Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1897 — GOMPERS AGAIN AS PRESIDENT. [ARTICLE]

GOMPERS AGAIN AS PRESIDENT.

Ii Re-elected by the American Federation of Labor. In the convention of the American Federation of Labor at Nashville, Tenn., Samuel Gompers was re-elected president by a vote of 1,845 to 407 for Ernest Kreft of Philadelphia. P. J. McGuire, Jame 9 Duncan, Robert Askew and M. M. Garland were chosen as vice-presidents, Geo. B. Lennon as treasurer and Frank Morrison as secretary without opposition. For legislative committeeman Andrew Furuseth of San Francisco was chosen. The choice of the next place of meeting was a contest between Kansas City and Detroit, the vote resulting: Kansas City, 1,306&; Detroit, 80614. The committee on president’s report recommended that the president issue an appeal to the unions of the country for contributions to a fund for the aid of the striking engineers of England. It was Advised that the federation appropriate SSOO for this purpose. Concerning restriction of immigration the committee recommended that the convention pronounce in favor of a reasonable measure of restriction on the lines of the educational test as contained in the Lodge bill, that failed of enactment at the last session of Congress. The convention by unanimous vote adopted a resolution introduced By John F. O’Sullivan of Boston, Mass., indorsing the postal savings bank bill introduced by Senator Mason and Congressman Lorimer, respectively, in the United States Senate and House of Representatives, with the exception of the national banking feature, and by this action instructed the officers of the federation to use the prestige of the organization to secure its passage.