The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-23
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PROPOSED INVESTIG ALTON OF COM
MISSIONER POWERS FURNISHES
SWEET MUSIC
FOR TOLLS REPRESENTATIVES.
TRADES AND LABOR ASSEMBLY
PASS 4 FEW RED FIRE
RESOI4I TIONS.
OR TOLLS REPRESENTATIVES.
CITY COUNCIL ISN'T FORGOTTEN.
Committee Going After the ScaIps
of Those Who Have Sidetracked
the Free Text Books.

Resolutions denOuncing the common
council and the city conference COM
mittee for their action in refusing to
make any appropriation for free text
books, were adopted by the Trades and
Labor assembly last night. The state
labor bureau, as at present admins
tered, was likewise condemned.
Frank Valesh, the secretary of the
joint committee on free text books and
legislation, submitted a report and reso-
buttons. The report covered the history
of the free text book movement up to
the meeting Of the council of Jan. L,
when the free text book idea was side
tracked. The resolutions are as follows:
Whereas, The members of the common coun-
ell have repeatedly promised to put in oper-
alton the free textbook system. and,
Whereas After a sufficient sum of money
set aprat by the city comptroller for this
purpose. the conference committee and COM
mon council broke their promises and ignored
the wishes OF the taxpayers on this question;
and
Whereas. We understand that members of
the common council who defeated the free
textbook plan and the other persons who
aided and abejted the scheme are now con-
graduating themselves at the smooth way
in which they succeeded IN fooling the labor
organizations and all other friends of free
text books.
Resolved, That the free text book commit
tee is hereby directed to prepare list OF the
opponents and false friends of free text
books in the common council said list to
be kept on file by the Trades and Labor
sembly, and in the event the free textbook
system is not established by the time Of the
next municipal election. that a general COM
mittee, consisting Of one member from each
labor organization in the city appear before
the nominating conventions of both parties
and demand the retirement of these oppo-
nents of free text books.
Resolved That we, the Trades and Labor
assembly. especially thank Aid. Donahower
for his efforts in behalf Of the free text
book system and that we also thank Assem-
blymen Reardon and Kirke and Aid. Lindahl
Larsen and Kenny for their votes in favor Of
the proposition.
Resolved That we also thank the school
board for their support of the free textbook
plan, and trust that they viii cooperate with
US in securing its speedy adoption.
The foregoing resolutions were adopt
ed without discussion and the free text
book committee and the legislative
committee were instructed to keep in
touch with the committee on education
of the house of representatives in
which Representative StOckWell's free
text book bill is now pending.
E. B. Lott introduced the following
resolution condemning the existing
state labor bureau
Whereas, The labor unions Of Minnesota,
represented in the recent convention of the
State Federation of Labor condemned the
state labor bureau under its present manage
ment as antagOnistic to the true interests of
labor and to the law which created it; and
Whereas. The present session of the Min
nesota legislature has needed the demands
of organized labor and appointed committee
to investigate said labor bureau; and,
Whereas, We have no desire to prosecute
anybody connected with the labor bureau;
vet think it a self-evident fact that the
recent report has strongly partisan bias;
therefore,
Resolved, That the Trades and Labor As
sembiy of st. Paul, representing the trade
unions of the city, indOrse the proposed in
vesJfgation because we feel that in Justice
to the taxpayers, who are burdened with the
support of the bureau, and in justice to the
labor organizations, who asked that the bu-
reau be created, any departure from the or
iginal intent should be investigated, and
the bureau restored to a nOn-partisan depart
ment, which will furnish actual labor sta
tistiCs
The resolution was promptly adopt
ed
The committee on organization an
ncunced that at the next open meeting
Of the trade assembly on Sunday even
ing, Jan. "A, Senator H F. Stevens will
speak on labor legislation. Music and
recitations will follow.
The assembly, upon motion of M. E.
Murray, made the st. Paul Union Ad-
vocate, a weekly paper just started by
P. J. Geraghty its official organ.
The assembly then proceeded to the
elecllOn OF OIIcerS Tor the ensuing SIX
months. The election resulted as fol-
lows:
President, Henry Feyder; vice presi-
dent, L. D. Stickles; recording secre-
tary T. F. Thomas; financial secretary,
E. 3. Lott; treasurer, K. H. Beckjord;
sergeant-at-arns, c. H. Bonn; Stats
tician, Frank Valesh; trustees Of the
assembly c. H PrindIe, G. w.
Deacon; executive board: J. F. Krieger
Harry Franklin G Rl1n2enpr T z
Wood, Robert Jardine, c. Hillman M
Fichtenan; hall trustees %, Robert
Mcclellan. G. c. Collins