled the (lov eminent ns to Its intention or willingness lo accept them Today, however, Mr Mackay explained to the Attorney-deneral that tho delay was caused by protracted ne-Lnthiilons, ne-Lnthiilons, which havo only been brought to a, conclusion within tturtisi few days, to secure a landing place In Chlnn to comply with tho President's condition that an Independent American Ameri-can line should bo constructed from Jlanlln to Hongkong, thus giving an nil-American through line to the Asiatic Asi-atic contlnen' It was this condition that was supposed to be the one thnt Iho cable company vvoul I bo unwilling or unable to comply with It now announces an-nounces Hh ability and Intention to construct u line fiom Manila to Shanghai, Shang-hai, a distance of ubput 1200 miles, and to havo the name completed within n )eal - |