The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-12-16
BELMONT IS GIVEN
HANNA'S POSITION
Is Elected President of the Civic
Federation
IRELAND MAKES ADDRESS
Speech of Andrew Carnegie is Read,
In Which He Opposes Filling
Strikers Places With
New Men.
IRELAND MAKES ADDRESS

New York. December 15.-August Bel
mont was tonight elected president of
the National Civic federation to succeed
the late Senator Marcus a. Hanna. The
election took place at the dinner of the
National Civic federation which was held
at the Park Avenue hotel.
During the day a committee composed
of Archbishop Ireland, John Mitchell and
Franklin Macveagh, was appointed by
the executive committee of the federation
which is holding its annual meeting here
to select a president and the choice fell
upon Mr.. Belmont. The committee re-
ported its choice tonight and Mr.. Bel
mont was elected. The other officers We're:
First vice president, Samuel Gompers
second vice president, Oscar S. Strauss
chairman OF the ways and means commit
tee, Henry Phipps; treasurer, Charles A.
Moore; chairman trade agreement com
mittee, Francis l.. Robbins and John
Mitchell: chairman executive council,
Ralph NJ. Easily, secretary, NJ B. o'Don-
nelly.
The dinner was attended by 20 MEM
bers of the federation. Samuel Gompers
acted as POSTMASTER. He described the
growth of the civic federation, and attrib-
uted ii to the growth of other institutions
/ in this country Each day new problems
are rising, he said and as the federation
solves them one by one it will put itself
into a place for the more ready solution
of the next to come.
Mr.. Carnegie Not Present.
When Mr.. Gompers announced that An
drew Carneges indisposition kept him
away, and wished for a speedy recovery
and improved health for the iron master,
there was much applause. He then intro
duced Ralph NJ. Easily, VINO read Mr..
Carnegies address, which was as fol-
lows;
Out of 22,0O00OO of workers. only one
seventh employed in huge numbers at
the large works or mlnes are exposed
to successive and disastrous outbursts of
war, and this chiefly for the reason that
employers and employees are strangers to
each others good qualities 1t is there
fore to this class, employers equally with
employees, we of the civic federation are
required to devote most of our thoughts
and efforts toward. l am persuaded that
quarrels arise quite as often from the
employers ignorance of the fine quail
tiles as of his employees as from the
ignorance of woe,.men of good qualities
of their employers. As far as the larger
manufactures and mines are concerned
| think the great corporation engaged In
dispute with its men makes a mis-.
take If 1t adopt the policy, or even con-
slider It of running the works with new
men First the best workmen are moi
idle, and to employ the only class thai
can be obtained, is to lay the foundation
of serious future trouble. just in proper
ton that the workman is earnest anc
efficient IN his pride in his work, tc
compel him to stand by and see an out
slider. almost sure to be his inferior both
as workman and man, take his place
Is to subject him to trial he should be
spared That the support of his wife and
children depends upon his labor of which
he is deprived by another, is the mos
excruclating thought of all This Is a
trial to which no man should be sub.
jected.
Victory Is Really Defeat.
Even when the employers succeeds
in running the new men his victory ie
really defeat. If, in case of strike