The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1913-11-17
POSTAL
SAVINGS
Raped
Insurgents Overruled on Reso-
luton Asking Change in
Government Policy.
1T HELPS EMPLOYERS
Send Measure Approving In
dustrial Unionism to Ex-
ecutive Council.

The standpat steam roller raA
amuck at the A. +. OF l.. convention
Monday morning and crushed the
insurgents who dared TO try to
check its career.
II vas apparent shortly after the
convention opened for the second
week OF its deliberations that IL
was the purpose OF the Gompers'
machine 10 pigeonhole all progress
sive resolutions by referring them
TO the executive committee instead
OF permitting the delegates to vote
on thcn In open convention.
insurgents Steam Roiisrsds
An angry lot OF insurgents got
In the way OF the steamrolier when
Secretary Frye OF the resolutions
committee moved that the resolu-
ton OF Thomas Wright OF the
Brotherhood OF Painters, Decora-
tors and Paperhangers. proposing
reforms In the postal savings banks.
including removing the limit on de-
posits, be turned over to the execu-
tive council.
Delegate Mcdonald, secretary
and treasurer Of the United Miners
OF Illinois. spoke for the resolution
and urged that 1t be put to vote.
Employers Use Money.
The postal savings banks are q
joke. he said amid applause. Ia
our treasury we have a million dol
lars. We deposit 1t in private
banks because the postal banks
won't take H. And our money is
used 10 fight workingmen on strike.
Right now the men In the building
trades are striking. and the EN-
polye?s are using our money to de-
feat item"
First Vice President James Dun-
can. chairman OF the resolution COM
mittee and official steamroller of
the Gompers' machine. tried to
hustle the resolution into the ex-
ecutive council. but Emil Arnold,
socialist editor of Chicago. demand.
ed a hearing.
Gets Back on Job.
Go'npers had yielded the chair to
John Lennon. The motion OF the
resolutions committee that the pos
tai savings resolution be sidetrack-
ed was put TO vote.
The ayes" were scattered: tho
noes" thunderous. Nevertheless
Lennon ruled: The ayes appear
to have II"
The convention was by now in
such m uproar that Lennon appear
ed onfused. Gompers brushed
him aside.
Gompers declared an amendment
offered not germane. and at a nod
from aim the steamroller relied on.
A rising vote was taken. Secre-
tary Frank Morrison announced the
vote as 95 for and 93 against. Two
unofficial counted showed that the
proposition was lost.
insurgents Protest.
Insurgents were on their feet.
gesticulating and shouting that
Morrison was poor counter.
Gonpers ordered Frye to get on
with the next resolution. An in
surgent in the rear of the hall. with
pair OF powerful lungs. was heard
to demand that the vote be again
taken and that Morrison count more
carefully.
Proceed" said Gompers to FRYE.
who took up the next resolution.
though IL was a full minute before
his voice could be heard.
Calls Il Dirty Trick
1T was a dirty trick" said Nc.
nnnal1 "hftf
such tricks from the Gompers
crowd would have demanded a
rollcall. but Il would have taken an
hour. and there are other and more
important resolutions vet to come
on which to make a fight
Again the jusgernaut rolled,
and again the revolving dele
gates were crushed when the
resolution Of George L. Berry.
Of the international Pressmen's
union. in which he asked the
federation TO give its approval
TO the plan Of making fedora.
tion agreements between all
unions in any given industry,
was sent to that haven Of res,
from which few progressive
resolutions ever return-th,
executive council.
Berry was generously applauded
when he defended his resolution.
but many who applauded him dared
not vote with him. and he was
beaten.
The resolution. n adopted. would
have been step In the direction OF
industrial uniosism, progressive