The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-07-28

Seu.ers, are NANNY IN the interest OF tn
iandless laborers of the Eastern States, there
fore we would urge upon the izlor unions o
the manufacturing districts to aid in the con
test with their press, their, voices and thci
money.
| Resdced, That each local Union he recm
mended 10 appropriate from their funds AZ
amount equal to one dollar for each member
TO be expended under the immediate dircc
ton and supervision Of such Union, in the
placing before the people the isS',c pending
in the approaching political contest
Reso,sed, That the sum of five thousand
dollars be, and the came is hereby, appro.
priated to be expended under the direction
of the Executive Committee in the approach.
ing election, in such manner N will secure
&48tbQ he pf&fk rin Ge@Fk ri.
IN E %sas q o,uI1IIaI
follows, which were adopted
Resolrcd, That the revenue laws of the
United States should Ike altered so that in.
| stead Of suborna,ing labor T., capital they
may afford just protection TO labor and the
| industrial Interest Of the whole country
| Resofno', That We are malterably or
posed 10 the importation Of servile race, for
the Sole and only purpose Of t:uslcring with
! the labor Of the American workingmen.
Reso,rcd, That we demand the abolish
ment Of the system of contract labor in our
prisons and penitentiaries; and that the Ia
Dor performed by convic,s shall be that to
which will least conflict with honest indus
try outside of the prisons. and that the wares
manufactured by the convicts shall not IL
n,t upon the markets at Iess than the current
market rates. --s 81. 4..r.
Rcsolred, Whoever and whenever the
working men of any section Of our country
are pressed for want of employment, they
should be recommended and assisted to move
out 10 the public domain, there to become
actual settlers and cultivatOrs Of the soil,
by doing this instead of remaining
in over crowded labor ccnters, swelling AMI
and intensifying the competition among their
fellow laborers,. and finally descending into
the pauper or worse, the criminal class. Tie
natural advantages deriyeable from industri-
o,isly ctltivating fruitful soil would result
both in individual relief and advancement,
and the moral and social good of the whole
country.
Resolved, That As labor is the source from
whence all national prosperity flows, its intel
hgent prosecution and direction is matter
of paramount importance to the Government
a veil q tAthe worker, and therefore, with
aSew tdff7okesi,g, ai1ubtinkl and pfoled
ing the true industrial interests Of the country,
we ask the creation of 4 separate department
of government to he known as the Department
of Labor, with power to collect and utilize
all the available statistics of every industrial
element in the country, promote the spread
Of useful knowledge among the producing
n, o,,H vy,aeo Sr,cl, avnslo
lions to Congress from time to time, M the
best Interests of labor and a more fair distri
button of the products thereof may demand.
Resolved, That wherever work Is scarce, or
there Is difficulty between employer and em-
Pl6yees, that We recommend that laborcIs
should as fnr A. possible, form COOPERATIVE
Societies for the ,purpose. of carrying on dif
ferent branches of business, and when the
employer advances disposition to share the
profits of his business with the iatnrer on
. fair credit, he should enter into such part
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United States are the property Of the people,
TO be disposed Of for the benefit of the pe'-
pie. That actual settlement is the only
proper and legitimate purpose Tor whic. me
Tn;,ei s,.,.s scti,a hv the;r c,mst;t,t;o,r,I
agents, the Congress. have Nv the massage of
the different presumption laws, beginning
almost at the very formation o. our govern.
,.ersec, ,,t Of Sen,embcr ISL and by the
I.assare of the homestead act of Nav 70, 1862,
defeating the whole public domain to settle
ment bv the pcople in tracts not TO exceed
leo acres To each claimant, 1T u price not 10
exceed 81 p per scre.
i IeA5rd Aiat we call On sBepublieans TO
remember that next to the anti-sIavery issue,
i, was the promise of that party, given To the
people. that the public Lands should I've held
sacred for settlement under the pre-emrtion
Laws already in existence. and the Homestead
law. which pledged itself to enact. and which
was in due time m,ssed nv the votes of nearly
every R..,s,l,lnsn-. assisted hy a majority .I
tho democrats thai rI,crl The Republican
party in power.
Rcso,,rd That VIC remind Democrats that
II the National Convention Of their party,
held Mt New York, June 5, 1868, the ple.tse
WAS aiyeu nv that par,y that the public Land,
should bc occupied by the people under the
rre-em,.tion ana homestead laws.
r., n,o,;,, :, v,. resolved that tbe Uyc,k-
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mgn'ea Jo"hn' Pu'i'''e'' " >i''' ''
ford, at Columbus, kas., he continued as the
organ cffhe State Labor Union.
Tho oyow;nr resolutions offered bv
=, ~. -,
Mclaughlin, were 'u"i'.''
Rssoirod, That we hereby congratulate the
settlers on the Usage trust Lands, and ON thc
sage diminished reservation, Tor the 'aet
that Congress has at last passed an aci open
ing the whole OF those tracts To actual settle
% Hce' sr.n.
., H. ,,o,. ,s.,r.J srcc..SS of the settlers an
the ..Black Bob Lands, in their efforts to
obtain titles to their Lands.
Hesored, That as ci'lzens OF hai'sas We
H. Ch"-,ta, No,,,,,I -, Cor III. I,si ,I,;r-
teen months as a violation of the Cons,itu-
ton and the laws of the United States, an
tion. an insult 10 the peopIe of the whole
n,,;on and an enterino we,loc Of = threat
cned desmotism
R,solrod That this Convention entirely
.vmretl;,e. With the .p,tlers On the Ch,ro-
Ia. N~,tr.I and ali other similar TRACTS. in
,L.;r S,,,aria CO.. ,h.;r Lnmns md ,L,t MO
nisJ,o ,essIyeS 10 render tbsn, I'll noss;bl..
IA soc;,I ,oor,l aud ro,;,;c,I
R.sJrs1 Tb,t th,. r,,,r,sentar;ves of ,l,i-
I. ,lor 'Tin;on 10 the Naf;on,I TaIor Cons
cr,ss hc and ,hsv ~. hsr.iv ;ns,rnc,sl' 10
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