The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-09-01
second bays Procecdln<..


The geat Labor Congress, composed o
representatives frem North, South, East and
1 West, Of the bone and sinew Of the country
who are making the initial step towards |
grand Labor Reform, rs-assembied 1T min,
O'Clock yesterday morning, pursuani % aA
ljournment, at Front Street, Theatre. tn,
! Convention was considerably larger than OF
the previous day, number Of delegates frou
far-of States having arrived d0rinz Monday
night, whose credentials were duly accepted
and the gentlemen invited to seats on the
door. s~i st asaslai RI ,.se
! A large number Of spectators also occupied
the galleries Of the theatre, among Rhpu
were goo Ily number Of the fair sex, who
seemed 10 take fnost lively interest in the
proceedings Of tbs body. s'''r 1927
The Convention was called TO order BY
Mr.. John HjnehcIitfa, the temporary chais-
man, when the minutes OF the proceedings
LOT the previous meeting were read BY the
Secretary, Mr.. >. 0. Ware, Of Pennsylvania,
and were accepted, =; '.e. ~,
The Commitles. oa, Permanent Crganiza-
ton, Of which Me- 40. Cameron, Of Illinois,
was chairman, announced that that they
had concluded their labors, and reported the
names Of the following gentlemen As perma-
nent oficers: iiaag3 Ed sgtI fis
For President, JehI Hinchciiffe, Of Illinois I;
Vice. President at large, j. G. O. Whaley, Of
Washington, H. @. ;nVice Presidents, w.
Gathers, of Maryland r. Enmous, SI
Washington, %. o.; john Reed, of New
York; CIV Phelps, Of CoaRecticsat; VIM.
B. lies, Of Georgia; X. L. Msston, Of Dela-
ware W. H. Lee, Of Virginia; A. H. Troupe
fof Massachusetts, A. G. Cameron, OF Illinois
~, NJ Dolan, Of Michigan A. Schroeder, o.
Missouri; Marshal Roberts, Of Penhsylva
luia; J. Afford, Of Indiana; J. Imeeter, o.
iowa. i tf is''.Hia ssza s''li.
Secretaries, C. W. Gibson, Of Connecticut
~. B. Overton, Of Maryland, and J.. ~ Ware
Of Pennsylvania. se ~ afsafet7 ~ %
! The report after some little discussion wss
accepted, and the gentlencsf named declared
1.-THE permanent officers, wherenpon calls were
made for ssHinchclife" 'sI a scr
4 Mr. Hinchcliffe responded to the 'eali, and
Il after thanking them for the compliment
said he felt bound 10 accept the appointment
as be came here 10 labor fer the COED OF the
w0skingmen, and considered himself tht
4 fworkingmaps servant I'm whatever capacity
he mi sht be placed, and he'would th efefbra
act as President, although be felt himself I
livery unworthy enc for the position; bat b,
would 10 so, relying apontbe kindness ant
lforbefance Of the Convention TO aid and sup
dport him. N had been said that the eye,
iof the weFld. were upon thh Convention =
i whilst this was not absolutely the case, th,
statement was ut least partially correct, ii
\ the great masses Of the community wef,
deeply interested, and would look fOrwart
A. a If
/ eeedings. He hoped, now that the Conven
tion was organised, that all possible hast
would be syailed of, and that the member
would delibsxate and decideupon their vari
j 4pus propositions before presenting them, .
that no delay In useless debate Eaght occui
4 The delegates bad all come. here for work
& Isnd he hoped that ans, business which mi 4
: be brought before, the Convention would b
deliberated upon and fairly digested, m
! acted upon BY the Convention Without prv
ijudice, without feeling Of any kind, and 70
: the general good Of the sons Of toil. IL
all meet here upon one grand ievei, f5r .ei
!. ting all else out the workingmarfs GOOD
I, The remarks of MIR. III. were fecti ved wit
: trounds Of applacse, the utmost COED feelin
tseeming TO prevail. ssse,slal ~ e@a
ri On motioauof Mr.. j. II. Reed, Of The On
snct OF CokumDaAy it mas deeeruined
= adopt the parliamentary rules rs laid doH
n Cus1ing's Manual, Tor tAsgoysrnmesn9t9' Il |
The names of several nexly .a,rrjsssa dsl
> gates were, presented and scdeptsd, and
Communication from w. III, Silsis, Preside
- sf ths PhiIadelphi4 iron Msdldel's Unio
[read and acceptede NbeP q s.
III Mr. Mershsl Reesrts q the ssgestsUn'
The ehaiE, moved ssthat nenbers b9Tsstrict
a.Iin their speeches " enesn njpdfes, unls
e ~ special ,pe1ni1iioh ~ the Hews, and u
no naenbef BE- allowed y Spgsk more III
Iqpee upoq ~ ssRe emhjectnsiW sm
II The ,PropositioQ> ffter considerabie q
'.,,i6usai01, ~ {1ofeel4e sev an1 fsa.s
y AssA .: O.a aEhseey 1ssa Wahn1ts
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