St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-22

this convention that some startling dis
closures would be made to the order
through a fight that was existing be-
tween MI. Litchman on the one side
and Powderly and Hayes on the other.
but truce has been established. as a
result of conference of the general
officers, at which it was decided to
divide the loaves andlfishes. and yet the
deceived Representatives think that their
wishes are consulted i'm the selection
of officers, when the slate is all arranged
slate the machine has prepared for
them. Experienced wire-DullerS could
learn how little they knew of political
intrigue by attending one of our ses-
sionS. When the general executive
board were condemning Litchman. the
records will prove that the general mas
ter workman and general executive
board indOrsed his every official act.
Mr.. Litchman would have proved this
from the contents of the boxes had he
been allowed to bring them to the con-
vention as he intended. (The boxes
referred to were held at the general
offices on the ground that they con-
tained documents belonging to the
order). MIR. Barry continued: "It is
said the boxes contained complete
record of the proceedings of the general
executive board doctored in the hand
writing of John W. Hayes. This eX-
plains Hayes intense desire to obtain
the boxes by legal process after Litch-
man had repleyined them from the gen.
eral Offices
At the beginning of the afternoon ses-
sion, Lewis submitted, through the
committee on the state of the order, a
dOuble-headed resolution providing that
the charters of all trades assemblies be
revoked, and that committee of five
be appointed to attend the annual
session OF the federation of trades
to convene at st. Louis Dec.
8, and make Oyertures for the ANAL
gamatiOn of the K. of l.. with the
federation. The committee presenting
reports thereon recommended that the
first proposition be not cODcurred in,
and to the great surprise of the general
assembly, advised the passage OF the
second. The first recommendation was
adopted by about two-thirdS majority,
and then there was halt to consider
the other. The report called for a
speech from Powderly. He was sur
prised, he said, that the committee
should submit such report. He had
for long time been looking to
FUTURE COOPERATION
with the federation of trades, but urged
the inadvisaDility of the Knights max
ing Overtures for an amalgamation.
Such step would tell the world that
the Knights could no longer maintain
an organization of their own and were
desirous of being taken under the pro-
tecting wing of some other order.
When the vote was taken the assembly
refused to adopt the report of the COM
mittee. The SketfingtOn appeal case
was then considered during the
rest of the afternoon. This
case is of interest to Cincinnati
Knights, as it evolves practically the
maintenance of the order in that city.
1t originated by local assembly 1876
protesting against the action of Master
Workman FL. j. Skeffington in refusing
to allow the local to be transferred to
district assembly 216. The protest went
to the general executive board, but as
Skeffington refused to be tried by the
board, it was referred to the general
assembly. The charges against him
We're preferred by Jesse S. Jones, dis
trlct recording secretary of 46. who ac-
cuses Skefhngton of resOrting to all sorts
of abuses.