The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1871-02-11

bill OF $4Z.bU inCuTreu ny MT
O'Roarke foF<raysling expenses, sta
sionsry, eto, In New York aad its
.vicinify during tie past year, vas di-
rectoa 10 be raid. III
Abif Of tll975 wss ordered to be-
paid to the treasurer, w alter 3. Dob
SON, for expenses during the past year.
Several other bills were directed to be
Tie Oonveniion then Adjoarnea IN
til two o'clock in the afternoon.
40 ArrssxooN Session.
AT the assembly of the Conven-
ton, the first business brought up was
the selection Of d place TO hold the
next annual session.
The following places were noMna-
ted: Albany, N. "; Troy, N. Y;
Louisville, Ky. Toledo., Ohio Phila-
deluhia Baltimore, and Richmond
The convention then proceeded TO .
ballot on the question.
The following was the result Of the
srst ballot: Albany, IS; Troy, "a;
Toledo, o; Baltimore, o; New York
CITY, s; Richmond, s Philadelphia, /;
Louisville, 8. VAIN 7s
According 10 the long established
rules, the convention then proceeded to
ballot between, Albany and Troy, the
Giles which received the highest vote
in the general ballot The result was
as follows Albany. AZ; Troy. 81 ma
jority, i5- aoH -a4dra WA
The chairman then formally declared
that the next general convention of the
bricklsyers' union would be held in AL
bany on the second Monday in Janu-
AIRY, 1879. 4A rt
The election Of deputies for each To-
cal union was. then proceeded with.
The following are the names of those
elected Martin Klsinhaus, Ne. /, Wis
consin Eddy Fsirchild, No. 2, Ohio
William Cosgrove, No. rs, New York ;
Joseph Doody, No. 4, New York A
B. Vanaken, No. IA, Kingston, New
! Jersey; Henry w. Nichols, No. 8, New
Jersey; w. r Holder, No. IL, Morris
snia, New York D. w. Thomas. No,
Is, Toledo, Ohio Theodore Gardley
No. l, Pennsylvania; Ed. Rorke, No
s, New York \; Joseph Dollard, Troy
Few York; s. A. Steel, No. 2, Penn
syivania Bernard Cullen, No. is
: New York G. Weaver, No. /, Indi-
/ ana Robert Armour, No. 6, Albany
|. Henry McGIennen, No. 8, New York
Robinson Daniel, No. I, Kentucky
Charles Friend, No. %, New York
, Thomas Hesan, No. 10, New FORK
: Michael Husick, No. 5. Pennsyivanis
The address Of each Of the depu
, ties elect was taken by the secretar,
at the suggestions of the chairman
A motion was made to the effec
that section one of article eleven O
0 the by laws be changed SO as to max
' the annual tax on each member sixt
instead of fifty cents. ~
The motion was lost, and an amend
ment making the annual tax Fifty cent
las heretofore, was carried.
> The convention went into secre
session at three o'clock.
: Immediately following the close I
the secret session, the usual routin
!, business was taken up for considerstiO
Ia until the finance committee espresso
d themselves in readiness to repOr
I John T. B. Slater, of No. 1, Maryland
: chairman OF the finance committee
} made the following report:
a - -
REPORT or FINANCE COMMITTEE.
!. PITTsBUseH, Jan. Is, 1871.
~ TO the Officers and Members of the BricklayeI
Tt NatiOsal Union.
Gentlemen: We, the undersigned, Conn
= tee on Finance, beg leave to submit 70 20
10 careful consideration the following report
: tha condition Of Rnasces Of the national nni