The workingman's advocate., 1869-09-04

There was referred to your epnmiftess
proposition to erect suitable m1Apment 20
the memory Of the deceased. WilliR III.
Sylvis. and shat to deiray the. neeesssFf -.
penses, q tax Of ten cents be levied 1pQp
every workingman and wpmsn fepres<1ted
in this body. 81
For many reascns your cennittss d>ems
that proposition inexpedients and iihPfscti-
cal, aHd recommend in lieu thereof.
That the President Of the National Labor
Union and from Moulders, International Co
operative and Protective Union and five
others, to be appointed by the President Of
National Labor Union, to constitute com
mittee to be known as the William. ID,
Sylvis National Monument Committee OF
the National Labor Unions whosesdQtY Ii will
be, as soon as practible after the adjourn
ment of this Congress, to prepare an address
to the workiDgmen and women of the United
States, which will include a concise resume
Of the life and public services of the de-
ceased, and calling upon them TO contribute
the sum Of ten cents each, to constitute q
fund. one-half Of which shall be appropriat-
ed to the erection OF monument. and the
remainder to the maintenance of has wife
and children, and the education of the latter.
The minor details of this plan should be
left to the decision of the committee, q fall
report of the action Of said COMMITTEES and
Of the amount Of moneys received and en-
pended by it TO be made to the next
Congress.
Mr.. A. w. Phelps, Of Connecticut, do
ivered some spirited and eloquent remarks
upon the death of the late President, eulogis-
tic Of his many virtues and efforts to pro-
mote the success Of the cause whose advance
ment be SO faithfully lsborsi to promote.
Mr.. John Walsh, of New York, remarked
that the memory of William H. Sylvls, would
60 down to posterity without the aid Of q
monument of atone or marble. He proposed
so to amend as to pr ovide for the mai0ten-
ance of the wife and children of the deceased
in lieu of the provision reported by the
committee.
Pending the consideration or the subjeei
the hour of five O'Clock arrived, and the
matter was formally laid over.
NOMINATIONS OF oFRIcRRs.; ~
The hour ofi6ve O'Clock (the time appoint
ed for the purpose) having arrived general
nominations for oaiesrs Of d. pogrsa'
TT The fi following gentlemen .El,nssa; 4 (sin..sd
for the Office of President: 4a
W. j. Jesspp. of New x a +. Cavia,
of District Of Colqmbia A Campbell, ol
Illinois, (declinstE Richaxd. fravsllaek, oi
Michigan A. W. Phelps, OF Connecsieat
A. G. Cameron, Illinois, (declined); N. X
Walsh, of New York, (declinsd); o. B
Daley, of Ohio, (decllned) @. II. Luckes,
of New York; Chas. Mclean, of Mas
sachusetts (declined.)
For the Office Of First Vice President the
following gentlemen we're nominated:
General West, Of Mississippi, (deolined)
o. B. Daily, Of Ohio A. T. Csvis, Of Dis
trio of Columbia, (withdrawn); Locker, Of
New York; Jessup, of New York Buck, oi
Pennsylvania; CoggsweH, Of Illinois Stew.
art, Of Michigan; Brown, Of Philadelphia
Miss WsllbrIdge, Of Massachusetts.
For the Office Of Second Vice-President
the following names were announced:
Miss Walbridge, Of Massachusetts Walls,
of philadelphia Sylvis, Of Pennsylvania
Gazzam, Of Pennsylvania West, Of Mississ-
eron, of Kansas; Walsh; df New York ;
Stockton and Butler, Of M1klGads; Duai, Of
New York Adger, Of PeneyvGnia..
For the Office of Secretary, - following
Baker, of Philadelphia; Pratt, of Massa-
NhuoObtS OunnAbSc9 VI MueoHC1uoCNt@
Walls, of Pennsylvania; Mofitt, of Tennes-
see; Meany, of New York declined j
Phelps, of. Connecticut. iG
For the Office OF Treasurer, the following
Phelps, of Connecticut; Meany, Of fENew
York; Daley Of Ohio. r
The convention then adjourned till even
ing at o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
ho af fhn hm
report of the Committee on Coincidence was
taken up for consideration.
The report after considerable opposition,
was adopted.
On motion, a committee Of two from each
State was appointed IS committee to re-
port upon the subject Of convict LABOR at the
meeting of the Congress next year.
! Mr.. Gszzan. Of Philadelphia, offered the
following:
Resolved, That IN this country Of abound
ing wealth, no poor man ought TO be taxed,
nor any other citizen till he owns and pos
sesses surplus of property beyond what is
necessary to support an d educate a citizens
family, and thus only the supefhuous wealth
of the country ought to be taxed Agreed
to.
Mr.. PHELPS, Of Connecticut, chairman Of
the committee on the presidents address,
approved of same, and asked to be dis
charged. Agreed to.
Mr.. Cameron, of Kansas, chairman Of
the Committee on Cherokee Neutral Lands,
read lengthy report, the consideration Of
which was laid over until this morning. To
the report was attached the following:
Resolved, That we, the workingmen Of the
nation, in this Labor Congress assembled,
fully sympathise with our brethren in Kansas
hereby pledge our hearty cooperation In q
measure looking to legal vindication Of
their rights.
Resolved, That We most respectfully re-
commend to the President and the Congress
of. the United States a careful examination OF
the1apts considered in the report, 10 the end
that Justice may be done, and the rights Of
the settlers may be fully recognised. =
Mr.. Horace Day, Of New York, offered the
following:
Resolved, That the National Labor Union
knows no North, no South, no East, no
West, neither color nor sex, on the question
Of rights Of labor, and urge our colored fel-
low members to form organizations in all
legitimate ways, anc send their delegates
srom every State in the Union 10 the next
Congress. Agreed TO.
Mr. Walker, Of Alabama, asked leave 10
ADDRESS the Congress -briehy. He then elo-
quently thanked the Congress in behalf Of
the South for the generous, brotherly, and
thoroughly patriotic position which it had
assumed toward that portion Of the
country, and predicted the excellent effect
which its action would have in helping to
heal the soreness which still exists between
the different sections Of the country.
In response 10 u general rail, Gen. West
of Mississippi, also adcIessl the Congress
in the same strain. -
Mr.. Robert II. Butler Ecolored), OF Mary
land, in behalf of the colored delegates, also
returned thanks for their reception. lie said
they did not come seeking for parlor socabi-
lities, but for the rights Of manhood. Zap
plause.l He deprecated the cooiie trade.
The convennur then adjourned