The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-08-15

egates were called to order at Gala
o'clock. James Cruickshank of Barre
: was appointed Judge of the election, and
the tellers were Joseph Fugere of Bur.
lington and Robert Howard of Bellows
Falls.
When nominations for president were
called for, Mr.. Cruickshank presented the
neme of Mr.. Veal, and J. T. Callaghan OF
Barre named Fred W. Suitor Of Barre
! Mr.. Beal was elected on the first ballot
: the vote standing as follows;
Whole number cast . 80
Beal had ................. ~
Suitor had ..........,.. IL
| At this point Mr.. Suitor moved to
make the election unanimous, which was
done, and the new president made a
brief speech to the convention, express.
ing his thanks for the honor
There were no contests for the other
Offices. the results being:
First vice -president-Fred Connors OF
Montpelier, presented by i. L. Huffmire
of Rutland.
Second president. G. Fitzgerald
OF Bellows Falls, presented by George
Quinn OF Montpelier
Third president Alfred Henry of
Hardwck, presented by Alex. Ironside
OF Barre
Fourth vice president--James H. O'Neil
of Rutland, presented by George Quinn
of Montpelier.
Aftef the election of the fourth vice
president. Mr. lronside of Barre moved
that the executive board be enlarged by
the election of two more vice presidents; /;
but Mr. Henry of Hardwick objected on
the ground that il would be against the
| federation's constitution, after which the
matter was deferred to afternoon and
the election was resumed
Corresponding secretary Alexander
4 Ironside of Barre, presented by Fred
Connors of Montpelier
/ Secretary treasurer Nelson A. Malm-
gren OF Rutland, presented by Mr.. Cruick
shank OF Barre.
The election being completed the Off
GERS We're Immediately installed. the in
staling officer being Cal Wyatt, repre-
senting the national federation.
After Organizer Cal. Wyatt had com
pleted the installation, the newly elected
president, Mr.. Beal, took the chair and
made little speech, in which he pre-.
sented retiring President George Wilkins
large roll of bills on behalf of the or.
ganization as an expression of the state
branch's good will,
Next Convention in st. Johnsbury.
During the forenoon's session, it was
decided to hold the next annual conven-
tion of the branch in st. Johnsbury on
the second Tuesday of August, 1913.
The decision followed an invitation ex-
tended by the members of the st. Johns
bury delegation Prior to the installa
tion of the new officers, Organizer Wyatt
suggested that q committee be appointed
to draft resolutions thanking Rev w. j..
0Sullivan of st. Augustines church and
the city officials for their kindness.
Acting on the suggestion, the chair ap
pointed committee consisting Of Alex
ander Ironside, j. G. Fitzgerald and Jo-
seph Fugere and gave instructions for
them to retire in deliberation. At the
end of 10 minutes they returned with
the draft of a resolution which expressed
the thanks of the convention to Rev
Father 0'Sullivan, Mayor James B. Estee
and President w. c. Cotton of the Mont
pelier Board of Trade. BY amendment
of the convention, the expression of APP
probation was revised to include the fol-
lowing: Cal. Wyatt, representative of
the American Federation of Labor. Chas.
Morris of the hatters union, Edward
Borders of the cigarmakers' Boston local,
William Standcombe, president of the
New England label conference, Bernard
Abrams, general organizer of the gar
ment workers, Mrs. Annie II. Putnam
representative OF the Women's Clubs of |
Vermont, James Walsh, organizer for the
bakers and confectioners union, and Fred |
j. Kiernon. secretary treasurer of the |
eastern division of the r. c. |. Y. A. A
second amendment to the original draft |
conveyed the thanks of the convention
to the members OF the affiliated Mont |
pelier locals.
James Cruickshank of Barre made
motion instructing the secretary to write |
President Samuel Gompers of the A. +. |
of L. on behalf ofCthe convention, thank |
ing him for permitting the presence OF |
Mr.. Wyatt. Both the resolution and the |
motion of Mr.. Cruickshank received the
conventions seal of approval.
While the chair-appointed committee
was constructing the resolution. Secre
tary ikernon of the retail clerksNorgani-
zation spoke for 10 minutes, and he was
followed by Cal. Wyatt. Both speakers
dwelt ON matters pertinent to the spread
ing of the labor propaganda.
At 80 o'clock, the chair was advised
that the business of the session had been
completed and an adjournment was
moved. The convention came to ring
ing close, when the delegates Joined
hands in singing "Auld Lang Syne"
Afterwards the group was photographed
on the steps of the city hall, At l;30
this afternoon, the executive committe.
held its closing session and by that time
nearly all of the delegates had departed
for their homes
The closing session witness the adop-
tion of some important resolutions which
had been in the hands of various com
mittees since yesterday. One of these
resolutions unanimously adopted called
for the conventions endorsement of the