St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-06-03
WORKMAN PCWDERLY.
He Is Not a Candidate for Governor
Pennsylvania.
Some Vigorous Language Used Re-
gardinG His Opponents.

CLEVELAND, June 2.-The Knights of
Labor are in high degree of excitement
tonight. To-day three assistants to the
executive board were elected. Tomorrow
the remaining three will be put through.
The three men elected to-day were: Jere-
miah 5. Quinn, bookbnder, of New York,
w. ii. Mullen, printer, from Richmond.
Va, and Hugh Kavanaugh. a shoemaker of
Cincinnati. The ''Home club" so called.
of New York are credited with the electio n
of Quinn. The delegates tonight made
serious charges against some of the officials
of TIE order, and declared that General
Master Workman Powderly was scheming
for political honors. They said that Pow
derby wanted to be governor of Pennsyl
vania, and that he was conducting the order
on Roman Catholic principles. Mr.. Pow
derby at 10 o'clock tonight gave the fol-
lowing statement to the press:
know nothing about the Home club"
nor do 1 know anything concerning its
aims or methods. have heard that its pur-
pose was to create fund to build home for
aged members of the order. Not being
memter OF it, cannot say whether it inspired
any opposition to me. That have been OPP
posed rs general master workman by those
who are said to be members of
it is true, but that was years ago,
and their opposition was not
secret to me. They told me plainly aud en-
phatically that they would oppose me. If
such an institution existed it must have been
exposed by member of the club. If it was
oath-bound to secrecy, the man who exposed
it is a perjurer. 1t is not exerting any infu-
ence in this convention, and the columns of
trash that have been published concerning it
are false. was not opposed by any men,
Der, clique, ring or club when 1 was
elected general master workman for the sew
in of-
tendance at Hamilton are in attendance at
this special session. If they were aiming at
Powderly's defeat why did they did not at
tempt it there? 1 believe this whole thing is
an attempt on the part of the enemies of the
labor movement to create distrust and
discord. In that attempt the movers
will fail. We will leave this city after
closing one of the most successful meetings
ever held, and all the money that the enemies
OF the knights of Labor can spend in an ef-
fort to break US up will be spent in vain. The
events with which the Home club is charged
with dealing rranspired years ago. If they
conSpired against me then it seems to me that
that was the time to express their work
1ngs, that l might guard my
self against them. To bring it up now
seems like holding post mortem
examation on a four-year' corpse and as
In corpse OF such an age the eXposers will
find only dust. In all ages the informer has
been despised even by those who prof1ted by
his treachery. The first question asked has
always been, what was the price paid the
traitor! Men who will leave their homes and
come here to lobby the general assembly
for such disreputable purpose
deserves the censure of every true Knight
of Labor. The knights of Labor ask no mans
birth place, nor Tor the altar on which he
kneeS. My religion is my own, and will al
low no man to NEEDLE with it. Nor will /
interfere with any religion. Members of the
order everywhere know that am a Catholic
and consider it beneath my dignity to con-
slider this matter further. l have no political |
aspirations, nor would accept the nomin- |
alton for governor OF my state
If it were rendered TO me uuanim-
ously. If I were cadidate, however,
would stand upon my merits as citizen
and not upon my connection with the labor
movement or my religion. The workingmen
of this day and generation are too intelligent
to be deceived or prejudced by any such !
silly trash.
1t was learned tonight that the ballots
for the three associate members of the eX-
ecutive board resulted as follows: First
ballot-JameS 2. Quinn OF New York, IS;
a. A. Carleton Of Boston, o. Second bal !
lot-W. H. Muller Of Richmond, 70; George
Murray of New York, 49, Third bal
lot-Hugh Cavanaugh of Cincinnati,
"; j. B. Buchanan CT Denver,
80. Nothing was done to-day except the
election. The general assembly will PROC
ably adjourn tomorrow. 1t is said this
evening that the publication of the secret
circulars issued by Mr.. Powderlv to the
order was being invest: gated. The ma
jorlty of the delegates do not believe that
Mr.. Powderly had any hand in their publ
cation and expressed themselves to that
purpose very forcibly.