The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-18

Z. F. Gould. who is under pay from the Dem
ocratic national and State committees to do po-
ltical lying by abusing even his alleged connec-
ton with labor organizations Is being denounced
by assembly after assembly Of the Knights Of
Labor. But of all the resolutions to this effect
none meet tia case better and show the true
feeling of the workingmen toward Gould moro
fully than the following:
A LIAR n HIS FALsEHooDs CONDEMNED.
At a meeting of Armstrong Assembly, No.
III. *. OF L., held at Indianapolis, IND. on the
evening of Oct. ii, 1883, at which the following
officers were present: John Medert, master
workman; Edward 5. Pope, recording secretary;
Michael Crosby, delegate to District Assembly
LOG. and member of the legislative OF
ID. A. LOG, and c. A. johnson, delegate TO ID. A.
log. it was unanimously decided TO send the fol-
lowing circulsr-letter to all Knights OF Labor:
SANCTUARY ARMSTRONG ASSEMBLY, No. 22l2,
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. IL, 1857
To All knights Of Labor. Greeting:
In the interest of our order we believe it TO be our
duty to call the attention OF all Knights of Labor TO a
circular issued by Local Assembly 263, h. of L., at
Canistoe, \. Y, which contains a letter dated at To-.
d~ianapolis. Ind, Sept. 10, 1883, sealed with the seal
of D. A. LOG. h. of L., and signed by Edwin F. Gould
as recording secretary or tie same. We do this for
the following reasons:
First. Edwin f. Gould was not authorized to write
such 3 letter. tie used the seal Of ID. A. 100, and
signed as recording secretary not only without
authority, but without the knowledge of the master
workman or the members of u. 4. LOG, or the sane
ton of the legislative committee.
Second. The Knights of Labor connected with
ID. A. loo, and with the local assemblies represented
oy u. A. LOO, dd not know OF the existence OF SUCH
a letter till its publication in the Indianapolis news
papers, more than three weeks after the date 1t was
alleged to have been written.
Third. We denounce and condemn the action Of
Edwin T. Gould as wicked and malicious, and dong n
great wrong to our order. il being well understood
and a part OF the law governing our order that poht-
zeal action shall not be taken by an assembly.
Fourth. 1t is fully understood by the members OF
the X. of L. 10 this city that Edwin Z. Gould is an
inscriptions political worker, and that he has sought
to use our order for furthering his political schemes
on other occasions as well as this. We understand
and fully believe that he has been and now is in the
employ of the Democratic party, and that he has
been sent into he State or New York by the man
sgers OF the said party, to advance the interests of
Grover Cleveland and 20 iniurs the reputation Of
General Harrison, and to destroy. as far as possible.
the usefulness OF our order. Therefore we warn al
Knights of Labor everywhere 20 beware of Edwin K.
GOULD as unreliable and wholly untrustworthy.
Fifth. We denounce ss maliciously .alse the state
ments made by said Gould that General Harrison said
that "a dollar q day was enOagh for any workingman,'
or that he would force them back TO work if he had
TO wade in blood up to the tips of his fingers" or that
he would shoot them down IS dogs and other SINH
La statements. john MKDERT,
EDWARD ;. PoPE, Master Workman.
Recording Secretary Armstrong Assembly, No. 2212,
Seal h. of l..
Gould stated that his lies were especially in
dorssd by the Legislative committee of D. A. LOG,
Knights of Labor. 1t will be observed in tho
above that one member OF that committee. Mi
chsel Crosby, dsnounces him and his falsehoods.
The workinemen who thus stamp upon Gould
and his lies are independently voters. Not one OF
them is a Republican. John Medert. the master
workman, strenuously opposed General Harri-
son two years ago, when the latter was q csndi-
date for United States Senator. IL was Mr..
Medert who had charge of the interests Of Mr..
Allen, the Labor candidate for Senator at that
time.