Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1895 — KNIGHTS OF LAEOR. [ARTICLE]

KNIGHTS OF LAEOR.

EmceedUtg» a! the tlpio ini Assembly to Nr%»ion TVanhxn -tT*n: V.’asKTTigTois, Nov. session K n Itfb t sTof . vote, n ilt riV^Mii froqi T. y ge^rnl of fho of r.rii :tir Miss I teller s[>okc on the subject of laljor aiul temperance, taking the poti tton ‘that the two should go Banff in hand. 'lTie conimittee on grievanccs-rcported - Uj-waids of GO cases and they were diseussed. Washington, Nov. 18-—The session of the Knights of Labor Saturday began before ten o'clock and continued with Hosed doors until after two p. in. It ia understood that the report of the committee on grievances and appeals is still under consideration. Washington, Nov. 19.—A resolution demanding an amendment to the constitution, taking from the president the power of appointing members of the supreme court and providing for their election by popular vote was introduced in the general assembly of the Knights of yesterday. A resolution was adopted declaring in favor of the recognition of the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents. The constitution was amended to exclude from the order gamblers, bankers and brokers, and also to exclude all employers engaged in the manufacture of or dealers in intoxicating liquors, but permitted each local assembly to decide for itself whether it will admit barkeepers, waiters, etc., engaged temjioraiily in the work of dispensing liquors but having no connection with the place where employed as proprietor.