The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1906-06-09
PLANS
INCLUDES MUCH WORK
Gov. johnson Will Address
Delegates of State Fedora
ton of Labor.
Arrangements Are Complete
For Big Union Labor Con-
Vention at Saltwater.

The federation council, which has the
convention program In charge, has
announced that Governor Johnson has
been asked to deliver the opening
address. Labor Commissioner William
H. Williams also has been asked to
be present and make an address. The
convention will be called to order In
the Auditorium at 10 q. M, on Mon
day, June IL.
A mass meeting will be held in the
Auditorium Monday evening, at which
the speaker OF the evening will be
Mrs. Franklin H. Hynes of. Minneap-
oils, a well-known worker In labor's
cause. Other speakers are President
William Templeman of the Fedora
liam E. McEwen, secretary-treasurer.
This meeting will be educational In
its character, and treat Is looked
for in the address of the principal
speaker of the evening.
There will be a band concert In
front of the Sawyer hotel Monday
evening at 1880, and the delegates
will meet there and form in line,
marching through the principal bust
ness section of the city to the Audi
torium.
Visit the Prison.
At p. m. Monday, the convention
will adjourn and the delegates will
visit the state prison as the guests
Of Warden Henry Wolfer.
Tuesday at 1880 p. M, the mayor
and citizens of Saltwater will give
the visitors a carriage ride about the
city and to nearby points of interest,
after which banquet will be served
by the local entertainment comittee.
There will be no lack of entertain
ment as the Saltwater comittee has
raised a large sum which will be used
in providing attractive features.
The federation council meets this
afternoon at Federation Hall, st.
Paul, to make final arrangements for
the convention. Many of the old-time
labor lights have signifed their in
.tention of spending day with the
boys at the convention, including
Harry L. Dix, Labor Commissioner
Williams, John S. O'Donnell and NJ.
E. Neary, all of whom were for years
active in the affairs of the state body.
Rumor has it that the report Of the
federation council will recommend
that the pei: capita tax of the affiliat-
ed unions should be raised enough to
permit the accumulation of a fund
sufficient to place the secretary
treasurer on a salary basis, the said
officer to give his entire time to the
work of the federation. II it can be
done legally, the federation will. this
year pass upon the question OF raising
the per capita tax without referring
the same to a referendum vote. Year
in and year out this matter has been
put up to the membership at large,
only to be as many times defeated.
The growing needs Of the state organ
ization demand increased income, and
the officers assert that the same must
be forthcoming this year in order to
insure the success of the work in
hand. A permanent organizer is one
of the crying needs Of today, and the
plan of the federation council will pro-
vide for this and doubtless do much
to add to the strength and usefulness
of the federation.
Important to Labor.
The Saltwater convention of the
Minnesota State Federation of Labor
will be the greatest gathering of
wage~earners ever held in the state"
says w. e. McEwen, secretary-treas
urer mot only will it Guido all pre-
vious gathering in numbers, but it
will be of greater Importance to work
ingmen.
Fl feel that the most important
work to be undertaken by the con-
vention will be the declaration of
political action. President Gompers
and his associates in the American
Federation of Labor have taken the
initiative, and it is incumbent upon
us to support them. They have only
voiced the sentiments which have
been expressed by the rank and file
of the wage-earners for years. They
have crystallized into a bill of griev
ances the complaints and hopes of
the wage-earners of America. That
bill will be long remembered by the
future legislators of this country. =.
''The federation will undoubtedly
do everything in it's power to pro-
mote the political welfare of the
workingmen of Minnesota. 1 have
often wondered why they we're 80
patient. We have been put off from
time to time with palliative leglsla-
ton from our lawmakers. and when
election time returned would send
them back to deceive us again. I
believe that labor will cease permit
ting itself longer to be made the
victim of duplicity. It will vote only
for such men as are known to b.
it's friends.
Make q Beginning. Vs..
'Whatever the political policy Of
tn federation may be, it is fore
gone conclusion that conservatism
will prevail. We may not be able to
control the legislature or congress,
but we will make our influence felt
so that some concessions will be
granted labor *,4n
DR.. Ethel e. Hurd of Minneapolis,
we'll known in women's club circles,
will speak on'"Women's Suffrage the
opening day, and Mrs. Eugenia B.
Farmer Of the press comittee Of the
Wonlen's Suffrage association will
follow DR.. Hurd and speak on a
similar topic. '~@% ys. ~ r. 4 :&sE.
|. Immediately after the reports Of
the OFFICERS ara read tina c0nvortinv,