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lstration also was up for consider
alton with the others.
A substitute resolution. silmina,'
ing all reference 20 Compsrn and
tho A. r. % /. but endorsing ma
tsonwtde prohibition, was offered by
the resolutions eommitteel IN place
OF all the others.
Kane supports cosnp<r>
This brought lively debate In
which A. T.. Mnlsr offered an amend.
ment 10 substitute strongly wprd~d
resolutions against Comrerw.
Dominlck Kane. OF the Seattle
bogierrnakers. came TO the support
OF Gompcrs
''He has done morr for the upiifi
Of humanity than any man In
America today snid Kane.
A. l.. Dokson. OF Tacoma. replied
with the statement; = don't think
this Is personal attack on Mr.
Compers today"
War Veteran Talks
George Keeling. war veteran. who
served three years with the Cana.
dian forces was given the platform
to describe the Tacoma soldiers and
sailors tag day arrests April g.
The convention voted enforcement
OF the soldiers and sailors council
OF Tacoma II also voted 20 take
collection on the floor 10 aid the
soldiers organization.
Keeling bitterly denounced the
Loyal Legion Of America war vet.
erans' organization. branding IL as
ian organization OF the Commercial
club and Chamber OF Commerce"
Flays Loyal Legion
III you lay down on the soldiers
and sailors Of tho working class" he
said, you viii have an organization
OF soldiers Ohc Loyal LEGION that
win shoot you down.
Democracy IL joke In Tacoma, -
he said. describing the falling Of
alleged wounded soldiers for selling
tags on Tacoma streets In viola ton
OF the city ordinances.
During debate on the floor. 4. u.
Posky. OF the Tacoma boilermakers
denounced Col. II. @. Windsor. OF
the Third Washington infantry as
"a slayedriyer OF the Tacoma Rail
way & Power company"
Administration forces swept the
field In six out OF the seven districts
of the State Federation OF Labor
which held caucus elections Of the
seven vice.presidents last night.
Only in the Seattle fifth district
did the radicals elect their man. and
there was talk today that even this
election might be protested. 4. l..
Miller. business agent OF tho ongi.
neers. local 40. who early In the con.
vention was regarded as probable
candidate for the presidency to OPP
pose President Short, was elected
vice-president for the Seattle district
by vote OF 1871 to CO. J. A. Nc.
Corkle. also INSTRUMENTATION. was
elected as the triple alliance" politi.
cal committeeman.
Dickson Defeated
In the Tacoma fifth district the
radicals. who have been in control of
the Central Labor Council and who
engineered the general shipyard
strike, were defeated down the line.
Nice-President II. G. Pickering OF the
BARRIERS, defeated a. l.. Dickson. sec
rotary Of the Central Labor Council.
10 to 50, and won the reelection.
Charles Richmond. Of the Tacoma
Transfers. supporter OF the admins.
tration. was named 10 the triple al.
lance" committee.
Fred Greene, musician. was elected
vice president from the Spokane sec.
ond district TO succeed Vice President
w. J. Coates, who declined the re.
election.
Still In Control
other administration vice. presi.
dents named were: First district. l..
l.. Clifford. Bellingham. reelected.
third district. O. X. Sweeney. Walln
WalIa. reelected; fourth district. V.
r. Evans, Aberdecn seventh district.
4. W. Stanley. Everett.
These elections were regarded ne
an accurate forecast Of the defeat Of
the sniira anti.adminstration slate