The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-13

McCreery of the Methodist church
and Noble Strong Elderkin, pastor OF
| the Congregational church. should be
' admitted into the state convention OF
the State Federation OF Labor, was
again source oil contention at the
, first meeting Of the convention at the
Labor Union hall in Ogden this morn
ing. The question came up when the
committee on credentials made its re-
port. The committee recommended
that the ministers, who are represent
ativcs OF the ogden Ministerial AsSo-
citation. be admitted to the floor of the
convention as 'fraternal delegates
only. and 'fraternal' was construed
by President Piggott to mean dele
gates with a voice. but without
vote" Some of the delegates desired
the representatives from the Minis
trial Association to have neither
vote" nor voice" in the convention,
but to simply be considered members
of the convention for educational pur-
poses. As one delegate put It. Let
them meet with us and learn some
thing OF the labor question"
An amendment to the committees
report was offered which provided for
the admission OF the delegates from
the Ministerial Association into the
convention as full-ncdgcd delegates.
with all the rights and privileges Of
other delegates. On the final vote the
amendment was lost and the report of
the credentials committee was adopt
ed
The convention met at $50 this
and was called TO order by President
VIM Piggott. Secretary Austin Davis
was at his post Of duty and there were
about seventy-hve delegates present,
including two ladies'
After the Invocation by Brother
John G. Smith OF Salt Lake. the com
mittees that had been appointed in
executive session the evening before.
were formally announced by the presi-
dent and the committee on credentials
was urged 10 proceed with its duties
with all possible haste. the idea being
10 settle the question of membership
as soon as possible so the convention
could go ahead with the regular busl-
ness.
The reading of the Official call for
the convention brought about Il little
furry in the convention when a dele
gate from the capital moved that the
invitation to the governor of the state
and the mayor Of Ogden 10 address
the convention be Withdrawn and
henccforth be entirely eliminated from
convention calls The party making
1t supported the motion by saying he
thought 1t entirely unnecessary for
the governor, OF the mayor OF a city.
10 welcome the delegates in any way.
shape or form I'VE don't want the
officers with us. They are not in SYM
pathy with us and we don't want the
politicians around us at all
The secretary Immediately arose
and stated to the convention that the
executive committee had an object In
view In extending an invitation to the
chief executive OF the state, and of the
city of ogden. to address the conyen-
tion. I'VE might be able to use them
some time, and we want 10 put them
on record as to their friendlinesS to-
ward u.s. i
The president remarked that Meth
er Governor Spry nor Mayor Bewer
were pesent and that he could see no
oason why the matter should bc dis
cussed; that the call had already been
issued. and that carried with 1t the
invitation to the persons referred to
At this the matter was dropped with
out further action being taken.
The committee on credentials made
It's report a little after 10 o'clock,
and the balance of the forenoon was
consumed in the discussion regarding
the seating of the delegates from the
Ogden Ministerial Association. The
result of the discussion, which at
times was spirited and even personal
in its nature, was that the delegation
be given seats in the convention as
frateTnal members
The trend of the argument against
granting the delegates from the asso-
citation the same privileges as were
granted the regular delegates from
real labor unions, was that the minis
ters were not classed as wage earners.
and that they were In no material
sense connected with the labor move
ment OF the country. and. therefore,
they could not fully sympathize with