Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-13
|COURT ORDERS BOND DEMANDS Of LABOR
Formal Action Today in the Samuel Gompers Makes Clear
Hutch:ns Litigation. Position of Federation.
TRUSTEE TO FILE ACCOUNT PRESENTS ANNUAL REPORT
Unpaid Bills Against Mrs Hutchn President Body Refer
Be Inspected. endum, Initiative and Recall
FOLLOWS APPROVAL OTHER QUESTIONS DISCUSSED
Ordered Paid-Test Of of immigration Among Subjects
Decree Report of Secretary Morrison
Samuel Gompers Makes Clear
Position of Federation.
PRESENTS ANNUAL REPORT
President of Body Advocates Refer.
endum, Initiative and Recall.
! OTHER QUESTIONS DISCUSSED
Anti-Injunction Bill and Restriction
of immigration Among Subjects.
Report of Secretary Morrison.

AsSp0At va SSSAStdiy
ATLANTA, Ga. November f3-Prcs,-
dent Samuel Gompers OF the American
Federation OF Labor In his report sub
mitted To day to the delegates OF the
thirty first annual convention. In session
mere. predicted great changes in Ameri-
can methods of government particularly
with regard TO political parties He gave
TO the referendum. the initiative and the
recall the unqualified Endorsement of or
ganized labor. and declared that a real
representative democracy never had been
known I'm the United States. because or
the general absence OF those provisions.
This standardization of Judges" liz
said. in defense Of his Endorsement this
sanctimoniOus cant about mob rule
some OF wh Oh was In President Tafts
message vetoing the Arizona statehood
bill, is mere drivel.''
President Gompers' report, which covers
sixty closely printed pages and would
make more than thirty columns in a
newspaper, says IL leaves many subjects
untouched or ,inadeauately present.d
Demands of Organized Labor.
In the main. the report declares for and
says organized labor demands:
The referendum. the IN .tia,i.e and tho
recall.
Passage of the so-cailed anti-injunction
bills at the next session OF Congress.
RESTRICTION OF Immigration.
Further les,i iction OIL con ict labor.
Legislation 10 Tea eve c.vu service EN-.
pioAes from the executive or.ers pro-
nibi.,ng tnem 10 petition Soner-As.
Inaofm laws for proc ton OF life and
hta4ln IN Idctory bunu.n,s.
\ department oil iaDor IN the federal
govel nu.-n..
rmpiayers liability and workmen COM
pensa,.n acts tnrous noat lne states.
Severe ar. a.gnnent IS niaae of So
called Scientific management or emcieucy
Systei.s.
w tn its membership now more than
1,IJo.hO, the greatest IN its h s.or., and
It's nnancial .onaItion excellent, the OF.
ganizduon often called the greatest al
tru ste Institution OF the tines enters
the thirty-first year Of its work.
Movement Grows and Thrives.
/ Despite ali oppos ton of the most re-
ientless KIND the American labor more-
ment grows ano thnves. the report says
Its penencent influence for the common
upIiIt or iapor ana OF all our people ex-
tenus TO all fielos OF usefu. acLvI.y and
As becoming mu.e generally .e4o-.i4ed.
III power when iis~or no.ds u.t.iIn T.
s.asp 10 u..de. stoou ~ our vp.JonenLs per
maps letter lnan By many of tue toae4t.
lie La.t IS tnat Labor ,ponents, Ike thu
torres oi the ast, many OF WHOM are still
Win us, are fad TO trust the pevpIe.
With power IN the hanus of labor and
Of the people generally comes a Quicken
Ing sense of responsibility. And. though
errors are liable To occu.. they bring ex-
per.ence and an avoidance OF recurrence.
The errors or encroa. hments of the lew
or of an autoc. ar teacn them no lessons
and are rectiiied only by the peoples
revolt. How perfectly safe freedom Is.
IS truth not yet fu ly understood.
"Labor'S contentious of many years
have become merged. or have rather CO
ordinated with. those OF the progressive
of all parties. The people RS a whole.
irrespective of class, conditions. calling
or partisan al gnrlent. have declared TO-
freedom in fact, and not mercy n name.
They are taking affairs political INTO their
own hands. They wi ! no longer tolerat.
the sale of legislation to the hi hest bid-
der or the granting OF franchises 10 the
richest bribe giver. Under the coming
regime assuredly there are 10 he no more
court DEGREES entered as prepared In sd-
vance and ordered by the attorney for
the stronger party-stronger politically
and flnanc' ally.
Leadership Of Intelligence.
''In lieu of the political boss and his
machine. we shall have leadership OF in
telligence, pleading for public Justice with
adherents proportioned in number 10 the
strength of the arguments. The stuffed
ballot box. the false count and the pei
jured election returns will likewise disap-
pear With these opportunities, With
these stimulating Inducements TO free
thought and action. the cause OF public
justi> u will be advanced III all directions.
abor, acting from the point of enlie ehten-
ed self-interest and yet with fun sense
of responsibility respecting the lust rights
of all others in society, Will manfully and
patriotically meet It's enlarged responsi-
bilties.
Under the prevailing system of cut and
dried p atforms and slated nomina tionF.
preceded by fake primaries, the ballot In
our hands has not been. In any adequate
sense either a protecting shield against
wrong or means OF redress. We ma
not ior some time be entirely rid of he
rule OF parties. If they be an evil they
are such as are incident TO all govern
ments based on popular suffrage. deem
ii unwise, OF rather impo.itc To waste
our energies now In efforts ia aboiiS'
political parties. Perhaps they are In
I'm all free governments Bur
il we cannot now destroy them we may.
by more assiduous and regular exercise
of our pr viieges and rights or citiz. . nip.
do much I'm the way OF controlling them.
Under existing conditions We must
obtain various measures of legis alton at
the hands of dominant parties In legisia-
tive bodies, and II party affairs are TO
rema In the hands OF corporate agents
and corrupt bosses as heretofore. then
our interests will be imperiled and the
desired relief retar6 ed no matter which
party has the majority.
Mr. Gompers refers very briefly TO tho
contempt OF court proceedings aga INST
Vice President John Mitchell, Secietar
Morrison and himself. which are stili
pending before the courts in the Dis
trict of Column a.
Charges Plot Against Labor.
The Mcnamara case. however. Is taFen
ip mt some length and fully reviewed.
Pres. dent Gompers expressed his faith In
he innocen OF the men now on trial at
Los Angeles for alleged dynamiting out
ages and denounces an unms assured T. ms
he r removal from Indiana TO California
He charged a plot against union iaoor
nd severely scored Gen. Harrison Grey
otis. proprietor OF the Los Angeles Times.
IS well as the detectives who arres'ei
he McNamara, brothers and "Artie" Nc
Ianigal and all concerned IN the prose-
ution.
Referring 20 the funds raised To de-
end the prisoners, he said that the
Inions have been urged 10 advance -
ents per member. Other means have
so been adopted.
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