The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-04
BUCHANAN
 BEATS PARKS Elected Over New York
 CTS Man. THE VOTE WAS 43 TO 40 Parks's Candidate Chosen Secretary and Treasurer. The Ro.- Expected to Follow the Defeat ot the walking Dslesate
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THE VOTE WAS 43 TO 40

Kansas City. Oct. S.--Frank Buchanan of Chicago, won g final victory over Sam uel Parks and his following this after noon when he was reelected President of the international AssociatieR ef Bridge and Structural Iron WorkerA over Hugh F. Donnelly of Albany. N F.. by vote of 4s to 4D.
 After the election and while Parks and his delegates from New York were hurry ing from the hall to catch their train for the East. the regular order of business was suspended. while the convention unanimously passed resolution. piedging full support to Local No. 2. the New York walking delegates union. and he de- parted amid q storm of applause. Parks claims majority of the executive board. The invention met in this city two weeks ago and each day has witnessed q struggle for supremacy between the clements led by President Buchanan and MT. Parks. Mir. Parks from the start asserted openly that he would fight to the bitter end for the defeat of the President for his action in suspending local No. for alleged irregularities.
 Parks Smooth Artist.
 He displayed a wonderfut amount of personal magnetism in winning the dele. gates to his support and throughout the gathering has dominated 1t upon many important questions. Today. however President Buchanan won the upper hand when. at. the morning session he succeed. ed in getting the convention to adopt . motion to use the Australian system of balloting in electing all officers. It was frankly asserted by Buchanan adherents that many delegates who were favorable to Buchanan and would vote for him on a secret ballot, feared to vote for him openly, because of the fight that they asserted Samuel Parks and his followers would ultimately make upon him. E, This assertion Mr. Parks decIared was ridic- ulous.
 Mir. Buchanar, was elected on the first ballot and when the result was announced he was cheered iustiiy.s samuel Parks. sinking into his chair. heard the result without comment, sxespt to say: lass." A personal ens sSznter had been brsdicted If he should lose. but after the applause for the successful candidate had ended. Parks and his followers made nd move to raise a counter demonstration. Instead. Parks quietly counselled those about him, Hurry the rest through The other officers elected were: William Mccain, Kansas City, a Buchanan man, First Vice President; John A. McNamara. Cleveland, Parks candidate. Second Vice. President: J. W. Johnston, New York City, secretary-Treasurer The only real contest aside from that on President was for Secretary Treasurer, the Buchanan crowd nominating J. l.. Milton of Pitts burg. Johnston, the present incumbent, who Is a Parks man. was elected by q vote of 4S to 3S.
 The Executive Board.
 The Executive Board was selected as follows: H. F. Burke, Philadelphia; J. Coakley. Pittsburg; John Potter. Ncwai k' and J. J. Barry. St. Louis.
 After the election of the Executive Board the convention suspended business and adopted the following, with hurrdh. many of the delegates mounting their chairs and chering Mir. Parks and the New York delegation as they departed:
 Resolved, That 1t Is the sense of thIs convention that the full support of the International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers be given to local No. 2 in their struggle against the cm' ployers in the city of New York and that the President and Executive Board are hereby instructed to use their best efforts to this end.
 Mr. Parks left for Buffalo over the Wa bash at o'clock this evening. Before boarding the train he gave the follow ing statement to the Associated Press representative:
 q am very well satisfied with the ac- ton of the convention. l came here to protect and defend the interests of No. ?, and to protest against the htgh-handed and autocratic actions of the president In suspending No. ? and otherwise encourag- ing the enemies of said local. The con vention, by their action. has approved ol the stand we have taken in New York and in a few instances have even gone further, namely. the stand on the agree
 ment between the inside and outside men. and on the apprenticeship question. we will 20 hack and take up the flght where
 we left of. with the full support of the International Association, and with the consciousness that We are right and we
 will win the greatest battle ever waged against organized monopoly and greed. In general way, am satisfied. for
 will control a majority of tine Executive l 0oard alacted today.