The Washington times., 1903-08-10
Commissioner Macfarland and
Prof. Willis Moore Welcome
TypOgraphers With Eloquent
Addresses.
BOTH UPHOLD CAUSE
OF ORGANIZED LABOR
Attendance Unprecedented Sec
retary COrtelyou PreSent-An-
nual Reports Received-After-
noon Spent Down the River.

The forty-ninth annual convention OF
the International typographical Union
was formally opened this morning IN
| Columbia Theater.
There was present The largest num-
Der of delegates that ever attended an
| annual convention, and when President
Lynch. declaring the convention in ses-
sion. called upon the delegates to rise
and repeat after him the oath of alle-
glance to the union more than three
hundred men rose and solemnly repeat
ed the words. It was an impressive
sight and augured well for the future
or organized labor.
Opening Exercises.
The Rev George MaydweIl, of Waugh
NJ. E. Church. opened the session with
a prayer for the welfare of the country
and OF organized labor. Frank y.
Whitehead, chairman of the committee
OF arrangements. then introduced Com
missioner Macfarland
Mr.. Macfarland. in a humorous man
ner. alluded TO Washington as the best
summer resort in the country. and said
/ that thanks should be given an old
] printer, Prof. Willis Moore, chief OF
, the Wertber Burau. for the present cool
weather.
Mr. Macfarland's Welcome
After welcoming the delegates in the
name OF the District, and assuring them
OF abundant and cordial hospitality,
Mr. MacfarIand said:
THE principle of the labor union long
since won a victory that cannot be re-
versed, unless it be by the mistakes OF
labor unions It must be admitted by
every intelligent and candid mind famil-
lar with the history OF labor unions
that they have been on the whole a
beneficent factor The great majority Of
their members are Americans, and.
therefore. we may assume, patriots
They will uphold the Constitution as
they will stand by the flag. They realize
that the national union is supreme
above all labor unions. as above all other
organizations. They Will not put them
selves IN conflict with the laws or the
Government. and II a conflict be threat
ened they viii yield"
Prof. Moore's Address.
At the conclusion of Commissioner
Macfarland's address, Prof. Willis Moore
was introduced. He turned the tables
on Mr.. Macfarland be declaring that the
commissioners remarks about the
Weather Bureau and its chief had been
we'll paid for before the meeting. He
said that il was a great pleasure TO ad-
dress the assembled delegates who, to
him. represented the best and most in
telligeut class of American citizens. No
honor, he declared, had he ever received
which had pleased him as much as mis-
election 10 honorary membership ia
Columbia typographical Union, No. IO1-
Mr. Moore said be firmly believed
every member of the International Typo
graphical Union was true American
and would stand by his country.
Developing Good Citizens
Organized labor had aided in develop
irg the industries OF the country, aud
by bringing about fair hours of labor
and a fair wage scale it had raised the
standard of American citizenship as
much as the great universities and Ii
braries of the country.
Mr. Moore said this with no idea Of
diSparagement OF these institutions.
Union men are not opposed TO learning.
he said. but they want the time and
the means TO gain it. Therefore they
must have something more than a mere
living wage to get it. and TO send their
sons and daughters 10 the university.
"UnionIsm. said Prof. Moore de-
tends women and little children II
says suffer little children TO come unto
the school house and the ehureh-not
10 the factory and the mine"
Mr.. Moore said that never has orgal-
lied labor held as good position in the
United States as IL does today.
The worth of its members has been
recognized in the many appointments et
union men to high official positions N
the Government. The Chief Executive
OF the country. he said. has cast his
strength on the side OF the laborer.
The American workman OF today"
concluded Mr.. Moore. lis the best in the
world. He II is who has made this
country foremost among nations in the
industrial and commercial world"
Vice President Vaughan. of Columbia
Typographical Union No. 101. then well