The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-12-28
WAR In THE CAMP.
A knights Opinion Of knights
"A Few Terse Truths
Tersely Told.

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organizer of trades unions and
Knights of of Labor, and one of the
worst agitators and cranks of the day,
is badly disgrunted and is using his
utmost endesvors to get even with
Powderly, Barry, Litchman, ct al for
firing him out of the mobile and holy
order" by telling tales out of school.
The only virtue there is in it, howev-
er, is embraced in the old adage that
when rogues fall out honest men
come by their dues"
When the great Powwow took place
at Richmond, Virginia, Lefingwell
was an honored member of the assem-
bly, and bore the proud distinction of
having organized more h. of l..
Lodges than any other crank on the
continent, but he went there as
kicker, an anti-Powderly kicker,
rightly thinking that his brother
cranks ought to have other Gods
than Powderly and that his services
onght to entitle him to some share of
the spoils he had so largely aided in
gathering; but the Powderly worship.
ers could not see it, and because
Lofingwell would not consent 10 be
left well without vigorous kicking the
"noble order" fired him for conduct
unbecoming a Knight, Lofingwell
went home wroth and has since
been using his influence to ostracise
and boycott the noble order among
the ignople orders. To more efectually
accomplished his purpose he has begun
the preparation of book showing
some of the inside workings of the
model order. From some of the adj
vance sheets the following extracts,
among others, are made by the New
York Herald:
GOING FOR LITCHMAE.
The reports at Richmond showed
over S125, 900 in the treasury at the
close of the June quarter. The Sep
TENDER qxarter added In charter fees
and per capita tax at least $50, 900
more. After deducting city property
bought for private donation, release
of mortgages to relieve paupers on
the order, and the squanderings of
other costly presents with unwarrant-
ed profigacy, there certainly must be
left at least 100000 of moneys be-
longing to the order. And now the
Gear ofall the Russias' issues his order
for a twenty-five cent assessment,
which will add $500, 900 to this bot
tomless treasury. The astounding
feature of this whole farce is that ev-
cry cent of the new contributions will
pass through the hands of Charles HI.
Litchman, whose record stands In
bold relief as having come out on one
occasion over $500 short.
"For manipulating the laws and
connecting the schemes which lpaces
Pewderly in The position of an empe-
ror on the pay of a prince Litchman
gets salary of 1000 a year. Litch.
man was once shoemaker scab
shoemaker, it is said-but he hasn't
done an honest days work in twenty
years. He ran little shoe factory
awhile on his own account; printed a
little paper for a while but for the last
half dozen years has been a sort of a |
'screecher' in behalf of suffering hui
mainly. Yes, he has held out his |
hand without anything in IT'D in al |
most every state in the union, to help |
lift the down trodden toiler from the |
degradation which engulfed him. His
mandolin toned voice has been heard
ON all the hills of New England entic-
ing the ground-down operative to join
forces with him in placing No. ten
boot upon the neck of tyrant capital. |
The cotton operative will hardly con-
tent himself when he reflects that it
would require nearly eight years of his
hard labor to pay the sum of 1900
to maintain man who HASN'T done a
days work for a like number of years"
THE AMENDED CONSTITUTION.
Part of the amended constitution
was adopted at Richmond, which
Lefingwell claimed was illegal, and
thus expresses himself on that point
''Litchman, nor Powderly, nor any
member of the Executive Board, has
ever offered anything in explanation
of the failure to send the amended
constitution out to the local assemblies
as required by law. There is not
local in the whole Jurisdiction that
would have Endorsed it. Litchman's
manipulations on that instrument
were kept profound secret from the
order, only Powderly and the Execu-
tive Board having any knowledge of
the criminal assault in store for that
sacred ins srument. To make it more
sure of success. Powderly ap-
nnintad Litchman chairman of the