St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-12-01
K. OF [. ELECTIONS.
Powderly Reelected and His Nominees In.
dorsed BY the Assembly,.

| INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 23-The cleo
ton of officers took up the time of th
Knights Of Labor general assembly to
day. This was the order of business an
nounced at the opening of the morning
session and nominations were at ono.
called for. Daniel j. Campbell, Of Scran
ton, Pa, nominated T. V. Powderly fol
reelection; Victor Drury, of district as.
sembly 40, placed the name of Martin
Hanley, Of New Jersey, before the con.
vention, and an ex- delegate named Birch
from Ohio, was also named.
A great many seconds to the nomination
followed, and vote resulted: Powderly,
ia, Hanley, 81, Birch |.
For general worthy foreman, Messrs.
Morris L. Wheat, of Iowa, and Henry A.
Beckmeyer, of New Jersey, were nomina-
ted. The vote stood: Wheat S3 Beck.
meyer 81.
As candidates for general secretary
treasurer three names were presented.
George Duncan, of Richmond, Va, named
Frederick Turner, of Philadelphia, press
ent treasurer; Powderly took the floor and
nominated John W. Hayes, of New Jer-
sey, present secretary, and W. G. F.
Price, of New York, presented the name
of Mrs. A. P. Stevens, of Toledo, o. Be-
fore vote was taken motion for recess
for dinner was carried.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov. 24.-When the
convention reassembled after dinner bal.
loting was proceeded with resulting:
Hayes, SO; Turner, S.; Mrs. Stevens, 8.
Powderly having practically requested the
election OF Hayes the result is Powderly
victory. When Powderly got through
with his nominating speech Turner read
a letter sent to him by the general
master workman in which he ex-
pressed the hope that he (Turner)
would again be candidate and would
be elected. Mr.. Powderly explained that
the letter was written before the combi.
nation of the two offices had been sugges.
ted. Mrs. A. Stevens presented the name
OF Mrs. l.. M. Barry as director and in
vestigator OF wotnen's work, and she was
reelected by acclamation. General Mass
ter Workman Powderly was chosen to
represent the order at the Paris Exposition.
After his reelection to office Mr. Powderlv
took the floor and stated that although his
salary had been left at IS, 600 he would ac-
sept only So, 900, and at the end of his
Term the order could do what they pleased
With the balance.
as candidate for members of the gen.
srai executive board, the general master
workman presented the names of A. w.
Wright, Of Toronto, Ont; j. J. Holland,
Vt Jacksonville, Fla: John Costello. of
'lttsburgh; John Dev1in, of Detroit; j. A. |
Wright of Philadelphia; T. B. Mcclure.
# New York; H. c. Traphagen, of Gin:
lnnai, and J. J. Crowley, of Charleston: |
lass 'On the first ballot A. W. Wright |
L toronto, J.J. Holland and John Co.'S
clio, OF Pittsburgh, were elected. Two |
nore ballots were necessary to elect the |
ourth member of the board, John Devlin,
Detroit, being chosen. The first ballot |
TODD: A. w. Wright, o.; Holland, So;
costello, So; Devlin, 81; j. A. Wright, 3s;
icGuire, "a; Traphagen, 80; Crowley, So.
Second ballot: Devlin 56; j. A. Wright,
McGuire, Al; Traphagen, 10; Crowley,
|. y. A. Wright Withdrew and the third
ailot resulted: Devlin, II; Mcclure, SO;
raphagen, "A; Crowley, 5.
Retiring General Worthy Foreman Rich
I'd Griffiths, of Chicago, and Delegate
eiwarte, of Belgium, were presented with
ne gold badges by the general assembly,
le receipt of which was acknowledged
Mr.. Delwarte doing 80 in
is choicest French.
This morning the two members of the
cooperative board will be elected from
e four nominations of General w orthy
brennan Wheat.
The composition of the new board is
by Powderly's friends as very
200, some OF them laying particular
ress on the selection of Costello, who
presents the miners. On the other
nd it is claimed that his election will
We bad effect on the Knights of Labor. :