Workmen's advocate. (New Haven, Conn.) 1883-1891, 1889-10-26
THE cow ENTl0N.
COMPLETE REPORT OF ITS
PROCEEDINGS.

Long Sessions, Short Speeches,
and Practical WOrk-The Grand
Mass Meeting at Vorwaerts Turn
Hall-Thousands of Sympathizers
and Twenty-Five SOre.Heads in
Chicago - Platform and ResOlu.
tiOns.
SATURDAY, Oct. 12.-At 3 p. m. the
convention was called to order by Com
rade A. Negendank, of Philadelphia, in
the name of the Board Of Supervision.
After few remarks by him in German
and by Phil. Rappaport, of Indianapolis,
IN English, the delegates proceeded to
the election of a chairman pro tem., and
Comrade Foth, of New York, was
elected.
On motion of Conrade Shevitch it
was resolved that English be the official
language of the convention, but that
the minutes be kept in English and
German, and that every delegate might
speak any language he pleased, provided
the sense of his remarks be translated
into English at the request of any other
delegate. In order to carry out this res
olution, Rappaport was elected English
secretary and Fellermann, of Hartford,
German secretary.
A Committee on Credentials, COM
posed of Otto Reimer, of New York:
Lother, of Pittshurg; and Mrs. Greie, of
recess taken, at the end of which the
committee reported the following Sec
tions to be represented:
New York German Section), by Otto
Reimer, S. E. Shevitch, Johanna Greie,
Hy. Foth and Reinh. Meyer.
New York american Section), by
Lucien Sanial.
Brooklyn, N. Y, by Fr. Seubert and
Pattberg.
Newtown, N. Y, by Hy. Neuske.
College Point, N. Y, Union Hill, N.
j., and Jersey City by Ufert.
Hartford and New Haven, Conn.,, by
Fellermann.
Milwaukee. Wis, by H. Zweck.
Pittsburg, Pa, by Lother.
Indianapolis, Ind, by Phil. Rappaport.
Chicago, ILL.,, by j. Christensen, as
delegate, and Paul Grotkau, as alter
nate.
Boston, Mass, by A. Guwang.
Philadelphia, Pa, by A. Zwiebler.
Providence, r. l., by Fl. Hincke.
Long Island City, N. Y, by A. Glicker.
Yonkers, N. Y, by J. Vahltech.
st. Paul, Minn., by B. Frese.
Hoboken, N. j., by Fl. Hack.
Dayton, Ohio, by blank proxy to be
filed by Chicago.
New York Jewish Section, by blank
proxy to be filled by Chicago.
Total, % Sections, Is of which were
represented by 1S delegates and 7 by
proxies. Later arrivals, as will be seen
hereafter, increased the representation
to 81 Sections.
The Board of Supervision was repre-
sented by its secretary, A. Negendank.
The report of the Committee on Gre
deI.tials was accepted, and on Shev-
itch's motion it was resolved that the
meetings of the convention be public
except when 1t sits as Committee of
the Whole.
The organization was then perfected
by the reelection of Rappaport and
Fellermann as English and German sec
retaries, respectively, and by the cleo
ton of B. Frese as English and O..
Reimer as German assistant secretaries.
II. Foth was also elected chairman for
this meeting.
The following committee on Rules
and Order of Business was elected:
Shevitch, Schubert, Sanial and Zwiebler
After short recess this committee re-
ported as follows:
/. Chairman and vice. chairman to be
elected for the day.
2. Two sessions shall be held daily,
viz: day session from 8 a. m. to p.
m., and an evening session from s p. m.
to midnight, when adjournment must
take place. The committees will meet
from p. m. to Sp. m.
3. No delegate shall be allowed to
speak longer than ten minutes in gen
eral, or five minutes in special, debates.
4. No delegate can speak on any ques
of the body.
U. Iue oTueT OI business snail De Une
same as proposed by the Board of Su-
pervision.
6. These committees shall be elected:
(d) On Platform.
(b) On Constitution.
(c) On Resolutions.
To the latter committee all resolutions
shall be referred, after being read before
the convention.
Z. Motions made by delegates need
not be seconded, except such as regard
the order of business.
The report of the Committee on Rules