The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-05-05

c. c. GALLOWAY.
President
n. " FERGUSON.
Secretary
when the Trades Council had ad
/ journed a mass meeting was called
and J. Harvey Lynch Of Shawnee. sec
retary Of the State Federation of la
Dor made n brief speech.
Mr. Lynch devoted the first part
of his speech b. an explanation of
what union labor stands for. lie said:
IT'S purpose Is to enable laboring
mon To make life and not merely To
exc out an existence. TO place mod.
ern convcniences in their hands In.
creased wages he said means pros.
pcrity. not only to the laboring man,
but TO all business men.
He told Of his fight against the Sc
quoyah constitution for the stand It
took against organized labor and tod
Of the good work done by the labor
ing people in the making Of the new
state constitution.
The clause in the Sequoyah
constitution which he opposed
read. "No man shall he denied
employment because he is not A mori-
her Of any organization when he rs
Is otherwise qualified "
This clause, h. said. "as ham.
less rs II may sound, meant prison
bars f,r union labor mon"
Mr.. Lynch gave the history Of the
organized work Of farmers and un-
ion labcrcrs in maintaining an advis-
ory board at Guthrie when the conven-
tion WIS in session and said the con
sttution was pleasing TO organize la
bor and that the constitution would
he overwhelmingly adopted.
Tire speaker then referred To c. n.
Haskell. Told OF his membership in
the Citizens Alliance Of Muskogee.
He had photographed sheets Of the
minute, Of that alliance which show.
cd resolutions introduced by Haskell
which had as their object the destruc.
tlon OF organized labor. He said that
he owned n printing press and IN
order 10 his part for the good OF un.
nion labor he would make plates ut
the photographed minutes and print
enough copies - SOW this county
knee deep In them and when laborlng
men were fully informed he was per.
foctly willing TO abide by their votes.
Mr.. Lynch Is for organized labor.
heart and soul: what money he has
earned at his trade as plasterer ho
has spent in furthering the interests
Of union labor and his influence
among his c'-workers Is powerful lie
was frequently applauded and the
sting Of his rebuke will he fe't by
c. n Haskell on the sth day Of Iune.
and the work that union labor Is nov
doing will elevate organized labor 10
the plane II should occupy and II will
forever he respected in the new stat"
His closing sentence was "See that
no enemy OF organized labor grnces
an office in our fair state"
r. ID. Cameron was next introiuc.
ed by President Galloway Mr.. Cam
eron Is an orator. No more pleasing
speaker was ever heard in Ardniorc.
His eulogy on union labor was couch
cd in beautiful language and his uuc-
tation from Henry w Grady un the
power Of woman met with applaus..
The speaker devoted several ma'
utes TO telling why he was a demo
crat. This portion Of his speech
could not be eclipsed by any other
literature for circulation in heated ma
tional campaign.
The speaker then told of his Gcs're
10 ho elected state SUPERINTENDENT Of
public instruction. He outlined his
plan to use the s. 900 900 cash school
fund in building district houses and
to replace the money with 30-year
/ district school bonds. lie said that
his plan put into operation, woul'
put every child In Indian Territory