The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-04-02
JOHN P WHITE
HIGHLY H0NORED
MINERS OF IOWA GIVE HIM A
HANDSOME PRESENT.
The Gift is Highly Approximations.
entation Speech Made by His
Successor in Office, Mr..
w. w. White.

Des Moines, Ia. March 2S.-presi-
dent John r. White, of the Iowa dis
trict of the United Mine Workers of
America, yesterday was presented
with handsome leather parlor set
as a token OF esteem from the mem.
bers of the Iowa district organization.
The presentation speech was made
by w. W. White, vice-president and
president-elect OF tie organization, at
the afternoon session of the annual
convention. In presenting President
White with the gift of the miners, w.
w. White said:
II am called upon to perform a
duty that can assure gives me the
| utmost pleasure. That duty Is to con-
fer and present to our retiring presi.
dent little token of esteem, contrib
uted by the members of district IL,
and given not for the value which
they represent, but given to present
to him and to convey to him the re-
spect and the esteem of the member
ship of district 10, as al token OF
their appreciation for the services
rendered by the one who is now our
retiring president, tie one who is to
| take upon himself the duties and re-
sponsibilities of that high office OF
international vice-president of the
United Mine Workers of America.
Cactus Bouquets. ,4.s lN
In speaking of the duties that de
volve upon us, as state officers, to per
form, you Will remember that at ouI
last convention l made statement
that instead of having bouquets hand
ed to us as district officers, we were
often handed the bouquet that was
known as the cactus plant. But, gen
tlemen of the convention, ] am GLAD
this afternoon to be able to point tC
something that is in my mind some
what nicer than the cactus plant re
A ferred to, and | am sure that as those
tokens of esteem are presented to oul
worthy retiring president, as they
are placed in his home, it will bring tc
his mind and to the mind OF his wife
and family that the men whom he .-as
served so long and SO faithfully tha
there is in the heart of the United
Mine Workers of District 10 an esteem
an appreciation and an affection tina
cannot at all times be expressed II
words"
Mr.. Whites Reply.
i President White thanked the mem
bers of the convention heartily TO
the gift. In accepting the token o
his men, he said, in part:
81 have observed secret caucuses,
have heard tell of evil conspiracies
! have heard of making schemes, blu
never in my career have perceived I
more adroit piece of organized con
spiracy to take man completely OF
his guard than that which has jus
been committed in the name OF you
splendid orgaization.
From the first inception as an OF
5 fcer of your movement down to tn
present day, and even now, standing
on the Threshold of the highest hon
ors that young man of my humble
training and career could posslDi,
: dream of, what little am today
more than largely owe to the men o
Iowa. | have gone far and near il
your interest and in the general inter
: est of your great cause, but there wa
always something come into my rnint
and my heart that far outweighed thu
bitter vicissitudes of the office tina
sometimes gets burdensome, and tina
was the fact that | believed that
had the honor 10 represent one of thu
grandest district organizations within
the folds of this mighty union