Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-08-04
LABOR|NC MEN To
URGE CLAIMS ON
DELEGATES
Meeting Last Night Adopts
Resolutions Which Candidates
VIII Be Asked 10 Sign in Re-
turn for Support.

Representatives OF organized labor
gathered In odd Fellows hail lasl
y ght and after eleeting permanent
Officers adopted q set Of resolutions
containing provisions which they viii
oflet ttr Insertion in the constitution
OF the new state ana which they VIII
ask candidates for delegates 10 that
convention to endorse IN return for
their votes.
Another meeting win be held sat
urday night in the same han and II
was stated by those present last night
mat they would Try ANA get u large
membership in the interim. prncti-
cally all Of those present last night
were members Of local unions, but
they made the organization strictly n
Workingnan's gathering and cllmin-
ated the union end Of it.
w. l.. Cockmon YVES elected per-
manent chairman r. Pinncy. vice
chairman; j. J. VotaW. secretary, and
Charles L%efever, treasurer. AN pres
ent signed their names to the r%es0lu-
ticn and fnpde sinai financial con-
tributions FOR the support Of the or
saulzati0n. IT was also voted 10 have
copies 81 the resolutions printed and
circulated by the various members
for signatures as Well AS requesting
cooperation.
The chairman opened the meeting
'by declaring that he had hcard 1t re-
ported that u certain clique WINS go-
ing 20 run the organization, but he
declared that he would not let any
one run II ana that it would be wide
open.
There was a general discussion OF
what the constitution should contain
aud II ranged from everything advo-
cnted by labor organizations generally
TO the question OF regulating the
price end sale of school books, which
one member said he considered a
mort important matter ri tbs time.
1t was nude evident, however, that
the labor party in New Mexico, nt
least 50 far es this county is CON
cetned. does not intend TO run a sep
atate ticket, but viii try 70 secure
delegates favorable to Il within the
ranlss cf any ~ All parties nominate
Ing candidates.
IN part the resolution said:
I'VE, the laboling people OF Berna-
lilo county believing that under eX-
istlng conditions, we viii not be
properly represented in tho framing
Of the state constitution, therefor we
ourselves to work ANA sup
port The nominees that viii promise
W WNih UNIV NNlc lhI the passage oi
he following articles OF law nor the
'tate constitutions
We. q non partisan assembly Of
IRefnalillo county through oui proper
EXAMINATIONS, after due eonsidera-
ion, hereby present to You our de-
MINDS for recognition and the in
'rrpcration into the proposed CON
or laws, the following. A
iirect primary; ciEht-hour labor law
iome form Of recall; child labor law:
'rh'tration law which viii provide
three arbitrators from the om-
three from the employees and
hree lo be selected by the state;
.'elerendum ana initiative, Australian /
1ellot system labor department:
mining department with an expert !
'nced Inspector; O. judiciary free D..
rom politics, just ana equal taxa /
ion, employees liability act" I
Il WAS proposed by the o|rganiza- +
TO present a copy of these rcso- ,
TO prospective delegates aud (
SIS them u they favored them and /
they would nlgn st pledge To that {
fleet the lahoring men would sup d
nc them. "a
The committee which drafted the +
.csolutloh Was composed OF r. PIN +
II g. Cocutau end j. 81 Nntaw. I