The Butte daily bulletin. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1918-1921, 1920-01-01

III tc succeed the retiring president.
Mortimer VI. Donoghue.
With the declaration that the work.
cFS and the farmers are iii the ma
Jofi!y and thai as soon as they real
ize the power of their combined ac.
sion at the polls, The domination OF
tho corporations in Montana will be
ended. President Ely, i'll an interview
with a Butletin representative today,
asserted he W:ss confident the organ
lied workers of the state would s,,s-
tnin him in his efforts to bring about
!, "citlizatlnn OF tho new condition.
"lt is my firm conviction that for
terests of the tuileTs it is necessary
not only collectively. but politically
as we'll" said Mr. Ely Both actions
can be effectively used as the exigen-
cy OF the circumstances dictate.
In assuming the office OF nresi-
dent OF the Stat Federation Of La
bor, naturally will perform the
duties Of my Office in conformity
with the laws OF the organization.
The Federation OF Labor is a volun-
tary organization, lomposed Of gari
Gus local unions AMI labor trade as
se1nblies affiliated With Che A r. OF
l.. The nature OF the structure Of
the International uni3ns pTecludes
the possibility Of the State Fedora
tion OF Labor meddliyg with the af-
fairs Of the local unions affiliated
with it. My conception of the func-
tions Of the federation is that its
power and Influence should be exer..
cised OH the POLITICAL field for the
promotion of the Interests of the
workers. The policy hitherto practiced
by my predecessors in office by lob
hying at the state capitol, begging
the legislature, as dog beseeching
his master for crumbs, for legislation
beneficial to the workers of the state,
has brought nothing but humiliation
to them. | believe i'll lobbying only
to the extent that the representatives
OF labor as well as any other groups
Of citizens have the right to appear
before the Legislative committees to
state the wishes OF their constituency
and thus TO enable the committees
TO give proper consideration of The
bills
The state administrations and
legislatures, with slight exceptions
have been controlled by powerful cor
p0rations i'll the state, despite the
fact that the producers OF wealth in
the state are prominently III the ma
jority. When ] say producers of
wealth mean the tillers of the soil
the farmers. the workers of the
mines, railroads, forests, factories,
and other enterprises of usefulness
to society. @g
Il think it is high time for the
toilers, the producers of wealth, to
realize their power and resolve Co
use it by electing men Of their own
ranks to represent them at the CAPT
tai and in the legislature. II is my
aim and ambition TO have the farE-
ers and the workers engaged in in
dGstfial enterprises come to an un-
derstanding Of their common in
terests. and effectively collaborate
with each other at the polls on cleo
ton days for the safeguarding aud
advancing the Interests of the people.
They are the majority. They have
the power. Once this power is real
lied, properly used and wisely direct
ed, they will soon be i'll control Of
the state administration and legis-
lature instead OF them being con
trolled and dominated by the cor
porations.
Il think these are the politics
aspirations of organized labor in the
state at the present time, and i am q
| Implicitly confident that they Will
sustain my efforts to bring about the
realization of their hopes.
Mr.. Ely returned yesterday from
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