The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-08

the New Yorl, association, opposed woman suffrage plank in the republican platform at this time, she said, because 1t was a conrroversional question, and the time were toe serious for political the times were too serious for political
 When the antis began speaking re- quest was made of Chairman Dodge to permit thousands of woman suffrage paraders outside to enter the Coliseum The chairman did not comply, stating that it probably would break up the hearing. Later. however, some one opened the doors and several thousand women wearing yellow sashes and yell low hat bands poured into the big hall
 As the delegation opposed to suffrage was leaving the platform, some of the paraders began hissing, but leaders among them quickly suppressed the demonstra- tion.
 Representatives of the woman's party organized by members of the Congress sonal Union for Womans Suffrage next were heard. These included Miss Anne Martin of Nevada national chairman of the woman's party; Mrs Sara Bard Field of Oregon, president of the party, and Mrs Harriot Stanton Blatch of Kansas
 Mrs Blatch said the biggest things the republican party had done was to write the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments into the constitution.
 You have stood by the black man; now we want you to stand by the women" she added
 The committee then listened to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, and Frank Morri- son, secretary of the federation.
 WHAT LABOR WANTS
 The federation asked the committee to adopt blanks pledging the party to main tain the federal law securing to the workers the legal right of voluntary as sociation for mutual protection and wei fare; protecting their rights against un- warrantable issuance of writs of injunc- tion and guaranteeing the right of trial by jury in alleged contempt cases com mitted outside the presence of courts. It urged enforcement of the seamens act; demanded that the immigration and con- tract labor laws be so extended as to exclude from entrance to the United States all persons who cannot read some language and urged enactment of law for adequate assistance to public educa- tional institutions in the various states which shall provide for industrial educa- tion and vocational training in accord with federal provisions and standards. Among other things asked by the federation was the enactment and en- forcement of federal child labor law; i; the faithful observaue aAd enforce ment of all the federal eight-hour laws and their entension to comprehend all departments of government; the enact ment of law by Congress for a com prehensive and generous workmen's S compensation act; thu enactment of legislation excluding from interstate commerce the products of convict la Dor: government ownership of the tele- phone and telegraph and creation and maintenance of bureau of safety un- der the department of labor
 A demand was made that all adapta- tiOns of speeding up systems be for bidden on government work and that the powers and the function of the federal bureau of mines be extende ed Enactment of law was urged bestow- ing upon the people of Porto Rico the full right of American citizenship ASK MINIMUM WAGE
 Adequate compensation for civil service employees and legislation estab- fishing a reasonable minimum wage for all such employees; creation of a tri- bunal to which all employees in the competitive ciNN service may appeal for redress of grievances, enactment of a comprehensive federal compensation law to apply to all civil service em- ployes; enactment of a retirement law for superannuated and disabled em- ployes of the civil service: a declara- tion that the acceptanceNOf employment in the civil service must not impair the employees right of petition and woman suffrage also were advocated
 Petitions were also presented by speakers for civil service for all gov ernment employAs
 A committee from conference of negro delegates and others wanted a