The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-08-15
Refuse to lndOrSe Suf-
frage for the Dis
trict of Columbia.
ADJOURN AMID CHEERS
WIS. Waudby Advocated for
Commissioner of Labor
to Succeed Wright.

Thrice did the Forty-ninth convention
OF the l. T. U. give proof of the fact
that the International Union is not a
political body, in its final session this
morning
First by indefinitely laying on the
table a proposition asking that the
union present a .Tequest TO President
Roosevelt and the Congress of the Unit
ed States 10 grant government by
ballot to the District of Columbia.
Secondly. by passing resolution tha:
deprecated discussion in the pages of the
Typographical Journal OF questions
pertaining TO taxation, trusts and So
cialism. and distinctly stating that
these discussions were not political. nor
should be considered the principles of
the organization.
And thirdly, by refusing to adopt a
proposition urging womans suffrage in
the United States.
Closed With Cheers
When the business of the convention
was brought 10 close the delegates
rose in their seats and gave three
cheers.
E. J. Braeken. Of Columbus. Ohio. was
elected fourth vice president of the /
T. Z. by 149 votes. Mr.. Bracken sVc-
ceeds to the position held formerly by
J. W. O'SuIlivan, of Boston, who was
killed in an accident there
On the same ballot, P. S. Nuerberger
was elected delegate to the allied
council of A. r. of L. by a vote of &C.
Charles Hedriek was the second in the
voting.
Statement 10 Be Retracted.
Delegate Anderson, chairman OF the
arbitration committee. reported that the
Washington Evening Star had prom
ised TO print a denial OF the story pub
lished in its columns yesterday in re-
gard to the steps taken by President
Lynch in the l. T. L. and American
Newspaper Publishers Association trou-
bles. alleging that he thereby escaped
impeachment by the convention
The convention yesterday denounced
this report as untrue, and directed the
arbitration committee TO demand re-
traction and correction 1t was said
at the newspaper Office that the Star
published this report on what was con-
Suffrage for the District.
The proposition made by Delegate
Lerch. of Washington, that suffrage be
given to the people OF the District of
Columbia, and that copies of these res
olutions be sent to President Roosevelt,
was laid on the table indefinitely. The
action OF the convention was taken be-
cause 1t held that it was foreign 10 the
business Of the I. T. T., and that il was
going too far into politics
There was much discussion on this
question. one of the delegates alleging
that ninety per cent of the people OF
Washington are entirely satisfied with
the present District government, and
another saying that the majority OF the
people wished a return OF the ballot.
The Suffrage Proposition.
The proposition made by Delegate
Lerch was as follows:
Whereas. the people OF the District
OF Columbia were. IN 1876. arbitrarily
and justly deprived OF their inalien-
able right 10 local self government. and
an unTepublican. un-American form CT
government-'an absolute autocracy not
legally responsible to the people
forced upon them without their consent;
and
Whereas the present form OF govern
ment in the capital city Of the republic
the political heart Of the naTion-1s
contrary to the fundamental principles
OF American liberty; and
Whereas the ballot is one OF organized
labor's most effective weapons. deprived
OF which Il becomes difficult. often i'm
possible. to peaceabIy redress the griey-
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