The Washington herald., 1907-02-19
HONOR LABOR MAYOR
Central Union Men Tender
SchmitZ an Ovation.
TRIBUTE PAID BY GOMPERS
President of American Federation
Declares san FranciscO's Chief Ex-
eFs Defend His Course of Action
Pursued in school Controversy.

Despite the calumnies heaped upon his
head Eugene 5. Schmitz is the man OF
the hour"
This was the sentiment of the local
Central Laobr Union as expressed by
Samuel Gompers, president Of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, at Its meeting
last night The several speakers Of the
evening defended Mayor Schmitz in glow
ing terms and these sentiments brought
unfailing applause. They all paid tribute
10 organized labor and its principles.
The mayor arrived in the middle of a.
speech by Emmett L. Adams, delegate
from Columbia Lodge OF Machinists, on
the situation as regards the apprOpria-
ton by Congress of money for a new
foundry at the naval gun factory. II
was several minutes before the applause
subsidized sufficiently 20 allow Mr. Adams
10 continue. When he concluded Dele
gate Feeney. from the bookbinders' local,
moved that regular business be suspended
in honor Of their distinguished guest.
President Brinkman. of the Central
body. introduced Mayor Schmltz in a
graceful speech, reviewing the work Of
the local central body. and concluding as
follows;
eve have here with us the mayor of
big city. who has been and is now a MEM
Der Of organized labor. lie is here to-day
fighting against hordes of Mongolians,
who represent "a menace and a ruinous
competition
Mayor Schmitz's Speech.
proud of san Francisco and the record she
has made She is the greatest. best, and
most solid union town on the face of the
globe
After the great catastrophe that over
took our city there were $4,000 in the
bread line Millionaires, capitalists. and
wage-earners were all IN it and rubbed ell
bows A fellow feeling sprang up, and I
had hoped that this would last, but when
the edge wore of the catastrophe the
same old conditions came about.
1T is said in the West that we DO
things on a big scale. You had big fire
in Baltimore and "a bigger one in Chicago.
but il remained for san Francisco to fur
nish the biggest fire the world has ever
known. The city is being rapidly built up
again, and will be made better. greater.
and "a more beautiful city, and this build
ing Will not be done by Monaghan labor.
Thunderous applause greeted this SEN
tence.
Mayor SchmitZ. in concluding, paid a
tribute 10 President Gompers as the old
warhorse and a tried soldier" and said:
Although I am proud of being mayor of
san Francisco, my labor position is more
10 me than any other
Japanese Not MongOIians.
Mr.. d. Oliver. "a member of She San
Francisco board of education, and OF
Mayor Schmitz's party. reviewed the his
tory Of the school events that had brought
the party TO this city He said that the
japanese objected TO the word Monaghan
being applied to them under the State
law for the reason that they applied this
term 10 all foreigners In their own coun-
try. and that they had in recent years
discovered that they were not Mongolians
but had descended from Persians and
Modes.
James O'ConnelI. member OF the
American Federation of Labor and presi
dent Of the International Association OF
Machinists. and Charles ". Darr a mem
Der OF the local bar also spoke.
Gompers Greeted with Applause.
Upon arising. Mr.. Gompers brought i'm.
mediate applause with the expression
BLESS you. my children"
i feel" lac said, I'VE are I'm the pres
ence Of great man. and ! say this