Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-09-23
LABOR IS FOR
LIQUOR SALES
MISSOURI CONFEDERATION cos.
DENNIS REAL pROllIBIrlON,
FAYORS LIABILITY LAW
Delegates Decide 10 visit pcnilcnlinrN
aud lutlIOm System OF the con-
tract Law


Jefferson city Mo-, Sept 2g rh,
State Federation ut Labor Is opposcO
100 state wide prohibition iu Missouri
The organization committed Itself def.
nltoly uu the question uf the mauulur.
cure ana sulc of lutoNlcauts at w.
session here today
owen Miller president of the tod-
Grafton submitted to the convention q
report uu the prohibition question iu
which hr condemned prohibition. The
adoption of % prohibition amendment
tO the state constitution, ne said would
directly affect one hundred thousand
Workiugmcu and women employed Iu
the liquor trade In Missouri Besides
loss of employment prohibition also
would mean the destruction Of the
vast business Interests engaged iu the
trade The statewide movement In
har liquor from Missouri Mr. Miller
denounced as lanatlcul, dangerous aul
opposed tu the interests of the ihuu.-
ands depending ON the business for
bread ana butter His Views as cN-
pressed in thcercport were cpuCurred
and the report adopted by the ledoru-
tiou delegates,
The meeting also Wll approve "a lia-
bllity law ana viii adopt resolution
condcmnug the system uf working
prisoners I'm the state pcnltcntiury ON
contracts
The meeting reported 10 Governor
Hadloy tonight a list of members.
with the request that the governor sr-
lcct committee thercfrOm 10 as
slst In framing a state cmployeuF l'a-
bllity law, The members suggested
are.
Harry sharpe and Mrs Sadie sharp
gen of st. Louis, W. j. Morgan, John
r. Smith, Charles A. sumner i A.
Fitzpatrick ana Karl IT, SchweiZcr ot
Kansas city, II, Is, Glunt Of Spring
field, Charles Patterson of Joplin, a.
l., Henderson of 81, Joseph and G. A.
Williams of Mobcrly
In July 1909, the board Of prison
inspectors. composed Of John T., Cor
don state auditor h. W. Major attor-
ney general ana James Cowgirl, state
treasurer entered into an understand
ing with the contractors at the penitcu
tiary that they would rcncw their lease
for period of four years from Decem-
bcr 81, 1909, at the rate of seventy
cents for each man day Nothing was
said of this mntter for long time
and In fact, II was not until Governor
Hudley gave out the facts to the news.
paper correspondents that the public
was apprizod of what had happened.
This action OF the board bore fruit to-
day.
The federation. knowing that the
contracts would expire soon. had ap-
pointed committee, headed 10y owen
Miller of ST. Louis, president OF the
organization, to protest against q re
newal Of the contracts. except for a
period expiring July /, 1911, ana then
al the rate of 81 day a man This
committee asserts Il was mlsled by MI
Gordon, for II was not appointed m-
iil long after the contracts had really
been renewed, although the public at
that time wms not advised Of what had
been done
The committees report attacks MIR
Gordon personally and IT was adopted
by the convention Meantime. Mr. Cor
don was allowed to appear before the
meeting and make an explanation lie
said in effect that he did not know
any labor organization wished to be
heard IN protest against a renewal of
the contracts ana us soon as he was
Informed of the appointment of the
committee In question. he advised 1t
He INSURED the delegates that person
ally he was opposed to the contract
system and said the two other mem
bers of the board held a similar view
The delegates decided to visit the
pcnitentlary tomorrow and make am
Investigation of the system. c W Fear.
Of Joplin expressed the opinion that
the visitors 10 the prison would bel
shown only the flower gardens and the
decorated cells, while the worst part of
the prison would be- kept from their.
view other delegates were not $40.
conspicuous, They said il would bel
best to wait until after the visit before
going on record
The meeting adopted q strong rosolu-I
ton fuvoriug the adoption of const'tu-I
tional amendment no o. which pro-
vidcs for bond issue of % million dol-I
lars for the erection of new state
capitol