Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-03
FROM OCEAN TOOCEAN
Single Tax Principles to be Spread
Broadcast over the Union.
DELEGATES FROM EVERY STATE.
Permanent Organization Effected at
Yesterdays Convention.
PUSHING THE NEW LEAGUE AHEAD.

NEW YORK, September 2.-The delegates
to the Single Tax Convention met again this
morning. The principal business of the day
was the appointment of the various commit
tees and the perfectlng of the permanent
organization which was begun yesterday.
The Committee on Platform and Resolutions,
of which Henry George was Chairman, went
into session at 9 o'clock. They will not, how
ever, 1t is said, report till to-morrow's
meeting.
When Chairman Louis F. Post called the
meeting to order, resolutions proposed by
Thomas Carscaden, of New Britain, Conn.,,
were read, as follows:
Resolved, That the single tax organization
and the single tax men represented In this
conference do hereby constitute this body as
the National League of Single Tax Clubs OF the
Second, To this league be entrusted the
direction OF the work Of propogating the single
tax principles.
DELEGATES FROM EVERY STATE.
Third, That to further this work a national
committee of one person of each State and
Territory here represented. proposed by the
delegates thereof, be appointed to this league.
Fourth. That the committee may In its IDS DIS
each State and Territory not here represented.
Fifth, That each member OF this committee
shall have therein vote proportionate to the
number of single tax organizations represented
by him.
Sixth, That this committee shall determine
the time and place and representation therein
of future conventions and National League and
Single Tax Clubs of the United States.
The committee had also plan ready
which called forth a discussion. The COM
mittee's plan was read first and Mr.. Cars
caden's resolutions were placed before the
meeting as an amendment. Mr.. Carscaden
said his idea was to construct the organization
so that the power of conducting it would be
put in the hands OF the general body ard
not In the power of the executive body.
In other words to work it from the bottom up.
RESOLUTIONS.
After lengthy discussion, participated
in by II. Martin Williams, of Missouri, G.
j. Buell., of Minnesota. and others, it was
finally agreed "That committee of five be
appointed by the Chair, to whom shall be re-
ferred all propositions submitted to the con-
ventIon, which will be reported and acted
on"
The Chairman named the following:
Messrs. Mcdowell, of Tennessee; Buell., of
Minnesota; Croasdale, OF New York; Ripley,
of Illinois, and Atkinson, of Pennsylvania.
Letters of apology for non-attendance we're
Ttdu several LdA uCu, dAuouS
them Charles Reade, of Kansas.
At the afternoon session the committee re-
ported the following resolutions:
Resolved, That the delegates here assembled
be and are hereby oraganized into National
Single Tax League. All organisations sub
scribiug to the National Single Tax platform
shall be eligible for membership.
Resolved, That the General Committee OF
the National Single Tax League shall consist
of one member from each State and Territory
81, of nj mi cr1a6 n6ora tn
be elected by the delegates thereof, and five
members at large to be elected by this con-
ference.
States and Territories not represented in this
conference Members thus elected to fill va
cancies shall serve only until the single tax or
ganizations of their respective localities elect
their successors. said general committee shall
have power to t1ll all vacancies in their men,
bership each member of this committee shall
elect such officials and appoint such employees
and subcommittee as they may deem neces-
sary. '.-
INDoRSED BY ALL.
Resolved. That while the League is in organ
ization and seeks to incorporate its economic
views in law through political action, we glad
ly recognize the religious feeling that animates
the desire for Justice, and recommend the CO.
operation of such parties in full accord with
our views as may tend to advance single tax on
ethical grounds.
The report was adopted. The five dele
gates at large who, with delegate from
each State in the conference and one from
the District of Columbia, will constitute
the National Committee, were appointed as
follows: William T. Crossdale, Louis f.
Post, August Lewis, Read Gordon and G.
st. John Laurens.
The National Committee is here given:
Alabama, B. G. Norton; California, 81. L.
Pleace; Colorado, James w. Bucklin; Con-
necticut, Lawrence D. Sharon; Delaware,
George w. Kreer; District Columbia,
Robert j. Boyd; South Dakota, W. E. |
Brokaw; Illinois. W. W. Bailey; Iowa, R.
Spencer; Kentucky, Samuel b. Edgar:
Louisiana, James Middleton; Minnesota,
Oliver T. Ericsson; Michigan, A. F. Wet |
tlafauer; Maine, Fred 7. Syford; Massa-
chusetts, James r. Carrel; Maryland, DIR. |
William A. Hill; New Jersey, John W. |
Jakeway; New York, Thomas G. Sherman;
Ohio, L. f. Sisman; Pennsylvania, A. H. |
Stevenson; Rhode Island, David Harroway;
Tennessee, Ballou Smith; Virginia, C. j. |
Conroy; Missouri, II. Martin Williams.
The convention then adjourned until to-
morrow.
A mass meeting was held in the evening.