The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-21
FEDERATION
FOR GOMPERS
At ALL TIMES
RepOrt Debated for a Day and
a Half and Adopted by
Big Majority.
Fl ECTION OF OFFICERS
ON PROGRAM FOR TODAY
n / KEEFE MAY BE DROPPED,
ANT THERE is NO CONCERTED
ACTION AGAINST HIM.

r,,-.r %av .0-There has at no time
..,.a the opening Of the convention OF
~. American Federation Of Labor been
- ADMIT that President GomPers was
- .on,nlete control, but il "5as thought
..,...-i51e that a part Of his report might
II materially amended or ms polllcd4
80 condemned. The report was De
~ .J,e convention for a day and half,
"a although for a while there was
-igorous discussion OF some OF us SOh-
MS the report was adopted TINS AFTER
,,on and Mr. Gompers thereby fully en-
Election of Officers Today.
Tomorrow at TO o'clock the election OF
..frrers will be the special order OF Dusl-
80 All the old officers VIII PROBABLY
Ia reelected with the exception OF wee
resident Daniel j. <eefe, and even ne
ms, again be voted into office
Ia 90 reDOrted that the miners nave ue-
.I5,j 70 Support Mr. keefe fOr reelection,
md thew have the largest vote II any
,rion I'M the convention. II Is also re
.orted that Mr.. GOmpers VIII not oppose
llr kcefe bUt this cannot DE confirmed,
as the president refuses W pe i-i'ei 'i'" eN
OH .rt,. convention stiH has 90 much work
tf,r. if that in all probability II viii
Sof adjourn sine die before late tomor-
rev afternoon.
Socialists Objected.
In the report OF the committee on the
PRESIDENTS report there was a section
commencing the course OF the American
-edarationist the official organ. ObJec-
fion 10 this was made by the leading So
.iaIists present They wanted the Tepor.
amended so that a committed could be
3Dpouted 10 investigate the sources Of
income Of the Socialist party IN the recent
campaign. This amendment was desired
because Of an attack on T. V DeDS that
,ppeared in the FederatiOnist. An amend
mcut 10 this was offered 10 ask the So
cialists il they were responsible Tor at
lacks made on the federation officials IN
the Socialist press.
Warm Debate.
This amendmen. was adopted and pre-
,ipitated a debate in which a number of
delegates took part, including President
Gompers. J. NJ. Barnes closed the dis
cussi0u, and IN the course of his remarks
denied several of the charges made by
President GOmDers. Mr.. GOmpers desired
TO speak a second time. but Delegate
Barnes objected. BY this objection the
Socialists lost all they had gained by
promptly voted down their amendment
and adopted the debated section.
The remainder Of the committees re-
port was adopted without discussion.
Loving Cup for Gompers.
Al this point Delegate r l. Lewis of
the miners interrupted the proceedings
and in an eloquent speech presented on
behalf Of the convention TO PreSideu-
GOmpers a handsome silver loving cup
and 10 Mrs. GOmpers a diamond ring.
Mr.. GOmpers was overcome by the good
vii OF the delegates, coming as il did
az the end of a hard fight and could
scarcely control his feelings he
thanked the convention
The report of the committee on secre-
tary's report was ADOPTED unanimously
without discussion
A number Of resolutions We're then
adopted with very little discussion.
Among them was one iustructing the eN-
ecutive council 10 appoint a committee
20 Investigate Industrial education in this
country and abroad and report TO the
next convention.