Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1908-06-17
WANT SEPARATE
CABINET OFFICER
Anti Injunction Plank the Subject
OF Bitter COnteSt--Eight Hour
Law for All Government En-
plOyeS and Several New
Measures Are Asked.

Chicago, June 17.-when the sub
committee of thirteen members of the
resolutions committee began business
this morning, the doors of their as
sembly room were thrown open tenn
porarily for the purpose of granting
twenty minutes hearing to repre-
sentatives of the American Fedora
ton of LABOR and those of the Illi-
nois Manufacturing association. Pres
ident Samuel Gompers and Vice Pres
idents Keefe and Duncan appeared
for the federation, and Gompers sug-
gested the following plank in the plat
form, saying that it contained the
Federation views.
THE Republican party Is in accord
with the great emancipa,or, Abraham
Lincoln, when he declared that labor
Is prior to and Independent of capi-
tai. Capital is only the fruit of labor
and could never have existed If labor
had not existed first. Labor Is the
superior of capital and deserves more
consideration. Through his wise and
humane policy the shackles were
stricken from 100000 chattel slaves.
The Republican party has been the
staunch defender of property and
property rights, yet holds and de-
clares that personal rights and hu-
man liberty must of a necessity be en-
titled to the first and highest consid-
Grafton.
Recognizing the new conditions
arising from our marvellous Industrial
development, our people and our ma
ton realize the fact that the wheels
nf GtrNy
require tnat a new law and new con-
cepts of the law must be enacted to
conform to modern industry and COM
merce and advance freedom in line
Herewith.
1--WE therefore pledge the Republi-
can party to the enactment of a law
by Congress guaranteeing to wage
earners, agriculturalists and horticul-
turalLsts the right to an organized ef-
fort to the end that such associations
shall not be regarded as Illegal COM
binations in restraint of trade.
ITO the enactment a law to prohibit
The issuance of injunctions in cases
arising out of labor disputes, when
such injunctions would not apply
where no labor dispute existed and in
no case shall an Injunction be issued
when there exists a remedy by the or
dinary process of law and which act
shall provide that in the procedure for
punishment of contempt of court, the
party cited for contempt shall, when
such contempt is not committed in
the actual presence of the court, be
entitled to trial by jury.
ITO the enactment of an amend
ment extending the present eight
hours TO all government employees and
to all workers, whether employed by
contractors or subContractors doing
work for the federal government.
ITO the enactment of law by
Congress as far as federal jurisdic-
tion extends, for a general employers
liability act.
ITO the enactment of a law to ex-
tend federal jurisdiction granting
woman suffrage, and for a constitu-
tional amendment for absolute suf-
frage of women.
"TO the enactment of a law Great
ing department of labor separate
from any existing department, with
a secretary at the head with d cab
met seat.
'TO the enactment of a law for a
federal bureau of mines and mining,
preferably under the proposed de-
par,ment of labor, and an appropria- |
tion Of sufficient funds To thoroughly
investigate the cause of mine disas-
ters so that a law and regulations
may be enacted to prevent a terrible
loss of life and manning i'm mines.
ITO the enactment of a law for the
of United States postal
savings banks"