Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-11-22
ECONOMY IS WEALTH.
So Think the Knights, and They
Will Practice It Hereafter.
CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.
Salaries and Hotel Bills win BE Smaller
Than They Used TO Be-some
Prominent Candidates for the
General Offices.

NEW York, Nov. 22-The Evening
Worlds special from indianapolis says: "The
committee on law has not quite completed
It's report The case OF district assembly 40.
Of New York city, was the first matter of
business brought before the knights of Labor
convention. When this case has been adj
Indicated the delegates win listen to the re-
port Of the committee on finance
sThis statement will now concIusively that
there has been too much extravaganza and
too free uso or the money in the hands of
the general officers 1t Is thought that the
salaries are all too high, and resolution viii
be introduced providing that no member OF
the general executive board shall be paid for
any service mole than So per day 1t Is said
that tho charges in the account of A. A.
Carlton, ex-memher Of the executive board,
are shamefillly exorbitant. In one month
his bill for kilograms was 1925.
TN the same month his postage account
showed that he had written an average OF
ten letters each day, and his charge for cab
hire in New York city In one day was over
sl2- Treasurer Turner is denounced for pay
Ing the bills without first calling the atten-
ton OF the general executive board to the
matter
Zone OF the New York delegates said to
The Evening World correspondent:
We are striving hard to make some re-
form In tho transaction Of our financial
affairs The large influx of membership and
the very large amount of money found in the
general treasury a couple of years ago
prompted q prohigate reaching for high sal
aries and an unwarranted expenditure of the
funds OF tho order. When one looks over an
attempted itemized account of the expendi-
lures by the general executive board, and
finds that not single one Of them charged
less than $1,000 for hotel expenses alone in
the year just closed, he Is at loss to compre-
bend the extent of the digestive power main
tanned by hard listed yeoman who has been
turned loose upon hotel larder.
"'Of course all legitimate expenses should
be paid. When a fellow reflects, however,
that II man was to board at a hotel 365
days In year at 50 per diem his bin would
20 only 81, 095, and that A. A. Carleton gor-
mandized 81, 116 at hotel tables in one year
his faith IN the gentleman's sincerity of pur-
pose is somewhat shaken. Oh, yes, we must
reform
"There Is considerable speculation among
the delegates this morning as to who will 10
tine new officers elected by this assent ~.
For general master workman Powderly is tue
only man now thought of All others are
out Of the race
Martin ]. Hanley, tie nominee of District
assembly 80, was withdrawn.
There Is some wide guessing as to the
eight names the general master workman
viii submit to the convention so that it may
select therefrom the names OF the four meme
bers Of the executive board A careful cam
vass among the delegates indicated that
among the eight the following names will
surely appear: Ira b. Aylesworth, of Balti-
more; Alexander w Wright, of Toronto;
James j Holland, OF Florida; Morris l.
Wheat, of Iowa; Alexander Beaten, of
Maine; Thomas b. Mcclure, of New York
Robert d. Layton, of Pennsylvania; Henry
G. Traphagen, of Ohio.
"Any four of those viii be acceptable to
Mr. Powderly.
"Hugh Cavanaugh, of Cincinnati, and
John Mc6oughey, OF Minnesota, are spoken
of in connection with the position of general
worthy foreman Either of them would
make an excellent officer.
Mrs Leopard NJ Barry will be reelected
general investigator of woman's work.
Ralph Beaumont will be appointed chairman
81 the legislative committee at Washington,
but it is not known who his two associates
are likely to ben