Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-09
AT WORK AT LAST.
After Five Days the Knights Get
Down to Business.
FERRELL FAMOUS.
The People All Over the Country
Talking About Him.
POWDERLY'S POSITION.
lie Promises 10 Write d Letter Giving His
Views on the Race Issue
PARADE AND BALL MONDAY.
Programme for These and Other Entertain.
POWDERLY'S POSITION.
PARADE AND BALL MONDAY.
Programme for These and Other Entertain.
mtnts for the yisilOrs &c.

mtnts for the visilOrs &c.
when the Knights General Assembly
| convened at Q O'Clock yesterday morning
| the Committee on Credentials, which had
| been engaged until late hour the nigh,
| before considering the ST. Louis case, SUBJ
mitted n report in favor Of seating all six
| OF the delegates from that city. This case
involved a question OF great importance 10
| the Assembly, and the recommendation 10
| seat all Of the st. Louis delegates provoke I
| heated d, ;clISsion, which lasted for more
than an hour, when the report was adopted
and all six OF the delegates accorded seats.
| ISSUING BADGES.
| The remainder OF the morning session,
| Mr.. Powderly said, was consumed in giving
| out badges to the delegates. The badges
| are all alike. and are very neat and attrac-
| tive in appearance. Each bears a number,
| beginning with No. and going up TO the
| highest, which is the total number OF dele
| gates present. All OF the delegates have
not vet received their badges, and conse.
| quently the exact number is not vet known.
| the Credentials Committee not having
made final report. The number OF Mr..
| POwderly's badge is 6j5.
ALL THE ST. LOUIS DELEGATES SEATED.
The Assembly adjourned for the dinner
| recess at II O'Clock, but Mr.. POwderly
| and other members OF the Executive Board
| were detained At the hall for some time, so
| that il was nearly O'Clock when the grand
| master workman reached the veraudl OF
| FOrd'S Hotel, where a number OF repre-
sCntativos OF the press were waiting TO
| receive their small quota OF information.
when Mr.. Powderly had entered The hotel
| he was asked what had been done, 10
which he replied that the report OF the
! Committee on Credentials bad been COM
! p,ted and adopted, and that the remainder
| Of the session had been occupied in ni~uing
badges 10 those who called and were enti-
tied to them.
which delegates from st. Louis were
seated! was asked.
All Of item were, he replied.
Who are the delegates from there?
There are six OF them, but do not re-
| member their names.
, .t was the nature OF the contest
thcrcY
HERE vas no contest. The trouble wa
! that some Of the delegates were elected by
| a convention or meeting, properly called
| and held at the tine for which 1t was cali
| ed. and that there was some iniormllity in
! the election OF some OF the Others; also,
! that some OF the delegates elected had not
| been. it was alleged. members of the Dis
| trct from which they were elected for the
| length Of time required by the laws OF the
| order which eutitle member to be elect
| Cd delegate.
Then all Of the delegates. including those
! about whose election there was some inf)r-
! maily. were seated?
YeS; that's the idea. There were only
/ six from that city, and all OF them were
/ seated.
J How about the TIeep delegation?
know nothing Of any such delegation
/ There is one delegate in the number named
/ Upru. hut he Is eu both sides and there i
no contest about bis seat.
ANOTHER VERSION or THE CASE.
Since the above was written the follow.
ing explanation Of the It. Louis contest
las been made to a Dispatch reporter.
which is endorsed by several delegates, and
Nblcl is doubtless correct: Two elections
of delegates were held in It. Louis, each
# which wa considered illegal. The
third election was ordered. and il was
claimcd that the hour fixed for this one
was < o'clock L. NJ, hut that. without
propcr authority, and without the maj iOrliy
of the member being informed OF the tact
the meeting was held an hour ear
Her. and six delegates elected. Wher
the hour Of O'Clock arrived the members
who were on hand ready for business were
informed Of what had been done. They
Acting on the theory that the ! O'Clock elec
lion was irregular and diSregardlng wbI
had been done they proceeded TO the elec
N.l ii
chosen al this meeting three were the sam,
A. lad been selected at the one held an houi
earbtr-conScqucnt the contest wa
over only three delegates. The se'onl
rCDort a the Committee on Credentials
Ike the first one recommended seating al
six of the delegates chosen at the O'Clock
meeting. After the first report had beer
made the committee was increased by th'
addition Of three members, the matter wa
! rccommittcd To the committee, recOnsld
cred. and reported a. al first. The repor
Of The committee was adopted, and the sN
delegates elected at the s O'Clock meeting
tLee OF whom were also elected at the
| o'clcck meeting, were seated. SOthc Othel
three elected then have TO return home.
Afternoon Session.
The Convention, after recess OF twt
| hours, Ioa-sembcd soon after /. NJ, ans
aid not adjourn rthe evening until $3.50 -
| half hour after the usual time. Hitherto
Nr. Powdcrlv had been meeting the repre-
,entatiyes OF The press on his way into sup
rer. and furnishing the matter which III
desired to give for publication, but las
| n,pht he decided not to meet them unit
$50 O'Clock. Hereafter he viii meet then
i'm the rcading-Toom OF Ford's Hote
I % 81
A. other engagements will permit. This
done because OF the fact that when Dir. Pow
derlv gets 10 the hotel after the afternoon
session there are many persons who wis
10 see him, and his supper is ready, so thl
altogether he has had TO furnish th
"news" in very hurried manner. B
the change Mr.. Powderly will have muc
more time TO give TO this. and the report
| will doubtless bc much more satisfactory
both to the delegates aud the public, thaI
they have been.
A PRACTICAL JOKE.
Al $50 O'Clock the knights OF the qu
were in full attcndar ce awaiting the al
pearance Of Mr. PowGcfly, anxious to lear
what had been done in the secret meetin
OF the Assembly. He was slow putting d
an appearance, so q scheme was concocte
[
OF the MAIDS was dispatched to his r0or
with the message that the reporters desired
A conference with bIm. Before the mes
sage reached him, by the interference o
some one IL was made 10 appear that on
OF the clerks desired TO see him at the Oi
fee nj once on imperative business. MI
Powderly responded promptly. and seem
ed much amused when he learned what
practical Joke had been perpetTated o.
him. He 6ndeayored 10 ascertain who hi
intercepted the messenger and caused ID
message TO be changed, and 70 this end SUI
ocstcd that a committee OF one be appoint
ed 10 ascertain and report as to who wa
the guilty party, but to 10 avail.
THE HOME CLUB.
When the newspaper men had eongre
gated around table In the resding-room
some with seats aud others unable TO &c
Them. Mr.. Powderly proceeded to furnis
them with those proceedings OF The Assem-
hly which he could make public withou
Violating the obligations resting upon him
lie said In the offset that there were man
things which he was not at liberty I
make public, and that II by inquiriD
around the reporters could gain informs
iIon that ought not 10 be given out, th
ones who violate their pledge OF secrec