The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-08-10
ARIZONA STATE FEDERATION LABOR
 HOLDS SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION

Sanized labor in relation to Pan Am l erican labor conditions. Mir Mur- ray was followed by Gutierrez de Lara, who held a seat in the conven- tion from Jerome who paid a high compliment to G. A. Franz in the l last strike in this district and dwelt on the progress of the organized la bor forces of the state-both Ameri- can and Mexican. MT. De Lara was followed by President Donnelly in his annual address to the convention ill which he referred to the .Bisbee de- portation as the 'beckoning finger of revolution ' (The addresses deliv- cred before the convention on the first day appear in full in another column.)
 During the afternoon session on Monday President Donnelly was au- thorized to send the following tele- gram to the President and the Ari- zona Representatives in Congress.
 The Sixth Annual Convention of the Arizona State Federation of Labor desires to know if you intend to act in restoring law and order in Go chise county and return to their homes the deported men of Bisbee Are we to assume that the Phelps Dodge interests are superior to the IpilhSlplCS Ol DcAOCIdCy- AuSW6T requested.
 Up to the time the convention ad- ljourned on Friday evening no reply had been received from the Presi- Ident. On Tuesday afternoon Sena- tor Ashurst made reply as follows:
 Telegram received. Have confer red at length with Secretary of War, who asserts he has no power to use any Federal troops to return deport- ed men. That is State matter purely and that such responsibility rests solely with the State of Ari- zona. The Attorney General advises that no Federal law has been violat- led and that it is incumbent upon the lstate of Arizona as a sovereignty to maintain peace and order in Cochise lcounty. He also asserts as does the twar department that until the Cover nor declares he is not able to en- force the laws of the State of Ari- lzona the federal government has no authority to supplant the functions of the state.''
 At the conclusion of the reading of this telegram one of the delegates re- marked sotto voce: Passing the buck
 Similar telegrams were also receiv- ed from Carl Hayden and Senator Mark Smith. Representative Hayden replied:
 q beg to inquire just what the Sixth Annual Convention of the Ari- zona State Federation of Labor ex- ipects me to do here in order to re- store law and order in Cochise coun- ty. Have called frequently at war department and am advised that there is no likelihood that the deported men will be returned to Bisbee under tescort of regular soldiers. The fed eral government did not deport the strikers to Columbus and the at torney general says there is no law authorizing or requiring any federal official to return them to the Warren District. It has been agreed that until the regular session beginning next December no legislation shall be considered except bills relating direct ly to the war with Germany so that no immediate relief can be expected from Congress. Permit me to say that the convention cannot assume that [ am unconcerned about the de- portations in Arizona. Two wrongs do not make a right and the unlaw- full use of force cannot be Justified even if employed to bring an end to an unauthorized strike. Please mail me copies of any resolutions passed by the convention relative to the In dustrial Workers of the World and all so relating to the prosecution of the war with Germany to a successful conclusion
 Senator Marcus A. Smith took eX- ception to the wording of the tele- gram and answered:
 Answering your wire of this date I confess that I know of no way 1T which as Senator of the United States can restore law and order in Cochise county, however. much l desire it
 or how I can have the deported people
 returned to their homes in Bisbee
 The crimes of which you complain
 were committed against teh laws oi
 Arizona and not against federal sta
 ture and the federal authorities have not jurisdiction; hence war depart tment refuses to return men to Bisbee under escort. The Attorney Genera
 with the facts before him advises mt that federal power cannot interfere Q The constitution provides the onl. tcondition on which federal troops cal 6 be sent into state to aid in restor
 ing law and order within the same l, Congress cannot pass a law in derC
 gation of the constitutional provision n I will assume that the convention dit
 not in its last question intend th i- gratuitous and uniustifiable inference
 that might be drawn from the langu n age used
 After discussing the deportation O h the I. w. W.'s and their sympathiz n CTS from Bisbee on July 18th reso ,e lution was introduced Tuesday morI . ing authorizing the sending of a con n- mittee to Bisbee to investigate the re d ports of lawlessness there and the de d. portations of men to Columbus, Nev :. Mexico. The resolution met with al D. enthusiastic reception by the dele H. gates and Messrs. Davis, Mccoy l. Croaff, Gallantine, Vargas and Murra