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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08
GREAT PICTURES
AIM OST RUINED
Artist Attempts 10 Restore
Millct's The Angclus" and
The Shcpherdcss.'
AN IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT
Marquis dc Ganay on Supreme
Council oil tie National
Stables.
ny MARQUIS DE CAsTEILANE.

l y ~
tSpectal Cable 10 The Times Dispa,chD
Paris January MAY I explain
once ana for all why The world re
such hard knocks from critics who
have visited the Chauchard collection,
now on exposition at the Louvre?
The explanation will he appreciated
by Americans because The .\nselus''
was held in very high honor in Amer
lea. ltis very simple. The picture has
heen restored. Therefore 1t has lost It's
soul.
chauchard. who passed his life. not
In the famous picture galleries OF the
world. but In the big department store
called the Louvre. which he founded,
was great collector, but a poor Judge.
one DAY IL occurred TO him thar The
Anselus' and The shepherdess." both
from the brush OF Millet. were deterior-
sting; Hc called in young painter.
who believed himself sort OF Rem
brandt in disguise.
The result was that the two great
pictures OF the nineteenth century have
been practically ruined. The intense
poetry, tho beautiful background, the
ms of the open. the impression OF the
hour of the Ave Maria. all have dsap-
neared
What AiiiIet Told Cnstciinnc.
IT want you to hear the ringing of
the bells" said Mllet to me one day
as We We're looking al the picture to-
sether. u did not require. much magi
hour OF The Angelus." am sure the
great painter'hea them distinctly.
Fortunately the rcstorer'' has not
laid his saCriiegious hands upon the
Corot picture. the pelacroiN. the Rous-
seau, the Das. tho Isabey and the
Henners and others Of the collection.
Chauchard paid $4,000 for the
"Angeus' on It's return from America
only. to have It murdered in the lana
of its birth
There is one little picture in the
collection which ] we'll remember sold
for $50 forty Years ago. This was
bought by Chauchard for 100000
At the suggestion OF the minister or
agriculture. President Fall!ercs has APP
pointed the Marquis de Ganay member
Of the supreme Council of the National
Stables. The Marquis de Ganay is one
OF our most American Frenchmen. lie
had The good taste to marry a dis tim
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08
AMERICAN PEERJ;ssEs
NO LONGER INTERESTED

Especial Cable to Tho Times Dispa tch.1
london January f.-Amcrican PROGRESSES
are now thoroughly Indifferent toward Brit
ish politics Most OF them paid rather
heavily for their titles. and their Interest
now seems to lie In settled hostility to-
wards the creation OF any new titles This
was the cause of the spasmodic efforts
which n few of them made to helm along
the Unionist cauEe so as TO block the threat
OF the Liberals to create 900 Peers and give
Radical balance In the House of Lords,
But the election destroyed that hone. and
the american pcercsses have gone or 10 the
Riviera with n shrug OF their shoulders To
spend their money. In one or two astonish ,
ing Isolated cases their English husbands
Tho Duchess of Marlborough said to-day to
this correspondence:
REALLY. you know. have not political
idea In my head that would interest your
readers"
Lady Dntferin said
you kndY Lord Dnnerin ie in tho civil
service. so n could not talk anyhow But
beyond thap have not n thing to say. even
IL were free TO prattie about political
anaStions.s
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08
Atlantic Coast Line

EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER !. 1910
TRAINS LEAVE RICHMOND DAILY.
For Florida and South: 100 4. ~. Sis A.
and 7:35 p. NJ
For Norfolk; 500 a. NJ. 500 p. N. "a,
ForS. W ny. West: e:.s 4 ~. 500 a.
n. $50 z. NJ. and $3.50 p. II
For Petersburg: l:oo 4. Nj. s:lS A NJ. ST.,
A. ~. 500 a NJ. 1910 l.. N, $50. p. NJ,
s:lo p NJ. t:@ p. ~. 7:s5 p. N. 500 p. n.
n:G +. M.
Fo. Io4dsboro and Fayetteville: ESQ p. Il.
Trains arrive Richmond daily: $40 A. Il ,
Sic a. NJ. $40 a. NJ. $50 a. M, .'io:t5 y.
~. ilto A. NJ. '2;oD p. NJ. ''2:i5 p. ~. t:@
?, NJ e::S +. M. SEQ p NJ. 500 +. NJ.
u:?9 p. n
Except Sunday. "Sundsy only.
Time OF arrival and departure and connee.
tions not guaranteed.
q g. CAMpRgIr n u
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Railroads.
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac r. R

]" "I'H y TUIN NH>HIIIEIUH HNu Ut!ONN.
Leave Eichmond--'i.j5 !, ". Bytd -. sta.
- j. NJ 5yrd st. sta '5:i. - NJ. Main -.
Byrd St, sta. 7i:tQ T. VI Byrd II. sta :i.!.
+ NJ. Eba sta -5.H T. NJ Main St STA
$50 T. VI Byrd 81 sta.
Arrive Richmond - 80 i. II. BYRD st sta
III - a. " Elha Sia 7ii:c5 i. y. Byrd 81.
ga. ~ = NJ Nam s' ste. 81 z. 81 Byrd
-. sta. go i " Byrd -. sta t3.l9 = II.
Main 81 sta. 'lGc1 J.. 81. Byrd g.. sta TO q
". VI. Byrd = Sia 1T - =. ". Main St sra,
1850 night Byrd =; Sta.
Accommodation Tra.Hs-Heekdays Lay:
Byrd 81 sta 35 = ". FOR Freder!cksbu-E.
Leave Elba sta 20 y. 81. $50 =. u! lof
Ashland. Arrive Bylb ~ sta : - 4. $ g.nin
FTcderlcksburE. Arrive E ba S.a 81 !: II
$50 f. NJ. frosn Ashland
DAILY lWeekdays 'slntays oaly
Ccxccpi trains leaving $50 j. " ana arrtv-
ing !: y uighti stop ~ Elba Time 81 az
rival and departure. not guaranteed Read
tho signs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08
Norfolk and Western Railway

ONI+i Nj RAIL LINE TO |OEFCIK
Schedule IL Effect october a. 1870
leave ById street Station. KIchu.nd F1t,
,-oHfol-h 20 a a. '2.o1 e. n si..l =
FOR LYNcbBURG AID THE Yygar
tlb =. 81. '1sf9 u. Is. .aM e. IA :: \,
~ so r. VI. III 20 u a From tas W..
80 a.. NJ a.;C Y NJ bzls T. ~. ..N >.
paiIy. hDo!y. er. Sunday. uPg.6a, ..,
ntuLinhn, fArior shn Sleeping cars rafs
U w W. GArs, e. II. BosLYY
| w. - bhV ILL d. r. A.. H,eam..d. AZ.
o. p. A.. Roanoks. vs.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08
Railroads.

RICHMOND AND CHESAPEAKE BAY
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Schedule OF electric trains 10 and from
Ashlend, stopping a: intermediate stations
upon signal: Lv. Richmond Broad and
Laurel st1): s:tss. '7ie s:icb. s:,ob, ..io:io,
u:io a. NJ: i:io, 2:ie. $40. 400 $40. e:2O,
i:ie i.loe. 1870. Ii:i5 P. NJ. Lv. Ashland:
'b:ss. ':c1b, S. sb. 10 .'il a. NJ, sl2 NJ. .'i
1; {, g. %. 6. :. S. 20. II p. n.
DAILY except sunday "sunday only.
bCarries acGaRe. -----
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08
SOUTHERN RAILWAY

fRA!Ha LEAVE RIcHAOED
y. 3 Following schedule lsJr4s pub!!saea
as Information had not guaranteed;
t:y =. q -Daily-L Gca! for Charlotte Dgt.
nam aud Haiei1h. Ig.g \. M-Dai.y-I.iEn!t.
.d-fOr a.. p3ints South. Drh~ihg Eod:n
BuHsi Sleeping Car 10 Iern PIT. Via Asas.
v!it and Chattanooga. 40 T.. a.--EI. sun
Local Tor D-rnain and Intermediate stations
so r. " tx aun.-Keysyl!is Local. ii:ii
A. NJ daily -Linltet-Foy a.! po.a,I EsGtn.
pullman ready 10 L. n.
YORK RIVER LINE
''Sc T. ~ Tx. sun III Wes, PIT connec,.
ING fot Baltimore Men wed and HI, -
a. NJ sun aud :;i5 =. a-M1a.. NED
and Fti.-Locai 10 ~aEt Point
rK hIHs AtNiVE RICHMOND
From ,hc south 10 N, az p a.
2co y ~. dalS From wee. rt1nt. s.l1 4
a. paIy. ilsi q ID. wed. aud ri. 81
+ y. BUNGEas. T. p A..
t7o T.. Main 81 'thnn. Nadi..n tJ5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08

10y pos'poning the debate IN Tho
rehch naval estimates for Inc cnnt,,s
na,iciai year until the Chamber n,nn,s
eain' ADMIRAL Bouc dc I.apayrere tbo
b ausia a .isanie Secretary OF the Nav
mas gained time to prepare some 80" go.
IN. IAN. IT. and interesting declare.
IONS. The secretary has go,
program. which will add immenaei,,
strength of the French nav,
a prepared. and M. Briand IN
o oenus 10 stake the whole nolitina1
eAis'ence OF the cabinet on ,ts 80
non IN o! the Chamber and Senate
inc Prime Minister is ahso1n.
peFsuaded Of the Imperative noca.si,,.
at least eight new Dreadnonsh,ss
~. present two are being constrm,toG
Raw R.,n Inc utmost rapidity-the Ieam
'drt. and Bhest. and the Courbet a al,
,-olieh'. They are of 2S,5oO tons aa. q,
ana 'hcy form the model of tho tra,,
u mos TO come In fact. when par III
mn. mn, voted the credits for then, I'd :,
WIS, WIS understood that the Two s,;r
' we're are an instalment OF the prog rams
90 not think that in the nres ",,
"a af .h' and with Prime Ai,nis.ns
" me force of NJ. BRAND. onnnai,ien
20 me scheme will have anv po ohn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08

,ois rom Italy comes the news thai Pc
90. rence Jacoviello, of the IJnivor
n 81, OF Parma, has invented an
,iani. which will completely reyoln-
,,,,,.' wireless telegraphy and raw
mission OF electrical force
A.iough difficult to explain w.
mn uage' 1t may be said that tho an
piaHce is constructed with the ohi.o.
~ transforming ordinary electric c,,r'
rents into Hertaian waves. and cxnar,
mn, mn mas proved the power OF the an
pnahee so to transform 90 per cent
y. any current. 1t consists of nm arc
III "nlch Two tubes of metal. yarvjno
hccorhinS TO the forco OF the currant
10 DC transformed. are substituted for
,he carbon points. Currents varying In
strength from $4,000 to 100000 volts
nave been dealt with successfu,lv
me most interesting part of the arc is
strong stream of air, or sometimes
gas. that is forced through tho two
metal tubes of the arc in such manner
That the molecules OF tho air, or gas
move In the same direction as the irons
ana ciectrons or electrified particles Of
air. The stream OF air or gas serves
to regulate the production OF these
particles and to render the arc capable
oi charging and discharging many
thousand volts per second into and
: from an clcctrostatic condenser. thus
producing Hertzian waves in continuity.
The chief advantages OF this new ap-
pllance are that It utilizes much
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08
Richmond and Petersburg Electric Railwa,

Cars iesve' MaDchesie!. sevenl, und PER-,
Streets. FOR Petesshurg:
80" So; y J. q: "a II. = -. {. 5.
u.t) r AZ for Chester. 100 r5,t0n, o.,
Petersburg. r
Cars leave Petersburg. foot o. sycamore
Street., FOR Manchester:
ans s:a5 ..':i5. :.,ss. s;ss. a.as .io:ss. il:s
A. 81, 1926. r:35. .:a5. ass 'i3s 6:a5 6:N
49, s.S5. s:35. 'io.4o. 1890 j.. "
Carries baggage and e1pre.s
"L!nited. except Sundays and holiday,
A.! car. from Petersburg connect with car,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08

convinced OF the great unselnshnosz
"eroflahes. not only in war. bur
as means of communication In
peace' The French colonial minister is
hnut 10 spend $4,000 for expert
Ems with Bleriot monoplanes In mo
French colonies, and before ,ba Ia ne
.nc year mails may be delivered roD.
v wary by aeroplanes in French and
me aeroplanes are TO leave bcro
IN apout a week, and the erection -,
p pus.ai hangars Will be undertaken a,
,, men inc Chamber meets again the
100000 to be spent durinc sI ,a1s OF OF
establishing an aerial postal dc,ivcr~
,frI IN lndo- China in case the IVES,
>i'icah experiment proves successor
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08
SEAIsOARD AIN IJNE

FolIh pound raius sohtquIcd TO leave Rich.
noha dai!N $40 4 VI local to N1riina
~ T M-florida Limited daily. except
sundsv LEO = M,-Slecpcrs ana coaches.
hNanlh Birmingham. Savannah. Jackson
VIE Rpd Florida points 1910 u. M-S!eep-
rs and coaches, Savannah, Jacksonyllie Al.
!&ati. Birmingham and Memphis Sor,h.
tauhd rain: scheduled 10 arrive Richmond
oA.Iyi 90. i. n, g.e5 :. NJ except Monday.
tie T. M 5..5 r. y,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08
THE NEW MEMORIAL TO THE LATE
Eli UENnY INXING

statue tn the memory of Sir Henry
ffihE WAS unveiled the other dry by
Mr. i"hn Bmr~. The monument, Of
"h'h ~ pb"tDHrnpb II Reproduced
"h"t'' j. situated ~ the back Of the
NHJ"""i r"rirnif Cniirry, and its In
h"E"rHts"n "bs attended by all the
hfhlhg members Df the dramatic prO-
''thi'h. SIR jain HIRE delivered a
"p''n"hhs aprrch on the occasion, 10
"h'th ". frrisR responded on behn!f
al LiA foihrrs fnniIy.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08

The Reggie, which is another name
Tor the state tobacco monopoly. has
found 1t necessary TO advertise lis
goods This step has been taken on
account of the publicity given IA
foreign cigars ard cigarettes in the
s,ate tobacco shops Outside the
shops luminous sign informs the
passerby that foreign tobacco can he
had within. Inside these foreign goods
are displayed everywhere. the cigars
OF French manufacture being reIe
gated TO same dark corner. The result
is that the French products are NOT
getting a chance.
Hesie is going TO lake IN adver.
using. a catalogue is in course ~
preparation. In it Will be described
me different kinds of cigars and cipar.
e'es turned out by the State. Much
IS expected from this catalogue. hn,
me Hegie Will have to take care no,
20 ueieat Its objects. There have Ions
neen complaints of delay in furnish.
ins supplies What Is the good NJ
smokers being attracted to n certain
cigar or cigarette through an adyer.
isement' If they cannot GET i, whnr
they ask for it? "i'eH
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-25
s 'goB"' BURDETTE
TO FIGHT M'hAMARAS
Noted Divine, discredited by
Churchmen, Performs Ser
vices for Otis.
ALL YOUNG MEN BARRED
FROM SITTING ON JURY
None in Box Are Under IS Years
Of Age-catholics Opposed
By Prosecution.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, Nov. 23.-
Clarence Darrow, chief attorney for
the Mcnamara defense wants Rev.
Robert ]. Burdette, the humorist and
preacher cited to appear in court and
explain why he persistently keeps up
line of funeral sermons over the
graves of victims Of the Times fire
and works industrioously to keep the
public mind inflamed against the Nc
Namara brothers.
Judge Bordwell refuses to have
Burdette subpoenaed.
Burdette's sermon over fourteen
coffins, eight of them empty. was an
atrocity scond only to that of the ex-
plosion due to the criminal neglect
of the owner of the Times building.
Burdette Once Popular.
The preacher. who was formerly
popular with all classes, has virtually
been dropped from the church. He
has preached half a dozen sermons at
bitter TRADES against organized labor
and workers in general.
DarroW makes it a rule to find out
II the Jurors are friends of the Bur-
dette family. Mrs. Burdette, wife Of
the preacher, is large stock hold
er in the Times company and it is
notorious that Otis passed all the
losses of the fire to the stockholders.
This cuts down the income of the
Burdettes who live on millionaires
row in Pasadena amid great luxury.
Darrow has frequent clashes with
the judge whom he almost openly
charged with bias.
Unfair Attitude Manifest.
Other attorneys for the defense be-
come angered at the manifestly un-
fair action Of the district attorney
and his assistants and the treatment
defense receives at the hands of the
court.
There are at present three perma-
nent jurors in the box and they bid
fair to be the only ones for a week,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-25
OPERATORS ON B, ( /,
GET WAGE INCREASE
Threatened Trouble Averted BY
Federal Officers Increase in
Wages Granted.
Also Get Favorable Settlement on
Southern Railway Through
Road Officials.

WASHINGTON, Nov: 23.-Amic
able agreements between the tele-
graph operators and officials of the
Southern railway and the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad, by which the em-.
ployers Of the former will receive an
increase. Of II per cent and those Of
the latter q 6 per cent increase. have
been reached. Shorter working hours
and other concessions we're also
granted. The operators on the South
ern railway Will receive 100000.
more annually.
The agreement on the Southern
railway was reached through negotia-
tions conducted between the general
manager OF the road and representa-
tives OF the telegraphers, while the
Baltimore & Ohio differences wefes
reached by Judge Martin "A. Knapp
Of the United States court Of COM
merce, and Charles p. Neill, commits.
sioner Of labor who acted as metii-s
ators. =5ss=3
IN addition 10 the II per cent in-s
crease In salary. the Southern rail-
way operators are to- receive fifteen
days vacation each year, It ID stated.
on the Baltimore & Ohio, the opera
tors who . were formerly workin8'
eleven hours, viii now 80 TO the tone
hour shift, and in g three men ofdce1s
thu hours III be
shannsp ! Z took lsesll =! =. I Is,
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-25
Polls Taken in Several Parts Of
the Country Indicates Trend
of Thought.
MANY STAND-PATTERS
FOR PROGRESSIVE MAN
Strong Sentiment Said to Be De-
veloping for Nomination Of
Wisconsin Man.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Nov. o.
Progressive News Service)-That
Senator La Toilette, of Wisconsin. is
a strong first choice for the Republi.
can nomination for the presidency, is
being disclosed by polls being made
by newspapers throughout the coun-
try. Up to date, President Taft has
failed to receive more votes than
Senator La Toilette in these polls, and
in a majority of cases, Senator La
Toilette is favorite by at least three
to one.
A poll which is generally regarded
as unusually fair was recently made
by the Nevada, Uowa) representative.
In order that the sentiment of Re-
publican voters might be accurately
determined. the representative took
the poll books from the county court
house and listed every tenth voter
in Story county, sending a postal card
to each voter with the request that
he record his preference for president
BY this means, 1854 cards were mailed,
and 139 responses were received
showing the following result:
For La Toilette, 81; for Taft, So;
Not for either. 10.
Sixteen voters, known to be tand-
patters, voted for La Toilette; and
fifteen voters, known to be Progress.
sives, voted for Taft The same vot-
ers were asked to express their SEN
timents on a presidential primary
and 116 recorded themselves in favor
Of tn
In discussing the poll, the repres-
entative said:
Taking the poll for what it is
= W. worth and having taken alt possible
pains to have it worth as much a.
possible. it goes to slow: First
Story county Republicans are against
Taft; second, they are for La Toilette
third, the opposition to Taft and thu
support of La Toilette is not faction
al, but, on the contrary, LaFollettt
is the choice of more stand-patter!
than is Taft, while he lacks some
thing of being supported by all the
Progressives; fourth, while there !!
seemingly impacable opposition in the
country to La Toilette, Taft woult
have trouble in carrying Story coun
ty in an election as the Republican
nominee, with the Democratic vote
of the county not even considered.'
Another poll, equally significant Of
public sentiment, and taken many
hundreds of miles from Iowa, wa.
that of the Portland, (Oregon) Jour
nal. The poll was taken so that thu
sentiment of the entire state would
be tested, with the following result
Senator La Toilette got 3O1 vote
from the Republican voters respond
ing, and So from Democratic voters
making his total 1872 out of the 60
who voted for a Republican candidate
Colonel Roosevelt got 1853 votes, ant
Taft only IS. La Toilette, therefore
got more than half of all the vote
cast for a Republican candidate
Roosevelt got less than half as many
and President Taft got only littl,
more than one-twelfth of the tota
votes cast, and less than one-sixtl
as many as La Toilette. The senti
ment indicated in this vote is general
ly admitted to be in harmony will
the sentiment of the entire Pacifi,
coast region.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-25
BOSTON TO PENSION
ITS AGED WORKMEN
First American City to Recognize
Obligation to superannuated
Employees.
Will Retire Men Over 60 Years
Of Age on One Half Com
pensation for Life.

BOSTON, Nov, 23.--The laborers'
pension act which this city will put
into operation March 1. 1912, is the
first instance Of a municipality in
America providing retirement with
half pay to its laborers. There has
been a persistent effort made for
years to establish this pension: or a
similar one. .i..4.'
Power was conferred by the last
legislature to inaugurate such a law
in Boston, the salient portions of
which are as follows:
There shall be retirement board
for the laborers employed by the
city of Boston consisting of the may
or. the auditor and the treasurer Of
the city, who shall discharge the
duties hereby imposed upon them
without additional compensation.
ANY laborer employed by the city
of Boston. who has reached the age
of so years, and who has been in the
service Of the city for a period of not
less than rs years, and who is ply
sically incapacitated, shall, at his re-
quest. and with the approval of the
retirement board, be retired from SER
vice, and shall receive for the re-
mainder of his life an annual pension
equal to one-half the compensation
which he received during the last
year of his service for the city Z. 1:
1T shall be the duty Of said board
to retire any laborer in the service OF
the city who has reached the age Of
10 years and has served the city for
"a period Of not less than IS years. !"
Fewer than 10 come under the
compulsory retirement provision.
while the total number eligible to
pension IL 1T. t5.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1911-11-25
A. F. Of |. TURNS OUT
T LOT !. OF RESOLUTIONS. I
Election Of Officers BY Referen.
dunn Vote to Be Considered
BY Council. .
GOMPERS WON'T WITHDRAW
FROM CIVIC FEDERATION:
Martin Cole of Duluth, Very Much
in Evidence With Many
Resolutions. -.

The second weeks of the convention
| of the American Federation of Labor
has been fraught with much inter-
| est. Two very important clashes oc-
| Cured between the socialists and the
| trade unionists
Tom Lewis of the miners intro
| duced a resolution directing all of
ficers of the "A. F. Of L., to with
draw as members Of the National
Civic Federation. This started bat
tie royal with all Of the socialist
group on one side, and with John
Mitchell, Samuel Gompers, James
Duncan and a number of strong trade
unionists on the other.
MitcllelPs Grave Charge.
The resolution was defeated. Nit
chell charged before Lewis and other
| miners that the convention of the
United Mine Workers. which passed
the resolution compelling him to
| withdraw from the Civic Federation
was packed. Lewis did not deny 1t,
and so the Mitchell charge seemed
to stand. -
Another resolution was in the form
of a constitutional amendment by
| which officers Of the federation
| would be nominated by the delegates
| at a convention, but that the men,
bership at large would elect. This
was opposed by Gompers and his
friends for the reason that the fed
Grafton Is 10 constituted that ref
erendum vote would be impractical.
It was held that the officers of
the federation were in relatively the
same position as the speaker, and
other officers Of the house OF re-
| presentatives. The resolution was res
ferred the - oming executive
council for Investigation as to 1t prac-
ticability. The council Is to report
on this at the next convention.
! Many Resolutions Passed.
| A large number of resolutions are
now being daily disposed Of by the