The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1920-04-03
Labor's Political Movement Is
Not Unlike That Of P0DuhStS

fices and is rapidly regaining his J:
practice. He has been invited to again
join the Commercial club and business y
men who took a prominent part
against him are coming to him and
extending their apologies. We could
search this state over and would be
unable to find better candidate for
governor" concluded Mr.. Van Lear.
That settled it. When MIR. Van Lear
sat down the convention took a vote
and DR.. Shipstead was nominated with
the ayes greatly prevailing over the
nays.
The convention nominated a union
man and a soldier for lieutenant gov
ernor in the person of Captain Mallom
of Minneapolis. The vote OH the nom
nation was unanimous and the farm
ers conceded the place to labor by
promptly endorsing him. Captain NAL
lom is a veteran of the world war and
who saw actual service. He is one of
General Pershing's 100 heroes and
holds medal for distinguished service
and bravery, presented to him by con-
gress
OdpadAh N10AOIl u Mill.
Captain Ma1lom is fine type of
man, honest, sincere and square. His
record as an American and as a SOL
der is only exceeded by his modesty.
He is the kind of man the average
fellow likes to warm up to.
Thomas Sullivan of st. Paul, law
partner of James Manahan, was
agreed upon for attorney general.
! George L. Siegel of St. Paul had been
+; previously nominated. but he was at
| forwards nominated for associate JUS
tice of the supreme court. Mr.. Sulli-
van, who made ringing speech at the
convention, was the idol of the dele
gates. Mr.. Siegel is a member of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
served in the legislature and was
! chairman Of the committee on labor.
He led the hearings on the I. w. w.
strike during the 1917 session and af-
forwards appeared in Duluth as the
attorney for the I: w. W., when Chief
McKercher rounded up a. number Of
its members on vagrancN charge.
Voted for Tonnage Tax.
| The platform Of the labor league
| was adopted at New Ulm last July, but
several, new propositions were added
by the st. Paul Convention, among
them tonnage tax plank. Delegates
were by no means united on the tom
mage tax plank, and motion to lay
the whole subject on the table was
only defeated by a vote of IA to 1872.
It was left for J. K. Edwards of
Duluth, member Of the b. Of r. T.,
who by some strange method received
credentials from the Metal Trades
council, an organization of which he
| is not a member, to introduce the tom
mage tax resolution, which he claimed
was drawn up by a prominent lawyer
IN Duluth" It reads as follows: 1--WE
condemn the action Of Governor Burn
quist in yetoing the tonnage tax bill
passed by the last legislature: We be-
neve, such. a tax to be fair and just
and urge that it's effect would be to
utilize Minnesota's great iron resources
in the building up Of Minnesota's pros
perity including the range section of
the state. 1t would make it necessary
for the great steel interests to utilize
the raw products in the state Of Min
nesota. Great mills would be erected
and employment would be given tc
thousands of additional steel workers. u
. - Hibbing's Fine Plan.
! The Hibbing delegation didn't like
this sort of tonnage tax declaration
and it offered the following substitute
t. I'VE are in favor Of sur-tax on the
exhaustible natural resources OF the
!. state, including iron ore, to be levied
during the process Of production. This
:, tax should not be expended, but shall
be reserved as heritage for the peo
pie for all time. The money derived
; therefrom shall be invested in local
county, state and government bonds
and its income shall be used in part tt
pay the current expenses Of state gov
eminent, and in part to rehabilitat
, waste lands, for reforestry, road build
| ing, drainage and other permanen
; public improvements. The first stel
j, to this end shall be the submission
, to and the approval by the people o
' an enabling amendment to the stat
: constitution for such purpose"
Eighth District.
The Eighth district delegation me
, and endorsed the proposition submit
: ted by the Hibbing delegation. TIL
committee OH resolutions voted t.
& submit the latter resolution as a sub
stitute for the resolution introduce
I by J. K. Edwards. Then the fire
f works started. Edwards don't kno1
, anything about tonnage tax, but h
r does know how to spread falsehoo
q and how to do it effectively. II
= charged that the Hibbing propositio
: was inspired by the Steel Trust and
= was being supported by person pres
n ent who was not delegate and VIII
Il was sent down there by the Ste<
Trust. That person happened to h
the editor of The Labor World VIII
: has long been committed to the pla
: submitted by the Hibbing delegatio,
q Then there arose in the convention
$ J. +. Emme of st. Paul, candidate fo
G. city commissioner, he IS of this ''intell
gentsia," one of the intellectuals VIII
n came into the trade union movemer
= through the back door of the Socialis
" party. Beware Of the Greeks whe
r they bear you arms" shouted Emm
AT first 1 was suspicious of this rel
= olution, now knowing its source al
e sure of it. say kill it. Turn dow