Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1891-01-10

tlon OF the worst germs of disCOrd, the
schemes of plutocratic politicians.
SANlAL's REMARKS.
Delegate Sanial said that the excel
lent and exhaustive speech of his fel-
low delegate Nogt made it unnecessary
for him to enter into any extended re-
marks. Shortly before coming to the
meeting it occurred to him that it would
be well if the reply of the c. l.. f.,
through its Corresponding Secretary
we're approved III every particular by
this body and in order to save time he
had in haste made a written draft
which embodied what he would other
wise have SAID, and which he would
submit subj ct to such changes as the
&. l.. f, might order if the said draft
was approved in substance.
Before closing the debate delegate
Simon GOmper5, chairman, made a
statement, to the effect that be had seen
Mr.. Samuel Gompers few days ago
and learned from him that the repre-
sentative Of the Baltimore Fedora ion
of Labor at the Detroit Convention had
denied the fact that a Section of the
>. l.. =. had ever been directly or in
directly represented in that body. This
fact, as gwen in a letter Of Mr.. Hoehn
TO Mr.. SHnial and embodied in the state
ment of the latter before the Conven-
ton, had been pulshed in the WORK
MEMS ADVOCATE while the contradiction
of it had not.
This, of course, involves the veracity
of either Mr.. Hoehn or the Baltimore
delegate. Mr.. Hoehn was very precise
and Circumstantia in his statement. He
said that he himself was delegate of
the $. l.. =. to the German G.. L. u. and
was sent by the latter as one of its dele
gates to the Baltimore A. +. of L., as
the minutes Of both bodies would show
if produced. The Baltimore representa-.
tive in Detroit has thus far only made
a Simple denial without prof. Let him
produce the minutes. We know Mr..
Hoehn and we believe him implicitly
ED.
THE SOCIALISTS RETAINED.
The motion to retain the j. l.. p. sec
ton, with the addition relative to the
reply, was then put to vote and
adopted almo,t unanimously by the
largest assemblage of delegates that has
yet come together, only three votes being
cast in the negative. Applause followed
this result.
The reply sent to President Samuel
Gompers by Secretary Ernest Bohm reads
as follows:
REPLY OF THE c. l., TO GOMPERs.
Mr. Samuel Gompers, Pres am. Fed. of
Labor.
DEAR SIR AND BRoTHER:-Your letter
Of the 21th ult. was duly considered at "a
regular meeting of the Central Labor
Federation, held last sunday.
In reply this body has instructed
me to say that it does not agree with
you III any of the statements there
i'll made, except as to the mere fact that
the Detroit Convention, upon those
statements and others of the same char
acter, denied a seat to our representative.
In the first place 1t is not correct to
stale, as you do, that y0n referred the
{. l.. +. matter to the Detroit Conven-
ton, This would imply that you had
the power to prevent us from submitting
our case to the said Convention, but
kindly waived it. 1t would also imply
that you made temperate exercise, IN
an Issue where you had already taken
sides, IF the power and influence which
naturally attach to the functions Of
President of the A. +. of l..
The fact is, however, that the &. l.. +.
appealed from your decision to the said
Convention, and from the moment its
representative appeared before the Com
mlttee on Credentials to the time when
a vote was taken, all the influence and
power you could command as President
of the A. + of l., was eXtrted agaln-t
hi admIo. ion:
by speeches in which passionate
appeals to vulgar preJudIces took the
place of sensible argument
BY statements calculated to mis-
lead the delegates;
3-By your appointment, on the
Special Committee referred to in your
letter, of men VIGOROUSLY opposed TO
our admission and SO evidently selected
by YOU to report as you wanted, that,
contrary to all parliamentary precedent,
YOU failed TO appoint on that committee
the author Of the resolution 10y virtue Of
which it was created, for no other ap-
parent reason than that he was an able
and earnest supporter Of our claim.
So far, indeed, were you carried away
by your Intense desire, not that justice
b. done to the C., l.. F, if you had done
it an injustice, but that your unjust de-
cI,lun he sustained al all hazards by the
Convention. that you attempted, by
personal and uuju titiable attacks, Ia
di-creiIt bona fjic delegates OF BONA Hrte
organic diona represented III this 10 D..
And while intim1ting that the crrden-
tiaIs of Ernest Bnhn as delegate of the
National Brewer, Union. ami August
W8tdmger as de egate If the \ y.
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