The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-10-02
CARPENTERS AND J0lNERS.
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE FIFTH ANNUAL SESSION
Carpenters and JOiners' National
Union.
FIRST Days Proceedings.
MORNING SESSION.

DhOOALfNS I've IL OePts 10, 1OO4.
/ The Fifth Annual Session of the Carpen-
ters and Joiners' National Union was con
vened yesterday at % Court street, Brook
| fyh. At11 o'clsskZF15 tks codvention
was called to order BY the President, A. W.
Phelps; the Recording Secretary, Mr.. E. L.
Rosemond, of New York city, answering to
ais name, the following officers being absent:
J. Mcdonald, Cincinnati, Ohio, First Vice
President; G. T. Gallon, Covington, KY,
Second Vice. President; and T. Ii. Harris,
Detroit, Mich, Treasurer.
The next business in order was the ap-
pontment by the President of Committee
on Credentials as follows: Henry Hughes,
No. 5, New York city G. j. Crane, No. 50,
Massachusetts ; aud J. Durkee, No. 81, Cen
nectIcut
On motion Of Mr.. j. NJ Morgan, Of No. Is.
an adjournment was had until 3 p. NJ, in
order to give the Committee on Oredent iAls
time to report.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
! At 2 O'Clock, P. n the convention was
called to order by The President, when Mr..
RoseuIon resd the minutes of the morning
session, which were approved, after which
the COmuittee on Credentials reported,
which report was to the effect that the com
mittee found five States represented IN the
convention by nineteen delegates, az fol-
lows:
Henry Hughes, No. S, New York City
Michael MeehAn, No. z, Albany.
Johu Dunlap, No. ~, Harlem.
Francis Wacher, No. IL, Orange, N
Thomas Il. Laramie, No. IA, Bridgeport, Conn.
X Gordon, No. 10, Brooklyn.
A. T. Monty, No 22,-
Thomas Mahony, No. IL, Jersey City.
A. w. Phelps, No. Al, New Haven, Conn.
John McHoes, No. 50, Easton, Pa
James Brewer, No. 62, Poughkeepsie.
Jonn Durkee, No. g. Toledo, o.
Nelson, j. Crsw, No. 80, NorwaIk. Conn.
Charles A. bingham, No. "a, Hudson, ny
Alfred Hicks, No. s6, Willimantic.
John Henderson, No. 81, Princeton. Mass
William Mobrsy, No. SO, Philadelphia.
Samuel Long, Jr., No. 30, Chester CITY. Pa.
number of other delegates are expected
to-day.
MIR. Gordon moved that a Sergeant.atArms
be appointed, which, upon being adopted, this
gentleman was appointed to act in that
capacity.
Considerable discussion arose relative to
admitting reporters into the meetings OF the
Convention. 1t was finally decided to ap-
point a committee Of three to criticise the
reports taken By the members OF the Iress.
The President appointed on the committee
Mrs. ROsemon, Hughes and McHoes. Dur
ing the debate on this question, Messrs.
Hughes and ROsemon alluded in very com
plimentary to the Star.
On motion, the President was allowed un-
til to-day to make up the committees. Quite
an animated debate sprang up while this
subject WIS pending, which was participated
in by Messrs. Hughes, McHoes, Crane, Dur
kee, Dunlap and others.
REPORT OF TIE PRESIDENT.
| The reports of officers being next in order,
President Phelps submitted his annual re-
port, which Is very interesting document,
and was listened TO with much interest by
the Conversion. The President in com
mencing, said
10 looking over our past history we seem
70 nave been undering in a sea of expert
ment. Inc best and most practical know
ledge Is always learned in the school Of ex-
perience. And let me now impress upon
every mind the Importance OF the present
sesslon-an Importance with which, in com
parlsoD, all former sessions sink to insigui
hcance; nay, our great work Of elevating
and ennoolIng our trade is yet hardly com
menced. 1t seems to me to have arrived at
crisis 10 our history as a national organ
lzation. From this session we must 20 for
ward and assume an important position be-
tore tne country, or We must gradually sink
in lnslgni6cance az others have done with
better promises than our own. Which shall
1t be Shall We 60 up or DOWN. Shall we
learn wisdom from the past, and shun the
rocks on which others have split, or shall
We drag on, year after YEAR struggling for
an existence Further on in bis address the
President said: We laid large per capita
tax and swamped nearly half our unions 10
the experiment, from the fact that our Graf
were not educated up TO it. Strikes ara fast