The morning times., 1896-11-29

the printers attention is called TO the
fact they viii raise cir voice in strong
ana earnest protest.
Now, brutnerS of the Federation, said
10 you moment age. ! Know ot no reason
why Sur n u,norS S.in iIu u sitowIi-to me AS
/ have received since coming among you:
There re bI- Few men VINO lie to be PAID
the attention among their fellows that |
naT. received since coming To Washington.
Four times your president, once grand
celebration ever held IN tlc District.
NowT.<ihIs beauurui testimonial OF worth
ana brotheriy love. aud still nave
discovered no Reason why Shuuid receive
them unless IL be the one BrlcS Poucry
gave for his wsait. and influence.
E1c6 Pomery was, as you remember,
. sN,--Suernr Al -. ! 'ytn.J tieM a. VINO.
by his energy and enterprise, accumulated
a fortune in the newspaper business at La
Crosse, Wis. he inves5eia IL great deal OF his
u;uney in buildings, among which was a
grand opera house 1 remember, as a boy
IttynIl.is "A ;Ih'iii tina Ia atrr .,Iii se,.In.
un The great drop curtain ful-sized bust
OF MT oIn.rS. unteii iisath was his name
Mark NJ PoInery, and above il the words:
By atttLLing TO my own business | have
gained fortune.
Now Tea tIS .nIgiIt also be applied
10 me by substituting. In attending
To my own business 1 have gained your
good Will, your resp ,tVani ynur confidence"
Ihanhing You sincerely Tor the many
hcnUrs shown me- and assuring you that
/ fully appreciate them and AIN truly
grateful i shall continue III the future
at tion Uf Lhboris the only central labor body
tatt mas prolecteu anl inproved the III
tsrestS OF labor in Washington and the
only one that ever can or viii"
DISTRICT ASSEMBLY
The regular weekly meeting of the Dis
tnct Assembly of the Knights Of Labor WIS
held on last Thursday evening Notwith-
standing the fact thatit was Thanksgiving
night. there was large attendance, and
with the exception of one or two of the
smaller assemblies, the locals throughout
| this jurisdiction We're Well represented
Master Workman W. II. G. Simmons oc-
cupied the chair and presided over the en-
tire lengthy proceedings, which did not
terminate till the midnight bells were ring
ing. The return of Delegates ODea and
Clements from the Rochester convention,
and their expected presence at the meet.
ing, nu'doubt was the cause OF such large
attendance.
The anxiety of the members in this
jurisdiction to have some official con-
firm3tion or denial OF the newspaper reports
regarding District local affairs. however,
was iot much relieved Nothing definite
was learned OF the act OF the General
Assembly cxpclling two members OF the
District Assembly. except that such ac-
tion had been taken. hut with a proviso,
the exact terms of which neither the rep
resentativcs from the convention, nor the
| printed minutes as furnished by the sec
| retary of the convention. explained.
1t WAS the impression, however, that the
| acton taken by the General A AsSembly was
that hemembersimplicated complied
with certain mandatory orders within fiji
| teen days. they would stand expelled. The
| date from which the time limit runs no
| one seemed to know, as no notice what
| ever had been received by the District As
| sembly, nor by the brothers impli Gated who,
! during the entire Thursday night session.
| acted in an official capacity, one as presid-
ing officer, and the other as secretary pro
/ TEN.
| The regular routine matters were quick
| ly dispensed with, as were also the reports
| from the local assemblies. The order of
! new business was soon reached and the
| representative from the Rochester conyen-
| ton was asked if he was ready to report,
% which he replied that he was not, but
| would give verbal synopsis of the pro
| ceediEgs If desired, and would furnish
the District Assembly with fun written
| report at the next meeting.
| The delegates then gave an interesting
| account of the acts ofthe General Assembly.
| especially those that pertalned to this
| jurisdiction. The remarks of the delegate
| We're listened to very attentivcly and while
| two of the general officers were present
who had also been present at the Rochester
| convention, not single statement of th..
| delegate was questioned.
After the delegate had concluded, a Sc.
ries OF resolutions based ON the report made
| by the delegate from Rochester, was pre-
sented before the meeting. The resolu-
| tions, which were not OF a very flattering
nature to the late convention, or to the
| general officers, provoked a very warm de
bate, which lasted til! midnight when it
was decided that as the result of adopting
! the resolutions would materially affect the
local assemblies, they should be referred to
| them for consideration