The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-11-16

which they were not in sympathy, and at
the close Of the general assembly meeting
was held in the city of Chicago with the
avowed purpose of dsruptinc the whole order
AT that meeting II was 5solved to organize
what was called provisional committee, for
the purpose OF purifying the order.
A DECISION.
Decision No eT6, which is herewith presented
for the action of the general assembly. deals
with the question Of the right of Il member Of
the provisional committee to visit or otherwise
meddle with an assembly of this order. That
decision should be approved aud a law passed
at this meeting which would promptly and for
ever expel from the order a member who would
engage in such dastardly work as was inaugur-
ated at the meeting of the Chicago provis
ionals.
BORN IN HATE.
Reforms spring from noble impulses, but the
impulses which bothered the assembly of the
PROFESSIONALS was born in hate, nursed in envy
ana grew into its present size IN the hope that
this great order would one day be brought be
meath the rule of men who do not possess the
courage or manhood to properly rude them
selves. No hesitancy or mawkish sentiment
should sway us at this session. Let us once and
forever put it beyond the power of any man to
fight this order or its principles and remain
member II they viii tear down. ec
them tear from the outside, aud let
every honest man in the order take sides and
either go with these misguided creatures or
stand firm and defend the order from these vile
attacks.
WHAT THEY ARISE FROM.
These attacks upon the Knights Of labor
come from the persistent opposition which has
been shown TO o ideS OF allowing other or
CARNATIONS to control the Kni hts of Labor
Do not misunderstood me, for do not refer TO
the trades unions. | once referred to this mat
ter at a meeting of this body, and my
remarks were twisted and tortured to serve the
purpose of designing knaveS who attempted to
play upon the feelings of the ira les union. l do
not mean the trade unionists. Their cause and
ours are one in the main. The organization
which your general master workman speaks of
| is the International Workingmen's Association
which passed resolutions three years ago to
secure the election of its trusted agents as
general officers of the order of the Knights
of Labor. Proofs are in my possession
NOT SUCCESSFUL
The plans of these men met with but little
success, and from that time to the present
| members of the organization have secretly and
untiringy worked for the ruin of this order.
There are members of that society who
| are members of this who do not
favor the schemes of the warning
factors OF the International WOrkingmen's
As sociation, but they are few and far between,
for those who are known are intent on destruc-
tion. We had the misfortune to elect a man
who was either member or sympathizer to the
general executive board, and he has at all times
shown preference for the principles of that
organization.
DISHONEST METHODS
An honest man would go with the society
which claimed his allegiance, but men who will
deny their connection with other societies will
not scruple to destroy the Knights of Labor if
an opportunity presents itself. The oppor-
tunity never presented itself and they
sought to make it and failed You
may accuse your general master workman
of entertaining bitter feeling for this element
| If so, you are wrong; there is no bitterness but
| there is determination on his part to drive
| from the order every element of discord, if it
| lies in his power TO do so.
LITCHMAN's REPORT.
In his report SIX Secretary Litchman gives
| detailed statement of his connection with
| the order from bis admi sion to the present
time. and denies in detail all the charges
against him. He recommended that the
general secretary be given absolute control
of his clerks, advocated reduction of the
general executive board to five
members, consisting of the general
master workman, general worthy fore
man. general secretary14s and two
| members, the money to be placed with safe
repositories. He acknowledged the import
| ance of the present session for the veal or
woe of the order, and counselled great care
in the selection of officers for the ensuing
year His resignation was appended as part
of the record. He closed with an expression
of thanks to the general officers for courte-
sizes and hope for the continued success of
the order.
NOT TO CALL ON HARRISON.
The afternoon session was cut short,
owing to the regular meeting of the
Woman's Relief Corps. As there had
been talk Of call on Gen. Harrison, and it
was not settled whether to call on him as
an organization, the following was adopt ted
Be it resolved That we consider it would he
very mpoltic and ill-advised action for any body
of men from this convention to meet or wait
upon as Knights of Labor the Presdent-elect.
Last year exactly similar action was
taken at Minneapolis in regard to President
Cleveland, who was there at that time.
Nothing else was done at the afternoon
meeting.