Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-11-23
KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
The annual Address OF Grand Master
Workman PSwdsrIy Given
10 the Press.
Questions OF FiuRnoe, Ierd and Trauspor
tation Awaiting soIution-Im-
portance OF the Session.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND, Nov. 10.

time away from the con
venti u is largely devoted to commi.te
work Still much gossip is INDUCED il
regarding the probable Outcome Of In
meeting, both as regards the election o
officers and es TO the future success O.
failure OF the order. This mornings ses
sion was devoted to routine business.
There WAS time for bat two reports be,
fore adjournment; those being from Gen.
ersi Master Workman Powderiy and Sac
Rotary Lit:hmar. Mr. PowdeTly's repor
took TWO hours time time, and Mr.. Itch
mans one hour and twenty minutes
Both reports are e&Id TO be interesting
the formers being detailed review o.
the past two years Of his administration
The sddrees Of Mr. PowderlY WAS give-
TO the press late this afternoon. ItopenE
with long Introduction, giving various
reasons why members hsve left the order,
and enumerates the mspy grievances
which have been brought sgkinst it. The
trials which have been borne by the order
ne says, have resulted in good, and he
denied Gil charges OF Officially Inviting
3 thorough examination OF ali
books and accounts. Mtry changes ore
desired in the constitution, SO as TO avoid
frequent chang esiwhicf are recommended
st each session. He recommends tntaI
sbolitioa CT the sections which provide
fer the appointment a11 government OF
examining organizers. The law as at
present famed is e dead letter. The
| treasury department should be
held responsible for ell money
! passing through lis channels. At present
he thinks the financial sfflirs are in too
msny hands. O3e responsible party
should be entrusted with the management
Of the finances. After speaking CT the
high estimation in which the order is held
OF the many outside Of it, Gnd showing
the multiplicity Of detsil be must look ST
ter, he discussed the Gne-
man power in the management
OF the order, or rather in the
execution Of the laws after they had been
made by the order, and in this sense he
fsVors the Cre man power Rs OF the high
est bene ii to tae order. After remsfking
the influence CT the order on public
opinion, he takes up the pending ques-
tons, saying: "The most Important
questions thst come before this body
tor consideration sre these OF finance, land
and transportation. The great questions
are up before the people for discussion and
solution. They must be settled by the
people, for 1t is not 90 the interest CT pol
iticians to 90 SO, Th0ge who control our
public highways are reaching cut with 3
hard of steel 20 grsgp and control the
government itself, end il is indeed : bat
tie for supremacy. II the masses remain
idle end Indifferent the classes will rule
through the power which comes to them,
through the bsrKius;ss railway end
land mopop5iies. US Is theSsyore
duty wAiCa We@ shoula etEot
Ie eject 10 select i thar qkesslors
which have pointed SEt and ptscs them
prominently before OufAep oersS& dia- |
cugsion. Ii we do OFT &tHeud ifsraper
steps are taken We cEssomfsIeth6 +tsm-
psign CT 1892 to ba9ought cut on these
!ineE, and we cameo educate the people |
On these issues tina. they csn discern for |
themselves tae diff renee between the |
real friend and the sham when he pres
5 D36 !" himself for the 'uffnss2f the peO-
He recommends that special commit
tee Ct three be appointed to take up the
ma.ter. he scvocates the concentration
Of energies On these questions and fur
Their recommends the formation Of junior
for educating the younger
working people.
Matters OF Interest chiefly 20 the order
come n for good share OF attention,
and he then fsvors 8 change OF the
time Ct holding the general Assem-
bly,, believing it comes too close
to the election. He advocates equal pay
'or equal work for women. OF the
provisional conmittse he ssys: Scarcely
Esd the gsvel fallen on the last act of the
session tEsu tgEitors' hands
were raised to destroy whist il. had taken
years Of time and ps!iens wofk to con-
s:ruct. The majority Of tse lsSt convsh-
ion were right. They legfAsted As tkaY
saw necessity for it. ThaNrefasad ae
oEss resolutions with whisfI heY Ns&
act in sympathy, and a Tek clqA
If the general assemblaaf RseafEaa
Tss held in the city OF .Ehic8go With the n
vowed purpose CT diSfuptipg the whole
rider. A. that meeting it was resolved
% organize what WAS called "pro.
'isionsl committee" ioc the purpose OF
purifying the order" Decision NJ.
&c, which is herewith presented for the
.c.!0n CT tie general assembly, deals
With the question Of the right or q mem
)3r OF the provisional committee !
o visit or otherwise NEEDLE with
n assembly Ct tais order
INST decision should be approved
Ind Law passed which would promptly
nd tcraver exclude from the order the
nsmber who would epgsge in such dGg-
afdIy work as WAC inGugurated at the
leetiug CT The CAiCsgo PROFESSIONALS. Re-
Orms spring from nobls impulses, but :
he impulse which fAthered ire assem-
Ing Of the PROFESSIONALS Was begun il
ate, nursed in envy End grew 20 It's pres
ut size in the hope that this great :
RIDER, would one day DE Drought
eDsath the rule Of men who do not pos Q
2Es The courage or manhood to properly I
lle themselves. No hesiteucy or mawk-
b sentiment should sway US st this ses- b
on. Let Us orce and forever pu. i. be- I
ond the power OF sry man TO fight this
rder CT its principles and remain mem Z
sr. Il they will tear down LEI them tear s
ON the outside, snd let every true and
1nsat man in the order tsk3 !,
des and eithsr 20 With a
l0se misguided creatures or stand n
I'm to defend the order from the!r villa
lacks. Tlese attacks On the Knights -
Labor come from the persistent op-
1sition which hiss been sbown to the =
les OF allowing other organizations 10
,Cneel the Knights Of Llbor. Do not
isunders.and me-, for do not refer to
e trades unions. Their cause and v
1rs is ore in the main. The E
'ganizstiol which your general m1s.er !!
oEkmsn speaks Of is the International II
'orkingmen's Association, which passed S
solutions three years ago to secure the e.
ecdol OF its agents az general Officers 81
the order Of Knights Of Labor. The y
'oofB are in nv possession, The plans II
these men met with but little success,
I'd from that time to the presen.
Q members Of that organi- u
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