The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1907-10-04
TEMPLE COMMITTEE.
Completes Articles Of incorporation
and Files Them.

Shortly after o'clock on Friday af-
ternoon, October 4, 1907, the articles
of incorporation of the Lincoln Labor
Temple Building Association" were
filed in the Office of the secretary of
state. The filing fees, amounting to
S55, were. paid.
This marks the first practical step
In the direction of building a Labor
Temple in Lincoln After four years
of constant agitation something tangi-
ole has been accomplished; the
groundwork has been laid. Now
comes the task in which all can and
should engage.
The articles of Incorporation were
signed by the delegates representing
the different local unions on the La
Dor Temple committee and one or
| two others. The first legal publication
| is in this issue of The Wageworker.
| Every wage Garner In Lincoln
should study the articles of incorpora-
ton. 1t is not even pretended that
they are perfect, nor that they will
be satisfactory to everybody interested
In the movement. The committee.
however, strived to frame articles that
would come nearest to suiting the ma
jority. It was agreed that If the COM
mittee waited for each interested un-
ion to endorse the articles prepared
it would mean postponment of the
active work for months, and perhaps
years. 1t was therefore deemed ex-
pedient to file the articles as prepared
by the committee and approved by its
attorney, and begin the sale OF stock
| at once. The articles may be amended
at any time to suit the wishes of
majority of the stockholders The
committee had no desire to take
authority into its own hands, but feel
ing that it had been delegated to do
a duty it thought to do it according
to it's best Judgment. The articles of
incorporation will be published in con-
venient form and copies win be dis
tributed in every union and to the
i general public.
4 The Labor Temple committee met
last Monday evening at the home of
A. " White, delegate from the Plumb
ers' Union The following members
were present:
]. W. Dickson, Carpenters.
Fred Ress, Bookbinders.
A. v. White, Plumbers.
Fred Ihringer, Typographical.
Alex Weckesser, Pressmen
T. w. Evans, Cigarmakers.
Al. Walker, Bartenders.
A. B. Woellhaf, Painters
Absent, T. C. Kelsey, Leatherwork-
ers; Mr.. Anderson, Electrical Work
erS.
The minutes of the previous meet
ing were read and approved. On mo-
tion Fred Ress, from the Bookbinders,
was elected temporary treasurer. w.
NJ. Maupin, not being regular ac-
credited member of the committee,
resigned as temporary secretary, and
Fred Ihringer from the Typographical
union, was elected to the position.
A finance committee was appointed
consisting of Messrs Ress, Ihringer
and Walker. The Central National
Bank was designated as the commit
tees depository The articles Of in
corporation were then read for the
last time and were unanimously APP
proved. The signatures of the com
mitteemen were then appended and
the articles were ready for filing.
Agreeable to promise the various com-
mitteemen were ready with the money
to pay the filing expenses, several
unions having appropriated the money
and the committeeman from unions
that have not met in the meantime
advanced their share. Our unions
will stand. for it, said one. ""And
; even if they do not we'll be all right,
!; for we are going to invest just the
!, same, anyhow The .-ght committee
men and the one courtesy delegate,
had $50 in hand before the meeting ad =
/ journed
!. The following resolution was una
!; mously adopted:
, Resolved, That the thanks Of
!, committee are due. to Hon. Frank
rell for valuable services rende
the committee in the drawing
Z articles of incorporation, and
legal advice in the proper pr
, thereof.
| Resolved, That a coy
, resolution be forwarded
| rell, and that copy be-
| the minutes of this coy
: The matter of arra4
t cial campaign was m
, der of business for
/ which will be held
r B. Woellhaf, 1929