Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-01-18
THE LABOR
MEETING is
A SUCCESS
SMOKER WAS ENJOYED LAST
NIGHT, But THE REAL PLEAS.
IRE OF THE MEETING WAS IN
GOOD WORK WELL DONE.

gave a smoker to the delegates OF the
Oregon State Federation of Labor last
evening in Hurst hall on State street
and the delegates were certainly
most royalty entertained
Delegate Percy Coburn, of Portland,
was introduced by j. S. Wyant and
opened the festivities by telling a few
stories and giving very entertaining
bit of history Of the printers home at
Colorado Springs, pictures of which
are being shown at a local theater.
August Huckestein gave an inter
esting account of his early experience
in labor organizations.
C. E. Knowland and Casey Jones"
sang a number of popular and classi-
cal songs.
President VIM. DAILY, Of the Oregon
State Federation of Labor spoke at
length on matters of moment and in
terest to the members of all labor or
ganizations.
Eugene e. Smith held a little Sc
ance of his own that was enjoyed.
The women delegates to the conven-
tion were entertained very pleasantly
at the home of Mrs. C. E. Barbour on
East Chemeketa street, So pleasantly
in fact, that most of the ladies' missed
the last car and had to walk home,
with the result that several husbands
were complaining this morning Of
having to walk the streets nearly all
night waiting for the key.
Morning Session.
/ One Of the most important features
of the proceedings this morning was
the endorsement of a bill for presen-
tation to the present session of the
legislature providing for free text
books for pupils of the public schools,
to be furnished and paid for out of
the school fund of the several
school districts of the different coun-
ties of the state.
Congratulatory kilograms were re-
ceiyed from like bodies now in ses-
sion in Olympia, Washington and
Los Angeles and San Rafael Callfor-
MIA.
A resolution was introduced and
adopted, recommending that the leg
islature be asked to pass a bill re-
quiring all prison made goods to be
plaintly and conspicuously marked
and labeled as such.
A draft of bill for fiat salary for
the state printer and the acquisition
Of a state-owned printing plant was
also introduced and very heartily en-
dorsed. This is one of the things for
which organized labor has been work.
ing for many years.
A special committee was appointed
to carry to the legislature the senti-
ment Of the convention in regard to
the sale by the government to Whit
man College, of the old Cavalry Post
grounds at Walla Walla. There is
now a bill before congress to trans
fer the tract of more than 500 acres
to Whitman College for $3.50 per acre
and the organized labor bodies of that
vicinity are up in arms against the
bill as the whole body of land can be
sold in acre tracts to bona fide resi-
dents at minimum of $3.50 per acre.
The officers reports were submit
ted by the committee having those
Ematters in charge, and almost all the
recommendations of the officers we're
concurred in unanimously.
Particular votes of thanks were ex-
tended to President VIM DAILY and
Secretary J f. Cassidy for their eff
licient and persistent labor during
the past year
Engrossed copies of resolutions of
thanks We're ordered sent to c. Il. S.
Wood and Judge Henry II. McGinn,
for their labors in behalf of the em-
ployer's liability law during the re-
cent campaign.
The report of Fraternal Delegate
Cauheld who attended the convention
of the Washington State Federation Of
Labor was then read and the resolu-
tion OF the Washington Federation
against the employment Of Asiatic la
Dor was enthusiastically endorsed.
II. ]. Parkinson. who was a dele
gate to the convention of the Farmers
Union at pendleton, made his report
and brought hearty assurances of
support and cooperation from the or
gani2ation Of the farmers.