The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-08-15
Called Out BY Report Of
Resolutions Committee
THE SECRETARY'S SALARY
Is Raised from SIS to sl25-Part of
Secretary Ironside's Report strick-
en- Out as Being Of Too
Partisan a Nature.

!, Some sharp debating characterized the
session Of the Vermont branch, Amer.
lean federation Of labor, at Montpelier
today. Vice President james Bracey
Of Mortified was in the chair when the
convention was called to order at nine
o'clock. The report Of the resolutions
committee was presented and the reso-
lntions taken mp one BIZ one.
The proposal to send delegate I'd
the national convention of the fedora
tion Was opposed hy some on the ground
that they could spend the 5000 necessary
for the trip To better advantage within
The Vermont branch. The resolution was
finally adopted by the vote of s2 to III,
aud Vermont union men will be rep
resented ii the national convention.
There was little argument over the
raising Of the salary Of the financial
secretary from SIS To sl25 per year,
but the debate ON this resolution was
over the time when the resolution should
take effect The committee reported
fha6 ii take elect from the time OF
the last convention but the convention
decided that the change in salary shall
take effect from the present time. Tbs
resolution calling for more work fol
the union label WAS promptly endorsed
a section Of the report G. the secre.
tafy. Alexander Irouside Of Barre, was
considered by the committee as leaning
too strongly toward Socialism, and the
proposal for eliminating it from the rec
ords of the convention was the occasion
for spirited debate The section in
question was considered by its oppo-
fnents to be Of too partisan nature
As Il spoke Of Clement and Proctor as
being hostile TO labor and extoIled Tim.
othy sullivan Of GraniteyilIe, who il
the Socialist candidate for governor oi
Vermont Bv the decisive vote Of 50
10 Y, the convention ordered that part
of the secretary's report stricken ont.
President Mccarthy yesterday after
noon appointed the following commit
tees: Reading clerk, Ira Il. Stafford Of
Rutland; committee On transportation
Jesse Miller 0f fsranitevilie. Patrick Cud.
more al Bellows Falls. James i. Ready
of Rutland; on legislation, Alexander
Cruickshank Of Barre. Il NJ. Minard oi
Montpelier. r. H. T;rayelIe Of Rutland
ArchelIe Fountain Of Bellows Falls, Rob.
eft Hendry Of Hardwick: on constitn.
tion and bylaws, james Cruiekshank
Of Barre, Ira +. Stafford Of Rutland. c.
y. Wells Of Montpelier, A. +. Hoifmire
Of Rutland, G. j. Allen OF Barre; griey.
ance committee. Charles Evans OF Bel
lows Falls, ". u. Jones Of Montpelier,
Harry P. Page of Barre. ". L. Folsom
Of Hardwick, George Bailey of Wood.
bury; on organization, It. o. Papineau
Of Rutland, G. O. Shepard of Hardwick,
Michael Mack Of White River junction
O. NJ. Stafford Of Barre, George A. Arm.
strong Of Burlington; auditing commit
tee, James Cfliiekshank Of Barre. James
Nutch Of Barre, Ira f. Stafford OF Rnt.
land, W. D. Jones of Montpelier. 4. H.
Ainard OF Montpelier; credentials, Jas.
Cruickshank Of Barre, c. J. Allen Of
Barre, +. NJ Minard Of Montpelier
press committee, James Mutch Of Barre,
John Gushing of Montpelier. James
O'Bripn Of Bellows Falls. Ernest Hale
Of Bethel A. G. Coke of White River
Junction; union label committee. Alex
ander Cruckshank Of Barre, Fred Con.
ner of Montpelier, NJ o. papineau Of
Rutland, G. A. Armstrong OF Burling-
ton, w II Kerr Of Northfeld; sergeant
at arms. WI ID. Jones OF Montpelier.
IN making his annual report, Presi.
dent Mccarthy recommended that dele.
gates be sent from the Vermont branch
% the annual meeting Of national fed
GRAFTON Of labor, that the salary af tho
financial secretary and treasurer be
rised To $50 annually. and that great
interest be taken il the advancement Of
the union label: that 4 neutral position
be maintained in politics; that the Ner-
mont branch follow the advice Of the
parent body und look for measures, not
men, paying no attention to the aspiTa-
lions Of individuals
The report Of Alexander lronside Of
Barre. the secretary. showed that orders
had been drawn during The past year
aggregating $70s.s4. In his report MIR.
lronside recommended keeping politics
out Of the union and in place OF that
form O state labor representation. giving
labor chance to work IN its own de.
fense. Let this be done" he said, "and
two years hence we will not see Inde-
pendents and Democrats fusing to de-
feat Republicans, but will see Republi-
can aud Democrats uniting to oppose a
straight labor ticket"
Secretary ironside also urged the mem
hers TO work for more than one soil.
tary representative in the next legisla-
ture as was the case two years ago.
The report of N. A. Malgrem of Rut-
land, financial secretary and treasurer.
showed receipts during the past year
OF $l,20572; expenses. S103.s4; leav-
ing balance on hand Of S501 IS. This
report showed there il total OF rs
unions in the state.
The auditing committee reported that
the books Of the secretary and treasurer
have been found correct and recommend
cd that the salary Of the financial secre-
tary and treasurer be $i25 annually,
this 70 include the year Just closed.