The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-02-05

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case Of death, then the lawful representative
q such person or persons shall in like name
! have redress, and any Of the said owners, con
tractors, agents or superintendents, or all 0
them. shall be held liable for any inJnry re
ceived.
SRc- Z. Any person or persons who shal
violate the provisions Of sections one and tive
OF this act, shall be deemed guilty Of a misde
mOanors and on conviction thereof shall b,
hned not more than one thousand dollars, o.
imprisonment in the county jail for not NOR,
than enc year or less than six months, or both
in the discretion OF the court.
SRc .. All acts or parts Of acts inconststen
her with are hereby repealed.
SgO- !. This acs shall take effect imme
dia,ely.
The Assembly then adjourned.
SECOND DAY.
The Assembly met ut 9 o'clock, Presi
dent Wm j. Jsssup in the chair
The ommittee on Credentials reported
the r-rfentials Of Il. HomringhOusen, Of ths
United Cabinet Makers, Of New York, and
be was admitted to eeat.
MIR. Browning, from the committee ap
pointed to lay before the Committee of the
Legislature the bill compelling employers
and others engaged in building, or mining
and engineering operations, reported that
they had discharged that duty; that the bill
would be introduced in the Legislature to-
day, and that by mutual agreement be-
tween the two committees the fine imposed
for violation of the act had been fixed at
not more than $1,000 or less than 800.
The report was accepted and adopted,
and the committee instructed to wait on the
Judiciary Committee Of the Senate.
MIR. Browning offered the following,
which was referred
Resolved, That We euter our solemn protest
against allowing or granting suv more OF the
public or peoples lands 10 rahro i'd ant other
corp Tations
X solved. Thlt a copy Of the foregoing be
sen, to the President OF the United States Sen
ate aud Speaker Of the House Of Representa-
tives
MIR. Sullivan moved that a committee Of
five be appointed to draft bill regulating
the weight, quantity and quality of bread
made and sold by bakers and dealers of this
State. Referred.
Mr. Cameron offered the following
WHBREAs, Il is evident to every thinking
mind that there is q most important question
nos being agitated throughout the entire coun
Try, and there should not exist in the constitu-
tion Of any union a clause that would stop the
onward march of labor reform and
WHRRRAs, There is q clause in some, il not
ia all, constitutions, which prohibits the discus
sion Of q vital question to our united interest,
and as iG has become q N liter Of necessity that
such question should be, discussed and acted
upon in order to advance our cause ; therefore,
be it
Resolved, That this Assembly recommends to
the different local unions the necessity Of amend
ing their constitutions % as to allow members
the right to discuss political parties in the diff
fesent unions through the State for their united
interest.
Referred.
Mr.. Fencer moved that committee Of
nine be appointed on prison labor contract.
Adopted ----------
Messrs. Fencer, Murphy, Martin, Mon
roe, Kuhn, Judge, Murray, Leonard and
Coleman were appointed such committee.
Mr. Quirk moved that q committee of five
he appointed to request the Legislature to
appoint a special committee 10 investigate
the expenditures on the new Capitol, and
also the conduct Of bosses and contractors at
work on said building.
A communication was received from L.
Skally, president of LlbOr Union No 2,
OF Eerplanks, asking for authority to organ
ize protective and benevolent society on
the basis of "a secret association, with view
to carrying out more fully the objects of his
Union.
Referred to Committee on Presidents
Addres
Mr.. -lcGrath, Of Albany, from the Com
mittee on Resolutions, reported the resolu.
ton of the Workingmen's Assembly, of Sy-
racuse, asking for the appointment of com
mittee to remain in Albany during the ses-
sion Of the Legislature, and watch matters
Of interest to workingmen; also, the passage
Of the Prison Labor bill, already introduced
by the Hon. Mr.. Bergen, in the Legisla-
ture; and tie National Eight Hour law,
offered by Mr.. Browning, Of New York,
yesterday, and already presented in the Ma
tional House of Representatives.
On motion of Mr.. Cribben, Of Monroe,
the matters we're taken up seriGtiR, and,
after the reading Of the resolutions BY the
lively and animated debate took
place thereon, lasting for over an hour.
Mr.. JUNO called up the resolution adopt
ed BY tbe WOrkingmen's Assembly Of Syra-
cuse, urging the repeal of the Conspiracy
Law and enforcement Of the Eight-Hour
Law. He moved the appointment Of a com
mittee to take charge Of the matter before
The Legislature
Mr.. COnley desired to see a committee
appointed to take charge of all measures re-
quired by the workingmen.
MIR. Young was opposed to the appoint
ing of a lobby committee. Th3t question
should be left to the capitalists. He was
in favor Of app hitting committee to 60 to
the Legislature and inform them what the
The workingmen demanded.
Mr. Cameron conceded with the views
by Mr.. Young.
Mr.. Browning favored tie appointment
Of the committee, on the ground that they
would be on hand to explain their side Of
The question before the various committees
Of the Legislature, and retute the argu-
ments that might be brought against the
measure, that there was a vast difference
between this nd lobbying.
Mr.. Young asked Mr.. Hennessy if, in
bis opinion, the appointment of this Com
mittce was necessary? Mr.. Hennessy re-
piled that Mr.. Bergen, Mr. Graham and
himself, being the representatives Of the
workingmen, would look after the measures,
and he thought the appointment unneces-
sary.
On motion of Mr. Kubm, the whole mat
ter was laid on the table.
THE CONTRACT SYSTEM.
The bill in relation to the adjustment OF
the contract system 10 the prisons, On mo
ton of Mr.. Cribben, was taken up and