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Sat Down Upon Plank Ten

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Parent Issue
Day
18
Month
December
Year
1894
Copyright
Public Domain
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DENVER, veo. 1T. - The discussion ot plank 10 in the political platform (tin socialistic plank) was rcsumed in the convontion of the American Fedoration of Labor Saturday. Delégate Lloyd, of Boston, moved to re-refer the plank to tho subordínate unions. Morgan aróse to a point of personal privilege. He said McGulre had reflected upun Urn. Ho said he got his few lnssons in socialism from McGulre when he was organizer for the Socialist Labor party. He said: "He was in rags. I was ashamed of his personal appearanco." Cries of "Shame" came from all parta of the hall, and the speaker was called to order by tlie chair, who ruled that the floor was forfeited. - Morgan refused to sit down aftor re peatedly bcing ordered to do so. Kinally he appealed Irom the decisión of the ehair. The decisión was sustained by the convention. Pomeroy spoke against social ism, Imt said the greater need of tlio da.v was thfj abolition of the American Protectives. He also advocated tliH single tiix which with free silver at l(3-to-l has already been adopted by the conventiun. ïhere were a large number of speeches beïcire roll t)ll was rcached on the jjrOposition to refer plank luand it was defeated as wris a pi'oposition favoring postal savings banks. Á substituto for plank 10 was adopted. It provides for the abolition of the land monopoly owiiorship and substituting occupancy and improvement as the only guaran tec of title. Planks favoring thc ïvpial of the scamcn's cönspiracy laws and "the issuanoe of all money direct te the pcoplc by the government" were adopted. ïhen the proposition to adopt the resolutions and lndorse the entiri: political platform was defeated. Thoresult was considered an overwheliuingdofeat to the socialistlc element. John Buras bado formal aditu to the convention and sald he would write a book about America. It was resolved to move the Fodcration headquarters from New York, and Washinton, Detroit, Indianapolis, Brooklyn, nnd Louisville ptit in bids, but before the vote was taken_.che„ conyeiition adourned, for the day. During the sesslon t),e „,„ vention sustaiued Gompew in holdi,,, . banquet to j'ohu Burns in a non m,i New York hall. GomperssaldZ;;:: not a unión hall in the city. The banZ was given in Clarendon hall, the wdt 'r thero being called "seceders." Gomn,. said: "The whole reason that these S ers m Clarendon hall are called seceder isbecauso they refused to join that cot rupt organization taown as the Kuieh-- of Labor." s ua

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