Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-06-11
s.hstantisny ti.at tie Rxecutiye Board Of


scheme of having assistants is for the pur-
pose merely of evading the constitution.
After an hours discussion the proposition
was adopted without change. TIE Tx new
members or assistants will be elected by
ballot, similarly to the other officers, and
those elected at the present convention
will serve during the unexpired year that
ends i'm October
1t was decided to establish permanent
headquarters for the Executive Board in
Philadelphia, and if deemed necessary the
board may sit throughout the year instead
Of assembling at the call Of the General
Master Workman
A resolution was carried that gave the
General Master Workman authority to
recall the commission of every organizer
in the order. The accomplishment Of this
work is greatly due to the three general
northumberland Trevellick OF Michi-
gam Bert Denny OF Pittsburgh, and Car
rolton of Ohio. Denny is in the conven-
ton and the two others have been work
ing outside. The subject of appointing
competent organizers and the means to be
taken for their selection was being discuss
ed when the noon recess occurred.
At the afternoon session the discussion
on the report of the committee on laws
was resumed. Some sections of the re
port were adopted and others referred
back to the committee. A committee of
three was appointed to revise the constitu-
ton of the order and report at the Rich
mond convention in October.
A dispatch was read from Joseph L Riel,
dated Washington, saying that a man had
appeared in that city announcing himself
to be u representative of the Knights Of
Labor and saying that the Knights of
Labor were not opposed to the sale of
oleomargarne and butterne under the
terms of the bill now pending before con
gress. The following reply was sent to
Washington:
John G. Carlisle, Washington, ID. c.
Acting under instructions from the gen
eral assembly of the Knights of Labor |
desire to state that no person has been
authorized to speak for this organization
either in the affirmative or negative on
the question of regulating the sale of cleo
margarine now pending in congress.
Please bring this matter To the attention
of the proper committee.
T. Y. POWDERLY,
Grand Master Workman.
The executive board presented its report
in the matter in controversy between the
trades unions and tho knights of Labor,
and the rest of the afternoon was spent in
hearing statements and arguments on the
report. The convention took recess at u
O'Clock until Saturday morning.
Inc four hours session OF the general
assembly Saturday morning, May
%, was passed in the discussion
Of the motion made Friday to re
fer the report OF the executive board on
relations of the order to trades unions TO
the committee on state of the order.
Speeches were made by n number of lead
ing members, and from their tenor ii is
certain that the trades unions will not get
all they ask. 1t is more than probable
that the affair will remain unsettled
After short discussion the
whole matter was referred to the COM
mittee.
The committee on laws second PROPOSE
tion was the recommendation that when
practicable unattached local assemblies
should become part of distr let assemble
and transact business with the general as
semby through them. After short dis
cussion the proposition was adopted.
The secretary read n letter from Gal
/ NtHLpll ItAhN, itlobllo w Hulu>lilPS
of strikers who are confined in the Jail Of
that city for constructive contempt"
end ashinS the general assembly to do
something TO obtain for them the
privileges given persons similarly charged
in other courts of the United states.
The following resolution was presented
and unanimously adopted:
Whereas. The jails at Galveston, Dallas
and elsewhere in Texas are filled with
brother Knights suffering for contempt
OF court, as issued by Judge Pardee; be it
ResolUed, BY this General Assembly, that
we petition Grover Cleveland, President
of the United States to exercise clemency
in their behalf, as the United States
Judges have ordered IL release of all pris-
oners sentenced during the strike on the
southwest system. and thus be the means
of causing better feelings between employ
ers and employees.
\ committee Of two was appointed to
draft suitable documents to be forwarded
to the president, asking him TO exercise
clemency toward the imprisoned members
of the order
The committee appointed TO respond to
the telegram received from the Toledo
convention presented the following adj
dress that was unanimously adopted and
ordered to be sent to the secretary:
CLEVELAND, o., May @, 1856.
To the Ohio Woman's Suffrage Association.
The General Assembly of the Knights OF
Labor accept the greeting and recogni-
ton of the Ohio Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation and return its thanks with frater-
1al greetings and congratulations. The
order of the Knights of Labor guarantee
10 woman and man equal rights, protection
and opportunities to the full extent of its
rightful authority. Its real missi on is the
complete emancipation and enfr anchise.
nent of all those who labor. 1t is embued
with the lofty spirit of the declaration of
American independence which includes
The whole American family in the rights
claimed by its author for themselves. 1t
would not bring the noble lines and sem
fences of the fathers out of the sight OF the
DISTINGUISHED, out of the sight Of the more
than one-half of all the most useful and
deserving industrious people whom fash
ions internal have misled, and whom a
false pride has iutimidated. 1t reminds
woman that she must cease looking To
partisans and courts for justice, and the
reviva! of that vital spirit which alone
IAN nourish and sustain the republic; that
she must turn to herself; must respond in
The proper spirit to the rightful tender OF
protection and equality; must earnestly