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slonership CT the Department. OF Labor? |

sionership CT the Department OF Labor
! Q, 6. II there were no politics CON
nected with this order, why WAS il ths
the session Of the General Assembly wal
postponed until sf.eT the Presidents
election when, if Cleveland is reelected
you will Scceps The { iii ;e and rot sccep,
s nomination for the p-eeeIt position OF
General Master Workmap, but II General
Harrison is elected you will Still take the
General Master workmanship Of tbs
order? II not thst Inc re&I regso2 the
session Of the General Assembly WAS put
of ill sf!er the presidential election?
Q I. Would it not be well for Ralph
Beaumort 70 remsiI quiet ct this psr.icu-
lsr time and wait IL see which CT the
political parties will be the highest bid
der FOR his services; then it will be IN
necessary TO consult General Master
Workman Powisrly as to whether he Will
take the etamp or not.
! Q S. Whist light have you as Kn!ght
OF LABOR, pledged 70 secrecy, to msKe
po0lic tde fact ( t IL is g fsct) that Letter
are received at you2 cffi3e denour chg
Chartes s.. Litchmaa for MS course? Is
rot sCca publication Of your private let
fers violation Of your Obligations SIS
knight Of Lsbor? II Charles Lischman
has done anything wrong Is there not .
remedy IN the local court of his assembly
II which Re is G member, or before the
general executive beard?
2 8. Did you not write q letter TO the
glass-Workers at Mission, Ono, this
summer intimating tia. protection does
not protect, and ID IL not 8 fact that they
replied advising you that such intima-
lions were lmpertinent, and assuring you
that in their csse protection did protecl2
Mr.. PowDERLY's ANSWER.
Mr.. Powderly's answer to the above is
as follows:
"Fo the question which you ask me il
ii Is true thss have been offered the La
Dor Bu:esu, say yes. By the Rspuoli-
can psrty, through some CT its leaders
aud am told at the instigstion CT MIR
8sine, wh1 himself offered that position
90 NE In 1884, provided l wcplt cay
word for BIsilo-iao weeks .fer TIE
nomination OF Ganeral Harrison was
offered the position which Colonel Wright |
now holds ST Washington by man who !
came cfrec. from the r ;pu5licsa head |
quarters, provided I would pull the |
Knights If Labor CT Harr!son's beck in |
Indiana. This, Of course, was TO be my !
reward in cese Hlfrison was elected. I |
all nut entering lnEo PORTUGAL 0Selt; SIC, |
while thank the msn for his kindless In |
remembering me, decline to even con-
slider his proposition. This is sil knew
about the Lsbor Bu:esu.
Ii IL were politics 1 had in visw 1t
would seem that l rather divided tie
thing. iossmuch as 1 also appointed
James Campbell Of Pittsbure, on the
same committee With Dan Campbell ot
Scranton, and no one is charging me with
doing that for political reasons. Turn to
page 1853 OF the pro ceedings OF the Mig
nespolis convention and you will see that II
VAS Representative Shilling of Wisconsin,
who brought the question of changing
me time OF mee!isg Of the Genera, AS
'embly before that body in document 252
rhen turn to page 1os, and down as the
'stsom OF the psgs you will zee who it ,
vas made the motion which changed The
line OF the meeting until after election,
md remember they ere the records OF '
.itcSman. himself, and not mine.
Then, after doing ths., if you turn ,
o page 1883 Of the same book and read
hat part Of my report beginning with {
he words: Il have stated nem this I