Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-10-20
SIDE LIGHTS ON THE CONVENTION

the present time he is seeking reelec-
ton to that office also. His first term
as representative is just drawing to
a close and he was renominated at the
primaries by a majority of $50 votes
over his opponent If reelected at the
federation meeting Mr.. Morris will be-
gin his 10th term as ecretary-treasUr-
err of the labor organization. He is &C
companied on the present trip by his
wife and daughter, the latter being
stenographer to the secretary.
For Conservative UniOnIsm.
Robert L. Cleveland is one of the
IA representatives of Chicago Typo
graphical union, No. 16, in attendance.
MIR. Cleveland is an employee of the
Chicago Tribune and figures with con-
siderable prominence in the councils
of union No. 16. He declares that, in
his opinion, the typographical union is
the strongest and most conservative
union in North America. He advocates
conservative unionism. He said: The
employer is always a business man.
You have got to use business methods
in dealing with him. Business meth
DDS are conservative methods. You
can't use radical methods. The en-
ployer won't stand for them"
There are delegates in attendance
from every good-sIzed city and town
in the state. Every union, from the
bartenders' to the printers, is repre-
sented Among the delegates is Miss
Anna Willard of Chicago, who played
a prominent role during the barten
ders' and mattresses convention last
year.
NoCcI<eIs Fighting Wright.
z. y. Noeckels. secretary of the
Chicago Federation of Labor, arrived
yesterday afternoon and is working
among the delegates in an effort to
have President Wright's report con-
demned and to have Simon O'Donnell
elected president. The delegations
have been carefully canvassed, and it
is asserted that at least two-thirds are
with Wright, both on his compensa-
ton law and to succeed himself as
president
Politics, which was wont to play an
important part in previous conven-
tons, seems to be tabooed. Resolu-
tions which have been submitted so
far are of character that will not pro-
woke much discussion. One of the res
olutions calls upon the legislature to
make larger appropriation for the
factory inspection department, so that
laws intended to protect the workers
may be more rigidly enforced.
Plans for Reform.
The Aurora delegation has come to
the convention primed with resolutions
to be presented to the convention in
which they ask the state federation to
sanction some reform plans. The
first of these resolutions provides that
the legislature be asked to pass law
providing that all prisoners confined |
in the state penitentiaries be paid a |
daily wage. and that this wage go to |
he support of the families dependent !
On them and that it be used to provide |
the convict with means Of support /
when he is released from prison. They |
rave fixed the wage at not less than |
Is cents a day. The other resolution
for the suggestion that uni |
orm text book law be enacted in the |
state
Golden for Delegate.
George F. Golden of the Chicago |
Packing House Teamsters' union will |
probably be chosen for delegate to the
convention of the American Federation
If Labor.
Mayor G. w. McCaskrin is daily min
ling with the delegates. He has been
his autograph.