The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1868-03-07
cO-oP sPATIoN WITH A VEN.
GEANCE,

coop sPATI0N WITH A VEN
GEANCE,
AZ has often been charged, and candor
eonpels Us to state, with too much truth.
Tat the one great fault Of the working
classes IA their want Of cohesion their
persistent neglect Or refusal to pursue q
given Line a policy; that any new tangled
theory, no matter how utopian, is sure 10
oreatesA dissension in their ranks, and that
any humbug endowed with the gift Of CAB,
can always find dupes enough to give him q
respectable audience.
Our attention has recently been called to
this subject BY notising the following item,
which 70 going the rounds Of the press:
Arrange for nerfectiug preparations for
me meebug OF the Mechanics Convention u
nominate eaaaidR'r ar Presdent sud Vice
'Iesideut, are rapidly approaching completion.
We s oUld Ike to be enlightened as to the
ehArsctgr W thg parties who have taken th;s
natter il hand, or BY whose authority thew
are acting. At the last session Of the Labor
Congress- the following resolution, offered
oy Mr. Harding, was unananimously
adopted
Resolved, That when we adjourn we adjourn
- meet in Flgtsourgh. Pa, on the 6rst Wed
1eA1As IN Nay, 1905 lnlesa otherwise ordered
~ the rresi1tht and Board Of Directors
1t was distinctly understood by every
delegate IN the convention, that this extra
season should only be called for one specific
purpose, to-Tit; to nOniusten an independent
candidate for the Office Of Preside,.t Of the
ohitsd states and then only provided tnsre
Was reason % believe that both exis.ing
polFica. factions would repudiate the dat
fo'IS then adopted. While VIC are in favor.
without N I'll" or "but,v or calling srch
convention, we hope President Whaley will
FepoSiAte any sttempt to usurp the
1'A0f''' vested an him Ly those quid-
uegAte the right to make srcA
re name ~ .ae mechanics
:es, and unless it can be
'sss are not identical
fellows, we snail De-
ST Of our ability, the
Knass.. a those engaged in such an enter
prise.
But it vii be seen from the following that
re humougs E-s not ali confined to one
locality there are get OF rnxfpiols VINO a,
Ts7er content, unless engaged in SOME en-
terprise which is 70 revolulonize .ssne world,
and conyince the skeptcal thai their pecu-
lar ideas are Jar in advance Of those Of their
associates
At meeting OF the New York Workingmen's
Cnan, held last week, the formation was an
nouneed Of q new labor organization in New
York State, called the Mechanical Order of
the Sun" The president of the meeting, in re-
spouse 70 inquiries that were made, said it WIS
secret order, somewhat similar to Freema-
sonry, intended eventually to absorb all labor
vTg1nizstionz They are to have meeting in
Syracuse 10 the cogrse Of few months.
A few weeks since we received copy of
. paper published in New York, under the
supbonious title Of "7hs Solidarity" AL.
though small sheet, 1t made very great
pretentions; in fact guaranteed to remove
AL the evils flesh is heir to. After carefully
sion, tSz: that If its conductors had more
brains and less gas, and acted upon he
bOmely, though truthful injunction, that self
praise Is no recommendation, it would be
much more likely to succeed. We think the
same TsrDafks viii apply to the projectors
g the Mechanical order Of The Moon be-
tween whom there seems to be remarkable
affinity. The modest claim that Is is in
tended eventually to absorb all labor orgsni-
cations, Is one to which even the TooIey
street tailers must bow, and shows in what
estimation the gullability Of the working
classes ID held.
Thank God. Trades Unions need rssort
70 no such dark lsn.srhpolicy. The justice
, ~ their elaine, objects and workings are
too well known to require q resort to sueh
measures. Instead OF investing their bro.
Ceedings with a bumeOmb mysticism, il
1s the policy Of every trades unionist to pro
claim their principles, and advocate their
adoption, in I'll seasons and under all cir
Gumstances. In oorrOboration of this state
Gent We again refer to the proceedings Of the
Trades Unions Commission, published 10
our colnmns, aud insist that that invsstiga-
zion has done more to advance their irtsresss
sd enlist public sympathy in their behalf,
than ali the secret cOnclsves which could
nave been bald ill the resurrection day.
Again, il Is we'll known Kat large and
Influential class Of our trades unionists can
not i'd viii not join an association which
partakes Of the character suggested, while
Ia EnkDand, where the oldest, strongest and
most Efficient organizations exist, o standing
Invitation 10 extended to the public to attend
their deliberations.
But our remarks would be incomplete
without sferenee to another wiseacre move
ment, the notice Of which is framed il rather
ambiguous language, though It IS quoted
more for the purpose Of sustaining our Doai-
zion, than for any importance attached to 1t.
u reds a. follows:
H.rAr1punced that the IEiasOns, Of HartGor d.
c.. hare s1orssrda protective associat:On d.
eas2sa - assert the mutual dependence Of CAPT.
81 and TABOR.
How on BY what means, this mutual de-
pspderce ID V be illustrated ID lslt 10 con-
jscturs. We we're Of the opinion that every
pzotsctiys union was Organized upon prao-
ical Eecosnitisn Of that dependsnee, but In
this Il seems We wsre mistaken. win the
zunsOns Of Hartford DO Us the favor Of send.
inc copy Of her constitution and b.