Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-18
CONVENTION ~ DECISIVE MA.
soR,rY REFUSES 70 AFF,L,ATEj
WITH POLITICAL PATTY. Y
MINERS VOTE $500 Alo n
TO MuscArlNEs sTR,kERs
Socialist Delegates Drop Plan sesAt.
tempt to Force ors.niz.tion into
PoIities-s.rs.r'. e1Iis Providing
Pensions For All Over tixty Years Of
Age Endorsed. s:

indianapolis, Jan. 1S.--By a vote Ot
SIS to 155 the sconventionspf the United
N Inc: Workers Of America refused to-
day to adopt a resolution committing
the organization to the SPECIALIST party.
and approved the substitute measure
Of the resolutions committee declaring
that 'it would be we'll II workers
would unite on the political az well ;ls
the Industrial fieid."
The resolutions committee had re-
ported that it would be unconstitution-
al for the mine workers to- endorse any
political party.
Aid For Muscatins Strikers.
Five hundred dollars was approprf-
eted for the fund Of the striking but
ton makers union at Muscatine. Iowa. Z
Socialist delegates after succeeding
yesterday In putting the convention on
record favoring s."govennment owner
ship Of all Industries" had determined
oyer night 1t would be brejudiciai 10
their cause to press today the resolu-
tion endorsing the socialist party. as
the political party Of the laboring
class" +s ,s
SoeiaIists Show Gains. t!
eve decided said John Walker;
president Of the Illinois miners and a
socialistic leader. "that It would be
impolite at this time for the conven-
tion to attempt to bind the 800, 900
miners in the United Workers union
to the socialist party. Republican ana
democratic delegates expressed resent
ment to our campaign and We have no
purpose to antagonize them.
I'VE have succeededsin showing by
the demonstrations approving the so7
cialtst orators that the movement, has
gained enormously in the ranks Of the
United Mine Workers during, the past
year" s
Z A bin providing for oldsage pensions
Tor men past.,. 90 years.
introduced II congress by Representa-
tive Berger, was endorsed and an in-
vitation to Mr.. Berger to come to- In
dianapolis to address the convention
was extended.
White Re.sIsetsd President.
John p. White. OF Oskeloosa. Iowa.
was reelected president Of tha
United Mine Workers byga majority Of
45,424h over his opponent. Thom-
as L. Lewis, of Bridgeport. Ohio,
according to the report OF the te!lers
made to the committee this afternoon.
/. White received 104,015& votes to
Lewis 5s,591. Frank !. Hayes was re-
elected vice president byta najortytof
64.s24 over Samuel Dascoe.a Of 1lltnois.
Secretary treasurer Edwin Perry was
not opposed for re- election. ~
Delegates elected for the American
Federation Of Labor conventions. as
announced this afternoon, rwere s,Iahn
Mitchell, New York: John, BE, White,
Iowa: Thomas L. Lewis, Ohto;}a III Frank
Hayes. John H. Walker and Duncan ln4rs.ln !.
Mcdonald, Illinois, and4;IVilliam Green,
Ohio. Sf4 ...
Secession Resolution Defeated, ~ I,
A resolution providing for secession
from the American Federation Of Labor
and charging that Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and other labor leaders
were 'in the grasp OF the capitalist
class thru the influence Of the National
Civic Federation" was defeated. X