The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-08-19
LABOR'S PARLIAMENT.
ContinNed from frst paqe.

VIIITIHt+fGi DUI IIEoSTs. lNCITdn, OI TdssdIC
Usher, Kelly, MuIlone. and senator Mcdonald
! of Hudson, are deserving of special mention, fol
they devoted considerable OF their time to our
work, and presented our claims in an admirable
and courageous manner.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
After q recess, Samuel Meilor was
nominated for president and unani,
mously elected. A burst of applause
and in a short address he thanked the
delegates for having SO honored him.
Edgar Folmar, of Newark, and Ber-
nard Regenburg. of Paterson, were nomi-
mated for the vice presidency. During
the progress of the election Delegate
O'Brien, OF Newark. drew attention to
the FACT that some "buttonhol1ng'' was
going on, and declared heartily that
this is not u political convention
Regenburg was elected by a vote OF 81 to
10.
j. E. Mears, of Cigarmakers' Union 1873
of Newark, was elected secretary; Rl-
dolph Annus, Of Typographical Union 5,
of Newark, assistant secretary, and
Ernest Leske, of the Bakers Union of
Newark, treasurer. j. +. Sell and Hagh
Clark were unanimously elected auditors.
The committee on constitution then
presented their report, The only changes
recommended were the changing of the
name of the Legislative committee to Eek
ecutiye committee and the reduction of
the number of its members from twelve
to seven. The question of dues and per
capita tax of unions and members was
left to the action of the congress-. One
section WIS thai nc organization should
he represented in the association that
was not in harmony with it's objects, and
this was understood to be another war
against the representation of *, of l.. as
semblies.
VISIT FRO GoMPERs.
The readlnI OF the report had barely
commenced before there was heard a
stage whisper of samuel GonDers,2 and
all eyes were turned towards the door of
the room where a stout man with dark
hair d mustache stood smllingly lis
tening to the deliberations. President
Mellor Immediately appointed q commits
tee to escor the distinguished visitor o
the chair Int introduced him to this dele
gates.
When the long continued hand clap
ping with which he was welcomed had
subsidized, Mr.. G0mpers explained his
presence by saying that he was on his
way to Trenton, and dreaded tha5 the
members of the Congress would have con-
sidered themselves sighted il he should
not call on them on his way. His object
in going to Trenton, he said, was TO speak
to workingt1en there on the subject OF
federation, He was pleased to see thai
the Federation of New jersey was nm
waverlng In its determination to defend
the workers of the State and to throw the
shield OF its protection around the women
and children OF New Jersey. lie CON
tinued:-
Our chief efforts should be directed to
saving the lives of the young from tor
tuFe and premature end, SO that they may
pe better prepared to take up labor's
struggle than we were.
/ see that your president, in his address,
advocates ballot reform. So do all good
cifiEnHS Ile man who stands prujpSE ir
is an enemy to his State and a traitor to
his country. Blu in all struggles of the
human family some haye been made vic
tins Inc martyrs. Less than ten years
ago an injustice was done TO a staunch
labor man in your State, famous for it's
proyerbial justice, and lately this injus-
tice has been repeated. The laws Of the
State are required to be printed i'll the
State newspapers. There are, besides
Democratic aud Republican papers, labor
papers, read by labor men, who are first
of all good citizens of the Republic.
Through refusing to the paper pub
llshed by this man the publication OF the
laws, Il blow has been struck at organized
labor through the length and breadth OF
the State. Such wrongs can be righted
by yourselves il you but will it.
There are many other things to be
gotten Though legislation. Liability OF
employers for injuries done to employees
WALTZ CAS06C1 IL buClt 5GtA1CC, IldllttftJlOI
Of The hours Of labor, and lastly, but not
least, abolition of child labor. Remember
that those who help themselves gre al
ways helped best. If you wish TO raise
the status of the toilers to a higher level
it must be done through organization.
The organized labor OF the whole world
arose en- masse on May flor the reduction
Of the hours OF ten to eight hours a day.
That movement has but just been bornto
the world, and it will not die suntil there
have been attained the aims inscribed on
It's banners, Eight hours for work, eight
hours for rest, eight hours for what we
will"
The last phrase used to read, Eight
hours for recreation" but because it was
falsely claimed that w-orkingmen would
get drunk or otherwise use badly those
eight hours, the ~workingmen in despera-
tlon have changed it to Eight hours for
what we will"
that you, yourselves, can hope for.
FOR FUTURE LEGISLATION.
The Committee on Constitution next
returned and recommended that central
labor unions and trade assemblies pay 50
O year TO the Federation and each indi-
yldual ten cents q year 1t was
decreed, however, to increase the dues Of
representative bodies to S., and it was
moved TO Increase the per capita tax TO
fifteen cents. This provoked much oppo-
sition, particularly from the delegate
from the Carpenters Union, of Paterson.
r.. +. Trapper, Of Jersey City, said that
the revenue furnished by the present
rates of taxation for the Legislative Com
mittee is not sufficient, and urged that
the increase be made. Hugh Clark, of
Jersey City also spoke in favor of the in
crease. He pointed out as Il result of the
work OF the Legislative Committee the
law f~orbidding Pinkerton detectives do
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