Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-11-19
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NolkOf the Knights
Il VANCE DISCUSSED A
I4AGTH AND SUSTAINED.
SABBATH REFORM LECTURE
Tsle saa Example the Government Is
ssttlul important Cases Being Com
ssdsfed by the Assembiy-srrs. Bar
y prostrated from oyerwork-

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. IT, The entire
ferspad9 OF the general assembly of the
knights Of Labor was taken mp in the
discussion of one of the grievances. II
august of this year George A. Sehilling,
tae9ln4sger workman of District Assem-
bls z Of Chicago, granted a member OF
the Local but Suspended Assembly 400, {
transfer card. The minority of Schill
ing's constituency protested against the
granting of the card, on the ground that
when q local assembly was suspended the
order applied to individual members, and
Therefore no transfer could be made to
another assembly. An appeal was taker
ffe15 ScAiiling's ruling, which the com
mittee on appeals and grievances sus
1fsined. After three hours discussion
ttie asserftbly voted that a master work
lsiln had no right to grant n member oil
e suspended assembly a transfer card
In addition to this action the commit
tee on Laws was instructed to report m
amendment to the constitution embrao
ing the action of the assembly.
dbe only other business OF the morn.
lug session was the introduction by Dele
gste @. u. Benoit of Montreal of a reso
hitiou providing for printing in German
asid French of the annual report OF Mrs.
~ M barry, the general lecturer and
Investigator of woman's work. 1t wa
pgssad The address, after being print
~ III the Two languages, will be circu.
satel IN Germany and France, with the
a9peg Of bringing about reforms that will
Improve the condition Of the WORKING
%pnlen Of those countries.
Al Che beginning of the Afternoon
SESSION Rev. WILDER r. Crafts ID. D., o,
ri New York city, was introduced to the
assembly DIR. Crafts is an advocate OF
national Sabbath reform, and by request
he addressed the delegates upon that
subject He said the Sabbath reform
neeGel naturalization, as it had been
tre8ted too much locally. 1t needed ma
fional remedy. He then, for an hour or
1lore, spoke on the bad example the gov
s~rnlneit aas setting in work In the
@iastai efyice on Sunday. He was par
i3sliarlg were on Sunday trains and
military parades OF the regular army at
various POSTS and garrisons throughout
tic country.
The Committee on state of the order,
s1bllittea Il report recommending the
stppaihtpaent of q special committee to
pnussNoi' to bring about. legislation for
On ~sightshour law. The report was
unanimously approved, aud the commit
ice wlA be appointed LATER on in the ses-
sion.
There WAS unexpected trouble made In
thesagshn3ly by II delegate from District
Assembly ~, Of New York City, submit
tilAg d 81 position that newspaper men
ioe made lnsiigibIe to membership. After
several speeches had been. made pro and
eoa the lanesposttion was defeated, only
six delegates voting for it.
a resolution providing for the organi-
zation Of local and district assemblies for
t8hiiaesag rs discussed for nearly two
ssoavs Those fayoring the proposition
claimed tbat. in large cities like New
IorE, he#tpn, Philadelphia and San
francisco, whera there were a grea,
many Chinese laborers, great good could
he aons by taking them into the order,
stad allowing them to organize local
afid dlstfieb assemblies of their own.
9'he resolution Ras voted down by a de-
eisiye majority +
The acsion 81 tlsa executive board in
regard TO N~atio4 District Assembly
2sS Broekiga, Vas sustained, holding
that's national assembly could be organ.
ICED Wishfn the limits OF d district as
semsig
Is4s committee on grievances is con
sldeTirig the cases of Thomas b. Barry
Ut Michigan, and >, NJ. Bloomer OF TO.
1edp, g. The case of Barry was given
Ais appeal. Bloomer was formerly
editor OF the industrial News, published
at Tofeto, mi his statement of his case
~ that it La to decide whether
the executive board can expel a
i1eInber without trial. He further
CLAIMS that il is to settle whether q dis.
tliep assembly can destroy property. On
The ether hand, IT. ia asserted that he was
expelled for yillifying officers Of the or.
dep,. Hpth of these cases will be ra-
ported to the general assembly, and
thelr action ia looked forward to with
considerable interest.
Mrs. u. M. Barry, whose work In the
interest of women and girls has been
constant Tor u long time, is confined TO
her he'd atsthe hotel from nervous ex-
halation. She has been working very
hard with insufficient rest.