The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-14
PARTISANSHIP IN REPORTS is
CHARGED AGAINST THE EN-
MINISTER.
SOCIALISTS ARE THROWN OUT.
Officers Are Elected and Budget
of miscellaneous business Is
Transacted.

tic gathering that was called to order
at 1880 O'Clock by First Vice Presi-
dent McCauley of ST. Cloud, who IN
I tloduced President Edward Christoph-
erson. of the local trades and labor as
sembly MIR. Christopherson welcomed
the delegates on behalf of the assem-
bly,, and afterwards introduced Mayor
Doran, who made a few remarks well
coming the delegates on behalf of the
city of St. Paul.
M. E. Neary, of Minneapolis, president
of the state federation, called the seS-
sion to order The call of the meeting
was read by the secretary, w. B. Ham
mond. The president, appointed the
committee on credentials, as follows:
Messrs. John Speuhler, Winona; w. S.
Chrisholm, Minneapolis, and J. D.
Hayes, Duluth.
Awaiting the report Of the COMMITTEES
on credentials, call was made for W.
W. Erwin, the tall pine,' who re-
sponded with a speech which was
heartily encored.
The president announced the com
mittee on resolutions, P. Lawrence. E.
K. Cobb and P. J. Geraghty. Ee also
announced the following committees:
Constitution-J. F. McCauley, w. e.
McEwen, J. H. Becker.
Finance-Edward Christopherson. E.
r. Ferguson, w. T. Drake.
Officers Reports. L. Hughes, w
d. Shay, James Travers.
Rules and Order of Business-John
Swift, Frank Mcdonald, E. B. Lott.
The credentials committees report
against the seating of delegates from
the Socialist party then came up
and created some heated discussion
A proposition was made to amend Ii
so that the meeting would be obliged
to accept the Socialist delegates unless
they were rejected by a two thirds
vote. The chair ruled that the mo-
ton was out of order. On appeal the
vote stood 80 to So in favor of sus-
tanning the chair. The report of the
committee was carried and it's report
sustained, the delegates not being seat
ed
President NJ. E. Neary then made his
report to the convention, which was
listened to with much interest
Secretary w. B. Hammond's report
followed next, which stated that he
had received for advertising Sill. 45, and
after paying expenses has a balance
on hand of $48.70. Out of seventy-five
unions, thirty-three had returned re-
ports. The total number of members
was 2, 123, a net increase in six months
past of 219. OF these ,536 were work
ing and ATS unemployed. The numbe.
Of non-union workers was reported as
1,47S. OF nine strikes reported four
were successful, two were compro-
missed, one was wholly lost, and two
have not yet been abandoned. Il be-
lieve," said Mr. Hammond, the fed
Grafton may justly congratulate itself
that the work done in the last two OF
three years is bearing fruit in largely
increased membership and greater in
tereSt than before. The organization
is now what it was intended to be, bur
never before reached, a bond of union
between practically adj the labor or
ganizations of Minnesota"
Treasurer Mcdonald reported $25.1
on hand
The federation council gave it's re-
port. 1t recommends that the fedora
ton should maintain a lobby at the
coming session Of the legislature an6
issue a call for the contribution to pay
for such expense il the funds of the
federation do not permit, 1t also rec
ommendS that the convention nomi
nate a candidate for the position Of
member of the state board of arbitra-
tion and present such candidate fol
consideration of the governor EN-
TIE STATES, dIe d.
any time liable to insist your trouble:
being adjusted by the board and tht
voice of labor should be heard in the
naming of our representative. The
committee also recommends that they
be represented on the prison board
New business was next in order. 1t was
moved that the roll be called on the
sccialistic resolution, No s, which was
submitted as follows, without recon-
nendation:
Whereas, The emancipation of the working
class is that Of all human beings. without
distinction of race sex;
Whereas The working class can never
be free until it gets possession of the mean:
of production;
whereas The collective ownership of tht
means of production can result only from
the organized efforts of the working class or
both economic and Independent political
lines;
u Be 1t Resolved. That the Federation O.
Labor of the state of Minnesota call upon
the working people of this state to organiZs
both on economic and Independent pol.tica
lines for the purpose of establishing tbs
Cooperative Commonwealth, based on the
collective ownership of the means of produc
ton and their operations for the benefit o
the people.
The motion was defeated by a vott
Of is to g. 1t was moved, seconded
and carried that. the delegates be com
PEELED to vote as their organizations in
structed them.
The finance committee reported tha
on Dec. 13 there was in the treasurer.
hands $25.15, and in the secretary.
hands $500.
An amendment was proposed to tn,
constitution, article /, section ,, t
be known as section 1, to read: ''Tha
party politics, whether they be Demo
cratic, Republican, Socialistic, Popu
listic, Prohibition, or any other, shal
have no place in the convention O
/ -
shall the delegates from any politica
party be admitted
The above important amendment re
ceiyed considerable discussion on th'
part of the delegates. NJ E. Murray
of ST. Paul, would not vote eithe
way until he was informed whethe
the Farmers Alliance was considered
a political party or not. He was no
given the desired information, but tn,
| amendment was carried.
POWERS IS SCORED.
| The committee on constitution rec
commended that section Of the consti
tuition be amended to read, THE ma
! tionalization Of telegraphs, telephones
| railways and mines. and other means
| of production and distribution" tn,
| last eight words making the amend
ment.
The report was adopted, the amend
ment with it.
| Speaking of the Socialists, Delegat
| McCauley created unbounded enthu
I.siasm by saying:
1.-The Socialists are all right. TIL
| socialistic principles are all right, bu
| the men behind the Socialists are al
wrong"
| The following automatic resolution
| introduced by G. G.. Collins, of Typo
| graphical Union No. Is, ST. Paul, wa
! carried with but one dissenting vote:
| Whereas, The office OF labor commits
sioner of the state of Minnesota wa
created for the express purpose OF inquirin
iintn the condition and pro.noting the interes