The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-12-04

Mr.. Wright also said that in connec-
ton with the institution Of the boycott
Mr.. James Hughes, of the Knights of
Labor, had been arrested on charge of
conspiracy. The charges against him
were that he was member Of the
Knights of Labor, paid dues, etc., and
was therefore conspirator. Hughes
was jailed under heavy bond, and Mr..
Wright declares that this was the result
of partiality on the part of Judge Rum
sey for the company, and of having O
specially packed jury. He said that
since the boycott had been instituted
the business of the combine had fallen
off from S19, ,O0O, 900 to $4,000, 600, de-
crease of $e,O00,OOO He asked the CO.
operation of the Alliance In crushing the
combine, and the following resolution
was adopted:
Whereas, The Clothing exchange Of Rochea-
ter, N. Y, has locked out their employees, de-
priving them of the right to live; and,
Whereas, The said combine ha arrested
the officers of the Knights of Labor on trumped
up charges, and before packed jury convicted
the master workman, one James Hughes, for
doing his duty to his fellow men; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That we denounce the actions
of the Rochester clothing combine for depriv.
ing their former employees Of doing lawful
business; and, be 1t further
Resolved, That we call upon fairminded peo-
pie toilet the goods of these unfair and un-
American manufacturers severely alone.
The sympathy and purposes of this
resolution are of the noblest nature, but
declaring war against special concern
and calling on the members Of the Aili-
ance TO join in the war is not in keeping
with Alliance aims and ends. The crush
ing Of one concern will not remove the
evils and injustice that come from
trusts, combines and monopolies. The
great aim of the Alliance is to find and
apply a remedy for the whole range of
such evils, and its dignity is endangered
and its general influence dissipated by
making a specific attack on particular
concern. Time must be the judge as to
the wisdom Of this departure.
Provision was made for legislative
council which the opposition press ia
already speaking of asa ''paid lobby"
Until this session of the council the AL
lance legislative council was composed
of the various state Alliance presidents,
who elected from among themselves a
committee of three known as the national
legislative committi g.. The committee
on constitution and bylaws recommend
ed the abolition Of this legislative coun-
Gil and it was abolished. The supreme
council never knew why it was done, or
why they adopted the recommendation;
neither did they understand why the
same influence which advocated its
abolition presented on the next day an
amendment providing for an elective
legislative council of three and consti-
tutinS the former council of state presi-
dents an advisory board to act in con-
junction with the new council. Tho
plea for the abolition of the first council
was that of economy, and yet when the
new one was established it provided for
three elective members whose mileage
and per diem must be paid from the
fund of the national Alliance, thereby
making the expense of the last council
the same as that of the former.
The innate confidence and honesty Of
the delegates at Indianapolis prevented
them from delying into the motives
which have brought about the change,
The t;ounCu as II, now-s su.-..-a-.-.--
posed of President Polk, ex-oficio chair
man: G. W. Macune, member ex-officic;
w. F. Gwynne, of Tennessee; l.. P.
Featherstone, of Arkansas; Mann Page,
Of Virginia, elective members, and the
state presidents who constitute the ad.
visory board. AS body the council is
unexceptionally good and may be i'm
plicitly trusted.
The great meeting of the Confederated
union, which is to be held on the 22d Of
next February at some point to be
chosen, will be one of the most impor-
tant gatherings ever held in this coun-
try.
The basis of representation has been
fixed as follows: Twenty-Five delegates
at large for each industrial organization,
and one additional delegate for each 1O,-
600 members. The twenty-five delegates
at large for the National Farmers ALI
ance and Industrial union, as elected by
CHe supreme council, are:
HI Try Tracey, Texas; L. P Feather
stone, Arkansas; William Farr Goodwin,
New Jersey; Colonel G. NJ. Butt, Wis.
consin; Alva Agee, Ohio; T. S. Adams,
Louisiana; Marion Cannon, California;
L. F. Livingstone, Georgia; Frank Bur-
kett, Mississippi; ]. B. Beverley, Vir-
ginia; Matthew Rhea, Tennessee; L.
Leonard, Missouri; J. B. Weaver, Iowa;
M. V. Rork, Oregon; c. M. Maxson,
New York; st. Claire Thompson, Penn
sylvania; NJ. A. Householder, Kansas;
M. q. Elsey, Maryland; T. T. Gardner,
Kentucky; Thomas w. Force, Indiana.
William Hess, Illinois; R. A. South
worth, Colorado; M. V. Lonecker, Mich
igan; S. NJ. Adams, Alabama; A. P.
Beskins, Florida; Marion Butler, North
Carolina.
While these number more than twen-
ty-fve, the delegation will only cast
twenty-five votes.
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The routine work and smaller matters
of the council were properly attended
to, so far as the time at disposal would
permit The adjournment occurred at
midnight on Saturday, and it was prac-
tically impossible to give as much atten-
ton TO some matters as the council
thought desirable, but all thought, and
with good reason, nothing had occurred
to weaken the order, and every express
SIGN and every action showed that the
unity on the Alliance demands was COM
plete. And cordial and genuine fra
ternity was shown i'll other ways, for
when a resolution was offered favoring
the peusioning and paying pensions to
honorably discharged and disabled Union
soldiers, and favoring that the pension
bureau be separated entirely from poll
tics, it was indorsed and adopted by a
unanimous vote.
The delegates were very largely men
past the medium of life; men who have