Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-30
GA. Federation
TURNS DOWN FLAT
ATTACK ON WILSON
By Vote of Two to One Effort
to Make Organization Turn
Against LabOr'S Friend Was
Defeated

GOANCAOA
Has the Georgia Federation of Labor,
now in session at Waycross, adopted
resolution condemning Gov. Woodrow
Wilson.
1t has not.
On the contrary, despite the impression
which articles in the Georgian of Fri
day and the Constitution of Saturday
sought to leave, the Georgia Federation
of Labor has refused to adopt such res
olutions
Its refusal was recorded by 2 to l
vote
Two-thirds Of the delegates in the con-
vention registered the decisive voice by
which the resolution was tabled.
President Jerome Jones, Of the feder-
alton, did not table it, as the Constitu-
ton vaguely implied in its story, Sat
urday morning.
Being a presiding officer, his privi-
lege is limited to ruling matters out of
order-if he chooses to do so.
He did not rule the Garrett resolution
cut of order.
Instead of that. the federation itself
took the resolution in hand and tabled
it by a two-thirds vote.
Those are the facts.
A dispatch from Waycross to The
Journal sets them forth.
''The Underwood movement to inject
politics into federation of labor con-
vention today was beaten to a frazzlt.
reads the dispatch,
They tried TO pass resolutions con-
demning Wilson. but were whipped by a
two-thirds vote on the floor. We are
waiting for them to pop up again"
The Georgian's story from Waycross
declared that the resolution had been
introduced and would probably pass. 1t
printed the resolution in full therefore.
The CONSTITUTIONS story from Way
cross asserted that the resolution was in
troduced referred to a committee, and
tabled by President Jerome Jones; or
that otherwise it would probably have
been passed. Therefore, the Constitution
also printed the resolution in full.
The Georgian is supporting Speaker
Clark. The Constitution is supporting
Congressman Underwood. Both are at
lacking Governor Wilson. Neither hest
tated to take advantage of the slight pre-
text offered for the publication of the
resoiutiin Neither hesitated to make
use Of he name of the Georgia Federation
Of Labor.
And neither was JUSTIFIED by what
took place in the convention, where
the two to one vote put the resolution
on the table.
II. F. Garrett, who introduced the
resolution. lives in Atlanta on High
land avenue He is a railroad claim
agent in the Office of a firm of railroad
attorneys. The resolution which he in
troduced was carefully prepared some
days ago, and was the result of con-
ference agreement among several men
who are currying favor with Congress-
man Underwood.
It's utter and miserable defeat in the
convention is too decisive to be mis-
interpreted when the facts are known.
1t was . defeat which the supporters
/ of Governor Wilson, advised in advance
of the resolutions introduction, were
confident of being able to impose.
1t was a defeat not anticipated by
the hackers of the resolution, who never
expected ii to come to a vote, nor cared
for it to, the mere introduction of it
serving the purpose of allowing it's pub
/ LEGATION.
| UNDERWOOD'S NON-UNION SHOP
The attempt to use the state fedora
ton against Governor Wilson has been
resented by members of organized Ia
/ Dor in Atlanta and echoes of similar
/ resentment are being heard in other
parts of the state. There is strong
current of labor feeling against Con-
gresham Underwood, moreover, be-
cause he is a stakeholder and director
in the woodward Iron Works. of Bir-
| mingham, a non-union concern, OF
which his father-in-law is the president
and this would oppose any Endorsement
of him or the concession of any advan-
| tage to him by the state federation OF
/ by the Illicit use of the state fedora
tons name.
In this connection there is recurren
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