The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-10-30


THoN A. RJSSLL.
The decision excepted u by the Com
mIttee. viz M. lO. after being slightly
amended hv the Convention. was by reso-
tiou adopted with the others. am the whole
of them ordered to D. printed in conjunc-
tiun With the Constitution, and to Ne con
silerei part and parcel thereof hereafter.
They are AZ follows
uF THF DUES N>p ,ArrTATION TAX
r In case the amendments passed upon
bv the Convention ARE ratified, Nos. ! and
3 ut those divisions will not be correct
Ihe amendments themselves explain this.
l. There is a uniform rate Of national
dues. which il % cents each man per month.
Tins Is retained rn the hands of the local
treasurer subject to the order ot the Gen
eral President Ii is the " strike fund. i
ana MT WI ~ used at the discretion of the
local Union Ii is the property of the Ma
u1ual Association.
I'LL M lodge ur district has a right TO
use the monthly dues unless ordered To do
~ hy th- General Preriient. The third
section of Article makes it subject TO his
order IA strike fund.
ILL., The Constitution makes the per
capita taN rayanI. uuc.a month -tsee Sec.
{, Art. VIII IHr per capita tax is b
cents per month N ought tn We sent
monthly, m advance.
iN. The expense tn carry on the local
business uu-ht tu hr collected by the lodge
officers over ana above What Is required by
thr Constitutions Th- Lodges and Districts
thrms,i,,, t,t,r.lna the amount
70
Lodges should have ten cents per man re-
ported m good standing each month until
the first of Drceu her 1874; since that
time twenty five cents per month for each
member reported iu good standing, less
what has been called In by levies. A Lodge
failing I'd preserve the reserve or strike
fund As prescribed by the Constitution
dues mot perform IT. duty even though y
does pay the regular dues tp the Central
Office
~ The local Lodges may arrange to
carry their members along by reporting
them M good standing. But in doing so
thry are responsible Iur the dues If those
uru On the Central Office, whose officers
uill luuk fur the assessments they may re-
require t1 mike for the number reported
As good III the books We have no choice
Ia constitutional matters We must be
governed by it, The Lodges viii be held
responsible for failures Of secretaries 70
make correct reports To this office. II IS
| the business of the Lodge, not ours, to at
tend to this.
HOLDING THE CHARTER.
VII. The President IS the man into
whose hands the charter IA given, and II is
ms duty to take charge Of and see that il
il protected and It's provisions lived up to-
/ He 10 j. who Is held responsible tor II, and
| TIE adherence II the Lodge to the Princi
! ply- it represents.
SUSPENSIONS AND WITHDRAWALS.
I VIII A member who Is suspended toI
non-paymeut Of dues. or any other cause
I ANA hls card returned here, can only get
/ that card through the order ot the Lodge
Z whcreat Nv was suspended. tie mas t0 dea
alone with the Lodge and not with tins Of
! hce. When ~ settles with 1t, We shall ~
! turn the card on the order Of the Lodg,
! through thc Secretary In case the Lodg,
has become disbanded. then 1t IS the duty
Of the member desiring his card to apply
tor 1t through thc officers of the one he de
sires Co attach himself to.
IN. A member who has been suspended
for a cause must be reinstated by major
itv NJ his Lodge after having paid arrear
ares anu complying with ruch other condi
tIuus az the bylaws uf the Lodge provide
\. When members withdraw and 90 t,
A place where there Il no Lodge, it is thei
duty To send hack their cards to the Lodg
from whence they we're last taken, and pa,
the general duys ou them. Local dues Il
excess Of ten cents per month when
member Is gone, should not be charge
against his card, as they are IN no position
to reap any benefits from it when away i
some other district, and it would be unfai
to tax them more than this sum for such
OF REPORTS.
Nj 1t is not necessary to send all th
names with the monthly report. Send a
the names IF those initiated into you
T Lodge for the month Of which you are gi,
Ing a report. Also, those admitted on. an
who have withdrawn by card, with the
/ number .-.... IS and numbers
III suspended lDoInDers. These we nee
each month.
, CHANGING THE CoNsTITUTIoS AND BY
N LAWS
] XII. No Lodge or District has ii
/ right to amend or alter the Constitution
General By Laws, nor can they draft b.
7 laws not IN cOnsonance with these. To Z
this IS alone the prerogative of the Lodge
a. prescribed in Sec. 2. Art. X Of Il
e | Constitution.
o The following opinion was also sustaln'
4 by the Convention, and we publish It Wi
the minutes for the benefit Of our member
\. On srRIKEs AND BENEFITS.
r DEAR SIR wish you to answer Il
e following question through the columns
i the Record: Suppose difficulty arises IN
# large place where the majority OF Z
/ miners are non-unionists, and they shou
i decide to strike. The UNION men wou