St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-15
A Committee Appointed by the St. Paul
Trades Assembly to Revise the
Constitution.
Two St. Paul Knights of Labor Discuss the
Reasonableness of the Boycott-Vari-
Gus St. Paul Matters.
Subject Once Handled by a Party
Named Pope.
TRADES ASSEMBLY.
A Committee Appointed 10 Amend
the Constitution.

the COnStisutiOn.
The attendance at the st. Paul Trades
and Labor assembly last Friday night was
extremely light, and a gloomy atmosphere
seemed to fill the hall. E. +. Harroun,
president, raped the meeting to order and
called A. L. Robinson to the chair pro tem
Mr.. HaToun, secretary of the Commute on
the Trades assembly picnic given in Sep
TENDER. reported that the receipts fell short
of the expenditures to the amount of nearly
S75. The report was adopted and the sec
retarv ordered to draw on the treasury for
St. Paul's share of the deficiency. Mr..
Harroun then Withdrew and Mr. Robinson
conducted the meeting TO its close. j. +.
Cronin opened up a discussion by saying
that the future of the assembly under the
present constitution looked very dark. He
thought it was a shame that the delegates
appointed to the assembly from the various
unions did not attend to their duties more
faithfully and show themselves in the as
semtIy hall. The fact that so few were
present was diSgraceful and unless some
thing could be done TO enliven the interest in
the meetings at once they had better
allow the organization to collapse as it was
only bill of expense and was doing 10
good. This brought J. a. johnson to his
feet and he agreed with Mr. Cronin that
the assembly could not be successfully con-
Quoted under the present constitution. He
said they had struggled along painfully. and
now it looked as though a collapse was in
eyitable, and he thought that would be the
best thing that could happen unless some
thing could be done to awaken an interest
in it and compel the delegates from the
trades unions to be present at the meeting.
A. l.. Robinson said he had been with this
assembly since its organization in the little
hall on Exchange street, and knew that it
has been prosperous and can be made so
again. For twenty-Seven years l was con-
nected with the trades unions and assem-
blies of Cincinnati, and know that the as
sembIy,
PROPERLY CONDUCTED,
is fruitful of a great deal Of good. Charles
Stephenson claimed (hat he agreed with Mr..
johnson that the work of the assembly had
not been what it ought to be and he was
ashamed Of it and had rendered his reSigna-
ton as a delegate to it because he could not
see where it was doing any good. In his es-
timation the Trades Assembly should be an
organization TO protect the
INTERESTS OF THE TRADES,
and so far as he could see in this respect
this assembly had been far from success.
But" he said, Il don't think we ought
to adjourn sine die. l think the present
constitution can be ammended to meet all
emergencies This was the idea of Mr..
Cronin, and he made motion that COM
mittee of three be elected to draw up amend
ments to the present constitution and pre-
sent them at the next meeting for adoption.
This motion was seconded and carried unan-
imously, and by informal ballot Charles
Stephenson, j. a. Johnson and
j. +. Cronin were elected as that committee.
As the term of the present secretary had
expired. j. F. Cronin was appointed to fill
that office temporarily. This was the only
business Of Importance transacted.