The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-20
G0MPERS TO LEAD
BLACKLIST
WAR
PRESIDENT OF LABOR FEDORA.
TON ORDERED TO ORGANIZE
FOR CAMPAIGN.
KEEP FIGHTING is WORD
Sent Out to the Working Hosts--PIar
For Extended Battle Outlined at
Session in Washington
Roosevelt Scored.

Washington, D. c. Sept. 19-presi.
dent Gompers of the American Fed,
Grafton of Labor was directed by the
executive council at a session here
today to visit Chicago and New York
Immediately and organize campaigns
IN those cities against the congress
men on the blacklist of organized la
Dor. An address to the various asso-
citation was adopted calling on them
10 lend active and financial aid to the
campaign
Keep up the fight" was the order
issued to the labor representation
committee, which is engineering the
campaign throughout the United Staes
against the representatives on the un-
fair list. A resolution was adopted,
saying, among other things:
1T is true that Mr.. Littleton. has
been reelected, but by so small a
margin, as compared to his previous
election, that it has indeed ben
great moral victory and one which
viii have salutary influence not only
upon the coming elections, but also
upon labor's standing before congress
in he future In a former election Mr.
Littleheld ran immensely ahead of
the other representative of congress in
the state. and also far in advance of
he head of the state ticket. Our fell
low workers in Maine faithfully car
ried on the campaign as outlined by
the executive council"
We have every reason to report
that the campaign, SO far has been en-.
couraging in the greatest possible de
gree, and that If conducted as clean
cut upon as high plane in the future, |
We shall have good accounting to |
give Of the work done and yet to be /
done in the interests Of our great /
cause"
The committee consists of President
Gompers. Vice President OConneH. !
and Secretary Morrison of the feder.
ton. The council later announced
that no moneys had been accepted by
the federation from any candidate for
office on any ticket, and it was decid-
ed TO pursue this course in the fu.
ture.
John Mitchell at Council.
Vice President John Mitchell at
tended todays session of the council.
The council directed Mr.. Gompers to
appear before the house committee on
pcstoices when il meets next month TO
consider changes in the postal rates
and TO protest against any change
"a iGh of
which the trade union with other puf
lications are now entitled"
An application for charter from the
public accountants was rejected. The
council sustained a protest made by
The International Association of Ma
chinists against any further infringe.
lnent cf jurisdiction on that organ
ization by the elevator constructors.
dispute between the Brotherhood
Of Painters and Decorators of America
with the Central Federated union of w
New York city was taken up and re- O.
ferred to Mr. Gompers with a view to h,
a conference 10 effect an adjustment. II,
oompers criteises President. in
In an address at Typographical TEN NJ
bic last night. at a reception given to CO
he labor leaders who fought against IN
representative Littlefeld in Maine le
President Gompers said: That battle br
n Maine, though closed at this time wi
D me second district, is not ended. ha
The contest was merely incidental to lei
he task which labor has set itself to 10,
ccomplsh.
Not only Mr.. Littlefield. but Uncle Io
90 dared 10 reiterate that we stand of
or the licensing Of criminal and un- rel
awful conduct. We ask for equal w
ights before the law. as any Other in,
itizens. | have it not in mind to say Ian
word in criticism of the president. tin
ther than this-the right of petition sh
) the right of the American citizen Ar
uaranteed by the constitution. and no
either the president nor congress ha
an take that right away from him Wi
abor is the only power in human du,
,ciety that represents the masses. tor
Says Fight Was Clean.
Why did we begin the fight in lit
eield's district? Because the cleo Sci
on was held there two months earlier ~
ian in the other states If we had
lssed over this district. they would Al
ave said we were afraid We were lea
Dt afraid. We conducted a clean jar
sht and used no arguments OF Ian fer
iage that might not have been 70 bes
sated in polite society The Iaboring c
sople have OutgrOwn the stoeDes- fro
lck and receding forehead Of the fro
an with the hoe They now stard me
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