The times., 1901-06-20
PRESSMEN At MT. VERNON
Delegates Revere the Memory OF
the First President.
The Convention Discusses with
ViEor the Anti-MiIitnry Amend
ment - Nominations for Officers
Western Members May Secede.

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Vigor the Anti-MiIitnry Amend
| ment - Nominations for Officers
Western Members May Secede.
| Mount Vernon, the Mecca of visitors to
| Washington, was yesterday the objective
| point of a party of several hundred dele
| gates, visitors, and others connected with
| the International Printing Pressmen's ana
| Assistants Union. now in session. Only
| one business session was held yesterday,
! that in the morning. Sharp debate on
several questions, notably the anti-mtli-
| tary proposition, which stipulates that
| members of the union shall not join mill
| tary organizations, came up and rendered
the session far from tedious. Officers for
| the ensuing year will be elected this
| morning.
The Committee on Laws. to which the
proposed amendment was Tuesday re-
! ferred, reported favorably In the course
| of sharp debate on the subject an amend
ment to the amendment was offered which
stipulated that members of the union
should not join military organizations
| except in time of war" The proposed
| amendment was then referred back TO the
committee.
| Of course, the root of the objection to
members of the union becoming citizen
soldiers is the fact that the militia Is Of
ten ordered out to suppress labor aGita-
tions
| 1t did not take long after the report of
| the Committee on Laws. favoring the pro-
posed anti-military amendment, was sub
mitted for the lively part of the session
to begin
c. W. Miller was a strong defendant of
the National Guard and advocated nom
concurrence in the report of the commit
tee. In all ages" he declared. there
| have been armies. and much of this coun-
| try's greatness is due to its armies
Peter Dienhort was one of the foremost
advocates OF the anti-military amend
ment. JIe referred to the disastrous re-
suits of the calling out of troops in the
Chicago railway strike in lS9t He de-
clared it was the policy of the present
Administration 10 concentrate troops IN
the great industrial centres with the OBJ
ject of shooting down the laboring men
in the event of a great strike.
Il trust that the international Printing
Pressmen's and Assistants Union will
not be placed on record as opposed to
law and order" exclaimed John 7.
Moran, of New York.
The debate was warming up right along
and the president had to resort to the
gavel frequently. A. B. Churchill, of
New York, quoted ancient history in as
serting that military power had ever
been a menace to civilization.
w. f. Moran, of Chicago. put in
strong argument in favor OF the National
Guard, which. he said made better citi-
zens out of the men who joined it.
J. 7. McMullen, the author OF the
amendment. explained that he was a
member of the Sixty-ninth Regiment, of
New York. and stated his reasons for
taking the stand he did.
At this juncture President Bowman
called Second Vice President Mcdonald
to the chair and took the floor to make
an argument in favor of tbs anti-military
amendment. THE union won't go on
record as opposed to law and order. But
it is not military law we want. 1t is civil
law" he concluded. The action of the
committee on the amendment TO the
amendment will probably be reported to
the convention today.
The nominations of candidates for
various Offices was the first order of
business after the delegates were called
to order shortly after O'Clock. Martin z.
Higgins, of Boston was the only candi-
date named for the position of president,
and his election is therefore assured.
Edward A. Bausir. of this city, delegate
from Pressmen's Union No. !. was placed
in nomination for the position of first
vice president against James L. Gallery,
of Philadelphia. the present incumbent.
Considerable parliamentary wrangling
ensued when the delegates in the assist
ants branch of the union tried to get a
reconsideration of the vote which yester-
day ratified a constitutional amendment
providing that the third vice president
be elected from the Web Pressmen's
Union. The assistants had formerly had
the positions of second and third vice
presidents at their disposal
The nominations made yesterday
morning were as follows:
For President, Martin p Higgins. of
Boston.
For First Vice President James e.
Gallery, of Philadelphia and Edward a.
Baulsir of Washington.
For Second Vice President, D. J. Nc
Donald, of Boston; r. j. Unger, of
Denver, and r. T. McGrath, of New York
For Third Vice President. Charles B.
Malpas. OF Pttsburg, and William II.
For ry-Treasurer. w. ]. Webb,
of New York
Candidates from the West are few in
number and in this fact lies the expiana-
tion of a feeling of dissatisfaction which
prevails among certain of the delegates
from Western unions. 1t may result in
the withdrawal OF part of the Western
unions and the establishment of an inde-
pendent organization. A Western dele
gate said yesterday that no one but dele
gates from the East had much show.
Further than that he continued, there
exists in the unions of the East decided
prejudice against Western pressmen." He
went on to relate an instance of a compe-
tent pressman going to New York and
being kept from work for some time pend
ing the acceptance of his card by the
local union, which appeared 10th to take
him in.
Timothy ]. Campbell. ex-Representative
in Congress, and at one time prominent in
organized labor circles of New York and
Boston, was present at the convention
yesterday morning and was accorded
platform. He addressed the delegates
briefly and expressed himself in hearty
accord with the sentiments expressed
upon the floor during the session. At Y
o'clock adjournment was taken until 8
a. m. today.
1t was about o'clock when the steam
er Charles Manchester left the Seventh
Street wharf for Mount Vernon with a
party of nearly 800 delegates and visitors
TO the convention. There were many
ladies in the party. The mansion and the
grounds were inspected by tho visitors
and a picture of the entire party taken.
Conspicuous figures on the trip were
York, and Timothy j. Campbell. eN-Rep-
resentative from New York. Pop" Mo
ran IS the familiar name accorded the
delegate from No. 81, the largest press
mems union in the world The present
convention is the sixth successive one
which he has attended and there are no
better debaterS than he in the cOnyen-
Ia Of