The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-05

AtO0SC tie right u Sr1y lily Wl4S ~
his inferior?" cried one excited suf-
Iragist; that he has rights my wife
can't enjoy? Ny wife and daughter
are the peers of any man and I'll stand
up Tor them with my life: I only de-
A delegate who believes in the in
dependence of women" rejoiced that
his yellow haired daughter, is teach
ing school and don't have to accept the
first two by four man who comes along
as her husband. He wanted no street
corner 1oafer or saloon bum to marry
her and make her life miserable ever
after.
By a vote of "a to % resolution No.
II was dapted as read. and Mrs. Mon
roe thanked the delegates who had
advocated the cause she represents ''in
the name of $4,000 women
Delegate A. S. McAllister of Herring
ton announced that last year some one
had taken his hat from the convention
nall, leaving very poor one In its
place. This year his hat was taken
again and none at all left. It is pos
slpie some souvenir hunter got away
with the goods, as few men could wear
Mr.. McAllfster's hat.
Chairman Anderson of the commit
tee on resolutions reported a badly
divided committee on the disposition
of resolution No. 80, looking to cessa-
ton of legislation calculated to reduce
railroad revenues. Some OF the MEM
bers thought it was tainted with poll
tics; others that 1t was not properly
worded, and still others that it might
materially affect wages.
Railroad employees never before got
so little as today said a delegate dis
cuSSing the motion to adopt the reSolu-
ton. with each increase in wages
there Is decrease in monthly earnings.
and continual piling up Of work They
simply can't stand a 10 per cent cut,
now talked of.
I A Kansas City delegates then told
of each train out Of that city carrying
two engineers, one reduced to the ranks
and acting as fireman, and OF a general
crowding back toward the roundhouse
of engine men of all grades "All this
we are told is due to radical legisla-
tion,'' he stated.
Chairman Anderson Of the resolutions
committee said some employees were
ing. when it comes to tinkering with
the transportation system, 1t not only
affects wages, but threatens the vel
fare of the state. In the next few
weeks there will be further reduction.
1 know of one cut where 40 per cent
Of the road men were taken off in a
single day. section men. Should we do
anything here to further retard so great
an enterprise as the railroads.
& A lone delegate returned the asser-
road circles is due to overcapitalization
and that no legislation can be too dras-
tic when applied to the railroads, which
sentiment was quite warmly applaud
ed, although it had previously seemed
to be. all the other way. '.In the end
they'll be in your possession or they'll
possess you," he declared.
Action on the resolution was finally
deferred until 9 o'clock this morning,
when its consideration was made the
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DR.. Charles NJ. Sheldon, who was pre-
vented by sudden severe cold from
addressing the open meeting Monday
night, appeared during the afternoon
and delivered his Greetings to Labor
He disavowed having any intention of
making an address, but said he came
merely as the representative of an or
gan1zation embracing about $50 Congre-
gational churches, by which he was
this, with the hope of bringing the
wage earning masses closer to the
church. =
ct am a .Congregationalist because
my father was q Congregationaiist,
said DR.. Sheldon. eff he had been
Presbyterian, 1 suppose would have
been Presbyterian. It makes lit
tie difference to me what church it is
less each year. My creed embraces
the universal brotherhood Of man.
My own definition of labor is any
human being at work with hands, feet
or head, doing som ething for the bet
term ent of the world. don't like the
term PROFESSIONAL ALI men like
som thing to do with their hands.
should like when the time comes to
retire to small piece of land that I
could cultivate, to get back to nature,
and there spend the balance of my
days. I want to be classed as a work
ingman.
I'VE want to meet you on the
grounds of humanity. We want you to
appoint some member of this f~dy as
a delegate to attend conference to be
held at Sabetha May and confer with
ought to be. 1t harbors men who
break the golden rule. But 1t numbers
some of the best, as we'll as some of
the worst men. and we want to get you
together, SO bring you greetings. We
want to bridge the chasn that at pres
ent exists. I would be glad If you
would take action and send q man to
Sabetha on the 9Th of May"
Before DR.. Sheldon had left the
room. President Deweese had been
authorized to name a delegate as re-
auested, and he appointed John. A.
Carter Of the Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive ENGINEERS, of Kansas City, Kan.
Death From Shock.
81 Nyack, N. r., Feb. 5.-''Death from
shock" was the verdict Of physicians
who examined into the sudden death