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. 443.
However G. D. Kelley of the Manchester Lithographic
Printorcº, said thevpropoeal was out of place and was
inopportune in view of the decinated statu of the
Congroaa1
-a good many delegates had gone home, -" and
that the hands of the Government should be otronethenod,,
Another speaker did not approve of the discussion of
political topics at the T. U. C. at-419 In the end the
vote want in favour of the resolution, # but with a good
deal of dinaont.
This wan however more promising tboh the proceedings
at the 1901 Congreco,, when the General Purposes
Ca zaittoe prevented diocuosiou of the wars by ruling
it against standing ordnxo{ a revolution to auopoud
standing orders was defeated by over one hundred votes*
Outright support for the ßovornrout among the
working clams wan almost entirely confined to Groups
already committed to Conservative or anti. -traded union
policies* A number of Conservative Working Ißen'a
Clubs sent in roaolutione, - there were fifteen of those
which arrived at the Colonial Office before war broke out.
(1) Report of Tradoo Union Congroaa, Ooptombor 1901,
(1)