Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1896-04-24

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The Organizing Committee have drawn
up the following provisional standing or
ders.
3. That at 8 a. m, Monday, July ~,
the delegates of the various nationalities
meet in the separate rooms arranged for
the nationalities:
(a) Elect President and Secretary for
the nationality:
(b) Verify the mandates of their dele
gates, and draw up for the Organizing
Committee the statement as to the compost
ton of their delegation:
(c) Elect two delegates from each nation
atty to serve on the Bureau standing
Orders Committee):
(d) Elect two members frcm each ma
tionality to serve upon each of the Com
missions dealing with the groups of reso-
buttons on the agenda paper.
4. That all resolutions and subjects
proposed for discussion be grouped by the
Organizing Committee of the Congress
under certain definite headings, and
handed over by them to the respective Com
missions.
5. That any resolution or subject for dis
cussion that cannot thus be grouped with
others as forming division of one of
these headings, shall be submitted to the
Congress after the main groups of questions
have been settled, if there is still any time
remaining.
6. That at the meeting of the Congress
at II on Monday, July %, an English
speaking chairman, appointed by the
Organizing Committee, shall preside, with,
as vice chairman, a French speaking and
German speaking delegate, invited by the
Organizing Committee. The Chairman
shall deliver an address of welcome and
the vice -chairmen respond. The Congress
shall adjourn at / p. m, and the various
Commissions meet in the latter part of the
day.
Z. That the Congress sit on Tuesday and
succeeding days from 10 to 1890, and to D..
8. That on Tuesday the first business Of
the Congress shall be the reports of the ma
tionalities as to their delegations, and the
acceptance or rejection by the Congress of
the credentials.
Q. That after this the reports of Commits
sions be taken.
10. The various Commissions meeting
separately on Monday afternoon and after
wards shall study and discuss all resolu :
tions bearing on the particular question re-
ferred to them. Each Commission shall
prepare report on it's particular question
and a resolution. If Commission is not
unanimous, it may prepare minority re-
port and second resolution.
II. No amendment to Standing Orders
of the arrangement of the agenda shall be
accepted after Monday.
H. That the limit of speeches be for the
reporter of each Commission 20 minutes;
for all others 10 minutes; and that no
speaker speak more than once on the same
subject. At any time motion to suspend
this Standing Order can be made and voted
on by the Congress.
13. Upon resolutions dealing with funda-
mental questions of principle the voting
shall be nationalities. On questions of de-
tail the voting shall be by show of hands.
IA. That the Organizing Committee re-
commend to the Bureau (Standing Orders
Committee) the appointment on successive
days of chairmen of different nasionalities.
Already large number Of resolutions
have been sent in from different organiza-
tions in different countries. The chief
points comprised in these resolutions are
War and Arbitration, Pauper Aliens, the
Eight Hours Day, Child Policy, Conflicts
between Capital and Labor.
The last day for sending in resolutions to
be placed on the aEenda paper has been
finally fixed for May /, 1896. After that
date no resolutions will be accepted by the
Organizing Committee.
You are hereby earnestly requested to
forward any resolutions you may desire to
place on the agenda at as early date as
possible, and to proceed in due course to
determine the number Of your delegates
and to elect them.
The response to our invitation hasexceeded
even our sangune expectations. There is
every promise that the International Con-
gress of 1896 will be of magnitude and
Importance surpassed by none Of its pre-
decessors The old international held its
first Congress IN England in 1864, at the
old st. Martin Hall. From the Congress
of 1896 we may hope for the firm founding
of new international understanding be-
tween the workers Of the world.
Workers of all countries unite.
Fraternally,
THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE.
Edward Aveling, A. Smith, Edward
Convey, j. H. Wilson, Henry Quelch, j.
M. Jack, w. c.. Steadman, Tom Mann,
William Thorne, F. Chandler, William
Inskip, James Madsley.
WILLIAM THoRNE, Secretary.
WILLIAM INsKIP, Treasurer.
EDWARD AvELING,
A. SMITH,
Translating Secretaries.
All the above are suggestions for saving
the time Of Congress. The Congress
is sovereign, and will finally decide on all
questions as to the Standing Orders and
Agenda.
All communications to be addressed to