The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-09-04
CARRIERS.
PICK OMAHA
FOR 1915
Secretary cantwell Kept
From Session by Suit
Over Credentials
GEORGE I. TWORGER
RESORTS TO COURTS
All Actions Illegal, Ayers
Attorney, Until Contest
ant Is Seated

Omaha won the contest for the
1915 convention Of the National Asso-
citation Of Letter Carriers this morn
ing after a hot fight. with Dallas.
Tex. The final ballot stood Omaha
93S and Dallas 4S6.
This large percentage for Omaha
was gained in the last ballot by Pitts
burg and Milwaukee, contending
cities. dropping out of the race. Day
ton. O., received ITS votes.
Following the selection the post
men entered discussion of the mat
ter OF raising the insurance rates Of
the policy holders in the mutual bene-
nj association. and also the question
as 70 whether or not members of the
Momens Auxiliary OF Letter Carriers
pc permitted to participate In
the insurance association.
delegates from 10 bands through.
out the United States. composed Of
letter carriers, met last night and
elected national officers. Following
are those selected: President James
flunkett OF Boston; vice president n
a. Newman of Cleveland; secretary
Con Henan. Chicago; treasurer. T. p
Malone .
uAo"ing the selection of the con-
vention city the delegates took up
.he discussion of long list of mat
eeIs postponed from yesterday after
noon
secretary Cantwell was absent from
.ne convention when 1t opened at
native Sons hall. He was ATTENDING
the suit before Judge Sturteyant n
george l. Tworger, Representative
from Brooklyn. who is seeking 70
iorce the convention to seat him a a
delegate. 'a' as
Every act of the convention of the
.Na.lonai association OF Letter Carriers
~ uis city mas been Illegal and in
vaiu through the refusal of the Gre
dentfals committee to seat George
i"orger of Brooklyn as renre-
sentative of the Brooklyn branch. No.
II, according to Attorney E. J. Rosen-
stirn, In argument before Judge Stur
tevanf today for a writ of mandate TO
compel the committee to seat Twor-
ger.
hosenstirn declares that. although
the association can not be prevented
from holding Its meetings at Native
sons hall, its acts can be questioned
| py any one until Tworger is seated.
The situation. said Rosenstirn to
the court, involves the right of the
/ credentials committee to decide a
! question that should be decided by
the entire convention.
| Attorneys Cantwell and Todd ure-
sented an. argument that the court has
no Jurisdiction whatever over the
meetings OF the convention and that II
the court should decide that 1t has
jurisdiction In general it has not spe
ciflc Jurisdiction over the credentials
committee. but only over the conven-
ton as body.
Tworger seeks to be seated in order
to Introduce a civil service retirement
bill. He claims that he was prevented
from introducing this bill by the ac-
ton of the credentials committee. His
attorneys have asked the court to
compel the convention to accept the
bill.
Counsel for the other side contended
that the court has no right to COM
pei Introduction OF any measure in the
convention.
| President William E. Kelly. vice
President Edward J. Gaynor. Treas
urer Charles D. Duffy and Secretary
Edward J. Cantwell were unanimously
reelected yesterday afternoon by the
National Association of Letter Car
riers
Committees were elected as follows:
Executive boaru-M. r. Tinnan. Blooming
G, r. Hanlon. Boston; R. F. Quinn. Philadei-
! phia. and l.. Tharp. New York city. Other
candidates for the executive board were: ID.
| III. Donaldson. Seattle: George johnson. Co
lumbus o.. and NJ. r. O'Donnell. Cleveland.
Committee constitution and laws-T c.
| Ellison. Council Bluffs. Ia: ]. f. Morse,
Rochester. N. Y; b. J. Murray. kalamazoo.
Mich. The unsuccessful candidates were: r.
III. Bridges. Johnstown. Ra.: ]. G. Malcolm,
Duluth. Mimi. and r. s. Neal. Topeka. Kan
! Board Of trustees Mutual Beneht associa.
tion--C. r. Terry. st. Louis. and T. L. Nc
Keevcr. San Francisco The unsuccessful cam
dldstes: A. Alexander. Milwaukee,: NJ Scham-
meifeining. st. Louis; NJ ]. Whelan San
Francisco, and NJ. s. wolman. New York city.
| G. r.. Reed Of Denver was unanimously
elected to the board OF directors to nll 4
vacancy.