The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-24
.....I Labor Congress.
.sroRT on Elour.HouS SYSTEM AND POLL
MAJ Teal VIEW.

x,ft0nAI IsNUOT &OHohSs
~ rIoHT.HoUR SYSTEM AND POLL
SAI' TICAL VIEW.
~ lanes Hyland, Of Baltimore, chair
co. Il the Committee on Reducing the
l."" ~ PHYSICAL Labor, to which was
united the report submitted by them
.'ornjnr, made q final report as fol-
,-,.,-,ss there comes from the ranks OF
"a demand for more time for moral,
.1"' '',,,,,;al. and social culture, and be-
m ,. that this demand is the result OF
,.. .1uditon of progress in which the
.,.rmrn of this nation are prepared
.,.,. = step higher in the scale Of moral
"a y.tclcctnal life;
,rJ whereas the history and legislation
l'nc pas, has demonstrated the fact that
.,a,nrndcncc whatever can BE- placed on
-.. lodges or professions of the repre-
..,,.lycS Of either existing political party,
ar AS the interests of the industrial
SOS are concerned; therefore
Esyolycd, That the time has come when
49,. wprkiugmcn of the United States
.,g,d cut themselves aloof from the party
80. and predictions, and organize them
..g,r. INTO National Labor Party" the
,...., of which shall be 10 secure the en-
.,,,rrf Of a law making eight hours a legal
,.... work bv our national Congress and
We! al state legislatures, and the election
.,.~p pledged to sustain and represent
Vs.. ,.,rrrst Of the industrial classes.
p..n'r,3. That the most available means
d. secure the desired result is by SYSTEM
-, ,r;,a,ion, establishment OF cight-hour
r.,,sr,. the aid and labor Of the public
.,',> and public speakers; and this Con-
!!,,-f,u recommend to the several dele
Gates the necessity Of immediate organiza-
ton. to
...". and objects of the above resolutions
yr recommend to every friend OF the
,,.yr,ncnt TO vote for no candidate not I'M
,,ayoc.ly pledged to vote for law ma
I,,c eight hours legal day work, ana
,,y.r all measures of labor reform.
Es,ahei, That where workingman Is
turi available for any Office, the pre-
t-ynrc should invariably be given to such
person.
The question being taken on the adop-
ton II the report,
Nr. Roberts, of Pennsylvania, opposed
Tie adoption of the report. He propheslcd
fla, tie political measures recommended
V .li prove a failure, and they would be-
cone the laughing stock OF the country II
,lrr attempted to form a national labor
party. =,
pr. Cameron advocated the report. He
~. no faith in professional politicians. He
looked to- the future. They must send
men 10 represent them from the ranks of
Labor, and not, as they have hitherto done,
fiona the ranks of capital. That Is why
tac interests OF labor have always been be-
.rayrd. He would not say that labor and
c4,.ral are antagonistic, but that they have
trlrrto been cannot be denied. He spoke
rrtWn hundred Thousand mechanics and
hborcrs in Illinois; and they are in favor
ii cutting loose from all existing political
examinations. The labor movement is yet
in is infancy, but they will not have long
/, wait before it iSin the ascendant.
The subject was further discussed by
VI. Read. "f New York, and Mr.. Francis,
u the District Of Columbia, in favor of the
report.
Nr. Stewart said an active minority can
achieve more than conservative, passive
majority. He favored the report.
Mr.. Baldwin, of New York, opposed the
report.
NJ. Harding said lie knew when he got
Tie report rccommittcd that it would
lriu, out tho sentiments of delegates.
IU.S Congress had met for the purpose of
sending out this thundcrbolt to make the
wu!hiucmcn stand up TO their duty. We
I~oposc now to lcgiSlatc for ourselves as
,,hrr interests in legislative halls now
consult their own interests. He referred
1, the action of the Massachusetts Assem-
tly, to which the labor party had iiity-two
men elected OF the workingmcn's eight
hour ticket. They have to use their party
power as wcdgc--tO divide other parties
WHO combine against them. If they are
not successful at first they will be in the
future.
Mr.. Troup said they might as well take
their stand to-day as at any other time.
lie favored an independent ticket.
Mr.. ilinchcliiic said the workingmen
had been always caioled on both sides.
Contcndng parties had made use Of them
as long Us they were of service, and then
threw them aside. They have the hume
neal strength, and, il properly organized,
they would be successful in less than two
years.
* Jonathan c. Fincher spoke at length,
aud denounced the report as recommend
ing all impracticahle object. The forma-
ton OF an independent national labor party
was an absurdity. They had not the
means to put in operation the machinery
Of i great party movement. 1t would re-
suit in war OF labor against capital. If
they attempted to carry it out, the present
labor movement would PROVE failure, and
there will not be another convention for
twenty five years.
Mc>SrS. Thomas of New York, A. J.
Judge, and others, spoke in favor of the
report and the entire discussion was very
earnest and able. Finally the previous
question was called, and the report was
adopted by yeas, 80; nays, "a.
National Convention OF Spiritualists.
PRoyIprXCE. K. l., August 2l.--Thc