The herald., 1897-11-18
And the Knights Of Labor
Adjourn
PHILOSOPHER STONE DEGREE
TO BE CONFERRED ON EVERY
DELEGATE
Sovereign Wants to Be President, but
Will Step Aside in Favor
of Bryan

LOUISVILLE, Nov. 1.-THE general
assembly Of the knights of Labor, which
has been in session in this city since the
early part of the week, completed its
work today and adjourned untilltae Sec
ond Tuesday of next November, when 1T
will convene again in Chicago.
Today's proceedings were thd most in
teresting and spirited Of any since the
session began.
The most important matter taken. up
at the morning V'ession was the sugges-
ton of the adoption of a constitution
governing the degree of the philoso-
piers stone, which is to be conferred
upon every delegate to the general as
Sembly.
A constitution was submitted and ac-
cepted. Under the conditions osfhis in
strumentkchapters will be formed wher-
ever Knights Of Labor organizations ex-
list and members will be allowed to take
the degree who have been in the order a
certain number Of years and who have
rendered efficient service.
At the afternoon session resolutions
were passed eulogizing the late Henry
George as one Of the abIest advocates
of labor's cause, in whose death the
workingmen have lost one Of their most
sincere friends.
Resolutions were also passed COM
mending the services of Past Master
Workman Sovereign.
follows:
a. Fov vi
pendence Of Cuba, condemning the al
legged hasty action of the deputy sheriffs
in the Hazleton affair. and calling upon
the government to take such steps as
will bring the offenders to justice, and
denouncing the Cleveland administra-
tion for matching the sale of the
Union Pacific railroad and the present
administration for carrying out the
plan.
Regarding the resolution passed de-
nouncing the sale of the Union Pacific
railroad, the objection is not raised as
much to the sale itself as to the condi-
tions upon which it was made and the
general assembly calls upon congress to
nullify the sale by resembling the order
Of the attorney general.
The cooperation board was instructed
to obtain all the information possible to
carry out the pet scheme Of the knights
Of Labor and to attempt to- establish
colonies for cooperative plants in all
states where the proper advantages can
be secured.
At the instance of the window glass
workel1 of the United States, resolutions
were passed calling for a plan whereby
the placing of foreign manufactured
glas1 I'D the markets in the United States
be restricted, and preference given in
all building trades to the American man.
ufacturers article. An effort was made
In the resolution to show conclusively
were we'll able in all marketslto compete
with the foreign manufacturers.
Resolutions were passed denouncing
the check system of paying city en-
ployes. This was directed at the claim
shavers.
The financial question occasioned no
end of discussion and finally resulted in
the adoption of resolutions denouncing
the national banking system as ad-
vocated by the national bankers.
A delegate to the general assembly
from New York and one of the promin-
ent in the body. said this evening to all
Associated Press representative that
Mr. Sovereign. beyond doubt, would be
a candidate for the nomination for
president in 1900
"If," he said, "Mr. Bryan insists on
making a fight for the nomination. Mr..
Sovereign will not oppose him, for the
two are warm friends. In that event
Mr.. Sovereign will become a candidate
for the nomination of vice-prcsident 1t
was natural for Mr.. Sovereign to deny
the report, as he did not care for the cap
italists to interfere this early in.his can
vass and thus greatly injure him before
the fight was fairly on"