The age-herald., 1901-12-07
LABOR MEN OFFER
 B8 RESOLUTIONS One of Them DenOunces Wu
 Ting Fang
WANT CHINESE EXCLUDED
Mir. Mcsweeney Says the Japanese Should Be Excluded Also, as They Are More Undesirable Than
 the Chinese.

Scranton, Pa, December 6.-In the con vention of she Federation of Labor today the overshadowing feature was the ad- dress of Edward F. McSweeny, deputy commissioner of immigration at the port of New York, on the subject of immigra- ton. He spoke for more than an hour and was generously applauded for the great amount of information that he gave the delegates.
 In today" two sessions eighty-eight resolutions were presented, and referred to committees.
 Four of them demanded the re-enact- ment of the Chinese exclusion act and one commended President Roosevelt for the position he took in his message in reference to the Chinese question.
 Max Hayes of Cleveland introduced resolution providing for the admittance of miners under IS years of age into unions at a reduced per capita tax.
 Protest Against Ship Subsidy.
 Delegate Dietrich of Washington, D. C., presented resolution protesting against subsidy legislation by Congress and an- other resolution called for an appoint nenI or a committee OI INt lO pItSCnt d memorial to Congress to prohibit the granting of injunctions by courts against organized labor. Other resolutions pro- vided for boycotts against concerns lo- cated in various parts of the country, giving seamen full right to quit any merchant vessel on which the service has been obnoxious to him and for uni versal labels.
 After the resolution had been referred to the proper com mmittee, Edward F. M McSweeney, deputy commissioner of im- migration at the port of New York, ad- dressed the delegates. "The spirit of the law he said, "is being violated by the wholesale" He asserted that the emi- grants who were killed in the Michigan wreck last week were no doubt under contract to work in California, to which State they were en route when their lives were crushed out.
 Speaking of the Chinese exclusion act, MT, McSweeney said the Japanese should also be excluded from the United States because they are more undesirable than the Chinamen In conclusion he said the immigration laws should be revived and reconstructed from the beginning by ex- perts.
 Among the more important resolutions presented at the afternoon session were these:
 Denounces Wu Ting Fang.
 Denouncing Wu Ting Fang, the Chin ese minister for having made the alleg- ed remark that when the American peo- pie 'are biased, they are beyond argu- ment and reason does not appeal to them" ,f
 Asking working men to unitey for in dependent political action in a Y5arty hav- ing for its avowed object~the overthrow of the capitalistic system of production 2nd distribution, alfd the establishment bf eo-uFerassIge commonwealth.
 Asking Congress to amend the Geary act so as to exclude Chinese Japanese, Malays and all people of Asiatic extrac- tion and to prevent the use of the Am erican Pacific Island possessions as a bridges over which excluded races may pass to the United States.
 Denouncing anti-scaiping legislation be- cause the ticket brokerage business Is legitimate, a convenience to the public and means of cheapening railroad travel.
 Asking Congress for the right of suf- frage for the citizens of the District of Columbia.
 Providing for a general defense fund by levying a tax of cents per month on every man in the American Feeder ation of Labor.
 Amending the alien contract labor law so as to include musicians.