The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-16
BELMONT PRESIDENT
ELECTED TO SUCCEED LATE sENA-
 TOR HANNA.
At Annual Dinner of National Civic Federation Archbishop Ireland
 and New Head of Organ
 ization Make speeches.

New York, Dec 15.-August Belmont was tonight elected president of the National Civic Federation to succeed the late Senator Marcus Hanna.
 The election took place at the dinner of the National Civic Federation which was held at the Park Avenue Hall. During the meeting Archbishop Ire- land, John Mitchell and Franklin Mac Waugh were appointed by the executive committee of federation at its annual meeting to select a president made their report and the honor fell on MT. Belmont. The committee reported its choice tonight and MT. Belmont was elected. rf M The other officers elected were: First Vice President, Samuel Gompers: Sec ond Vice President, Oscar S. Strauss; Chairman of the Ways and Means Com l mittee, Henry Phipps; Treasurer, Char les A. Moore: Chairmdn wieifore De- partment, H. If. VreeIand; Chairman Trades Agreement Comittee Francis L. Robbins and John Mitchell: Chairman Executive Council, Ralph M Easley; Secretary, Samuel B. Donnelly.
 The dinner was attended bye270 mem- bers of the federation. Samuel Com pers acted as toastmaster. He de- scribed the growth of the civic federal tion and attributed 1t to the growth of other. institutions in this country. Each day. new problems are arising, he said. and as the federation solves them one by one it will put itself into place for the more ready solution of the next to come.
 Archbishop Ireland was then intro- duced. He spoke in part as follows:
 'T have supreme faith in America and if any social question cannot be solved in Amer;c.. I despair of it's so- lution anywhere. Two things needed most for the solution of our problems are intelligence and sympathy for an- other. I believe supreme intelligence Is this. that the humblest laborer of today Is a man Of intelligence. It is largely because our people are edu- rated that they see the difficulties un- suffered, but the same intelligence will suffered. but the same intelligence will lead them to see remedies for the con- 1itions under which they suffer. This IS the lesson of America-that a man Is a man and manhood in him demands respect.
 Sometimes the question is asked vhither' are we drifting Tn America? From my knowledge of laborers of America we have not much fear of the menace of anarchy If there was some 1anger of this wild socialism. 1t comes rom those who are not industrious md who do not respect themselves. It 's the duty of the richer and more powerful elements of society toD reduce he number of those who have no stake in the country, to study in every way to give every willing man the means of earning with honor an hon. st livelihood"
 At the conclusion of Archbishop Ire lnd's speech, August Belmont was in- reduced. He said in part:
 Belmont Speaks.
 Our national life, our national char ,cter. our national wealth. our nation progress, stands as a structure upon what you represent. This company vpifles the great democratic idea of cooperation between citizens in all walks of life, that in the end the bet erment of all society may be attained. n this idea--the betterment of all so- iety is the inspiration of the civic 'ederation. It aims to bring together ,itzens of every vocation, all who are interested In life, liberty and the pur- suit of happiness by a united effort t may be possible to improve the re- ations between the so-called employer md employed.
 one of the methods advocated by his organization for the prevention, md when required, the cure of indus rial controversies. which threaten ore ach of industrial peace-the prolific mother of misery-is conference hav- ing in view new or revised trade agreements: and it further stoutly maintains that such trade agreements ~ust bA scrupulously lived up by the Ssisnatories.
 q am glad to testify to the efficacy md efficiency of face to face confer ences with honorable employees.
 The dignity of labor equals the dig 'ity of capital. where labor adheres as strictly as capital must adhere to the obligations of trade agreement. [ would emphasize to the leaders of or yanfzed labor the prime importance, the absolute necessity of fidelity to con tracts"
 When MT. Belmont concluded the re- port of the Committee on Nominations was made and the officers named were unanimously elected.
 SOuthern's Generous OGer.