The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-04
ASSEMBLY HALLS BULLETIN.
Meetings to Be Held by Organized
Labor This Week.

| The forty-third session Of the Inter
national Typographical union, the first
| biennial meeting of that body, Will
open a week from tomorrow at Col
orado Springs.
| The reports, in pamphlet form, of the
| officers of the organization are already
| in the hands Of the delegates elect,
and, as usual, offer an opportunity for
| interesting study. In addition to the
reports of the executive officers. the
pamphlet contains interesting accounts
of the work Of the district organizers,
| delegates to the American Federation
| of Labor, board of trustees Of the
| printers home and the committee on
government ownership of the telegraph,
| stationed at Washington.
| After reviewing the adverse condi-
lions and circumstances which. the
union was obliged to contend with
| during the past two years, and sug-
costing the conclusion that the work
| for that period was, on the whole.
| quite satisfactory, President Prescott
says:
| '.While the foregoing is a plain state
ment of facts, it is idle to suppose that
we can maintain our prestige in the
! future unless we pursue conserva-
| tive policy and continue making addi-
| lions to those healthful features that
| have been so potent an influence IN
placing us in the position we occupy
| today. That we have as dark days, II
not darker to meet in the future than
we have had in the past cannot be
| questioned, and it behooyes you as
law makers for the craft to prepare
| for them-so far as preparation is pos
sible. The question for decision and
your earnest consideration Is not
| whether what Is is satisfactory, but
whether existing conditions cannot be
| improved upon. 1t has been well said
| that discomfort is the mother of prog
ress. and those who fondly nurse and
enunciate the delusion that our past
achievements testify to our invincible-
! ness. and therefore change is unneces-
| sary, are the most dangerous of all
! within or without our ranks. They
| differ from the renegade and marplot
| by preaching the insidious, pleasing
and consoling philosophy of idleness,
| advancing the theory that there Is no
need of improvement, consequently the
drudgery and painstaking efforts Of our
| Lawmakers and self-sacriicing local
| officers should go for naught. In an
! intelligent discomfort coupled with g.
determination to improve our system
of organization, so as to meet posi-
| ble-aye, probable-contingen lies
the hope Of our future prosperity"
Pointing out the absolute necessity
| for a strong organization with "al-
most unlimited capital" he says fur
Their: There is vast room for adj
| yancenent in this direction with us.
And that we should be moving toward
perfection in the economic labor move
ment is unquestioned. When we con-
| graduate ourselves on our progress
we should reflect for moment on
what the result would be with a broad
er. grander, greater and more liberal
system of organization-one that, II
adopted ten years ago, would have at
| a reasonable estimate given you the
pleasure of representing $4,000 wage
earners. with a balance on hand Of
over one million dollars. That is what
should be, and it is your bounden duty
as custodians of the future welfare of
the craft to aid by every means within
your power the contamination of so
desirable an end"
| Mr.. Prescott dwells at some length
| on the probability of an effort being
made TO have the convention take issue
on the money question, concluding as
| follows. 1T Ia of the utmost import
ance that In depositing his vote. the
i1aborer should be free from suspicion
of the slightest color OF coercion, either
ION the pacs Of his employer or orga1li-