The wageworker., 1910-02-19
CENTRAL LABOR UNION

Sunday afternoon meetings for men
and women at the Temple, Labor
Chautauqua" some time next summer,
the election of officers and the adop-
ton of resolutions in favor of the COM
mission plan of government for Lin
coln-all these were made parts of
the proceedings of the Central Labor
Union last Friday evening",
The following officers were elected
Tor the ensuing six months:
President. T. NJ. Parker, Cigar
makers.
vice-president, T. C. Kelsey, Leath-
erworkers.
Secretary. F. A. Kates, Carpenters.
Treasurer. T. w. Evans, Cigar
makers.
Sergeantat-arms, George Quick, Car
penters.
Executive committee, A. b. Woel-
hoff. Painters; c. A. Walker, Lathers;
NJ. W. Gellcr, Horseshoers.
The committee previously appointed
10 arrange for series of Sunday af-
terpoon meetings at the Temple re-
ported that the first meeting would be
held on Sunday afternoon, February
20, at 3 o'clock, and that it would be
addressed by Rev. Mr.. Zenor and Rev.
Mr.. Harmon. These gentlemen are
well known for their friendship for or
ganized labor. and both will speak
briefly on topics of interest to the
wage earners. These meetings are
not for men only, they are for every
body. and everybody is cordially in
vited. The intention is to have a sim
liar meeting every Sunday afternoon,
and to have speakers who will talk
on timely topics. Temple Talks" is
the name under which the meetings
will be known. The committee is en-
gagged in securing a list of speakers
and the topics to be discussed, and as
soon as it can be prepared it will be
publicly announced.
The matter of Labor Chautauqua
received its first official recognition at
this meeting, and committee COM
posed of Maupin. Coffey. Woelhoff,
Zenor and Kelsey was appointed to
prepare plan and submit it to the
regular summer chautauqua, but in
stead of following the usual lines it
will make labor problems the chief
subjects of discussion. 1t is believed
that this is the first time such a
scheme was ever considered, and if
carried out Lincoln will have the cred
it of holding the first labor chautau-
out in the country. Several prominent
labor leaders in the country have been
spoken to in regard to the idea, and
they are a unit in declaring it one of
the best moves ever undertaken. Such
men as Raymond Robins and Louis F.
Post, and such women as Margaret
Drier Robins. Mary Mcdowell, Agnes
Nestor and Margaret Haley, have
agreed to assist in every way possible.
AS now conceived a regular sum-
mer encampment will be held, lasting
over two Sundays and enough season
tickets will be sold to cover all ex
penses. The idea is educational instead
of financial. The committee will be-
gin meeing right away, and the
chances are that Lincoln will have a
labor chautauqua that will become as
famous in labor circles as the old
chautauqua is in literary and religious
circles.
The organized workers of Lincoln
are not going to let few self-appoint
ed guardians of the public welfare
have everything their own way in the
making of commission charter for
Lincoln. Union men purpose having
something to say along this line. Al
Friday nights meeting of the Central
Labor Union the following resolution
was unanimously adopted:
The Central Labor Union of Lin
coin, Nebraska, made up of duly elect
ed and accredited delegates from the
allied trades and labor organizations
of the city, realizing the need of &
more responsible and responsive sys
TEN Of municipal government. hereby
desires to go on record as favoring the
so-called commission plan of city gov
ernment, working under a charter tha
shall have been duly and legally
adopted by a majority of the voter.
at referendum election held solel.
for that purpose.
THE Central Labor Union insists
that the wage earners of the city b.
allowed some part in the making o
the charter, and to that end suggests
and insists upon the incorporation
therein. the following charter provi
Siouc.