The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-18
SOVEREIGN IS WILLING
HE is READY TO RUN FOR PRESI-
DENT IF MIR. BRYAN DOES NOT.
Resolutions Adopted by the knights
of Labor General Assembly at
It's Closing Sessions.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 1.-THE General
Assembly of the knights of Labor, which
has been in session m this city since the
early part of last week. completed its work
to-day and adjourned until the second Tues
day of next November, when it will con-
vene again In Chicago. To-day's proceed
ings were the most interesting and spirited
Of any day since the session began. Many
questions of national significance were dis
cussed and in each case resolutions were
passed expressing the sentiment OF the or
ganization on the several matters.
The most important matter taken up at
the morning session was the suggestion of
the adoption of a constitution governing the
degree of the philosophers stone. which is
conferred on every delegate to the General
Assembly. The suggestion met with the
approval of the assembly and a constitution
was submitted and accepted. Under the
conditions Of this instrument chapters will
be formed wherever knights of Labor ex-
list, members will be allowed to take the
degree who have been in the order a certain
number of years and who have rendered eff
ficient service.
At the afternoon session resolutions were
passed eulogizing the late Henry George.
Briefly stated, they set forth that one of
the ablest advocates of labor's cause had
passed away, lone who had secured greater
confidence from the wage earners than any
other man in this decade" and that in his
death the workingmen had lost one of their
most sincere friends. Resolutions were also
passed commencing the services of Past
General Master Workman J. r. Sovereign.
Other resolutions were then adopted, as
follows: Declaring unequivocally in favor
of the independence OF Cuba; condemning
the alleged haSty action of the deputy sher-
IFS in the Hazelton affair and calling upon
the government to take such steps as will
bring the offenders to justice; denouncing
the Cleveland administration for Matching
the sale of the Union Pacific Railroad, and
the present administration for carrying out
the plan; condemning the act OF the brew
cry workers of the American Federation of
Labor in seeking by alleged unfair means
to force the knights of Labor employees of
the Rochester Brewing Company to with
draw in favor of the Federation, and the
executive board was authorized to take
such steps as will bring the offenders to &C
count for what is considered most unfair
action If it is found necessary the board
is also authorized to retaliate by declaring
war against the products of all breweries
where American Federation Of Labor men
are employed
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 CO.
proper advantages can be secured The
scheme, 1t is thought, will give employment
to thousands of idle workingmen.
At the instance of the window-glass
workers of the United States, resolutions
were passed calling for plan whereby the
placing of foreign manufactured glass in
the markets of the United States be re-
stricted and preference given in all building
trades to the American manufactured arti-
Gle. An effort was made in the resolution
to show conclusively that American manu-
facturers of glass are well able to compete
in all markets with the foreign manutac-
turers. Resolutions were also passed de-
nouncing the check system of paying city
employees. This was directed at the claim
ShaverS
The financial question occasioned no end
of discussion, and finally resulted In the
adoption of resolutions denouncing strongly
the banking system.
A delegate to the General Assembly from
New York city, and one of the most prom
inent in the body, said this evening that
Mr.. Sovereign, beyond doubt, would be
candidate for the nomination of President
in 1900. "If," he said, MIR. 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. Sow
ereign will become a candidate for the NOM
ination of Vice President. 1t was natural
for Mr. Sovereign to deny the report, as he
did not care for the capitalists to interfere
this early in his canvass and thus greatly
injure him before the fight was fairly on.