The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-08-24

sions. that he had made many prom
ises and always kept them In no
instance did the chief executive Of this
state fail ia demonstrate his loyalty to
the men who toll FOR a living within
nnior lines.
air. Day reported many additions and
amendms=.s 80 the law sfecting labor,
chief among which We're; A law ex-
eludIng convict made goods from COM
petition with free labor; law com
pelling proper and accurate scales for
weighing coal at the mines; an act
tvesting branch OF the sta5e free
employment bureau at Enid; a law
preventing the tieing np Of ihD wages
Of railroad employees and others BY
garnishee proceedings institutd in far
away jurisdictions; an act requiring
the state printer TO be qualified By
practical experience, and an amend
ment to the usury bill.
oir. Day also called attention to
courtesies extended by State Commis-
siouer Of Labor Charles Daugherty dur
ing the sitting Of the committee at the
capital.
At the conclusion OF Mr.. Days re-
port which ELECTED endorsing applause
from his FELLOW delegates. il was rega-
larly accepted.
Upon invitation Mr. c. H. Hyde, sec
retary OF the State Land Lessees asso-
citation and fraternal delegate. address
ed the convention on the purposes Of
his organisation and was accorded un-
divided attention throughout his re-
marks. The speaker said it was sim
ply battle for the homes of 5000 peo-
Pile people who titled a barren prairie
and made It bloom with all the emhel'
lishments OF the highest civilization
and now when their rights are called
INTO question after the years spent IN
Improving this properly, all the asso
citation asked was that the state sell
n the property and award the lessee an
equitable share in the price secured
representing the difference earlsS >,
Improvement
J. b. Tosh Of the same organization
talked for few moments along th'
same lines.
A resolution was offered and re
ferred 10 the committee providing 70
The immediate sale OF state lands he'll
hy lessees on lines suggested By til
speakers.
For the first time in the history q
the State Federation OF Labor a fr.
ternal delegate from another state wa
present ANA upon invitation NY. =
Cunningham. first vice president w h
L. NJ w OF Texas, addressed tie col
vengion on the status of the miner
organization in the southwest u
contended that the operators were NJ
hghsing to save the small advance
Wages asked BY the striking minel
OF the southwest as the same interes
NhfeA refuse the miners an advan'
have cordially granted greater rail-
II IA railroad employees in the same te
ritory. They want to crush the n
ners' organisation. he said, "hut thi
are reckoning without their host
The speaker recited the many met
ods adopted hy the operators
starve, innmidate and wheedle 4
miners back 70 work al the old scale
bat he proudly asserted that while III
we're actually in need in some isoiat
sections and had been on strike sin
last APRIL not one nan returned
work or v0uld they ever return IN
the just demands OF the miners a
recognized.
SIr. Cunningham assailed the AS
4 esated Press for discriminating
ports on labor conditions and dispute
III Is impossible 10 set labor's 81
presented ID the public. Yet they
cut Of the way to secure material
she interest Of the operators VI
which TO dope the public mind
Nr. Cunntngham's speech referred
III conditions existing an over the sou
vest and he claimed that OklahOl
was better protected against unreasl
ing eupiaity shsn any other state
the union.
state Labor Commissioner ca
Daugaersy addressed the convent
and oHersa some g0od adsiee 70 l
delegates contemplating more effect
! oFganiEztion work
An adjournment was taken Until
ocloek Wednesday uaorning
Delssases at the Park
TIE delegates to the State Fede