Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-12-05
PER CAPITA TAX REMAINS THE SAME
 -.~.-,,---s Arkansas Federation of La bor Refuses to Reduce 1t From 10 to 5 Gents.
HOGAN TO THE FRONT
Once Socialist Candidate for Cover nor Condemns EXtrcinism
 in Socialist Party.

A ringing condemnation of cNtrem- ist party was voiced by Ian Hogan, one time candidate for governor on that ticket, when he took a decided stand at yesterdays session of the Arkansas State Federation of Labor against the adoption of resolution advocating state ownership of public utilities and the mastering of all ull- ion men into the ranks of the Social ist party The days session was an important one, a resolution favoring the proposed one mill tax for state educational institutions being adopted and the effort to reduce the State Federation's per capita tax from 10 cents to cents meeting defeat after long drawn out and hard fought contest.
 The vote on the per capita tax was to 1 against reduction and followed debate of several hours.
 At the morning session resolutions were adopted commenting the meth eds employed and the results obtain ed by the four state agricultural schools, favoring the recall of public officers, the election of officers of the
 State Federation by referendum vote, and urging the assistance of members of the Farmers Union to prevent the repeal of the bucket shop law in this state.
 Resolutions were also adopted condemning the officers of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor for partisan ship in publishing the platform of +n;, vat; Iicov viv mating against others and disapprov- | ing and condemning Congressman De- Forrest, of New York, in endeavoring 1 to place eX-presidents of the United States on pension; while a resolu- ton favoring the organization of ne gro mechanics in Arkansas was re- 1 ferred to the executive committee.
 President Mikels report showed that the demand for union labels and l union made goods was on the increase in this state.
 The speech of Dan Hogan, who is one of the foremost Socialist leaders in the state, was the feature of the morning session in that it was an outburst against some of the meas ures proposed by the radical members of the Socialist party. MT. Hogan denominated the effort to forcibly align all union men with the Socialist party as detrimental to best interests of Socialism and union labor. This step was advocated in resolution offered by Pine Bluff delegate on the ground that the Socialist party is the one most kindly disposed to organized labor. The resolution itself was an extreme one, favoring the acquisition of public utilities by the state either by purchase or cOnfiscatiOn.
 o. D .LOngstreth, secretary of the National Citizens League, addressed the delegates for twenty minutes at the opening of the afternoon session, speaking in favor of currency reform.
 At the close of this address the reading of the recommendations of the committee on legislation was again taken up. The legislative pro- gram submitted by this committee will likely be acted upon today. It measures: An amendment to the state constitution permitting more than three amendments to the or ganic law of the state to be voted on at the same time; law prohibiting the coercion of employees; law pro hibiting the intimidation of employees at elections; a workingman's insur- ance law; changes in the mining laws; a law prohibiting the handling of trains by operators under twenty one years of age; law providing ! for secret ballot at all elections; a l law whereby laborers on buildings or other property will have lien on the property when the work is suh- contracted; and law making the disinfection of vacated houses com pulsory and providing that it shall be done before subsequent occupancy.