Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-13
STATE FEDERATION LABOR CONVENTION
 BEST IN HISTORY

That the third annual convention of the state federation of labor which was in session all of last week at Phoenix was by far the biggest and best one in the history of Arizona, is the statement of o. s. French, who headed the Bisbee delegation and who has returned from the conven- ! ton
 One Of the most important things done by the convention says MT. ! French. was the endorsement of many of the initiative measures which are Co be voted on at the com | ing election in the form of amend ments to the constitution. Another action which showed that the labor ! ing men are wide awake to their in- l terests was the appointment of Frank Brown of this city, as the leg | islative representative of the feder- ation. His duties will be to see that proposed laws that are endorsed by the state federation shall be intro duced in the legislature and to work for their passage Mir Brown will attend all sessions of the legislature and endeavor to promote the inter- ] ests of laboring men both by work | ing for favorable bills and against unfavorable ones.
 1 The convention put itself on rec ord as being opposed to the adoption of the amendment to the constitution which provide for statewide prohib- ition and which will be voted on at | the coming election. The reason this was done. says Mir French, was be- l cause the adoption of the amendment would throw thousands of members of affiliated crafts in the state out | of work and destroy many of the in dustries of the state It was gratify- ! Ag to the convention to receive tele- ] grams of greeting from the Califor- mia federation of labor. in session at l Stockton, and stating that they too i had gone on record as against the proposed prohibition amendment in l California.
 l In regard to the report that the convention was controlled by the 1 Socialists, MT French says such was not the case and that neither politics nor religion entered into the actions of the convention and that the dele gates were practically unanimous on every important measure
 Only two men were nominated for | .,.t, i,,r,r4apf ,pffgae Tho l officers win be chosen later by a ref erendum vote of the members. Those nominated for president were Bert Davis of the Plasterers' union of 1 Phoenix and Ed Warren of the Cooks and Walters union. also Of Phoenix. For secretary the nominees are R. A. Campbell of the Bisbee ! Miners union and F. C. Fox of the l Globe Bartenders' union.
 At the big smoker held on Thurs day night there were addresses by the principal delegates and by many candidates for state offices on the various tickets. One of the chief talks was made by Judge Mcbride of Phoenix. who recently gained nation.
 wide prominence by declaring that 0pickeung is legal and dismissins l cases against prisoners in his court ! charged with that offense. Judge l Mcbride was the first president of the Western Federation of Miners
 and is the only man who ever de
 feated Samuel Gompers for the pres
 idency of The A. F. of L.
 Mir. French says the Bisbee dele
 gates received even more attention
 and had more influence in shaping
 the policies of the convention thar
 the size of the town would indicate . Mir. French received the only ap = pointative position in the entire con vention. being made sergeant a . arms, and he was also made chair ! man of the auditing committed.
 George Powell, of the Bisbee Min CTS union, was made chairman O
 the Law and Legislative committe, :, and George Perry of the same union
 was made chairman of the Bylaw
 and Constitution committee. Franl n Brown was appointed legislatiy,
 representative and was also readinI - clerk. State Secretary Campbell O 1 Bisbee was nominated to succeer
 himself and in many other way | Bisbee was honored by the conver ! ton.
 | There was much rivalry betwee | Tucson and Flagstaff for the mex
 convention, but due to the fact tha | it has been held in the southern par
 of the state for the past three yeari
 and also due to the eloqueuce c
 Delegate Pat Houlihan of Flagstaf
 that city won Later the vote wa
 made unanimous.
 MT French has several splenui
 pictures of the convention which h
 is showing to interested friends.