Workmen's advocate., 1890-05-31
CORRUPTION.
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lllc nulllt ol tlC luoth 'NiVSt dlh later on he changed the name to ''The Harlem Weekly Chronicle" There is, however, very much more that can be said about MT. Clough but thai is for the courts to take up,"
 The most important witness brought forward is, however, c. M Sheehan, the representative from the 18th Assembly District of the United Labor Party on the amalgamated committee of uhe U. L. P. and the C. l.. U.
 What part" he was asked, Id Id you play in the political labor movement last fall which was called the Legislative Reform Party?
 "As a memb r of the joint comnittee representing the 18th assembly dis trict
 Did it strike you at any time that this movement was conducted by men who wanted to make capital out of it?'
 "Yes, sir"
 Do you refer to any particular per sonsY
 q do, sir"
 Will you please name the persons you have in mind ?"
 "Matthew Barr, George Warner, Ed. ward Conklin and Charles Rogers. Of these feel sure"
 What reasons have you to charge these men with selling their political in- huence among their fellow workers ?" "l.-Thelr lack of desire to organic the districts themselves or permit others to do it; 2-their organizations, with the exception of Progressive Painters Union No. l, refused to endorse their action or send delegates to the con ven. tion; 3-the desire manifested by War. ner and Rogers and concurred in by the others to obtain control of the U. l.. P. l1th assembly district organization and its funds; 1.-the statement of Geo. Warner, made in sesslon of the commit. tee that in the event of our Legislative Reform Party endorsing the fusion ticket the County Democracy would give us four Assemblymen, naming the 22nd, 17th and 10th, but not manning the fourth; 5-that James P. ArchI bald endeavored to secure the nomination. for Assembly in the 22nd District from the County Democracy; 6-that John ker, rigan, the former representative of the County Democracy. did obtain the n omi. nation from the 18th Assembly District, despite the fact that he voted against the Saxton bill; 7-that Edward Conklin, after assisting in nominating John J. Murphy, the 17th Assembly District Democratic nominee of the United Labor Party in 1884, went to Thomas Costigan, the leader of the County Democrac y in the 18th Assembly District, to obtain the nomination for himself; S-that in de. fiance of the order of the convention that this party shall not endorse or support the candidates of any other party, they (Warner, Rogers and Conklin) succee ded in part to make deal with the Cou nty Democracy; 9-that though John k-ee. gan was regularly nominated by the convention of the party as candid ate for Assembly in the 17th District and was endorsed by the executive com mttee of the party, none of the repre- sentatives of the c. l.. U though cog nzant of the fact and validity of his (John Keegan's) nomination and though present at the session of the C. l.. U., tried to secure on that floor his endorse ment by the c. l. U.; which proved tc me that they were acting in bad fai tn as it was their plain duty to report his nomination and secure the c. L. U's en dorsement /"
 Would you mind giving statem eni of the founding of the L, R. P. and its dongs as far as you have a perso ma knowledge of it?'
 About July 1889, under the auspice of the 17th Assembly District organiz tion of the U. l.. r. were held conf CT. ences of ex-members of the County Committee of the the U, L. P. with q view of recognizing that party, Ihe result of which was the appointment oi one member of each assembly distr jet there represented with power to re-or ganize the party. This committee, after. holding several meetings, were ap, preached through indirect means by he members of committee appointed by the c. L. U. on political action. T he result was the appointment of a com mittee of seven, representing the U. L. F. and the c. l.. U.. which was known as the Amalgamated Committee. The men representing the C.. L. U. were Mathew Barr, c Rogers, c. Warner, E. Conklin, H. Collins, E, Keating and E. Murphy; the men representing the S' IL, "tlC INootit COnaghan, James Hurley, Wm. Rat h. bun, Jac. Rswisser, Morris Nugent and myself. Rathbun was elected Chairman and Collins Secretary. The conditions of amalgamation were: That by ball ol reform the c. L. U. meant the SaxtOn Reform Bill; 2-that the C. L, U. wou Id endorse the action of its members and the nominees of the party; 3-that at 8 convention called by the committee Oi the c. L. U. the U. l.. P. was to be rep resented in the proportion of one Uo every 100 votes cast for Henry George III 1ss6
 The convention was held on the fiftf Monday in September in Clarendon Hall, and was for the most part com posed of delegates belonging to the 18th 17th and 9th assembly district organiza tions of the former U. L. P. The creden