Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-12-06
Convention Will Continue In Session
Until Friday.

The Ohio State Federation of Tabor
which opened at Newark. Tuesday
morning has not attracted as much at
tentiOn as usual owing to there being
no session of the Legislature this win
ter The principal work of the body
has always been to point out needed
legislation, most of the labor laws of
Grafton state conventions. The most
exciting work of the present meeting
will probably be the election of offl.
GERS. Considerable politics frequently
enters into the work for the meetings
and fierce struggle for the offices Is
last state meeting over the question
whether men holding public positions
by appointment should hold Office in
the federation, and the convention
deemed the matter of sufficient import
ance to submit it to a referendum vote
of the membership of the unions rep,
resented. The vote will be announced
at the convention and the result will
settle one of the most fruit
full sources of contention in the or
ganization. Whether there is any foun-
dation for the suspicion or not, there
has always been a strong minority who
believed the office holders by appoint.
ment used the organization in the in
terest of their party. A good many
unions refrained from sending dele
gates on that account, especially those
of Cleveland, which had. until recent
years, sent large delegations.
Twenty-Five cities in the state are
represented in the convention. with IA
total delegation of 76. The rs dele
gates represent 1917 votes.
The annual report of Treas
urer Ewing, of Toledo, showed
collections amounting to S775.S4; I;
and disbursement S616.i3: leaving a
balance in the treasury of S159.71.
In the selection of committees, at
Wednesdays session, Mr.. James J.
Mahony. delegate from the Akron
Central Labor Union. was appointed
as chairman of State Organization
committee.
The first bill introduced and read at
Wednesdays session was presented by
Mr. James MahOny. IT was in relation
to the appointment of state labor
commissioner and recommended that
bill he introduced into the Ohio Leg
islature to have the State Federation
select the official by n referendum vote
of the members of the labor unions,
and that the Governor confirm the cleo
tion of such official.
A resolution cOndemning the state
administration and state officials for
letting the state printing to non-union
concerns, and demanding the relettng
of said contract and demanding thay
the union label be on all such printing.
Referred to the committee on resolu-
tions.
a resolution from G. ID. Hogan in
regard to the school laws of the state
was read. 1t referred to the raising
of the compulsory school age to 16
years. Referred to the committee on
resolutions.
A resolution demanding that state,
county and municipal officers strictly
enforce all laws enacted or to be en-
acted for the benefit of labor organiza-
tions, referred to committee on resolu-
tions.
A list of unfair publishing houses
was read before the convention. Those
mentioned We're w, b. Conkey, Ham
mond Ind; Mclaughlin, Brooklyn, n.
y, and Advent Publishing CO., of Bat,
tie Creek Mich,
The committee on state organization
reported that the work being done was
favorable to the unions and that the
outlook was very favorable to the Ohio