The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-06
HAD SHARP TIFF.
Small Rebellion in State Society
Of Labor.
Sentiment Against the Officers
Develops.
INSPECTORSHIP FIGHT.
1t Promises a Lively Time at
Miners Meeting.
Governor Hoch Delivers an Adj
dress of Welcome.

had a sharp tiff over the authority of
the president to appoint committees
for the organization.
There was a lot of luminosity shown
to the present adnlinistrat ton of the
society; the president was accused of
/ fixing" things for some Interior mo-
/ tive.
Il never saw such a baldfa oed piece
of cut and dried political business in
my life as the appointment Of that ere
dentials committee this morning"
shouted one excited delegate from the
rear of the hall.
81 want to do just what you gentle
men want" said President Rooney.
If you want to elect these commit
tees, all right. You can do as you
please about it"
1T would take us 45 hours TO elect
all these committees said q coIcred
man, who appeared tn possess q good
deal of forensic ability I'm in favor
of letting the president name them"
A delegate seated up in the gallery
tried to talk.
you'll have to come down on the
floor if you want to say anything
shouted President Rooney up to him.
4 don't have to do anything of the
sort shouted back the delegate. Il
am inside the hall, ana that's all that
I is necessary"
"WeH, 60 ahead said the president.
who seemed to be in compromising
state of mind
II YOU vote Oh LtllS question DN q
standing vote, it won't be fair, S3ld
the delegate. Some If the lodges
have only one delegate here for every
100 members; other small unions have
half a dozen delegates. 1t wouldn't be
fair to have them all count the same"
Nevertheless, the president decid I'd
that the best way would be to have the
delegates vote by standing vote. And
by this method the vote was about 20
to q in favor of having the convention
choose the committees.
There is a good deal more ginger in
the meeting of the state miners con-
vention than in the state society OF Ia
Dor and industry which is being held in
Representative hall. About two-thirds
of the delegate in the miners conven-
ton are foreigners. There is a strong
delegation of sons of the Emerald Isle
and they go after each other hammer
and tongs on the slightest provOcation.
Some of the delegates seem to be Aus
trian, some Italians and some are ne
groes. In such motley aggregation OF
nationalities, it is not wonderful that
the fur should fly at frequent intervals.
The fight for the office of state mine
inspector promises to be one Of unusual
vigOr. The candidates do not expect
the bailoting to begin until Wednesday.
The situa ton is very much mixed up.
The candidates themselves say that they
do not know when the fight viii come,
/ or who viii be in the list of candidates
Frank Gilday. of Usage, viii probably
90 into the fight with big vote, but
it is bV no means. certain what cOmbl-
nations will be made against him. There
are eight or ten men after the job, in
GLIDING the present incumbent James
Orr.
Hal Cowen. g, member of the last leg
islature and himself miner is acting
as assistant for the convention. COwen
is ore of the leaders of the miners of
the state. and occupied a strong position
in the legislature.
Z tho Cfoto T.aVa0vs T.nvv5pnff0T1
Most of Monday afternoon was spent
by the state society of labor in talking
4 about resolutions. string of Is resolu-
/ tons were referred to the resolution
committee for consideration. and the
/ convention fixed today noon as the limit
/ for the introduction of more.
The most important of the resolutions
I was one providing for the appointment
/ of a committee to call upon Governor
HoCh and ask him to reOpen the 1relan
pardon case. Governor Hoch gave this
/ case one careful hearing, and turned
down the application. The union men
4 think that possibly they can prevail up
/ on the governor to reverse that decis-
+ ior
/ There were some hot speeches made
/ against the Santa Fe railroad at the
/ convection yesterday in which the San
f ia FCe was accused of being in a daS-
+ tardly conspiracy to injure the union by
/ sending its leaders to Jail. The Santa
I Fe detectives whose testimony convict
+ ed Irelan of assaulting nOnuniOn work
/ man were accused of perjury and all
manner of wickedness. The committee
/ appointed to call upon the governor was
/ as follows: W. I. A. Johnson. state Ia
/ hOr commissioner. chairman: q S.
! Grant. Tom Flynn. w. L. Brown. ". P.
Bankurt. F. L. Yingline. A. S. McA Ills
4 ter. John Burman, A. 7. Johnson. j. j.
/ McNally. J. H Schmidt W. L. Stark,
+ J. q Carey, A. Towers. q. F. Whitlock.
! John McKivett. H. p. Miller Isaac Gid
TafF s-rra1-o a
A. Woolferton, ". II. Barber, W H.
/ Johnston
Governor Hoch's Speech.
At Monday afternoons session Cover
nor HOch made his address of welcome.
Il am a friend of organized labor, -
/ and will continue to be one of the
/ greatest factors in the upbuilding of
our state and nation. 1t should be the
! prOudest boast of every man that he is
| a laborer. either with his head or his
hands. You men are the representa-
tives of the great classes that labor in
the mines, the factories and the shops
where by the daily exercise of your
Drawn and your brains you are adding
to the material the moral and the in
teIectual wealth of this great state.
THE best book in the world has said
that every man shall live by the sweat
of his brow. The great trouble in this
day is that there are too many people
VINO are Trying TO I'VE by the sweat OF
some other persons brow There is an
alarming disposition on the part of
many to get something for nothing; to
get a living without earning it. One
of the crying needs of the country is a
revival of respect for honest labor.
There is no place for Incidence nor
greed. We want men who are workers
and who by their work contribute to
the permanent welfare of the state
Dead at the Age of 81.
/ Hutchinson Kan Feb 6-RFre NEar-