The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-05-12
the LOCAL CAR.
pEN1ER's UNION
GOES ON RECORD AGAINST HAsk
ELL AND CITIZENS ALLIANCE
II Endorses the Candidacy Of Miss
Kate Bernard for State Com
missioner Of Charities.
Resolutions Passed.

Carpenters and Joiners Union of Am. /
erica at its meeting held THURSDAY
night passed resolutions condemhng |
the action of c. y. Haskell in taking |
part in the Citizens Alliance. and al. |
so for being an enemy to organized la
Dor. The actions Of thess citizens Of
the city OF Muskogee who sent out a
circular In conflict with the finding of
the Twin Territorial Board was also
condemned.
The candidacy of Miss Kate Bernard
for the office g. State COMMIT 'sioner !
OF Charities was also endorsed
The following are the resolutions
adopted:
we are gratihed at the beneficient
results that have followed our crga.
nized efforts to protect ourselves
against the aggressions of wealth
THE history of organized labor
shows that during the few years oi
its existence It has done more to pro
tect the working man agains5 the hos
tile encroachmerts of wealth aud paw
er, more to protect the wives ard chill
dren OF laboring men and more to
tighten the burdens of life than all
other agencies combined. W. realize
that every attack on organized labor
is but a stroke at the welfare Gf the
wives and children who are depend
ent on our labor for their daily broad.
We remember that the Citiz ens Al
lance was organized at Muskogee IN
the early part of the year 1905, and
that its avowed purpose was 10 fight
organized labor We remember the dis
astrous results that wera Nisitel OF
labor unions of Muskoga, because OF
he bitter warfare waged upon orga-
nzed labor by the Citizeh's Aiirnoe
We have just received the report
Of the executive boz d If the Twin
Territorial Federation of Labor held
in Muskogee on the 27th day OF April,
1907, wherein the said board officially
found that c. n. Haskell Sas a M IN
Der Of the Citizens Alliance.
We have also just received cir.
cular purporting to be from local union
| No. 1912 that is in direct conflict with
the finding of The Executive Board of
| Twin Territorial Federation Of Labor
ard also in conflict with C. a. Hask-
/ ,IIt. ,us,, ranarIfu~ his
membership in the Citizens Alliance.
Realizing that c. n. Haskell in the
past has been bitter enemy We could
not expect anything better ilth I"rf
elevated to the highest office IN the
gift OF the people of Oklahoms.
Realizing that Statehood is almost
uon thpe friends of organized labor
are to see that the officers OF the
new state are men known to be friend
| ly to our interests, inasmuch as C y.
| Haskell Is a candidate for the demo
cratic nomination for the office of gov
ernor OF Oklahoma. Therefore, BE 1t
resolved, That we the United Broth
erhood OF Carpenters and Joiners OF
America, Local No. l02S, condemn the
action OF the said Muskogee CitizeLs
| Alliance as hostile to the interest OF
the working man.
| Resolved, further, that we recognize
/ in C. y. Haskell. bitter aggressive
and relentless enemy of organized Ia
Dor. and we call upon our brothers all
/ oYer the new state as well as our kills.
men in the Farmers Union to aid us
/ in every honorable means to defeat the
nomination Of said c. y. Haskell at
| the forthcoming primary election TO
| be held on June 5.
Resolved further, that the election of
| c. ~ Haskell as governor OF the state
OF Oklahoma would mean the elevation
to power OF an ambitious politician
whose public record shows him to be
n relentless foe of organized labor
W. II. KENNER, President
d. y. FERGUSON Financial Sec'y'
The following resolutions endorsing
the candidacy OF Miss Kate Bernard
for state Commissioner OF Charities
were also passed
Resolved, further that we most
heartily endorse the candidacy of Miss
Kate Bernard for the office of state
commissioner of charities, said office
being non political we recomm nd
her to the people OF Oklahoma as one