The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-20

REFORMERS SCORED.
State Federation of Labor
Condemns the Hypocricy
of the Last Legis-
1ature.
THE LATE GOV. ALBEIT EXTOLLED
Workingmen Say They Will Here
after Vote for the Party Which
Will Listen to Their
Demands.
THE LATE GOV. ALBEIT EXTOLLED

Chairman of the Executive Committee,
who arrived late. read a lengthy report.
He praised the wage-workers of New
Brunswick. and said that the delegates
should not forget to work for the unions
not represented in the congress, owing to
the hard times. He declared that many
labor laws on the statute books of. New
Jersey now We're enacted through the
Federation's efforts.
The Federation is now a power in this
State" he continued. Labor congresses
have long been held under the dome OF
the State Capitol. and in the municipal
building of our chief cities. The voice of
labor has at times been heard. The press
and pulpit which were silent or hostile
nave become more respectful and friend
ly. The political parties. through nee
essity. and owing to the wise exercise
of labor power. have, from time to time,
| granted concessions"
Mcdonnell next referred to the last
Legislature, and the work done at Tren-
ton by the executive committee. He ex-
tolled Governor Albeit, who appointed
him Arbitrator. for his work for the
working people of New Jersey.
M'DONNELL'S VAIL.
mo Legislature since 1892 has lone less
tlldli lIfS Legislature OIL 1870 d1I1rulhIlNG-
ly Mcdonnell went on, although that
OF 1894 was not far behind the poor rec
ords. AT the beginning of the session
1T became evident to your executive com
mittee that it would not be question of
what we could gain iegislativeIy, but as
ii whether we could retain tina which
we possessed. hat the intention existed
to destroy all the labor departments and
repeal most of the labor laws, was beyond
dispute-and I nave no doubt that that
result would have been reached had it
not been for the storm of Indignation
that swept the entire State through the
action of your executive board" 1t was
apparent in the report, written by Nc
Donnell himself, that he retained a keen
sense of loss of the official loaves and
lsnes the late legislature took out OF
his y~oluminous mouth.
OF the Ser1i-Monthly Payment of Wag-
es bill. which Mcdonnell asserted, reach
ed the Governor in a mutilated form, the
The Senate Investigating Committee
was asked to md out the authors of
the mutilation. but the request was
letarians' will remember on election day
this action of the men whom they cleo
/ ted as representatives.
EVERY bill asked for by the common.
every day people and the wage workers
was killed said Mcdonnell, dramatic
a auns a IN wee ephels sheet y 99obRie o om5. Wh9
that the session laws should be
published in all the newspapers, espec-
tally labor papers. this is a labor paper.
and a paid organizer should be engaged
to ONO the trade movement in New
ceipts sSg7.A1. and disbursements. 1885. IS.
sseretary Green read the i fofewing
State Board of Arbitration, who was in
vited to attend the congress-
1t seems needless for me to say that
the efforts of you body towards bring
ing about a more satisfactory condition
of things in the industrial world meets
with my unqualified communication. Res
olute and self-reliant men may fight sue
eessfully their individual battles, but we
are not all endowed with these qualities,
and your Federation brings strong and
weak into one eompac body, by which
AN injury to one is the concern of all"
| The Federation has done much to give
the whole people a juster conception of
what is due to the men who create the
wealth of our country, and conspicuous
in the work has been the Chairman of
your executive committee, Mr.. ]. P. Nc
Donnell.
In other days, not so long gone by, it
used to be said that disagreements be-
tween employers and employees We're
matters that the public-the State-had
no business with whatever but, after a
few object lessons with clubs and bayo-
nets, that view was abandoned. Through
1 III dRlldlIOu III ouCtIk OIS dlIOllS as
yours the, idea of applying arbitration
to all disputes has been successfully 5es-
tablished and State Boards created in
nearly every. Commonwealth In the
Union. The New Jersey Board is not
only willing but anxious to give its SER
vices at any and all times to prevent or
though, of course. it has no desire to
obtrude itself where the parties to the
controversy think that they can reach a
satisfactory understanding WITHOUT the
/ intervention of outsiders.
PRINTING RESOLUTIONS.
Delegate Prescott offered the following
preamble and resolutions, on behalf of
the Federation of Allied Printing Trades:
Whereas, 1t is confidently expected THAI
Be- passed giving to Certain newspaper
publishers the right to publish for pay
the laws of New Jersey; and
Whereas, 1t is of great importance to
the working printers and members of the
! allied crafts of the State that all work
upon the laws (~presuming a law is passed
should be performed within the office of
4 the publishers who receive
such l. laws t2 pb Be p fhis Fed for PAY; e Il
4 its Executive Committee, secure the pas
i sage Of a law by the Legislature award
ine Il an he as judgment Of the Legislature IS
necessary, the publication for pay there
of of the public laws. providing that the
/ to have all work on the same performed
within their offices: and be it further
Resolved, ina IN case the Legislature
passes a bill outlined in this resolution,
that the said bill contain a provision
that all work upon the laws. when
awarded for publication to newspapers,
must be performed within the State, and
further. all work upon the same must
be performed within the offices of such
4 newspaper fortunate enough to be award
I'd the publication for pay) of the pub
! lie laws of New Jersey
NEW OFFICERS ELECTED.
Delegate Prescott also offered a num-
| bar af amendments ito the constitution
Of the Federation of Trades and Labor
Unions. One amendment provides that
when seven or more trades organizations
protest against the action OF the ex-
~ecrtiye committee, the committee snail
at once refer the matter to a major
itv popular vote of the trade organiza-
tions represented at the last congress
shall do as the popular vote directs;
This and other amendments proposed
were understood to be for the purpose
of restricting the powers of J. r. MELON
nell and the executive committee.
A telegram was read from u. e. Cha
min. az Hoboken, Chairman OF the Leg
i~slatiye Board of Railroad Employees,
expressing sympathy with the Fedora
ton work.
81 the minutes of the executive commit
tee complimentary to United States SEN
ator Smith be e~xpunged. He said that
thn Senator had not responded to APP
peais made to him by the Trades Unioas
and therefore he did not deserve Their
nraise. Delegate Mcdonnell said the Sen
ator was not praised by the committee.
The minute We're adopted after Burros
motion was voted down.
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