Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-23
Nebraska
MAUPIN HEADS FEDERATION
State Official Chosen President of
New Labor Organization.
FRANK A. HART Is SECRETARY
Animated Debate Attends the AdOp-
tiOn of the Constitution--wn1
AmIIate with American
Federation.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

LINCOLN. June H-CSpecial)- 1.-THE Ne
brsska Federation Of Labor today adopted
a constitution, selected South Omaha for
the next meeting place and elected the
following officers to serve during the
year:
VIII NJ. Maupin OF Lincoln, president.
Frank A. Hart OF South Omaha, sec
rotary.
George stephens Of South Omaha. first
j. A. Booth Of Fremont. second vice pres
ident.
L. c. Mason of Alliance third vice presi-
dent.
]. c. Birmingham Of Beatrice. fourth vice
president.
Ira A. Duncan of Hastings, fifth vice
president.
George Enick Of McCook, sergeant at
arms.
Louis V. Guye Of Omaha, delegate to
the American Federation of Labor.
Fred Murray OF Omaha competed with
Labor Commissioner Maupin for the presi-
dency. but the vote was thirty-eight for
Maupin and thirty for Murray, a portion Of
the Omaha delegation voting for the labor
commissioner. When a motion was made
for a secret ballot, Murray. who was pre-
siding over the convention, made a speech
in which he said he did not want a Sc
cret ballot and neither could the conven-
ton give any honor to him, for he had
been honored in other localities. He in
sisted that politics be kept out of the meet
ing and that every man answer TO his
name in the open.
e. NJ. Flood, an organizer from Chicago,
in answer to this speech insisted that the
chairman was a way off and that it was
perfectly proper for the secret ballot to be
used. Mr.. Hart was elected by acclama-
tion.
Jerry Howard Has Resolution.
The feature of the day was a resolution
introduced by jeremiah Howard OF Doug
las county and member of the late legts-
lature, which criticised Labor COMMITS
sioner Maupin for not looking after the
enforcement of the child labor law. The
convention voted almost unanimously to
table the resolution after both Howard and
Maupin had talked. Maupin explained that
he was doing the best he could and that
he had twenty-one different kinds of duties
to perform as labor commissions with not
enough appropriation to do the work. He
had only one assistant in the office he said,
and though this assistant was most eff
ficient more help was needed.
A vigorous debate occurred over the
adoption Of the constitution, Maupin OPP
posing affiliatlon with the American Fed
Grafton of Labor at this time because he
believed 1t would nave the effect of shut
ting out the railroad trainmen from the
state federation. However, he was voted
down after Ford and Louis v. Guye and
{ several others had made speeches in favor
Of affillation.
Ford of Omaha moved to strike from the
zz.kl.4ta, n ola,.a hH,AoEatpu the strict
enforcement Of the laws of the state. The
debate Instantly turned onto the regulation
Of the liquor traffic and /. ]. C~openharve
led the fight for the clause. Mr.. Copen-
harve assured the delegates he believed in
personal liberties, but he wanted 1t dis
tinctly Understood the saloon was no longer
the poor mans club. He believed the sa-
looms were entitled to protection under the
| law, but he denied anyone the right to
violate a law. The motion by Ford was
2 lost by a vote of so to 10.
Y After the election of the president, Mr..
. Maupin was escorted to the chair by a
I committee and was duly installed by taking
e the oath administered by Secretary Frank
Hart.
South Omaha, Hastings and Lincoln were
voted on for the next meeting place.
The following legislative committee was
= elected: S. D. Smith, First district; James
1 Kotera, Second district; ]. w. Elliott, Third
district; w. w. Walters, Fourth district.
w. c. Allison, Fourth district; S. H. Grace
Sixth district.
New Rate Mt Grand Island.
The State Railway commission has giver
: the Union Pacific permission to install a
4 rate Of 10 cents for the round trip from
Grand Island to the stock yards east OF
i there. The commission granted the per
: mission because it is a reduction from So
$ for a special train which made the yards
X twice a month, so interested parties could
" attend the horse sales.
n Movement of Freight Cars.N
Following is a statement showing the cal
situation in Nebraska ror twenty-foul
hour period ending at 4 p, m. June 16, 1909
compared with the same period Of the
y previous year:
1901 1909
Cars of stock loadeA. ............. 3G "a
Empty stock cars or hand. ...,.2,626 2,4S
e Stock cars ordered for loading. 655 81
| ia < pf grain Inadad 11 %