The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-13

President-TamothyF Flanagan. carpen- ter, Bridgeport.
 Sccretary-Robert Cunningham, hat finisher, Danbury.
 Radicals.
 President-Jasper McLevy, President Bridgeport Central Labor Union.
 Secretary-Albert Cotton of Derby.
 Especial from United press.)
 Derby, Sept. 13-The announced re- suits, today, of the yesterday caucus es held by the conserva tives and radl- cal factions at the State Federation of Labor Convention, disclosed the contest for the presidency is between Timothy A. Flanagan, Bridgeport carpenter, conservative and Jasper Me Levy, president of the Bridgeport Central Labor Union, radical. F1ana- gan is the present second vice-presi- dent of the state body.
 The Donahue faction has named Rob- ert Cunningham of Danbury, for sec retary and the McLevyftes, Albert Colton Of Derby.
 The conservatives Or Donaf1ue ele- ment, have let it be understood that they are ready to make concessions to the radicals on the nominees for the other offices. The McLevyites will make a supreme effort to nave
 
 The announcement of the caucus de- cisiona today ended saH speculation regarding President yDonahue's candi- dacy, this year. He will not make the race A slight attack of indigestion, it was said, kept President Donahue away from this mornings session, and Vice-President Reilly of New Haven, presided. Three new delegates were seated: George Goss, barber, New London; Sylvester Wixted, Musician, Danbury, and George Newell, Bridge port.
 The McLevyites charged openly that the men were brought here only to vote with the Donahue faction.
 The New Haven cigarmakers sub- mitted a resolution providing that all officers of the State Federation must be duly accredited delegates of affili- ated organizations to the A.. F. of L..
 The Danbury delegates offered a res olution for a universal union label.
 It was passed to make two o'clock this afternoon, the closing hour for re- ceiving resolutions.
 When President Donahue arrived this morning he asked for the privil- ege of the floor. What he intended to say would be in the nature of a report, he said. Starting calmly, the speech gradually developed into an impassioned attack on his ''traduc- CTS UI16 TdQ1CdIS. lu6y were S0Ok- ing to make the State organization an annex of the Socialist party he charg- ed. socialism had it's conception un- der a different form of government than ours,'' said President Donahue.
 We cannot stand for it. The doc- urine of John Mitchell is good enough for me, that the interests of the ern- ployer and the employe are identical The class consciousness advocated by the Socialists is hideous nightmare We ought to thank God for the indi- vidual liberties guaranteed to US by the constitution
 He reviewed the efforts of the Bridgeport conference to obtain leg islation at this session of the Legisla- ture. No really beneficial legislation for labor had been passed in Connec- ticut in 10 years," said MT. Donahue, but lthe conferences efforts to pass a trades disputes and worlSmen's com pensation act were too radical for Connecticut. The adherents of the measure were barking up against the wrong tree.'
 He next launched a bitter attack on Sol Sontheimer, president of the, Gen. tral Labor Union of Hartford. "He sat in our convention last year and called me brother. Shortly after, he yilMfied me. He is charatan.