Show ST STAT A iE fEDERA T ON or Of LABOR MEETS Heated Discussion as to Whether Two Ministers of Ogden Should d Be Allowed to Participate in the Vote Makes Them Fraternal Delegates Governor and Mayor Placed on the Gridiron For a Few Minutes Whether the Reverend George W of the Methodist church find ad Noble Strong El pastor of the lie CongregatIonal church should bo be admitted Into the state convention of I the State Federation of Labor was waa wasI I again a source o of contention at the tho thoI I first meeting or of the convention at al the tho I I Labor Union hall In Ogden this morn mornIng morning Ing The question came up tip when the committee on credentials made Its re report port The committee recommended that the thc ministers who are aro represent or of the Ogden Ministerial AsSO elation he be admitted to the floor of the convention as delegates only and fraternal was construed br 13 President to menu mean dee delo with n a vol voice co hut but wIthout l lote a vote ote Some of oC tho delegates desired ho representatives from the trial Association to have neither vote oto nor voice In the convention but lUt to simply be considered i of the convention for fOl educational pur purposes purposes poses As one delegate put It Let I hem meet with us and learn som seine II thin thing of the labor question An amendment to the committees report was offered which provIded for forthe forthe the of the delegates frain the Ministerial Association Into ho convention as delegates with all the lie rights and privileges or of other delegates On the final vote the amendment was as lost and the report of oC the credentials committee was adopt adopted ed cd edThe The Tho convention met at 30 this morning tinder favorable conditions aud aill was as called to order hy br President Vm Secretary Austin Davis Dais was at al his post of duty and nd bore thore were about aboul s delegates present I Including two ladies Indies II Afler the invocation hy by Brother Brothel John G C Smith of Salt Lake Lale the corn com that had heen appointed in i executive session tho evening I I cre formally announced hy by the Iho lent dent lie committee on was urged to with its with all possible haste lie tho idea being to settle sellie the question of jj as soon as possible so 50 the convention could go ahead with the regular busi business ness floss The Tho reading of the official call for forthe the tho convention brought about a 11 little flurry in the convention whon lien a gate gato from the capital 1 moved that the lie Invitation to ho governor or of the sLate and the tho ma mayor or of Ogden to address addres the convention be withdrawn and henceforth lw be entirely eliminated from convention calls The parl art making It th motion mollon b by sayIng h he thought It entirely unnecessary for forthe or the governor or lh the mayor mayo of a city to welcome the lie delegates In nn any way shape or form Ve lont dont want vant the officers with us They are not nol In sym sympathy pathy with Us and we dont want the politicians around Us u at alL The secretary immediately arose and stated to th he co convention that the executive committee had an object In I view In extending an invitation to the I chief executive of the state and of the elly cit of Ogden to address the conven comen I Ilion lion We Ve might he be able to use them sonic some time and we want vant to put thorn them thornon themon on record as to their friendliness to toward toward ward us The president remarked that neith neither or er Governor Spry nor Mayor Bower I were and that flint he could see no eason wh why the matter should Ibe be dis discussed discussed cussed that the can call had already been Issued and that carried with It the I invitation to the persons referred t tAt to At tl his is the matter was dropped with without without out further action being taken The committee on credentials made Its report a little alter 10 ocl ck anti and the tho balance of the forenoon was consumed In Uio discussion regarding I Ithe the seating or of time the del delegates gales from the Ogden Ministerial Association The result of oC the discussion which at Umes was spirited and c eyen ell personal In Its nature was that the delegation I Ibo bo be given gen seats scats In the tho convention as fraternal members I IThe The trend of the argument against granting the delegates from morn the asso association I elation time the same privileges as al were granted the regular delegates from Crom real labor unions minions was that the minis ministers lers were not classed as wage wago earners and thai they were In no material I sense connected with tho ho labor m move movement c I ment of the lie country and therefore the they could not fully sympathize with j antI and fully understand the thIngs that had to be handled bandied by the convention Both Mr h Elderkin and Mr Ir Mc McCreory c Creen were present presen t both of them taking time the floor In lie tho of Ideas regarding the contention They stated latell that lint they had not asked for Cor anything more than fraternal standing In the convention but as IIi Mr McCreer expressed it We V were ac accredited accredited credited till Cull b by the e cx committee of the Ibe State Federa Federation Federation tion last year ear and we simply wanted to leno know whether this convention sought to go back bacle on that and give gho us less You may do as you ou about It IL We re to be with you fraternize with you and learn earn of you OU regarding lie tho labor question Wo We are arc not notI I In at all You gave gao us IS more than we asked for 01 last year anti and it Is sun surely I your privilege now to o take part hart of oC It back If you ou want to The convention until 2 this afternoon anti and the tho oration of the reports from froni other committees are now being For Pure Food The State Federation of Labor has undertaken time the work worl which I tho ho organization of the National Consumers League of No New York city i iI I which pledges time tho members to do dot t l everything to abolish time the sweat shop and tenement work worl and to male make the i 11 lives es of unscrupulous dealers who sell Impure food one long drawn out I nightmare FollowIng this lila line a resolution will be introduced before I I the federation calling for the tho appoint mont of a special committee to assist the tho state food commissioner In the Inspection of food conditions in time state I Time The recent of deaths and cases of poisoning which havo been occasioned by the consumption of Im Impure impure pure food stuffs has stirred time tho m lm hers of organized labor to take this action Another Important matter maller which will lie be discussed before the tho conven lion ion will be time the opening of free sani amid free employment ment bureaus by the larger cities of tIm tho state A resolution will be Introduced asking the municipal authorities to conduct rigid Inspections of time tho methods used 1 licensed employment agencies Committees Are Appointed 1 In the lie parlors of tho Heay hotel last the lie executive council of the C Fed era tion wi thi President Prel dent Piggott and Secretary Austin Davis Dals Davisin DalsIn In attendance tact met and appointed the various committees which will act acl I during the convention The books of time the officers were carefully audited so I that lint time the business sessions will not be rot retarded The Tho personnel of oC the tho committees I named last night follows Credentials Committee A E B liar Har vcr vey chairman V T A Tones II fl A I Irvine Joseph Oliver and John G GSmith GSmith Smith Laws and Resolutions Committee John D McCarty chairman George GeorgeH GeorgeE H E Gray A L Zimmerman H W V Dennett and R n M L Clark Clarl Officers Reports Committee M 1 B Richardson chairman L W lord Ford Ro Roy Hughes Frank Zimmerman and John W Matthews Appeals and Grievance Committee 1 David F Lewis chairman John A An n etler Jake Arthur Rams Ramsden I den and Robert Sterrett Committee II H T Livesey 1 C chairman Robert J Span Theodore Cleme William Crandall and Oscar Young I Harry Wright I |