Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-11-13
President Samuel Gompers De-
clares Organized Labor
Gives It's Fullest Endorse
ment to the Recall.
REAL DEMOCRACY
CRY OF w0RKMEN
Government Of This Nation,
Leader Declares, Has Never
Been Run by the fssssss Of
the Common People.

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Atiantit. GA. Nov tf.--ffcHfdcnl
0ompcrs formally oocnine the 1tss
Annual convention OF the Amerscan
Federation of labor here to-day. dcclnf.
"a hc aud tho other two labor leaders
sentenced 10 hail for contempt of court
were ready and willing 70 serve their
sensqnces II they must.
rhc subject % the uomyers- AIorfl.
son Mitchell contempt case was
brought np In the course Of w~scom-
ing address 90 the delegates
-ff any man 81 labor Is guilty of
violating the law" said AIR. Gompers
IN responding to the welcome. 'he
should he indicted and tried by jury
Of his ceuntrYmen. Hut I deny the
right ~ a Judge to Issue an injunction
deprlslag me cf ms constitutional
riEhtH u II not so much the ansump-
ti0n Of power ar the assumption ~
jurisdiction that VIZ object lof
| Samuel Gompcrs OF the American
Federation OF labor. Ia hin report sub
mitted today TO the delegetes of The
thirty -hrss annual convention. pre-
dictcd great changes In American
methods OF government particularly
With regard 20 political parties lie
gave TO the referendum. Initiative AMI
the recall .he unqualified rndofscnleni
Of organized labor and declared thar s
q real. representative democracy had
never hcsn known IN the United
states because ot the generrI absence
OF those pf0yiaions.
''rhis semi.deilcation Of iadEcx,'
be said IN defonnt of his erdofsemrui.
this saucfi.ronious cant abpuf mob
rule some OF which was In Prosidcnf
Tafts nlesHaep vcsoiug the AflzeEn
statehood hill h snerc drlvel
President no,uprra' report. which
covers 90 closely printed pages ana
would malge more than 20 columns IN
a newspaper says u leaves many
subjects untouched or inadrquately
presented
In the main. the report declares
for, and says organized labor de-
mands.
The referendun. the lnitlativc Nnd
the recall
Passage OF the so-cailed anti
Injunction bills si the next session ~
congress-
Restriction OF immigration
Further restriction OF convict labor.
Legislation to relieve civil service
employees from the executive orders
prohibiting them 10 petition congrcts.
Uniform laws for proiectlon ~ life
and health IN Factory buildings.
A department OF labor In he feder.
al government.
Employers liability aud wsykmens
compensation acts ,hroaehoR iae
states.
Severe arraignmeni IL madc.of 50
called scientific management or en-
cienc, systems.
Win itS membership noU more
than l.I5V.v00, the greatest In he hts.
tory. and i,s financial coudilion ex-
celient. the organization ofscn called
he greatest aitruistic Institution of
hc tines, enters the thlry-first year
0f It's work
Despite all opposition OF sh. most
relentless kind the American labor
movement grows and ihrifes: lta
heneilcieni Influence for the common
upllft OF labor aud OF all our people
extends 10 all fields OF useful activity
and is tvcomlng more generally rcc-
ognized The power which labor
holds within iss grasp IL understood
by oar opponents perhaps better thaE
WaNN VI lNf t8Alrlo INC lalI - IuaI
labors opponents, like the Tories OF
be PAST. many of whom are still With
'Is, are afraid 10 tfuut the people
With power IN the hands o. labor
and u The pe0pie generally cones n
qulckening sense OF responsibility
And though errors are liable 10 occur
they bFing experience, and an avoid
ance OF recurrence. The ertofa OF en-.
croachnenis OF the few or of an auto
crai teach them no lessons and arc
fectified oniy by the peoples revGit.
How perfectly safe freedom h. ID "A
iruih not yet nills understood SAYS
the report
'la5Ors conientions OF many years
have become meiHsd OF have rather
co-oriinated with those OF the pr0-
srvsHivc OF al parties The paoplu
as whole irrespective of class. con
dltson. calling 0r partisan ailgnnscnt
have declared for freedom In TACT.
aud MOI merely Ia name. They are
taking affairs poiiticdf Into their 0Nu
hands. They will no longer tolerate
the sale Of Legislation 10 the highest
bidder 0f ihe granting OF franchises 10
the richest bflbe alver tinder the
coming rexlnc assnredly there are 10
be NO more court ducrees entered as
prepared IN advance and ordered by
the attorney foi The stronger party
stronger politically Of unancialll.
In lieu Oi the political boss nnG hla
lmachlne, We shall have leadership 0f
intelligence, pleading ior public JUS
tics. With adherents pToporlioned IA