The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-12-22
for him than 1 have been for myself"
OTHER BUSINESS

OTHER BUSINESS.
For the place of the next meeting.
New York and st. Louis were placed in
nomination. The vote was: New York
1885, st. Louis 55S. Delegate Lennon
moved that two fraternal delegates be
sent to the British trades congress to
be held in Cardiff, Wales 1t was carried
and Samuel Gompers, p. ]. Mcguire and
z. II. Pena were placed i'm nomination.
A vote was taken, resulting as follows:
Gompers 1,747, Mcguire 1,139, Penna $40.
On motion of Penna the choice was
made unanimous.
Secretary Evans read a telegram sent
by the officers of the federation officially
notifying John Mcbride of his ieleetion
as president. The special confn,ittee
appointed to draft resolutions on the
MCGUIRE seamen's rights bill, nowAsige-
fore congress, reported resolutions pro
viding that committee of three, one
of whom should be a member of the
Seamen's Union, go to Washington as
lobbyists, asking John Burns to~give
the matter attention in his meettagain
America, and urging local unions to call
upon their congressman to favor ne
bill. The report was Agreed to-
A resolution was adopted against the
Baltimore currency Plan, as was also
one opposed to Sweat Shops" and rec
ommending laws TO abolish it; provid-
ing for engrossed resolutions of esteem
to be presented to John Burns and
Richard Holmes. English fraternal dele
gates; opposing the alleged movement
to secure an extension of the maritime
employment laws to cover railroad and
other labor contracts on the land; ia
vOring an eight hour day; faVoring the
liberation of Hugh Dempsey, now in the
Pennsylvania penitentiary on account
of his connection with the Homestead
strike and alleging that some of the
prosecuting witnesses had since ac-
knowledged that they were bribed; pro-
viding for committee to work for di-
rect legislation by means of referendum
in each state; demanding a national law
providing that no bonds be issued with
out a special law to be originated in the
lower house of congress. A resolution
criticising the report of the national
strike commission and favoring govern
ment ownership of railroads was re-
ported unfavorably by the committee
but re-referred to the executive council
WORK ACCOMPLISHED.
In regard to the work of the conven-
ton, Gompers said: 81 think the gen
satisfactory and regard the outlook as
equally so. The determination of the
federation to direct it's efforts to secur-
ing an eight hour day in 1896 will have
a good effect. Personally, 1 feel relieved
at the selection of the man to succeed
me in the arduous duties of the presi-
dency. John Mcbride is a good man
and while he will no doubt meet with
the usual obstacles of new officials, the
hearty cooperation that he will receive
from myself and other retiring officers
will tend to make his work easy as
possible"
CAUSE OF GOMPERS' DEFEAT.
The defeat of Gompers seems to have
been due to a general desire for
change of administration. The mine
workers, with 800 votes, were for Nc
Bride, for personal reasons; the radical
socialistic members felt that Gompers
was very strongly opposed to them and
the presidents own action during this
convention has done much to defeat
him. He was i'll when he came here and
his rulings have been noticeably arbi- |
trary and erratic, More than once he |
has lost his temper and occasionally he !
has reversed his own rulings. The ac-
ton of Gompers in the A. r. U. strike |
undoubtedly had an effect. 1t was said |
by friends of the strikers that had Com |
pers supported Debs the strike would |
have been won.
M'BRIDE A SAFE MAN.
Columbus, Dec. 17.-John Mcbride, the |
newly elected president of the Ameri- |
can Federation of Labor, is recognized |
here as one of the most conservative |
labor leaders of the country. Concern |
ing the policy of the organization when |
he shall have assumed the duties of it's |
executive office, Mcbride has preferred |
not to talk, but considering his con- |
servative course through years as the |
head of the miners organization of the |
country, friends of the new president |
naturally expect a continuation of this |
course in his new position.
THEY ,uERE col 0lEpc In 0tccuucr