Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-11-22

inaugurated at the meeting of the Chicago
PROFESSIONALS. Reforms spring from noble
impulses, but the impulse which fathered
the assembling of the PROFESSIONALS was
born in hate, nursed in envy and grew to
its present size in the hope that this great
order would one day be brought beneath
the rule Of men who do not possess the
courage or manhood TO properly rule 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 It's principles,
and remain member. II they will tear
down let them tear from tie outside and
let every true honest man in the order take
sides and either go with these misguided
creatures or stand firm and defend the
order from their vile attacks.
These attacks upon the Knights of Labor
comes from the persistent opposition which
has been shown TO the idea OF allowing 9TH
er organizations 10 control the knights Of
Labor. DO not misunderstood me- for do
not refer TO the trade unions. / once re-
ferred TO this matter 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 tbs
| feelings of trade unonists. Their cause
and ours are one in the main. The organ
| ization which your general master work
mau speaks OF is the international WORK
ingmen's association, which passed resOlu-
| tlons three years ago 10 secure the election
of it's trusted agents as general officers of
| the order Of the knights OF Labor. The
proofs are in my possession. The plan Of
these men met with bat lit e success and
from that time 10 the present the members
OF that organization have secretly and TN
tiringy worked for the ruin Of this order
We had the misfortune 10 elect man
who was either member or a sympathiZer
10 the general executive board, and he has
ut oil OH n fg.s.
ganization. An honest man would so with
the society TO which he owed his allegiance
but men who will deny their connection
with other societies will not hesitate 10 de-
stroy the X. of l.. if the opportunity pre-
sents itself The opportunity never pre-
scented itself and they sought 10 make il
and failed.
You may accuse your general master
workman OF entertaining a bitter feeling
| for this element. II So You are wrong:
| there is no bitterness, bat there is a dis
position on his part TO drive from the order
| every element Of discord, if it lays in his
| power To do so.
In concluding Mr. Powderly denounced
| speculative gambling, especially in food
! products, and demanded a more equal dis
tribution Of wealth.
In his report cx- Secretary Litchman gave
n detailed statement OF his connection with
! the order ION his admission 10 the present
| time quoting from the official records of
the past sessions Of the general IS emily
TO prove the tasty of the charg of dis
| honesty which had been circulated against
| him. He showed from the records that
| everything had been sat!sfactor / : explain
! ed TO the general assembly, ana his course
was approved by resolution at the Detroit
! meeting in lSS. His connection with the
/ general Insurance secretaryship was in no
| wise the cause Of the failure Of the system
! for it tailel because il was inherently rot
/ ten. His resignation was appended rs part
/ Of the record. He closed with an expression
/ Of thanks 10 the general officers for cour-
tesies and hope for the continued success
I OF the order