Show of mr gompers Go moers denver chloi dec 17 samuel gomper defeated today for reelection re election as president of tho american federation of ia a member of the cigar maker union ho lias bield tho of president of alio american federation of labor since 1882 from then until 1888 attached to the office there was no salary eliat year it was decided to make the office a permanent one and the salary was fixed at 1200 tilia was raised to in 1893 the elret president of alie federation was kichard powers elected in 1880 tho second was john jewitt elected in 1881 alie fl feat of air compera to be due to a general desire for a of administration alie mine work cra with were or mcbride for personal reasons alie radical socialistic member felt that Gomi iera was very them andalio presa ilant il tnt own action burng tion lias done inucci to defeat him he was ill when he came here and his rulings leavo been noticeably arbitrary and erratic more he has lost his temper and occasionally reversed his own rulings the action ol 01 compera in the A alv strike undoubtedly had its effect it was said by friends of the etri kera that biad compera supported debs alio strike would have won others lain that in declining to order a general strike dimply recognized the perfect independence of the affiliated unions hia position has acen overwhelmingly endorsed by this convention so that it i not probable that it was a large factor in his defeat foe the feeling rally among the delegates is friendly to but alie election of mcbride as president i regarded as a good clinice cli oice |