Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1902 — GOMPERS AGAIN ELECTED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

GOMPERS AGAIN ELECTED.

Next Federation of Labor Convention Will Meet in Boston. President Samuel tiompers was unanimously re-elected by the Federation of Labor convention in New Orleans, and

after a long debate. Boston was chosen as the city for the next convention meeting. I‘hiladelphi a, Milwaukee and Asheville, *N. were the principal rivals of the hull. The committee on the executive council's report declared against “government

by injunction,” but contained the following sentence: "We recognize the authority of the courts to issue injunctions to prevent the destruction of property and violations of law.” This created a decided stir in the con-

vention. Delegates Fureseth, Agard nnd Duncan declared that the committee had declared in favor of the very thing against which in tlie earlier portion of its report it had protested. Delegates Reese and Lewis of the miners, both of the committee making tlie report, declared that nil Inboring men naked was that tlie injunction should not deprive them Of their national rights and did not protest against the injunction as such. Delegate Lewis declared: “The trouble with the laboring men is that they protest against the law and do not explain why.” He denied emphatically that he wished to favor "government by injunction," but thought that widespread condemnation of tlie writ of injunction as such was unwise. Tlie debate closed by tho committee announcing that it would withdraw the objectionable sentence from the report. The report was then adopted.

SAMUEL GOMPERS.