El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-13
Austin Chosen Convention
City By Labor Delegates
Members From Dallas Near est Competitor Have Bad
Split and Capital City Is Easy Winner; Delegates
Give Vote of Thanks to Ell Paso For Hospitality
Shown; Routine Business Is Completed.

, floor conceded the convention to Aus
tin and the capital city won by a vote
of 2l7 to 172 for Dallas and 10 for
The trouble among the Dallas dele
gates started when ". A. Goode was
nominated for the place OF delegate 10
the American Federation Of Labor con-
VentiOn in PittSburg- r h. CampDell,
of Dallas, announced on the floor that
Dallas had come to the convention m
structed TO work for the convention
and that the nomination Of delegate
GOOde Tor delegate TO the A. r. OF L.
was not endorsed by the Dallas delega-
ton The vote on the selection OF
delegate TO Pittsburg was close and on
second Da4loI GoOde was beaten Dy
H. o. GOssetL OF Fort Worth, after the
first ballot was declared no vote be
cause neither candidate had received
a majority of the votes
Friction Developed
When Dallas was placed in nominal
ton for the next convention, delegate
GOOde. Of Dallas, announced that the
entire Dallas delegation was not ask
ing for the convention and that the
scheme to land the convention was
cooked up at a little meeting and was
not the sentiment Of the Dallas organ
izations."
This brought J. K ode. of Sherman,
to his feet TO ask whether or not Dali
las wanted the convention and asked
that il be put to a vote of the Dallas
delegation. This was voted out or or
der, but the dissensiOn between the
Dallas delegates lost that city its
chance TO get the convention.
Committee Elected.
The ballot on the four legislative
committeeman resulted in Miss Eva
Goldsmith, Of Houston; C. 5. Kellum, Of
Austin; Earl Ferguson. Of Thurber, and
J K ode. of Sherman, being elected
The sending Of a fraternaI delegate 10
the Oklahoma convention was dis
cussed and II was the sentiment Of the
convention that no delegate be sent
VIII Attend Farmers' Union.
A delegate to the Farmers union
was discussed and the president was
president announced that he was going
TO attend the convention
Secretary John R. Spencer was or
dered reimbursed for his expenses.
kilograms were read from the yari-
Gus cities inviting the convention TO
meet in the different cities next year.
These cities included Austin, Dallas and
Wichita Falls.
Oath Administered.
Before the nominations were heard
for the convention the newly elected
officers were given the oath Of office
and the obligations Of their office
A resolution Of thanks to FL Paso
was adopted preceding the nomination
speeches. The vote was extended
to d NJ Walker, secretary Of the ex-
ecutive committee
AOm1nat1Oms Made
". A GOode, of Dallas. was then
nominated as a delegate to the conven-
ton Of the American Federation OF
Labor. H. o. GossetL. Of Fort Worth,
was also nominated. r H Campbell, Of
Dallas, seconding his nomination. He
announced that the Dallas delegation
did not endorse Goodies nomination. E
W. Booth, Of Galveston, was also placed
in nomination.
GOssett Wins.
d.
nor GoOde receiving majority and the
vote was again taken The final vote
gave Gossett 206 to 10 a motion 10
make the election unanimous was lost
Delegate GOssett made speech
thanking the convention, those who
voted for and against him.
Committee Elected.
The remainder Of the legislative com
mfttee were next elected Miss Eva
Goldsmith, Of Houston C 6 KeIlum-
Of Austin; R P Boyse. of Fort Worth;
Earl Ferguson, Of Thurber; J. K Odle,
Of Sherman; Jake Slime, Of Fort Worth;
h n; Walker, Of FL Paso, were nom
mated.
Reports Read.
Reports Of conditions in the varf-
Gus Fl PasO unions were read at the
Friday morning session. These included
the Bartenders' International Alliance
No 65S; BARRIERS union, No. 563; In
ternatiOnal Alliance Of Theatrical stage
employees, local No. 153; Central Labor
union; Carpenters and Joiners' union.
No. 425; Meat Cutters union, No. 473:
Musicians Protective union, No. 466;
Painters, Decorators and Paper Hang
ers, No. 902; FL PasO Typographical
union, No. 37o; Cooks and Walters
union, No. S4S; Plumbers and steam
Filters union Of Ell Paso. No. 23I;
Chauffeurs union, No III, and the In
ternationaI Brotherhood Of Electrical
Workers union, No. $50.
FL PasO Given Key.
A key TO the city Of FL Paso was
given into the keeping Of F. c. stand
ish, Of FL PasO, by W. Woodman. of I
Fort Worth, with a message Of good
cheer to FL Paso- The key came from
Port Arthur and IS TO be kept in FL /
PasO until the Ell PasO delegation takes
it to Austin.
Delegate Standish reviewed the his |
tory Of the Port Arthur meeting. THE |
meeting adjourned to meet in Austin on
the third Monday of Anil 1Q1E