The workingman's advocate., 1872-10-12
FIFTH DAY

MORNING SESSION
TURNER HALL, Sept eth. 1872
The Convention was called to order at .
o'clock, President Nuerr in the chair.
Roll call of officers. All present Roll
call Of members Absent, Rep. Stauber
Minut : Of Friday evenings session were
approved of as read.
Rep. Nnlz stated that in his opinion the
ayes trd nayes were not recorded on the
minutes ia the case of Cincinnati Is. Tole-
do Union. The opinions of Reps. Kuhn,
Sterritt lierual, and others were express
ed, after which the President decided that
IA" vote 10y ayesand nays was taken, as above
stated
Rep Nulz appealed from the decision Of
the char President Noerr, vacated his seat
andFirst Vice President olive presided. The
vote was taken and resulted in sustaining
the decision of the chair.
Committee On Constitution reported that
they were ready 10 report.
Rep Heenan moved to adopt the Con
stitutlon, section by section. Carried.
The preamble adopted
Article l. Secs /, 2, and 3, adopted
Article | |. Secs. l >, 3, and 4, and form
nf credential, adopted.
Article Ill Secs. |, >, 3, and 1, adopted
Article IN. Secs |, ., 3, 4, and ), adopted
Article y. Secs |, adopted.
Article VI SECS |, ,, and 3 adopted.
Article VII Secs. |, =, ), 1, and ), adopted.
Rep. Heenan offered the following, To- be
added to Sec. When in all cases
the strike is not successful, all moneys re-
ceiVed shall be refunded to the different
local unions from whence it came
Rep. Kuhn moved to lay the amendment
on the table Carried.
Thereupon Sec. & Was adopted as read
also Secs. Z, 4. and 9. Section 10 Was offer
rd by Rep. Heenan 1t shall Ice the duty
Of each and every member of a Local union,
on paying up an Endorsement, To- notify
the President Of the umon Of whom the
loan was received, the date of the payment
nf the same, and to what union he has
paid the money; also the name of the Sec
rctary he paid it to. Adopted
Article VIII Sec. l. Rep. Olive NOV
ed q substitute 10 for :, between the
words by" and practical -
Rep. Mitus moved to lay the amendment
on the table Carried
The Sec was then adopted as read
Secs. : and 3. Rep. Sterritt moved TO
strike out 3 and insert ,. Rep. Schulmyer
moved to lay the amendment on the table.
Carried. Therefore Sec. .. as read. was
adopted.
Article IN Secs. |, ,, and 3, new sec
tom Rep. Ambrose moved to lay the
new See on the table AS the ayes and
nays we're called for, the vote resulted as
follows Ayes Reps Ambrose. Nays
Reps. Nolz, Schulmyer, Nogel, Mitus,
% I E,4.l.r
Statfel, koenig, Olive, Rollett, Smith,
Kuhn, Sterritt, and Breslick There
fore the char declared the new Sec, No.
3. Adopted
Article \ Secs |, ?, 3, 4. j, d. :, (, .,
10, II, -, Is, IA, ID, l6, and Il, adopted.
Article NJ Secs |. ,. and 3. adopted
See. l. Rep. Heenan moved the follow
ing words, 'or non-union man, as an
amendment to the Section.
Rep. Olive moved, as a substitute for
the whole, to strike out the whole Section.
Rep. Heenan called for the ayes and
nays on the substitute, which resulted as
follows Ayes-Reps Olive, Ambrose,
Kuhn. Breslick-4 Nays Reps Nolz,
Schulmyer, Nogel, Mitus, Heenan, Cady
Laies, Brannigan, EITHER, Statiel, koenig,
Rollett and Smith,
The chair decided the substitute lost
Rep. Kuhn called for the ayes and nays
On the adoption Of Rep. Heenan's amend
meHt, which resulted as follows Ayes
Reps. Nolz, Schulmyer, Nogel, Mitus,
Heenan, Cady, Laies, Eitzler, Staffel,
koenig, Rollett Smith and Sterrtt I3
Nays Reps Olive, Breslich, Kuhn and
Ambrose The chair declared the
amendment adopted
Rep. Kuhn called for the ayes and nays
on the adoption Of the section as amended,
with the following result Ayes Reps.
Nolz, Schulmyer, Nogel, Mltus, Heenan,
Cady, Laies, Staffel, koenig. Smith and
Sterritt IL Nayes Reps Brannigan,
Eitzler, Ambrose. Rollett, Kuhn and
Breslich-6.
As the vote had been declared, the chair
decided the section as amended adopted.
Sec ) Rep. Laies moved to strike out
the obligation clause, which this new
section contained. The ayes and nays
being called on for the adoption or rejec-
ton Of this section resulted as follows :
Ayes Reps Mitus, Heenan, Laies, Am
brose, Koenig, Smith, Kuhn and Olive-S.
Nays -Nolz, Schulmyer, Nogel, Cady,
Brannigan, Eitzler, Staffel, Rollett, Ster-
rift, Breshch-l0.
Whereupon the chair declared the new
section No. 3, adopted.
| Article MI, Secs. l, 2, adopted
See. 3, Rep. Heenan moved to strike
out the last two lines i'll the section. Car
ried.
On motion, the remaining portion Of the
section VAS adopted.
Article XIII, Secs. !, 2, adopted.
New section 3. Rep. Sterritt moved TO
lay the new section on the table Lost
On motion Section was adopted.
Article XIV, Secs. 1, 2, 3, 4, adopted
Rules Of order adopted.
Rep. Kuhn moved that the constitution
be adopted as a whole. Carried
The Union adjournedto meet at o clock
?. III.