The San Francisco call., 1896-11-13
LAb0R'S KNIGHTS
ARE VERY BUSY
Many Matters of Interest
Before the General
Assembly.
District Assemblies to Be Given
a Large Measure of Home
Rule Power.
AN INCOME TAX IS URGED.
But Resolutions Relating to tho Money
Question Are Apparently
Not Welcome.

ROCHESTER, N. Y, Nov. 12.-There
| are numerous resolutions OF importance
| still in the hands of the Knights of Labor
| committee which have not as yet been Of
| fered to the General Assembly. The re-
| port of the executive com mittee has been
made public. 1t details the part taken by
! the Knights of Labor in the Populist and
Democratic National conventions in an at
| tempt to unite the TWO parties for the
principles urged by the Knights, and re-
joices at the prominence given the issues
there enumerated.
| After the reading of the minutes by Sec
| retary Hayes resolution was offered that
the election of officers be taken up at
O'Clock this afternoon, but it was defeated.
1t is said that General Master Workman
Sovereign will be reelected.
a resolution was adopted instructing
the secretary to telegraph fraternal greet
ings to the session of the Supreme Coun-
| Gil of the Farmers Alliance in progress at
| Ind annapolis.
| The committee reported favorably on
! the adoption of the following amendment
| to section OF the constitution proposed
by District Assembly Seventy five oil
| Brooklyn, composed of street and elevated
railroad men:
Provincial, State, National, trade and
district assemblies are sovereign in theil
own jurisdiction, under the general laws
of the order and are empowered to decide
all disputes arising within their iurisdic
tion, subject to appeal to the Genera
Assembly"
| The amendment is proposed so as te
give the district Assem- blies a large meas
ure of home-rule power. Under the sec
tion as it now stands appeals are made tt
| the general executive board.
Discussion of the proposed amendmen
occupied the morning session, but no &C
tion was taken. There is much senti
ment in favor of the amendment, but 1t il
thought that much time will be taken III
in discussing it.
the afternoon session began early ant
lasted until clock. The time was takeI
up with the discussion OF different reso
lutions which we're presented to the as
sembly by the Law Commission. None o
them were passed. The report OF tn,
general worthy foreman, M. j. Bishop,
| was submitted.
Among the papers presented to the dis.
tribution committee last night was reso
! luton lndorslng graduated income tax
which would apply to all incomes and be
laid with a per cent that should increase
as the amount of the income increased.
| The committee on laws took the ques.
| ton up, and there was a hot discussion, as
it was felt that it was q radical step fol
| the organization to take, but it was finally
indorsed and presented to the General
Assembly this morning and adopted
The Knights will do all in their power tc
have such tax enacted by Congress, and
failing there will use their influence te
| have the tax incorporated in the platform
of one of the great political parties.
! Resolutions have been offered opposing
the issue OF National bank notes, ana de.
claring that all money should be issued
exclusively by the National Government
and taking definite stand IN regard te
the many matters from which the knights
have stood aloof. 1t is not known whether
they will indorse free silver or not.
The principal opponent to Mr. Sow.
ereign for general master workman is T.
G. MCGUIRE of Amsterdam, a mem ber oi
the executive board. Mr.. Sovereign i.
strong with the Western and Southern
delegates, while Mcclure is strong in New
York and New England.