The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-11-23
ALL OF THE OFFICERS
WILL HOLD THEIR OWN
Strained Relations Between the wood.
workers and Carpenters Caused
Only Contest and the Wood
workers Elected Kidd.
New Orleans. November %.

PRESIDENT Samuel Gompers.
First vice president, James Duncan.
Second vice president. John Mitchell.
Third vice president. James OConnell.
Fourth vice president. Max Morris.
Fifth Vice President. Thomas L Kidd.
| Sixth vice president. Dennis A. Hayes
Treasurer. John B. Lennon.
Secretary, Frank Morrison.
Fraternal delegates to the next labor
convention of Great Britain, Max S.
Hayes and Martin Lawler.
Fraternal delegate to Canada, John
Coleman.
Place. Of next convention, Boston.
The above officers were elected by the
American Federation of Labor today.
Without exception they are hold-overs
from last year, the fraternal delegates.
however, not being classed as officers.
There were but two contests for posi-
tions. Frank Duffy of the carpenters ran
for fifth vice president against Thomas I.
Kidd of the woodworkers. and was beat
en- nearly out of sight John Coleman
was given good race for the distinction
of fraternal delegate to Canada by Mack
Taylor. but won on the second ballot.
The convention was in almost continu-
Gus session from o'clock in the morning
until late hour at night and many mat
ters Of routine but Of no general interest
was disposed of.
Election a Special Order.
The election of Officers was the special
order of the day for 10 o'clock In the pro-
| ce dinSs OF the American Federation or
Labor, and 1t was taken up at thaf hour.
Delegate James ]. Cremer of the rnachin-
| lists nominated President Samuel Com
pers for reelection There was no other
| nomination and upon motion of w. d.
| Ryan Of the mine workers the secretary
| of the convention was instructed to cast
| the unanimous vote OF the convention for
Mr.. Gompers, This was done and he was
declared duly elected. The applause that
greeted the announcement was fiattering
| in the extreme, and 1t was long before
Mr.. Gompers could make himself heard
when he arose to thank the delegates for
the honor bestowed upon him. He spoke
at considerable length. promising TO at
tempt as much for trades unionism IN
the future as he had in the past.
For first vice president Delegate Feru-
seth nominated for reelection James
Duncan. Delegate Swift moved that the
secretary be instructed 10 case the unanI-
nous vote Of the convention for Mr..
Duncan This motion was carried and
Vice President Duncan was re-elected
For second vice president Delegate Drfs-
coll Of Boston nominated John Mitchell,
who wss also elected unanimously
For third vice president Delegate Ma
hon nominated James O'Connell, who
was unanimously reelected For fourth
vice president. Delegate Murphy nomi-
mated for reelection Max Morris, who
was also chosen without opposition. For
fifth vice president, Delegate Donnelly
nominated Thomas I. Kidd for re-elec-
tion. Delegate Bonner nominated Frank
Duffy of the Brotherhood of Carpenters
Only One Contest.
The strained relations between the
woodworkers, supported by Kidd, and
the carpenters to which Duffy belongs,
lent decided interest to the vote. which
resulted in overwhelming victory for
Kidd, he having 1880 votes against 1908
for Duffy. Outside of his own organiza-
tion Duffy secured about s03 votes.
For sixth vice president Delegate
Rosenberg nominated for reelection
Dennis A. Hayes, who was chosen unan-
imousy.
For treasurer. Delegate Reichers nomi-
mated for reelection John B. Lennon,
who was elected without a dissenting
vote. For secretary Delegate Gardrett
nominated for reelection Frank Morri-
son. who was elected unanimously. For
fraternal delegate to the next labor con-
vention of Great Britain, Andrew Feri-
seth and Max S. Hayes were nominated
The former announced that 1t would be
impossible for him to serve and with
drew his name. Hayes was then elected
unanimously.
| For the second fraternal delegate to
Great Britain, Martin Lawler was chosen
unanimously. For fraternal delegate to
| Canada John Coleman Mack Taylor and
| Edward ]. Lynch were placed in nominal
| tion. The roll call resulted In Coleman.
avtIrr No <Ia
ton was made. it being necessary for the
successful candidate to have a majority I
of all votes cast. On the next ballot the
candidate receiving the smallest number
of votes will be dropped.
Boston Led.
As the city for the next convention
Boston was first placed in nomination.
then Philadelphia. Milwaukee. San Fran
cisco. Asheville. N. c.. and Galveston
were named. Henry ]. Skeffington OF
Boston urged that the convention go to
that city that 1t might be held under the
nose of President Elliott of Harvard coll
lege. Dennis A Hayes favored Philadel-
phia for the reason that labor in that
state was. comparatively speaking poorly
organized. A number of seconding
speeches were made in behalf of Philadel-
phia and Milwaukee. and before q vote
was taken the convention adjourned until
2 o'clock.
resolution introduced by Delegate
Berger to Increase the members of tho
executive council from nine to eleven was
reported adversely by the committee on
law In the labor convention this mern-
ing. Delegate H. N. Randall Of Birmiag-
ham. Ala, spoke strongly in favor OF en-
larging the number for the reason that
the south and southwest were not repre-
serted on the board and he believed they
were entitled to II. John p. Reese Of tho
v.f,,a xporfxara sr,olro IN FAVOR ~ f1o -.
port as did Charles Sherman Of Chicago,
OF the metal workers. The report OF the
committee was adopted.
At the afternoon session Lawrence.