Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-06-04

Waterville, Me, June 3.-(SpeciaD.-
The second days session of the
Maine State Federation of Labor was
opened for business at 9.45 Wednesday
morning with President Charles O.
Beals of Auburn in the chair. The roll
call of delegates showed one more than
the previous session.
The report of Secretary John r. Con-
nelly of Bangor was read ana referred
to the proper committee.
A large number of resolutions were
then presented by the different dele
gates and all were referred to the COM
mittee on resolutions. which was in
session all morning. These resolutions
will be acted upon and the committee
will report at a later session.
r. A. Eddy of Bar Harbor as chair
man of the legislative committee made
the following report:
To the officers and delegates of the
fifth annual convention of the Maine
State Federation of Labor:
The work of the Legislative commit
tee during the past year has been in
connection with the executive board
and has already been reported by the
president Your committee does not
is no legislative work to do in year
when there is no session of the legiS-
| lature This is not the case There is
work to be done every year if we OK
pect to keep the interest Of our legis-
lative work where it should be in our
| local unions Legislative matters can
| be laid over without doing much harm
| in a year like the past when there is
| no session of the Legislature, and in
board deemed it wise to use what funds
there were at hand for purposes out
| side legislative matters This year
| conditions will be different There is
| n session of the Legislature and the
Maine State Federation of Labor must
prepare and lay plans at this conven-
| ton to continue its Legislative work.
In the two sessions of the Legislature
| since the existence of the State FEEDER
alton of Labor we have made WONDER
| ful strides in our work, but We are
| only well started as yet ana now That
we have good start the union men
| of Maine must continue their EFFORTS
| until laws are made that Will remedy,
| in part at least, some of the great evils
that now exist in this State. There
are many laws and measures your
| committee would like to recommend to
| the delegates to this convention Tor
| action during the coming year put we
| will take up only those that in our
oninion are the most important. First
| of all we want the attention and best
efforts of this body in making the
initiative and referendum, passed by
the last Legislature, law. At the
State election held in September the
people will either accept or reject TINS
bill. The State Federation OF LABOR
must combine all of its strength III
company with the members OF the
State Grange and all others VINO are
in sympathy with this law to see that
it is accepted by the people, The at
titude of Senator Hale and other poh-
ticans and capitalists toward TINS nliI
is always a source of danger we
earnestly recommend to the members
of this convention that they instruc1
the delegates to go back to the local
unions in their vicinity and to the peo-
pie in gneral and commence at once a
camnaign in favor of the referendum
Our people must all be well informed
before election day in regard to the
details of this bill and when election
day comes we must have competent