The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-01-28

minatiOn after the speeches OF Messrs. DC
Donald, Redmsn, I ris, and Hosea, and q
vote of thanks % the delegates Of the ma
tiOunl UNISON aud the press for their attend
ance.
RPresident Gall ma sbaled bis forces. and
with Secretary Steele as rear guard, moved
to place Of refreshment, where MIR. Gall
was elected president. Wit, humOr, &c,
we're flowing when our reporter left. The
delegates to the national union declare
Pittsburgh bricklayers +" perfect bricks"
FoURrH DAY.-The convention met at
O'Clock. President O'Keefe in the chair.
There was a pretty full attendance Of dele
gates.
The first business in order was the read
ing of the minutes of the previous day &
meeting. The minutes were adopted.
Mr.. Cormac McWilliams, of union No.
6, New York, reese and said that on look
ing over a copy Of THE PAPER this morn
inR be dlsaf vcdsthat in q statement made
by the delegate from union No. 2. New
York. discrepancy, as be considered it,
had occurred. The delegate from the union
in question was reported to have said that
whom the Albany party was on a strike,
No. 2 came to its aid. The delegate said
thst when that strike occurred they did moi
haqe cent in their treasury, but neverthe
less they did the bess they could for the
union on strike-which vas printed No. 6
He eaid they passed resolution calling Q
meeting for the purpose Of raising a sub
scriptiOn, and Immediately forwarded the
proceeds to the Albany union The re
ceipts of the meeting amounted to $40
He then goes on to say that union No. q
least gavo its mite to the union which wal
on a stake. Now the objection which he
Mr.. McWilliams, had to this was that Their,
was misstatement Of the real facts Of th,
case, and be should not WISH such state
ment TO appear in public print and 20 fcrtl
unccrPected to the world at large, that a
such meeting union No. 6, Of New York
had received aid. Thss was not the case
and be, as representative Of shat union
felt bound in jvstice to the body be repre-
scented to say So The union which th
gentleman from No. 2 understood to re
present here was not No. d but No. 10, a
least 80 he was informed by the secretary
Mr.. Burrows.
4 The statement was received as satisfac
tory and the matter dropped.
NOMINATIONS REOPENED.
Mr.. O'ROurke, the vice president, move
! that the DoMinat iOns for officers Of the On
ion be re-opened.
The chairman announced it would re
iquire twO-third vote of the meeting {
carry that motion.
Mr.. Moore said this was just precisel
what he had expected. He made motto
yesterday for the postponement of the non
inatioO for officers, thinking thereby th,
the business of the meeting might be bal
mOuized There was authority which
wished the convention 10 understand, an
that was that they should be carefl
when they made a law not to brea
through 1t too hastily, and not TO evince
! determination when they make a Law I
kick it overheard the next day. As the
we're aware, be on o previous day ha
offered resolution to keep opsa the non
nation Of officers. A certain gentleman i
the room intimated that be wanted to carr
, the house. He appealed to the decisio
of the house to say that be was right i
making such motion, for be bad antic
Pated that some difficulties would aris
with refersnce to the matter. Now, 9
the Last hour, the nominations we're re
opened, when they should have been lei
open from the beginning. He had no Oh
lsctiOn At all to the matter bang seopened
%. g should ar Ilss 4 Is ssls
with stability, and allcw their proceedings