Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-10-07
A SESSION OF TALK.
The General Assembly Spends a Day
Dicussing Credentials.
DIST RICT NO. 4
A Brother Vigorously Expresses His
Opinion of Their DOingS Here.
MAD WITH M URP PLY
Disposition 10 Boycott This Brand
New Hotel.
EXCITEMENT AT THE THEATRE
MAD WITH M u r PHI Y.
EXCITEMENT AT THE THEATRE
F,rrtll and ~ Expected 10 Appear, but
Come Not.

Three days OF the session OF the General
Assembly have now passed, and this greal
body, IN whose actions more than n mil
lion "sons OF toll" are interested. has no
yet organized. From the time OF the OF
ganization oi the Committee on Gre
dentals. which was appointed on Monday.
until they made their report Tuesday
afternoon, they were busily engaged
in the tedious and lab0rious task
Of examining the list OF delegates from
assemblies in the United States and Canada,
comparing them with Secretary Turner'S
books 10 ascertain the standing OF the as
semblies they represented and the claims
OF assemblies 10 be represented, and passing
upon the same. When this committee re-
ported TUESDAY evening they had reached
a determination in all Of the cases except
eight or ten. and these were referred 10 the
Convention itself. The report presented
was unanimous, and after spirited dis
cussion was received.
GOING TO THE MEETING.
Mr.. Powderly and the other members oi
the Executive Committee were kept busy
until after midnight Tuesday night, but
despite this were up early yesterday morn
ing. and before Q o'clock, the hour for the
their way towards the Armory.
The corridors OF Ford's Hotel, the head
quarters Of the knights, were curly bus
Ting with throngs Of delegates, but soon
rclapsed into quietude as group after group
OF delegates departed for the hall. From
all quarters Of the city delegates llocked
thitbcr. brisk. alert, and ready for the work
Of the day. Soon after Q O'Clock there re-
msned only a few iders outside OF the
ArmoIy. and paSsers-by would not have
suspected that such a large body OF men
was within its walls engaged in work in
W h!ch SO many Of their country men are 50
deeply interested.
SLOW PROGRESS.
The Assembly was in session from Q
until Il o'clock and from 2 until after :
L. NJ. Yesterday. considering these eight or
ten men upon whose credentials the com
mittee refused 10 fake any action. At the
close Of each session Mr.. Powderly met
the members Of the press. and on each oc-
Ca>ion said that nothing had been done;
that The day had been consumed in consid-
,riug these contested cases. and that the
Convention now stands where il did at adj
jouInment Tuesday evening.
WHO ARE TIE MEN?
Nr. Powderly and all the other leading
members refuse 10 say whether these eight
or ten mes are delegates from the Brooklyn
NoniauS Protective Association or not, but
il l. generally understood that there the
greatest trouble rests. The strong feeling
excited by the efforts Of the Brooklyn men
10 ol tain recognition made the Committee
on Credentials hesitate, il Is believed, to
assume the RESPONSIBILITY Of deciding d
4 sI.
the Convention itself They were turtle
prompted to such action, it Is said, by th
assertions made by some that the committee
WAS prciudiced against Brooklyn men
II Is generally believed that the men
about whose seats there i trouble are from
Brooklyn, Morrison Of New York, one or
more from New jersey, and six from 1t.
Louis.
CAUSE OF TIE TROUBLE.
II is generally understood that the cause
q The trouble about the claims Of delegates
In most eases Is that they were elected upon
the basis OF membership in September in.
stead Of according 10 that in July, rs shown
bv the secrctaIy's books. During the pc.
riod since July the strength Of the
order has greatly increased, and
some Of the district assemblies have
sent more delegates than under the
stric; rules Of the Assembly they are
entitled 10. They claim, however, that
they should be allowed one delegate for
every thousand members that they had
when the delegates were elected. The As
scmbly being composed OF so many MEN,
herS. there j. a great diversity OF opinion.
and many are the expressions both pro and
con.
The Brooklyn contest is directly between
the thirteen men sent from that district a.
stmbly. which has never been chartered,
and The Home Club Of 80. II the former
WINS s. many Of IT. delegates o. are Affect
I'd by The decision, just SO many Of the 40
men will have TO withdraw, and rice rerSd.
There are two delegations here from -.
Louis. and the members OF one or the other
will have 20 De ruled out
HOW TIE MATTER STANDS.
II was learned last night from an a,l-
thenfic source that the Convention has ac-
ceutcd the report Oi the Committee on Cree
Dental, in all eases oi contested seats ex-
cep,iug those Of Morrison OF New York
and the It. LOu, delegates. The delegate,
of The Moniauk Protective Association OF
BROOKLYN have been refused admission on
the constitutional ground that where a
mixed District exists a new district cannot
be formed without the consent oi the eX'
i.ling District unless a charter Is obtained.