Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-09-24

laborers TO get an increase Of wages, or reduction
Of the hours of labor, approve the Resolutions
Of the Democratic State Convention Of last year,
viz:
"Res0lred, That as by corporation legislation cap
ital has been concentrated in this Commonwealth I'M
Ill il holds and exercises undue, improper, aud IN
many cases oppressive and controlling power
over labor and the wages thereof, il therefore be-
comes a nrther legislative duty protect corpora.
ton laburers against COZ pOrati0n combinat TO
uniusty dtpresS wages, aud against unjust corpora
ton exactons in The hours of labor to be pen formed
ia day.
''That corporation combination for the purpose Of
controlling the free and independent exercise of the
right Of seekn, employment and the highest wages,
should be punished by law not less severe than that
passed by the last Legislature to prevent The coer
cion of vuters.'
Resolved That law similar TO the Corporation
Ten Hour Bill reported 10 the two last houses cl
Representatives, meets our hearty appreciation, and
shall receive earnest support.
Rescued, That the amended Constitution present
ed by the Constitutional Convention, which secures
TO the people the secresy OF the haut-he purity OF
the elective lranchisethe division Of the Stale into
single Senatorial dstrics-the prevention of a
;raZaon of power by diStrlcting the cities, and the
improvement Of the system OF presentaIiun-the
right OF the people to call a Convention 10 revss
their organic law, the election OF public officers
by the people, the preservati. n Of he school fund,
the abolition Of life tenures, equal instead of spe
cia laws and the abolition Of the property quai-
cations, acco,d with the principles Of tue Demucra-
cy and pledge our united exertuns To secure its
adoption.
Resolued, That have the most unlaltering con.
ideuce in the integrity, ability and d mocracy OF our
candidates for Governor, Hon HENRY w, BISHOP,
aud for Lieut.. Governor, the Hon Levi a. DowLEY
OF Boston, aud they shall receive our support in the
.uli confidence that by earnest, unanimous and ei-
icen action, elect them 20 the posts they
well ftted to ill.
The committee, in conclusion, reported that
the resolution from the town Of Newton, had ref.
erence to ascertaning who were the delegates pro-
peTly elected, before the convention proceeded 10
business The report OF the committee on ere,
denIials having been made aud adobted no action
was required on The subject by the committee
The report was accepted, and the resolutions
were unanimously adopted
a resolution adopted by the democrats of New
ton, relative to coalitions, was presented by del
egate from said town. read, and referred to the
committee on resolutions
The committee to nominate State Central
Committee, made report, which was adopted.
Mr. Griswod of Greenfield was called for,
and received with much applause. lie said there
had been no election for yeats so important in
character, as that which was presented in the
coming contest. No reasonable man could stand
up anu say tnat the new Constitution was not an
improvement on the old, and yet it appeared that
the Wing party had almost unanimously assumed
that it was not an Improvement, Would the
Wing party, he asked, with balters around their
necls, take such course of conservatism as
must inevitably sweep them from power and in
huence? The leaders, he apprehended, would
do so, but would the young men of the party? 1t
was the duty OF the democratic party, to place
themselves in the thickest and the hardest Of the
fight, it would require ume, labor, and money,
but it must be done, it was question to be set
He'd, whether Massachusetts should cling to the
dead past, or 60 EDWARDS in the path Of progress.
The thanks Of the convention were voted to
the president and secretaries for their services,
when three cheers were given for the nominations,
three for Capt Ingraham, which were followed by
many more, and at clock, the Convention ad
IODrupd