The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-03-20

uetS VI hings. Iber ready confirmation
BY the Senate is significant VIII the Ca
binet he the creatures or the Senate Or the
constitutional advisers Of the President and
the friends a the People? This "a ahothsr
OF tnat class OF Questions which time alone
can solve But a. ! said before, their ready
confirmation by the Senate u signi6canf
II Is a well known fact that The senate 4
not friendly 70 the people a. a proof OF this
| refer u the legislative acts VI that BODY
for the last eight years
II (the Senate) vas not certain that the
new cabinet would not act III unison with il
land Il is presumable that they knew the
character on these men, IA well Nv tbe Pre-
sident,) il would not have confirmed them.
The persistent refusal of the Senate 10 re-
peal the tenure-0f-0tfi-s bill, cannot wv inter
preted IN any other sense than a determine
ion 70 rule the President. and assume the
poi1ers Of a DICTATORSHIP ana that ivy
new President intends 10 - ie BY their die
tati0n n inferable from The tone NJ MI. inau-
gural, and the composition " his Cabinet
But how stands the Cabinet with
THE WORKING people.
is il one that will advance their INTEREST,"
In President Grants inaugural, We have INV
c0nsolIng assurance that ale debt-the
National curse must be paid, aud AS an as.
surance to the Bondholders that ho means
what he says 10 that respect at least. he ap-
points A. I. Stewart, the millionaire III New
York, as Secretary Of TIE Treasury. The
other members Of the Cabinet are men hay
irg M sympathy with the working people.
Accepting the sincerity " the President.
promise 20 pay, the working people must
ask themselves this simple questi1n-who is
7 70 pay this enormous debty The answer
must be we and our children. and 4 E9uI
add our chl.dren's children IN the FourtH
/ generation. Seeing, then, that the Cabinet
and Presiden5 are Ia iav0r 81 the payment
on the debt, and the immediate resumuti0n
OF specie paYments, there is but one thing
for the working people 10 I'D. Iii thew, tha
7 tOliing millions, mean 70 saddle the debt wv
their children, for the man does not live la
day who viii see the first dollar WI the daht
paid, they should take immediate steas T.
place hJHcsf man id q position IN ID d0
They should gain possession UT the State
Legislatures. + feet their senator's and rep
resentalivts from among men who work
and be willing t0 accept five dollars Der aav
for their services. ana who would reduce
the paF 0i 1N officials, r.t intending mg-
ehanics ana ab0rcr,, Oue-t.iid ~ ther pre-
sent salaries, and the same tn be applied to
the liquidation wy tAe pubic dcbt this. t0-
. ge;her with dischaIging al s1pernumersrics,
: would foat up a round sum every year to-
ward paving GIVE national obligations.
Bat the working people shout not be
deceived bv ths unuscHSrll -adula about
paying tbe pubic debt. TT memory serves
me right under Ptis administration, lr
/, about thAt ume, there was euA tel by tha
+ British Parliament law creating a sinking
, fund, FIR the purpose of paying tle Eng
hsh debt, and what has Ue.l thl result Y
la over fifty years there bias been the mag
uItcent sum "A eleven million dollars pl.l
, on the principal the English debt. Nov
{ ! would ask the candid reader if it has
taken the English Government over h.ty
years to pay eleven million dollars ST bel
I debt, bow long will It take lhe Juiiad
States, judging w the financial legislation
Of the past four years to paw $1,000, 600 p
600. Workingmen, look AZ these figures
and marx them wgll, rhat PresidsAt Grant
and hls Cabinet means, uhsn they iasiy o1
I ne immediate payment Qf tle nu5'l dL
and resumption y specie payments!
/, TIE syoNE CUTTfR's srRIKE.
= III accordance with a resolution pas.-l wv
= regular meeting Of the Stone Cutters As.
!. ISOLATION, held on the evening of October
e 6th, 1858, that body notified tnc Employing
{ Stone Cutters Of this city that on aud alter
y the FIRST 0f March, 1869 they 5uId demand
0 the restoration Of their old prics Isl SD Der
\ day,) and hours a. a dAy's work also
3 THAT lhey would quiJ work at "a s'CI,c4 Ur
T, Saturdays. Last Monday, being the dfst o
n March, tle resolution went ilt0 effect. uu
z TIE " Bosses" IVY general thing, refuse.
II to cOncede M the new arrau -en1nts. Ta,
men, ln consequence quIt work. Ar ur.
r meaning paragraph 10 one 0f Our loca
q lapers ttne SUM M relation t0 tAl strike
u elected lne following reply from the Assa
h CATION winch explains the whole II It,
n present difficulty
" NsSsrs. Editors BIitiN0ra SuH An wv
il tcie appeared % tho local colums of the Ba.
\. umore hun w March 2d, 1850, in re.ar.a,
r, 20 The strike OF the Stone Cutters AZ Wor.
IT ou the new City Hall, which may perhar
e convey a false impression t0 the pubic
Is We therefore deem It al act of Justice W
g ourselves add the community az large Al
y give correct statement OF how natter
e really stand between the employers ana Oh.
h Stone Cutters Association III this city A
= a meeting Of the Stone Cutters Asscciat,sa
q held PIP October 6th, lS56, a resolution WA.
passed that We notify THE Bosses tua- WYNN ang
= after Monday, Marco Isl, 1869, we demand
Il S4oO psf day, and nine hours As a dAy'
u work. We pledged ourselves ~ these hour
j and wages tor one year IRON the Isl %
March, 1863. The employers were in i5rnr
= ed OF this action or The men except NJ.
y Aeker, Of Washington City, who Al t4a
d time We did not know, ana VINO nov CLAIM
b TO be principal contractor at the new Git
e, HsiL. The employers, one and all, inlorna.
u our commlttte that they would giyg the dg
mauds, aud there The matter rested unit
~ the last working day before tha reselluur
q went into fleet, when communication wa,
& sent 70 the soc ETY., purporting 70 come from
the Employers AssOcia Ion, IN which ~ wt,
j stated they refused 10 accede " our IVY
2 mauds. Iuere are several employers whl
g have acceded ID our demands, and laye sev
! erai men al work at our hours and wages
g considering that a. they have give. LhgU-
: word they mold Il binding upon tnem. Wt
y have not made a demand for an increase %
Q wages as our established wages for Ihe pa
y two years have been LOO pr day durin.
the spring ana summer months. Ihe 0nlt
thing We ask IL the reduction Oi ONE huui
per day. Our object ia making this de
Inand A. TO equazs the hours Of work dur.
ing the winter months. We most umpnat-
ieaily deny that there are any memoers o.
TINS ASSOCIATION working Az TIC City Hall
These are facts which can at ANY TIME wv
proven. Signed,
n ]. MCIIENRY, President.
" TRos. E. Key, Secretary"
= paid visit to the new CITY Hall Nh,
y other places during the week. but found y,
" stone cutters 81 work. 81 far the Bosses
! are unable 10 fill The places W tle old hands
= There are some boys and few laborers "
: work at the new City Hall, but they appear.
y "a 70 w very Ike tish AZ TIE end 0f y.
!, anglers line, out Of place The employ en-.
!. held a meeting Oh Friday morning, Rnd da
termined to hold out a little longer, auc
show an appearance a courage, a ieeliul
rhinh WI thr nrtanIlt tImR N nntIr.Lu .Lru----.