Clipping:Politicking at the IA convention
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| Date | Sunday, March 3, 1878 |
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| Text | [from a letter to the editor by an unidentified delegate at the IA convention] ...Underhill, of Auburn, N.Y., had in his pocket conditional contracts with Devlin and hall which were to take effect in a certain contingency. The most active and influential men in the Convention were the Tecumseh Club's delegate and Underhill. The latter holds a position in the State Prison at Auburn, and has had a good political and war meeting training. From the word “Play” he was busy lobbying and log-rolling for his pet scheme. How nearly successful he was you can see from the fact that three times the majority voted squarely to ignore the disciplining of those men by the League, and the measure was only finally defeated by some counter log-rolling and by the absence (accidental?) of a delegate who voted for the measure against his convictions, because he had written instructions to do so. They were a fine lot. I never was in such a body before, and I never will be again. |
| Source | Chicago Tribune |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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