Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
eOMPERS AGAIN PRESIDENT
he IL Reelected by A~ccIsmstion by
n American Federation of
LabOr Convention.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. ga resolution
introduced by Delegate Berger to increase
the members OF the executive council from
nine to eleven was reported adversely today
by the committee on law in the Federation
Of Labor convention. The report Of the
committee was adopted.
The report Of the grievance committee,
which was unfinished last night, was then
taken up. 1t related to internal affairs Of
local unions and for the most part it's sec.
lions were approved without debate.
The election Of %of1cers was the special
order for the day at 10 O'Clock, and it was
taken up at that hour. Delegate ]. Cremer
Of the machinists nominated President Sam
uel Gompers for reelection. There we're no
other nominations 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 an
nouncement was 1attering 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 attempt as much for trades
unionism in the future as he had in the
past. pol,
For FIRST vice president Delegate Feruseth
nominated for reelection James Duncan.
Delegate Swift moved that the secretary
be instructed to cast the unanimous vote
Of the convention for Mr.. Duncan. This
motion was carried and Vice President Dun
can was reelected.
For second vice president Delegate Drls-
coll of Boston nominated John Mitchell, who
was also elected unanimously.
The following officers were elected: Third
vice president, James o'Connell; fourth
vice president, w. A. Morris; fifth vice
president, Thomas l.. Kidd; sixth vice pres
ident, Dennis A. Hayes; treasurer, John B.
Lennon; secretary, Frank Morrison.
All the above officers except Kidd we're
unanimously reelected. When the cleo
ton for the fifth vice president came up
Delegate Donnelly nominated Thomas l..
Kidd for reelection. Bonner nominated
Frank Duffy Of the Brotherhood Of Carpen-
tiers.
The strained relations between the Wood
Workers, represented by Kidd, and the Car
p%enters, to which Duffy belongs, lent de-
cided interest to the vote, which resulted
in an overwhelming victory for Kidd, he
having 1880 votes against 1908 for Duffy.
Outside Of his own organization Duffy Sc
cured but 500 votes.
For fraternal delegate to the next labor
convention Of Great Britain Andrew Fure-
seth and Max s. Hayes were nominated.
The forme announced that it would be i'm
possible for him to serve and withdrew
his name. Hayes was then elected unanI-
mously and Martin Lawler was added as
the second delegate.
John Coleman was appointed fraternal
delegate to Canada, and the place Of the
next convention fixed for Boston.
The committee on the executive coun~
ellis report declared against government
by injunction" but contained the follow
ing sentences:
We recognize the authority of the courts
to issue injunctions to prevent the de-
struction of property and violations of the
law.
This created a decided stir. Fureseth,
Agard and Duncan said the committee had
declared In favor of the very thing against
which it had protested earlier. Reese and
Lewis Of the miners declared that all labor
ing men asked was that the injunction
should not deprive them Of their national
rights and did not protest against the in
junction as such.
Lewis said:
The trouble with the laboring men is
that they. protest against the laws and do
not explain why.
The committee withdrew the objection
able sentence and the report was adopted.