Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-16
Tbs GnaRsi Address Of Grand Master
workman Pswdsrly Given
10 lks Press.
Qa>ssiops OF FlnaEoe, land aud fra1spor-
tGsion Awaiting soIntion-Im.
poTtance Of the Session,
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Nov, Is.

: work. Still much gossip Is INDUCED II
regarding the probable outcome Ct IN,
meeting, both SIS regards the election o.
officers and 90 to the future success o.
failure Of the order. This mornings Ess-
sion was devoted to routine business.
There was time for but two reports be-
fore sdj ournment; those being from Cen
eral Master Workman Powderly snd Sac
rotary Lit .hmsn. Mr.. Powderly's repor,
took TWO hours time time, and Mr. L tch
mans one hour and twenty minutes
Both reports are SAID TO be interesting,
the formers being q detailed review OF
the past two years of his administration
The address Of Mr.. PoWderlY WAS given
to the press lAts this afternoon. Itopens
IWlth long Introduction, :.,-ing various
3Fsasons why members have left the order,
B and enumerates the many grievances
] which haYe peen brought sgains. it. The
! trials VIII CHI have been borne by the order
he Gays, have resulted In good, and he
denied all charges Of officially inviting
thorough examination Of ali
books ami accounts. M.py changes ar
aosired IN the constitution, so as to avoid
frequent chsnges!which are recommended
at each session. He recommends total
abolition of the sections which provide
for the appointment and government OF
examining organizers. The law as 81
present framed is dead letter. The
| treasury department Should be
| Geld responsible for all money
passing through its channels. At present
| he thinks the financial Affairs are in too
| many hands. eae responsible party
should be entrusted with the management
CT the finances. After speaking Of the
high estimation in which the order is held
~ the many outside Of 1t, and showing
the multiplicity Of detail ne must look sf-
ter, he discussed the one
man power In the management
Of the order, or rather In the
execution of the laws after they had been
made by the order, and in this sense he
favors the one msn power as OF the high
est bene Il to the order. After remarking
the influence OF the order on public
opinion, he takes up the pending ques-
! tions, saying: "The mos. important
questions that come before this body
for consideration are those OF finance, Land
and transportation. The great questions
J are up before the people for discussion and
! solution. They must be settled by the
people, for 1t Ia not to the interest of pol
itici,ns to do 80. Those who control our
public highways are reaching out with
hand Of steel 10 grasp and control the
government itself, and Il Is indeed 8 bat.
tie for supremacy. II the masses remain
idle and Indifferent the classes will rule
| through the power which comes to them,
through the BANKING, railway and
land moropolies. 1! Is therefore
3 duty which we should not
neglect to eelect the questions
which have pointed out and place them
prominently before our members for die
cussion. II We do our duty and II proper
steps are taken we can compel the csm-
psign of 1892 TO be aght cut on these
lines, and we can SO educate the people
on these issues that they can discern for
themselves the diff renee between the
real friend and the sham when ne pre-
ssnts himself for the suffrage Of the peo-
pie."
He recommends that q special commit
tee Ct three be appointed to take up the
matter. He advocates the concentration
Of energies on these questions and fur
ther recommends the formation Of junior
assemblies for educating the younger
working people.
Matters OF interest chiefly 10 the order
come in for good share of attention,
sDd he saeu ikvors 8 change Of the
time of holding tie general sssem-
oily, believing it comes TOO close
to the election. He advocates equal pay
for equal work Tor women. OF the
provisional committee he ssys: Scarcely
mad the gsvel fallen on the last act Of the
Minneapolis session ihan traitors hands
were raised to destroy what 1t had taken
years Of time and psSient work TO con-
sTucs. The majority OF the last conven-
lion were right. TIeY legislsted 80 they
sew necessity for it. They refused t. |
pass resolutions with which they were
not in sympathy, and 81 the close
Of the general assembly meeting |
WAS held IN the city OF Chicsgo with the |
avowed purpose Of d!srupting the whole |
order. At that msetipg 1t was resolved |
to organize wnat was called "pro |
vlsionsl committee" for the purpose Of |
"our ifYing the order" Decision No. |
276, which is herewith presented for the |
action OF the general assembly, deals |
with the QUESTION Of tbs RICH. OF mem |
Der OF the provisional committee |
to visit or otherwise NEEDLE with
an assembly Of this order. |
That decision should be approved |
and law passed which would promptly
and forever exclude from the order the |
msmoer who would engage In ouch dss-
tlrdly work as WAS inaugursted at the |
meeting Of the Chiesgo PROFESSIONALS. Rs-
forms spring from noble impulses, but
the impulse which t1tnered the assem-
bling o. the PROFESSIONALS was begun In
hate, nursed in envy and grew to its pres
eat size in the hope that this great
order! would enc day be ur2ught
beneath the rule CT men who do not posl
ssss The courage or manhood to properly
rule themselves. No hesitency or mawk.
Ism sentiment should swsy us at this ses-
sion. Let US once and forever put 1t be-
yond the power OF any msn to fight this
order or its principles and remain mem
Der. II they will tesr down let them tsar
from the outside, snd let every true and
honest man In the order tsks
sides and eithrr 60 with
lhoee misguided creatures or stand
am 10 defend the order from their vile
attacks. These attacks on the Knights
Ct Labor come from the persistent OPP
position which has been shown to the
Idea OF allowing other organizations to
counsel the Knights OF LABOR. Do not
me, for do not refer to
the trades unions. Their cause and
ours is one in he main. The /
organization which. your general master