The age-herald., 1901-08-15

second vice president, $3OO per annum and travelling expenses. as above; third vice president. $500 per annum; sixth vice president, $50 per annum and $4 per diem and legal expenses while engaged in the performance of any work under the direc- tion of the president or the executive council, and secretary-treasurer $2lO0 per annum
 The compensation provided for all un- salaried officers shall be an amount for time lost equal,to his earning capacity, or If unemployed the regular scale of his union, with hotel expenses not in excess of $3 per day, and first-class railroad fare by the shortest possible route."
 The proposition as amended in respect to the president and the secretary-treas- urer's salaries was adopted, but on mo- tion it was ordered that the two sections of the proposition be submitted to the referendum.
 During the discussion of proposition IS Vice-President Hawkes. occupied the chair.
 Proposition 19, seeking to amend sec tion 52 by adding "and members receiv- ing strike benefits shall be exempt from international or local dues or assessments while receiving the same' was lost.
 The Militia Question.
 Proposition 22, offered by MT. Cutting of Boston. was the amendment of section 1, and read: ''No person shall be admitted as a member of the International Typo graphical Union or of subordinate un- ion, who is a member of the military or ganiZation known as the National Guard, or any other military organization off, cered by men commissioned by any state or government; all members who are at present members of organizations describ- ed above. shall resign or retire at expira- tion of term of enlistment
 The committee reported unfavorably on this proposition with MT. Henzel dis sentinR, It was earnestly debated, many of The speakers expressing themselves in opposition. While there was no spread eagle oratory, several of those who got the floor took a patriotic view of the ques- tion and thought 1t would not do for the I. T. U. to put itself on record against the National Guard
 MT. McPherson of Boston said his un- ion had voted against the proposition.
 MT. Tyree of Richmond said that he had been soldier and believed in the military and that he was decidedly op- posed to the proposition.
 Among those who favored the proposi- ton we're MT. Nance, MT Bandlow, MT. Nichols.
 The proposition. was tabled. A n,mber of those who, urged its adoption asked to De put on record against tabling.
 William Aimerson of Nashville, ex- President Of the IT. U., was invited To a seat on the platform. He made a short. but felicitous speech replete with rem iniscence and was generously applauded
 Cincinnati Wins.
 The question of the next place of meet Ing was taken up and Mir. Walsh of Mil waukee nominated Cincinnati. MT. Ogden Of Cincinnati made telling seconding l., nt tol l.z invitation from the Mayor and various commercial bodies. including one from the Cincinnati Daily Newspaper PubIish- ers' Association
 Fort Worth was placed in nomination but was afterwards withdrawn In calling attention of the claims of his city MT. Ogden pointed out the fact that as the golden jubilee of the I. T. U would oc- cur next year, 1t was peculiarly appropri- ate that the convention should be held in Cincinnati. where it had its birth. Gin cinnati won by unanimous vote.
 Laws Again.
 The consideration of the report of the laws committee being resumed, proposi- tion 27, introduced by MT Weller of New Orleans, to amend section 2. article 2, so as to read: No member of a subordinate union shall be eligible to election as a delegate unless he or she shall have been a resident member of and in good stand ing in such union at least six months im- mediately preceding the date on which such election Is held," etc., was voted down.
 The last proposition to stir up discus- sion was NO. 30. presented by MT. Band low, in which 1t was declared that it is consistent with the ethics of trads-union- ism, and 1t is the sacred duty of every honorable craftsman. who enrolls him. self as a member of the International Typographical Union to sever his or her utilization with all political parties that uphold the privileges of the exploiting upon the liberties of the working people And as 1t is apparent that private owner ship of the natural sources of produc- tion and in the instruments of labor and the wealth created thereby is the obvious cause of all economic servitude and polt- ical dependence. which condition aggra- yates the diseontent of the wage-working class, with It's. ever-increasing army of the unemployed-the source from whence capitalism draws It's allies to defeat un- ionism-because of the impossibility to get access to opportunities to apply it's labor power in the production of things required to sustain life, the International Typographical Union of America calls up- on It's membership to stand unfllnchingly for the abolition of the wage system, which is respon sible for the misery and degradation of the human family
 The e crmmittee had reported adversely. Mir B ndlow asked that 1t be submitted to the referendum After several speeches