The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-07-21

Who would want heavy swind down to
keApla hair Of the perfausd counter jupp<
ef,-who would be satisfied with only .kftls
This would hss great a1van-
iaee to have 50 many frieads, would \ pot Z
INT this is not all. t. public Money
would be at your disposal. You would have
the right to levy taxes and to direct how
they should be appropriated. Then you
could build your parks fos recreation and
fefreshment. Miss Flora McFiimsey would
not curl her upper lip as she passed you by,
for It would be park Of your own construed
ton, and il there was any intrusion it woult
be on Mss Flora McFlimsey,s side. TAeb
you could lay Of other pubic works. aail
thus supply yourselves With employment 4
good wages and only eight hours day
Then justice would nor release the wealthy
and aristocratic forger, Ketchum, and SEMI
poor honest Jack Tar to the Bridewell for ,
trivial offence and then few aristocratir
avenues would not give law to the city d
Chicago. .rs.r.. e.. -s.gs
Does this seem fancifsl, visionary, top
good to be trues u Is just 80 Sure rs tip
words Of eternal truth, If you will be true 70
yourselves and demand II with earnestuess
aud h,mness. But all other issues must
fade into insignihcance before the "eight
hour question" Let no man be voted for
who does not come out boldly and squarely
in its favor. And he who does, if you hate
confidence in his integrity, cast your ballet
for him, whatever his politics or whatever
may BE- his former history. The working,
men have been long enough the tools Of Dolii
ticians and the newspapers, it is time they
were beginning to have party Of their own.
Let them stay away from the ballot box on
election days il there are no candidates to
represent their principles. Let the wire
pullers and tricksters have it all their OVID
way. Do not 60 nigh: do not honor them
With your vote, but let them see that you
have sufficient dignity and selfrespect not
to lend yourself to any party which merely
wants to use you without being willing to
represent your interest in the smallest
degree.
1t will not take great while to bring the
workingllen's party into system Of organ
ization, which will enable them to sweep ell
the most important cities and towns in the
Union before them. This day, which is not
far in the future, will be tie day Of jubilee
to the laborer and the mechanic. Capital
shall then be brought down, and humanity
shall be exalted to its high position, from
which II has been so long driven and kept
degraded by the wicked combinations Of
aristocracy, monopoly and money.
We shall recur to the political feature here
alluded to, in future number OF the An
vocATE. l4
ARTS AND sCIENCEs.---lIl.
Waving the discussion Of ideal inven-
tons, and the redressing old sentiments
with new paraphernalia, we shall find
enough that is both mechanical and pIacti-
cal to prove that necessity, love Of gain and
knowledge have been the great impetus
which has produced such results Is no pre-
vious age or nation has Witnessed and, fur
ther, has so completely uproOtsd the old
beaten tracks Of progress, that persons
travelling those roads are rs much behind
the present age as the man who persists in
voting for Jackson. But as { very erroneous
opinion is entertained by citizens, even in
this countryysaelative to what an invention
consists it may be well to define If posi-
bic this much disputed point. While some
contend that an invention consists simply Of
patent right, others insist that merely con-
ceiving the idea that a certain machine
might be Of utility for some purpose, is As
much their invention as the persons who
has applied himself for years in combining
and perfecting the mechanical appliances
necessary to bring the device into successful
operation. If the position taken by the for
mer il true, it is evident that an error on
the part Of the Patent Office in awarding q
patent on some old device (Which is some
times the CASEY would make an invention
consist OF what had been known and used
for years by other parties. The idea Of such
a definition would be simply ridiculous
not, however, more so than the simple idea
that sewing machine could be made prac-
teal, would entitle person to all the credit
bestowed upon those sho brought the ms
chine into use. II The opinions Of these
classes could be made to harmonic they
might be entitled to consideration but ss
both occupy extreme positions and untsnabls
ground, they must be allowed to correct
themselves as best they can. eaH
We take the position, first, that an inven-
tor possesses genius, the amount and char
acter Of which is demonstrated by the ma
tdre Of the device produced; second, that
an invention may consist either Of neac
method Of process for accomplishing a memo
eon5in alton Of meehanical appliances, sshers-
By resulfs are reached not before accomplished.
It will be seen that this definition forms pc
destals broad enough to support oil practi-
cal enterprises in this direction. s,
The Jewish king said that there was
nothing new under the sun. This may be