The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1903-01-03
HENRY P[||::.R|'||R|'|.AID[7''. |. |'|| RI ::
IS PRESIDENT: /: !. ::
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BIG CIGARMAKER ELECTED CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OF ASSEMBLY.
Will Make an Excellent Presiding
Officer, ana Will Lend Dignity to
the Offfce-Samuel Kelley is
Vice President-J. w. Richardson
and Victor johnson Are Both RE-
Observation-Disclosures Amended.

The last meeting of the year 1902 Of
the Trade and Labor Assembly was
held last Friday evening. It was a. no.
table meeting for the fact that some
surprises were sprung in the election
Of officers. Henry Perrault, vice pres
ident of the Trades Assembly, and
president of the Cigarmakers union,
was elected president. His election will
be highly pleasing to his host of friends
in the city. Mr.. Perrault is a most ca
pable man. He is conservative in his
actions an eloquent and forcible
speaker; careful to a degree in his ut
terances; possesses no knocking
qualities, and is on good terms with
every faction in the movement We
predict a splendid future for the
Trades Assembly under the Perrault
regime.
Mr.. Perrault is of Spanish and
French extraction, and true Ameri
manner and gentlemanly bearing will
lend both dignity and honor to the
chair Of the Trades Assembly.
Henry Dworschak. the retiring pres
ident, has beenHa most capable officer,
but he positively refused to permit
his name to be used for a. third term.
He leaves the chair with the best
wishes of every delegate.
The new vice president is Samuel
Kelley of the Carpenters union. Mr..
Kelley is an old time union man. He
was a member of the union army in
81, and has not forgotten how 70 fight
yet. 1t is fortunate for President Per-
rault that he will be supported by so
able a man as Mr.. Kelley.
]. w. Richardson was reelected Sec
retary and Victor Johnson treasurer
without opposition. The Assembly
knew good thing and hung to it.
The product of the committee which
was appointed to arrange a new con-
stitution, came before the meeting. and
after about three hours of pruning and
adding to suit the ideas. Of the ma
jority Of the delegates, the entire con-
I stitutiOn was gone1 over 10 that t will
stand about as now. Il meet
inlgaEfhe.bYla 1aaed
d
ion; sugg bys ions y
which are representa- in the assembly;
was turned down. The new plan was
to have the representation in the as
sembly ruled by the number of mem:
bers in the union represented, instead
of giving every union, large or small,
three votes. As was natural, thd
smaller unions were opposed to~sthis
and as they have the majority of mem
bers of the assembly under the old re-
gime they were successful in retaining
the old method.
Officers of the assembly were elected
as follows: Henry Perrault, cigar
maker president; S. Kelley, carpenter,
vice president; J. w. Richardson, car
penter, recording secretary; Victor
Johnson, clerk, financial secretary
Joseph Pratts, cigarmaker, reading
clerk. Ole Larson, steam filter; J. H
Barron, printer, and Henry Dworschak
printer, were made trustees, and Henry
Perrault, S. Kelley and James Welsh
were elected delegates to the Superior
Trades assembly.
Action was taken toward supporting
the S-hour measure now before the
United States senate. Influence on the
question will be brought to bear
through the congressman and senators
from Minnesota.
Credentials as delegates to the as.
sembly were accepted from G. w. Hol-
gren. G. Zopp and George Marsh, of the
International Steam Engineers
At the next meeting of the assembly
thirty or forty new delegates and ole
delegates with new. credentials will bt
acted upon by the assembly: This Il
| the time when the new delegates come