New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-01-14
Industrial COpgress-xXxIst session.

K. ARTHUR BAILEY, President, called the Con-
gress to order, and Secretary Pond read the roll
of officers.
Proceedings of the last Congress read and ap.
proved.
Report of Delegates was called for, when Mr..
johnson reported that DR.. Hexamer was obliged
10 withdraw for the present. No action.
Mr. Pond reported upon the benefits and sue
cess of the Labor League so far, and the appoint.
ment Of the same, and read the following docu-
ment The Board Of Manages of the Cooperative
Leage respectfully report &c.
THE n Y. INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS.
That since the last report from The Board presented
to this body the Board have he'd four meetings. aud have
held public meeting in Grand.s. Hall 80
That the Board has caused 10 be printed 700 hand ous
for The purpose Of directing public anenon 70 me move
20 certificates for enrolling members go eerth Ates
ofmembershp and 90 lists Of trades with whom the Board
/ have conc uded contracts.
pec TO be daily adding 20 that humber until sufficient shall
have been made supply The necessities OF the members
That considering the OF labor 10 be performed,
preudces and suspicious 10 be removed the Board
has every 10 be sashed win me progress male ana
The PROSPECTS Of the League and believe that the the
objects Of the League are known and The more lis opera
lions are understood the greater Will be lie success and
That the next meeting Of the League viii be held III
Grsrd.st Uhe Bakers House OF CALI on Thursday even
ing next o'clock ~ which they request the presence Of
all the members Of this Congress. and Of alends OF So
All which lie respectfully submitted On behalf OF the
Board BENZ PRICE, President
ny J. CRATE Secretary
Mr.. Pond also reported balance Of sl0,50, re-
ceived for the purpose of berating Mr.. Short, the
tailor, from prison, and asked what disposition
should be had upon it-nOne was taken.
Mr. Basset who is about leaving for Oregon,
offered his resign alton of Vice President Of the Con-
gress, which was accepted.
Mr. JOHN r. KEYsER the Corresponding Secre-
tary) called for action upon his Resolution ad-
D e nit.
ResoVed That Political action for the purpose Of carry
ing out measures designed benefit the Industrial Cas
ses without regard existing political parties Is The surest
labor and the elevation OF the Working Man to his rights
and duties In the social fabric"
Mr. BAssETT approved the Resolution in rela-
ton to political acknowledging that the Work
ing Man had power to create laws and being the
originator and creator of all the essential necessa
res of life, would fall short of self respect II he
/ did not exert and maintain his right to self pro-
| lection by the enactment Of laws TO elevate and
dignity labor by higher compensations. That the
| Working Man should cease longer to be the duPe
of designing politicians and assigned as cause
for the proportional decrease Of voters at each sue
ceedng election to the indifference OF the w ork-
ing Men, in part but to their disgust, In the main,
at the corruptons of politicians, and recommend
ed an address, ralyng them to the necessity OF yo-
ting down the tactcians OF political parties citing
| instances where these men knew nothing OF the
/
ties, yet controlled large numbers OF votes, and had
the dispensers and dispensing OF patronage In
| their keeping.
! Mr. Keyser spoke to his resolution, and con-
demned the indifference of the adopted citizens
and of the rafornsrs of that class for their gener'
al opposition to reforms being made political; as
/ cribing it to their want of comprehension OF the
Importance of political action as the only means,
! underour Democratic Institutions, of amelloratlng
labor and restoring men to their natural and social
= al Of mn
nopolies of the land in depriving men of the value
they bestow upon the land by their aggregative,
/ industry and numbers.
MIR Goodman went into the subject, and as
sumed that adopted citizens had as good right
! to the protection of our Government as natives,
and that they felt an interest In political action
and were exertng it.
Mr.. Keyser again arose, and repudiated all allu-
sion to foreigners in adsrespectful sense, ayowing
! bis entire sympathy for all mankind.
MIR. Wilde, delegate Of the Morocco Dressers,
| justified political action on the part OF the work.
ngmen, as in this country political preceded social
action, but advised debate and agitation among
workers everywhere, and then gave a disagreed
bic picture of the necessary surveillance OF the
workingmen in England to their employers Mr..
Wilde concluded by advising political action that
they might begin to feel their power, but recon-
mended measures that would secure them by its
drectness and immediate importance. lie com
mended the National Reform Platform, and would
assure the laboriDg man that he must work for
his salvation if he would be saved from the
/ fate OF all past people.
Mr.. Moore tom the Reporters) spoke to the
resolution and sanctioned its principles, and gave
us picture of the political rowdyism in our pri
mary elections. He proposed definite principles
and then political action.
Mr.. iJonassOhn from the Social RefOrmers was
rather hostile to political action, partywise, but
approved Of social action In the end.
Mr. Goodman again rose, but having gDO-
ken to the subject was called to order and
Mr.. Day took the floor who proposed sweeping
general political action, and conceived that the
vast amount Of officers and salaries retarded pro.
gress, and predicted the time when political Office
/ holding would cease, and condemned their c0rup
tions His remedy would be direct vote ofthe
people upon the all questions OF a social nature.
/ Mr.. q H. Evans was decidedly IN favor OF po
litical action, but proposed tae resolution should
be amended as to prescribe certain definite mea-
/ sures, and advocated the selection OF such mea-
] sures already adopted by the Congress, as were
most essential and Immediately pressing, assuring
| the Congress that many OF those measures had
already taken a deep hold upon the public mind
| and found their sanction among many OF the Sena-
tors and Legislators OF the state and alton. and
/ secured Homestead Exemption in fourteen States
| ofthe Union-keeping back thousands from rush.
| ing to our large cities TO compete with the half
| starved laboreTs there.
| He urged upon the Congress renewed exertion
| in relation to the freedom OF the public land and
| gave them the encouragement OF the assurance
/ that the agitation of this question had already
benefited the sboring classes by withholding and
desdeniDg speculation in the public lands leading
10 the consequent emigration of thousands to the
West who would otherwise have rushed upon the
cities He also spoke of the Importance of Lot
/ Limitation and its vast importance 10 TO the In.
habitants Of cities, who would thereby be saved
one.third of their annual expenses aud receive
higher wages for labor likewise. He next spoke
bv mortgages, liens and otherwise, expelling the
children OF the country from the homes of their
childhood and driving them upon the cities for a
precarious livelihood because OF the membranes
/ upon the land of the farmers. Mr.. Evans pointed