The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-04-19
IllBlR .lELEBfA0N !. !
NIg |! y |. n CONGRESS
tFlETEEN MEMBE IS ELECTED BY
THE NEEuE ENC 6 OF THE AMER.
CAN FEDERATION. s',gi (,

"a AStllNGTON,s April t9.-The
erican Federation Of Labor now
asts, as the labor representation Of
a ngress. u s members In the House or
- sefthtiges ind several friends
4. ~ the United States Senate. THE
sfice OF, this, labor delegation in
Il Cong ress, the Federation declares. is
Il The result 3of5fve years OF active cam.
hing5in national elections. 35,}
In 1906 the labor representation
& commit tee of the American Federation
i x 81 ! labor decided aggressirely to take
estle I'D against the reelection OF Ger.
Z, tttia members of Congress who had
Z tsean cons nicnnns in their antagonism
toward all labor bills introduced in
4 sss. Il Congressman Littleheld,
second district OF ,NIaine,J counted a
sbettle In the political campaign OF
\ sifsotrsls Years ago. with the labor Gle.
sment. 4 4 II a 3 Z. q AZ.
4 resident Gompers, with three or.
sanizers and a similar number Of In.
f}ternatipnal officers, entered Little.
tstlelR ssdistrict, and according to Com.
Ilers, they made memorable strug.
Y Gle 10 gimpressSupo the citizens OF
that gdfstrictithe desirability Of per-
J n pittiiig the belligerent congressman
remain at home; Littlefell, how;
Y ever, came hback to- Congress, though
i MIS- majority was greatly reduced. :
ptsssl In various parts OF tue country, sim.
Tar bnttlesl have been tonight ~ trade
4 IsIionists who opposed the presence OF
anti labor. men In Congress, with the
Result that in 1906 the Al of L. en-.
h lfred the field UNDER the labor ticket.
81 lie first campaign resulted In the
lecti ION, OF six congressman with ac-
Ne membership in the tradetunions.
= sEfIeys We're Wilson, of Pennsylvania;
Nichols, ofBsPennsylvan,a; Sherwood,
iIspf Ohio; HuHghes, OF New j es;sey;i
tcD ermott,e ofs Illinois, and Caysy. of
Wisconsin. I'd Sss2t.; i: y 3 :; a
In the elections OF 1903 the above
Mere bre.elected and in addition the
& following labor iunionists: Anderson,
5pfs 9 hioaE Murphy. OF Missouri; Martin,
lisef Colorado, and Jamison, ofIowa.
he Congressional elections OF 1910
! Increased the labor delegation by so
I per cent, five members OF Congress
actively affiliated with trade unions
being elected.
he Congressional, elections OF 1910
y nov in office and whose presence
At is said. is due TO the activity
ssofs the American Federation of Labor
lin national campaigns, follows: IN
Ilson, w. B., coal miner, Bloss-
burg, Pa, Dem.
All llee,S r. f.. blacksmith, Pottsyille,
st$pa5 Dem.
Martin, John A., locomotive fireman
Pueblo, Col. Dem. En-
Cary VIM. j., commercial telegra-
n Spher. Milwaukee, Wis, Rep. d
Berger, Victor L., typographical un.
Ion, Milwaukee, Wis, Soc. ~
Hughes. VIM, textile worker, Chi.
engo. ILL.,, Dem. ?
suchannan, Frank, iron worker. CHI
scagols Ills Dom.
cDermott, james r., commercial
telegrapher Chicago, ILL.,, Dem. -
t;i. Lewis, D David j., coal miner, Cum.
ysIberland, NIL, Dem. gt3
Smith. Charles B., tclcgraphcr, Elf.
Sssfalo, M y. Dem.
Anderson,g Carl c., musician, Eos,
S;toria, Ohio, Dem,
WI WI Sherwood. Isaac r., typographical
union, Toledo. o, SDem.
ss loberts, u. d, metal miner, Caron
y Nev., Republican.
,gSsis EFarr, John r., typographical union,
VI Scrant ton, Pa Dem.
lahar, James r, halter, Brooklyn,
s$tS VI Dem.