The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1890-12-12
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oLArHE. Kan, Dee I0-Ths nine
teenth annual session of the Kansas
State Grange convened in Assembly
Han in this city at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning
The session was opened by Worthy
Master William Sims. of Topeka, and
upon call of the secre tary tho following
officers answered: Worthy Master Will
liam Sims, Worthy Overseer E St
John of Manhattan. Lecturer John g.
OF $. Steward A p. Reader, and the
full complement OF other officera
At the afternoon session Worthy Mas
ter William Sims delivered his annual
address Among other things ne said;
The Importance of your order, or the
grange, If you please. as an educa tional
force, in which ample provisions have
boon made for farmers meeting to-
gether. talking together, and for the
Tree and full cons deration and discus
sion in a fraternal manner of all ques-
tons pertaining not only to the farm
and its management but to public al
fairs as we'll, can not we'll be til
mated And our success in this direc-
ton has certainly met the reasonable
expectations of its strongest advocates,
laws, State and National, in many in
stances. but notably in what is known
the granger cases. subiectinR trans
portation companies to Legislative con-
troll in the interest of tho people and
forever settling the question in this
country.
I'm times of general depression like
the present it is natural for persons to
assume. and while this may or may not
be true of ayr culture at the present
time, yet can say, and that without
fear OF successful contradiction, that
the interest here represented is in n
very satisfactory condition"
Upon the currency question Mr.. Sims
said; Disguise the fact as you may,
the question of money or currency re-
mains the same as over" Upon the
homestead question he suggested that
the Legislature abridge the Constitu-
tional provisions so that the owner
could not mortgage his homestead at
will even with the consent of his wife to
which practice might be directly at
tributed more disappointment loss and
heart-aches than could be traced to any
other single financial bIunder from
which every OnesOf the people now sut-
tered-
FEDERATION OF LABOR
DETROIT, Mich, Dec 1O-Some eighty
delegates of the American Federation
President Gompers called the conVen-
ton to order shortly after IL o'clock.
The delegates were welcomed to tho
city by the president of the board of
aldermen in the absence of the mayor.
and President Gompers, of the Fedora
ton, responded
President Gompers, in his annual ad-
dress, advised the convention to avoid
controversial questions and to conccn-
trate their efforts upon such issues as
the members were most agreed on
That such a course was best was evil
denced by the success of the eight-hour
movement since the last convention.
Since the agitation had begun that re-
form had been very successful in 1877
cities and has benefited 36, 977 workmen
in the carpenters trade, besides count
less others in other branches of the
building trade. Tho demand for an
eight-hour day would be made for other
trades in succession and its final sue
cess could not be questioned. The next
ind ustry to make tho demand would be
the coal miners. They would move
May l, 1891
During the year the Federation has
established 2T4 local branches and tho
National trades unions report report 9I3
local branches established. Existing
branches have added from to So per
| cent in membership. Tho address de-
claEeS IN favor OF the system OF national
unions of individual trades During the
| year l los authorized strikes have taken
place OF these Osg succeeded, 90 failed
/ and 0S were compromised Besides
| many concessions were gained without
/ resort to strikes The people who pro-
! pose a strike are warned that buster
| will not win and that thoy must be pre-
pared for whatever battle they propose.
| The Federation is not always able to
/ assist strikes financially.
President Gompers refers in common
| dalton to the project for an interna-
| tional labor congress in 1898, to be CO.
! incident with the Worlds Fair; de-
| mands the enforcement OF the eigh T.
| hour law in Government work; asks for
a suitable Federal contract labor lawi
| suggests observance of Labor day a
| National holiday; warns against child
| labor and declares for an international
| copyright and ballot reform He meets
the charge of excluding Socialists by
| denying that he has ever tried to OK
clude any one for his economic opinions
and insisting that the only requisite 70
the trades union movement is good
| standing in local union.
MISSOURI STATE GRANGE
CAMERON, Mo-, Dec. IO.-The nine
| teenth annual session of the State
| Grange began yesterday with delegates
| from various portions OF the State and
the entire staff of State officers present
! Headed by the Cameron band the bod
marched to the hall where Mayor Din
| widdie delivered tho address of welcome
| State Lectures Thompson, of Bates
County, responded, and was FOLLOWED
4 by State Score taFy Smith, of Hannibal
Il and State Overseer Sneed, of SedaHa
i Then State Master Page delivered hi
! annual address. The attendance wa
| the largest for years
ReerIvsrshIP story Denied
Boston, Dee. 1O-Tbe following cab
has been sent from the Union Peciti'
office to London bankers anent the tail
about receivership: NO truth 1.