Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-01-18

TINS PRISrEHs-FULL MEETING sATUR.
DAT NfoHT-THE CASE or THR CoLoRED
PRfNTnRs LAID OvnR-THn Issun DopdEp.
Columbia typographical Union No. iOi
hold q stormy session Saturday night, at the
City Hail, about three hundred members
being present, attracted no doubt by the en-
poctation that decision would be arrived
at as 10 the admission OF the colored printers
10 membership In the union. Tho printers
employod al the Government once were
urged TO be present by the following circu.
lar, distributed throughout the office during
the days
Roifce.-A stated meeting Of ColumblA Ty.
poarAphleAl Union No. toi will be held this
evening At the Olty Hall, At Tsso o'clock:
lass 70 Ssm6sf.Rip Of TSposrsphiosi Usiou
No, loi will be brought before the meetinE
this evening, and we respectfully ssk, out q
i SHoTsfsman ma sna somfads nat the member.
Of the unioA who are employed In TIL. onlse-
every mAu--will attend, and promptly place
sThs question has been discussed By every
newspaper IN the country n sympathy with
the uovornment and With the laws Of
he foo S IN na w VIZ aad i1st Vpss soistsd
that Mr.. bougiass should become amember OF
our union, and that the charge OF hts having
Sssn q, z ray was untoundsd and trick OF the
ITO postpone this subject longer would DO
oowardlI and unmAnly, The quehtion1a Al
sympathy for the man and 81 honor 10 that
noble Qoastitntion which declares all men
SThoss who declare against him must re-
collect that they throw a fellow.wotki nEmAn
upon the world without the means o. support,
and without the hope OF ever being employed
under the ptoteotion Of the National Union
"Csn any, eonsisteutIy, while rsselvipG sup.
port At the hands OF the Govern nent, through
graft throw ! eomrsde upon the world, and
close the door 10 all future respectable en-
ploymont at his trade, for no other reason
than thAths 10 oolored manf
This circular was signed BY tho chairman
Of the documentroom. Tho result OF the
meeting shows that the Issue was not IN ado
upon tho ease OF Douglass, but that Of
another oolored composltbr, named W. A.
Layalette, who for some months past has
been working In the 0oyornment Office
under "pcfmit" from the financial score.
tAry Of the union. His name was proposed
at tho Last meeting Of the union, and nearly
the nrst business In order was the consld.
Grafton Of the application. Two reports
woro received from the committee appointed
to consider IL, Tho majority reported that
Lavalette had mover served full appren,
ticeshlp, but had been regarded as compe.
tent workmen by his former employers
They made no Recommendation, but leit tho
case with tho union. The minority report
recommended that he be admitted to mem
| beruhip.
The reading OF tho reports occasionod q
good deal Of excitement, and several dlla'
tory motions were made. Finally the ma.
Jodty report was laid on the table. A mo
tion was then made 10 adopt the minority
report, TO which an amendment was offered
| 70 postpone the further consideration OF the
matter for one yoar. This motion II ap-
peared was made by tho city printers, while
tho 0oyernment Office men seemed anxious
TO force a direct vote upon the report.
Great confusion prevailed, and II was owl
dent that the city printers had sufficient
men present to reject tho application. The
yeas and nays were ordered on the motion.
This occupied some time, and finally tho
result was announced. The amendment
was adopted by vote of lG7 TO 1911.
Thus this case Is disposed Of for a time,
at least, and the same result will probably
attend Lewis II. Douglass case, which viii
como up at the next meeting under tho head
OF unfinished business.
The officers Of the Union were Installed
amer fne vote was announced, aud then th,
Union adjourned.
Tho action Of tho Union shows that more
than majority Of Its members arc opposed
TO the admission Of the colored men TO full
membership, although Il ls probable thai
the constitutional amendment will be adopt
cd, which comes up at the next meeting, u
the effect that the colored men will 30 al
lowed 10 work on Union "permltp unit
they become numerous enough 70 form Z
Union OF their own, when they will be az
slsted in their efforts by tho members ofthil
Union.