The morning times., 1896-11-15

The meeting of the District Assembly ON
last Thursday evening was one OF the most
Interesting that has been held for some
time, and continued in session until a
late hour of the night Master Workman
Simmons filled the chair.
The first business of the evening was
tine acceptance of the credentials and the
comforting of the '.arclicon" degree on
representative from Gambrinus As
sembly. The master workman, in his
opening address, stated tn at owing to
kilograms received from the delegates
attending the General Assembly, lie had
decided not TO put the District A ssembly to
any unnecessary expense by going to
isocb ester, though he had made all arrange
inents to attend, and would still hold
himself in readinesss 10 leave If the dele
gates attending the convention sent for
| him.
The regular routine business of the
assembly was on motion, dispensed with.
The published report of the general sec
retary-treasureE especially that portion
oil it rejecting on the character and
reputation of some of the members of the
order in this city, was severely criticized
and denounced in the strongest language
at the command OF the delegates For
| over three hours the delegates Wed with
| each other in cundemning the action OF the
general secretary. The 'Billin gsgate"
| be unworthy Of an officer holding such a
| high position Of trust, but at the same time,
| the language Used by the general secretary
was fully recognized as quite character
| istic of the man.
Strong resolutions protesting against the
reelection of the general secretary ana
! other officers who were considered 10
| have been tried and found wanting, We're
Invn Introduced ana thoroughly discussed.
| Not single delegate present defended the
| course pursued by the general secretary.
| The only objections raised against the
1 resolutions were that there was no neces-
| sity of resorting to the same style of
! language as used by the general secretary.
| Those that raised any objection at all
were in favor of condemning the course
pursued by the general secretary by gen
| eral Endorsement OF the delegates named
| i'll the report. and that the district AS
Sembly forward to the general assembly
request that a complete eNoheration be
given.
A letter was then read from Mr.. C. G.
/ Conn, editor OF The Washington Times,
| completely eXonerating Master Workman
| Simmons and Delegate Potter from any
| connection or responsibility whatever with
| the article published in the Times which
| had given SO much offence TO Secretary
| Hayes.
| a substitute was offered that the Dis
| trict Assembly had implicit confidence in
| the delegates named in the letter of MIR.
| Conn, and demanding nj the hands of the
general assembly complete eNoneration
| for chem. Debate followed, during which
| the delegates expressed themselves as being
| in full sympathy with the substitute. Sun
| it did not cover the full desires OF the Dis
| trict Assembly, as set forth III the original
| resolution winch contained full indorse-
! mSnt of the delegates named in The SuDsti-
| tnte. The substitute was then put and
| lost and the original resolution adopted.
y motion was then made that the letter
Of Mr. Conn. with full Endorsement OF
the statement contained .uerein, bc for
warded direct To the General Assembly,
together with the resolutions.
During the session a telegram was re-
ceived from Rochester stating that the
outlook was more promising tnan at any
other time during the session. The news
that the District Assembly had been denied
its fun represe nta ton in the General
| Assembly was not unexpected, though
| il had hecn hoped that justice Would have
/ been victorious over Lecnnicalities-
II was suggested that it would bc to the
| best interests uf the order in this iuris-
! diCliUn not 10 adjourn the meeting of the
| District Assembly, but after all present
! business had been transacted, tu take
| recess until Sunday evening, at 80
O'Clock. when matters. Which might re-
I
| 1ne suggestion was unanimously approved
| and il was decided Ia meet in tine same
| hall ON Sunday evening, provided the hall
| could be secured for that night. If it
| could not a special notice would he pub
| lished Informing all delegates where the
! continued meeting would be held.
| The reportS from the TO talS We're. a usual
| OF an encouraging nature. Carriage Max
ers stated thai their meeting on last Mon
! day evening was well attended. one hun
dred and one members had answered TO
! their names at roll call; two new mem
bers had been initiated and one reinstated,
and several applications received.
Musicians reported one Initiation and ap-
| plea tions from others.
GamDrinus Assembly Y delegates announced
! election OF officers, and that "A meeting
| would be held ON Sunday in the Labor
| Bureau Hall.
Butchers reported that in n few days all
! employers of union butchers would displn y
! a card announcing that TACT 1he card
! would be supplied by the assembly and
would only be issued to employers who
| employ strictly union labor.
The hour being very late, further reports
| were dispensed with, except that of the
| Workingmen's Library and Labor Bureau.
| The delegates announced that all arrange
| nents had been perfected for the coming
anniversary celebration, which would take
| in the Typographical Temple. The dele
gates further announced, that in response
| to the appeal sent to about fifty of the
| ministers of this city, requesting their
moral cooperation in the objects expected
| TO be obtained by the establishment Of a
workingmen'slibrary, but two answers had
| been received, one from minister who
| had gone South in search of health, ex-
| pressing sympathy for the movement and
| requesting that his attention be again
called To the matter when he came back
| to the city, and the other from DR. Alex
| ander Kent, pastor of the Peoples Church,
who inclosed donation and expressed a
| regret that he could not make the amount
| ten times as large. The letter was full of
praise for the worthy object. and expressed
a willingness To render any assistance
within his power.
The sentiments contained in the letter
were heartily appreciated by the delegates.
The assembly then took recess till 7:3O
Sunday evening.
LABOR NOTES.