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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08
THE MEETING OF THE COUNCIL.

We know we but repeat the senti-
ments Of an overwhelming majority OF
the members Of the National Labor
Union, when we express the opinion
that the forthcoming address of the
Executive Committee will be couched
in no uncertain sounds. The day for
parlying has gone BY, the time for action
prompt and decided-hGs come No
wIshy-washy protest or statement of
grievances will suffice. Hope de-
ferred makes the heart sick, and there
has been evidence enough to convince
the most skeptical that the demagogues
now in control of the National Councils
Republicans and Democrats alike
are bent on carrying their nefarious,
labor-robbing schemes to an issue.
Nothing short of the ds"'0ds Of unit
ed, outraged populace, will stay them
in their mad career. We, therefore,
trust the proposition to pay the debt Of
the country in the currency ofthe coun-
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08
rur CHINESE QUESTION:.

The following bill for the protectior
of white laborers, has been introduced
into the Legislature, by Senator Law
renee of Mariposa:
The people of the State Of California. repres 80
ed ia Senate and Assembly, do enact as toll
lows:
SECTION l. Ev ry person who shall employ
any Chinese, Jspanes- or other Asia,ic ltoorer,
mechanic or artisan, shall obtain quarterly IL
ceuse therefor, and pay for the Same a. herein
provided, to wit From the 6rst day Of April to
the first day Of July. eighteen hundred and
seventy, for each such laborer, mechanic or ar
tisan employed, two dollars per quarter From
the q st day Of July to the 6rst das OF October
Of the same year, tour dollars per qu'rter For
the NEXT succeeding quarter, ten dohars; ana
for each succeeding quarter, twenty dollars.
Src. 2. The Board Of Supervisors Of each
county shall procure the requisite rum rer Of
blank licenses, printed in proper form, and
/ place the same in the hands OF the County
Au tor, who shall sign and issue them to the
Sheriff or Tax Collector, taking has receipt there
! for. aud he shall enforce the collection thereof
aud account for them ia the same IN tnner as In
/ ease of other licenses
SEC s. It shall be the duty Of the State Con-
troIler, twenty days prior TO the commencement
! of each quarter, to forward to every County
1 Audito., a blank form Of the licenses, a. requlr
ed by section one Of this Act
| SEe. All moneys collected under the pro-
visions Of this Act shall be paid into the County
Treasury, and apporton ed one hall 10 the
State School Fund and one III - the G ounty
General Fund.
! SEC s. ANY person ~hn shall viulatr any Of
/ the provisions Of section one Of tbs Act shat
be deemed guilty Of a misdem amor, and upon
complaint be ore any Justice OF the Peace having
competent jurisdiction, and upon conviction
thereof, be fined in any snm not less than nifty
no. more tia two hundred dollars.
SEc. 8 This Act shall take effect and BE- in
force from and sitter lis passage.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08
FROM CALIFORNIA.
the MECHANICS COUNCIL AND THE EIGHT
QUESTION.

Alta recent meeting Of theMechanics
State Council, Of San Francisco, the
following preamble and resolutions was
unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS: The Mechanics State Council, AID
Trade Associations wee organized for the Dur
nose Of improving the con !itinn Of the produc RS
of our country, and having sought and obtained
IT, passage Of an + ght Hour Llx BY the State
Legislature, and thu Congress Of the United
Safes. which the officers Of the government
and contractors public works are constantly
attempting to evade. Aud
WHEkEAs: orr object in securing the pass aye
Of the law TO establish the principle that
eight hours labor IS enou N for DAYS work
and that all public work 81 5uld be done at tina,
r4tc. THtrelore X solved.
|. That We are not content with a law that
does not absolutely require that all public work
shall be done At eight hours a day, without the
C arces o. eva-iOn.
r.. That ~e wish the people t. understand that
our object is to establish the eight hour system
Of Dor throughout the whole OF our country.
5 That We request our Safe l. gIslature to
pass such an amendment to the present Law as
wi carry out our views as herein expressed
That copies Of this prrSmb and these rrsolu
tons be pr.seated q his excelency, Governor
Hsight, Lielt. Gov. Holden, our Senators and
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08
FROM KANSAS.

LEAvENwORTH CRY, jan 4
T. tha Editor Of the WoRKlSGSAS's Ap'o''' .od
Allow ne small space in YOU j
valuable paper, for the purpose y ,;,r.
dressing the workingmen Of the H. ~.
with 'he best language l can u
mand, (which il poor at best 4 Vi
n workin=man myseIf) W0at 4
urge is the payment Of the Preslu' !, n
the National Labor Union. WY
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08

very distinctly the facts will
our working people, even M aud
IF them, will find out that wt Ollndet
suffer is due to quite differe %aAt thy
than those to which their " Panis ~ Gauss
friends attribute them. 0'Prociy'
Mr.; Peabody's remains bavo;.
here for America, and il man Just LEFT
that few men have died hero Oe said
years back more belovedIand la an "a !!
such examples as his are good , y
world every where, and fofe II u; u The
r.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08

The following, clipped from the editorial
and advertising columns of the Edinburgh
Refornaer Of December 18, 1869, will,
doubtless, prove Of interest to the many
thousand admirers Of this noble champion
Of the rights of labor, showing, as they do,
that bis services in behalf of the world s toll
ing millions have been appreciated BY our
friends on the other side of the Atlantic
The editorial reads "a follows
IL i with lnuc. pie sure that We we to al
nouCcc Tie approaching visit 70 Scotland OF this
distinguished or tor and cAamp:ol Of social aad
political freedom. The name nf General Cary
has for The list thirty Years been household
word among the Industrial population i'll Ameri-
ca. AltnOug e ntleman OF position and fortune
he has devoted the greater ppr ion OF his life ~
THE advocacy OF .PuiAr r.-hts, and il . cadinI
iJr IA "yer brow at The la lof traffic, as the
great curse vi mum luiLy 4ud formidable obstacle
to civilisation. Several years aga this dis n-
guished patriot accepted invitation to visit
Britain, but was prevented by h being returned
to the American Congresses the representative
Of the toiIing masses. II will be seen from an
advertisements in our columns that the General
has been induced 70 accept the invitation of \
committee of social temperance rrfOrmers ~
visit Edinburgh and address a public meeting
of the inhabitats From the names of the gen
tlemen announce to welcome the ilustriuus
stranger, We feel assured that his reception will
be one worthy the capital of Scotland. We
hope that, knowing the deep interest which
Gep. Cary has taken in the welfare Of tie work
ing classes Of America, the wOrkingmen of Ed
inourgh will by their presence on the occasion,
manifest their appreciation Of his worth.
The advertising notice reads thus:
GREAT PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION
~ IN THE
NJ &c II A l.,
GEORGE STREET,
On tire Evening OF
WEDNESDAY, the 18th December,
10 welcome
TIE Hon. s. +. CARY,
The Dsne uisbed ChamIion Of Social and Temperance
Ref rm, and e drs Representative OF the Interests Of
labT In the United States congress
General CAEY will b. accom- Aned BY
The MAYOR Of SHIELDS, and
JHK,FsR ESQ Of Manchester,
BALLS FYPE will occupy the Chair,
And the following, amongst other gentlemen, will take
part In the proceedings:
THs RIoHT Il \. rHs LORD PROVOST,
BALIe COUSIN,
BAILIE LEWIS,
Rev. JAS. BEIG, ID.
kEv. Fl. wills N,
Rkv, RRoFEssuR KIRK,
REv. WILLIAM REID
Doors Open At Hafpast Seven.
Chair to be taken at Light O'Clock.
CoLLEcTI,H to defrsy expense
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08

The Scantic mills at South WilIbra-
ham, Mass, are running on two-thlrds
time, and will stop when the stock now
on hand is worked up.
The New England Labor Reform
League will resume operations in the
new year, and hold its annual conven-
ton in Boston, Sunday and Monday,
Jan. 22d and oath.
AT a meeting Of the platers and
rollers of Pittst urgh, and vicinity Jan.
lst, it was unanimously resolved not 10
work at any reduction from the present
wages.
PORTLAND Me-, boasts Of four trades
unions, viz A.: the moulders, printers,
plasterers, and shoemakers. This is
certainly very important since the pub
LEGATION of correspondent "WANDER-
ER's' letters, when Bangor and Port
land were hauled over the Goals.
TwENrY-sEvEN families have moved
from Stockton, Pa, the scene of the
late mine catastrophe, to HazletOn,
fearful of their houses sinking. 1t is
said that general exodus is preparing
Seven bodies are still buried in the de-
bris of the sunken mine and houses.
/ We are glad to learn that Mr..
J. Craig, Of Portland, Me, the efficient
Secretary of the Plasterers' National
Union, has to a very considerable extent
recovered from his Protracted illness
Work in the trade is reported as gen
orally very dull. There is lockout in
the Union nc Yonkers, N. n, the
bosses demanding a reduction OF wages
from FIVE dollars To four dollars pei
day, and the men refusing to accede to
| the reduction.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08

FROM ENGLAND.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for any opin-
. expressed BY our Correspondents
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08

Representatives IN the LegisI.ru-e Of tn.
State.
| 4. Tnst the Congress Of the United States b
and Is hereby requested e. pas. an Eighth y.
law that the pr bic work shall b. dare ct ell
hours for days work, making it penal of: :,
Tor rs officers and contractors TO ev4de irs pr.,
visi0na
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08

EFFORTS are being made to make
Cincinnati and St Louis ports Of entry.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08
NATIONAL LABOR UNror
COMMITTEE on OBNOXIOUS LAVE
STATE or nav YoNS 'eoent

NEW YORK, Dec %; 1859
r. The Editor Of the WOAEsssAi's ADroc,.. w
L have thus far prepared The mn..
bills for presentation when our I.eo;.I.,
meets
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08

Fractions may be used in distribut-
ing the votes if desired. We will
suppose, in this case, that the parties
are divided as follows as to their vot-
ing strength: The Republican party
boiling eleven hundred Q,lOO votes,
she Democratic party one thousand
( ,OOO) votes, and the Workingmen's
party nine hundred (9OO) votes. The
following, would, in such case, be the
kromri4
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-01-08
n. II. Labor Reform State Convention.
The following call has been issued
for a State Convention to be held on
FRIDAY Jan. 2Sth, 1870:

Tn IT,. al votes Of New Hampshire, Irespec
tive OF pasrpartv connections, Who are in favor
Of formi an independents political party. 60 be
known as the Labor Reform rarity Of New
Hemisphere are invited To send delegates TO
c1nve ntion to he holden at Eagle Hall, in the
city Of Con ord, on Frid y, January ~. 1870, at
10 o'clock IT, forenoon, for the purpose Ut adopt
ing pl stform aud address, nominating State
ticket, and irans scting s1ch other business as
may come before TIE convention. The basis OF
representation will be two delegates for each
Representative q the New Hampshire Legis
latGre.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-15

The statement of General Thomas Jordan
which was published in THE TRIBUNE several
weeks ago, immediately after his return from
Cuba. suggested in the minds of many readers
the idea that the best allies of the SpaniaTds IN
this country were the gentlemen who form the
Cuban Junta of this city. That opinion will be
established in the minds of most of those
who really and truly sympathize with the
struggling patriots of Cuba by the revelations
elsewhere. published of the imbecility of
this Junta. We give its members all the credit
due for patriotic impulses, but it is clear that
they have been indiscreet, and are impractical,
without knowledge of diplomacy or the sim
plest rules of business. They have sacrificed
opportunities for raising large sums of money.
They have frustrated important expeditions.
They have rejected offers of assistance from
other nations which would have greatly aided
their comrades on the island in carrying on the
war. In short they have persistently repelled
sympathy and aid. Their unftness for their re-
sponsiblepositionis clearly shown by these letters
from the best men among the Cubans in America.
These revelations show very plainly that If the
Cuban President expects any practical help
from America he must change his agents here.
As preliminary to the coming Winter campaign,
it seems to us absolutely necessary that he
should secure more effective representation IN
New York,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-15
THE rUROPEAN CRISIS.


Orr d;srotcbes this morning, in spite OF the
,,oo;f. ossurances of some of the mouthpieces
Of the French Ministry, are not reassuring'
The nomination of Prince Leopold has been
Withdrawn, but the clamor In France Ior wal
Grows louder and louder, and the German
journalist is perhaps right when ne declares
that war ia certain, because France wants
"itr The outcry at first seemed to be con-
fined TO the ministerial journals OF Paris; put
"a these grew peaceable in their tone the moro
;ndenendent organs grew warlike, and to-day
II looks "a if Napoleon, having adroitly stimu-
lated public opinion to back him, was pre-
pared to plunge into the contest. lie mas no
longer any reasonable excuse for war, unless
II he that Prussia has been biting her thumb
Mt him but il the French people believe, Win
Capulet's servant, that biting OF thumbs Is
" disgrace to them if they bear it," this excuse
will prove sufficient. -.
While the Emperor has been reaching this
resolution. not only has his cause been
growing weaker but his difficulties have
Increased He now stands before the world
in the attitude of a man who having hrst
threatened war for an inadequate cause finds
even that weak cause taken away from MN,
and then exclaims, "Never mind will fight,
"anyhow His adversary, on the other hand,
has conciliated respect by firm and dignified
bearing, a courage without buster, a resolu-
ton without undue obstinacy. By this calm
and collected attitude Prussia has moreover
gained material advantages. She has COM
pelled France to expose clearly her purpose
of Selling the Rhenish frontier, and thus has
stimulated the patriotism of the no1-confeder-
ated German provinces, which csnnot now hes
itate to join the Confederation with all thei1
available force She has gained time to COM
plete her preparations for the defense of the
Rhine and as there are only few lines upon
which the French can possibly advance, this
| is an advantage of the very utmost Importance
The whole frontier is a network of fortresses
upon which Prussia for years past has been
lavishing money and exhaustiHg the ingenuity
of engineers. Before the French can reach
them they will be occupied by the full strength
of the Prussian army. The true policy of ar
invading force would have been to fall upor
them suddenly, but the time for this has passed
by; and that Napoleon has suffered it to pass
though all his preparations for attack mus
have been complete, is the best and almost the
only reason now left us for still hoping thai
he means buster and not war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-15

1t has been said that there is a tendency to
mediocrity among public men in America, but
we have never seen franker avowal of the
superiority of mediocrity than the following
from The Springfield Qll.) Patriot 1t premises
that the people want ga plain, practical, honest
"man for Governor" and then adds:
ut is not necessary for him to be Clay Calhoun
Webster. Such men, in this plain, practical,
age may do to boast about and brag over but their
hopes their aims not in keeping with the people, We
simply hare no use for such for Governor"
This is the first intimation we have ever
seen that Mr. Clay and Mr.. Webster were de-
fcient in "plain, practical, common sense"
We thought that Mr.. Clay especially had
great deal of that quality, however deficient
Mr.. Calhoun might be- We live in evil times
if we have no other use for our great men
than L" to boast and brag" about them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-15

The bill to give pension to Mrs. Lincoln
has passed the Senate, and ought to become q
law. The chief opposition to it has been on
the ground that it proposed bad precedent,
which we are unable to discover. Pensions are
given to the widows of fallen soldiers as q
recognition of the services of their husbands,
and not on their own merits Mr.. Lincoln was
soldier of the Government, shot down while
1t the head of its army, and the pension to his
widow as not disproportioned to his service or
his rank. The question of her merit has no
more to do with the justice of the grant than
has the character of the widow of the hum
blest soldier who fell. 1t ought to be given
without more ado.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-15

1t has been over year since we have been able TO
accept any statement of fact simply because 1t APP
peared in The Nec- York Times. Yesterday we were
betrayed from our rule for the first time, and have
come to such sudden grief thereby that we can safely
promise that it will be at least seven years before we
will do so again. Finding in The Tines table OF
certain unofficial returns from the present census OF
total population in particular election districts COM
pared with tho vote of these districts at
the May election, we hastily accepted the figures
and made them the basis Of some rather outspoken
comment But it turns out that the figures were
grossly inaccurate, the vote Of the whole Ward hay-
ing been given as that Of single election district IN
it. The World of yesterday admits pretty bad con-
trasts between the total population and the late
VOTE az in the 9Th District of the AAlst ward
where the census shows 700 inhabitants, and the
May election returns show SIT votes; but there IS
nothing anywhere near so monstrous as was indi-
Gated by the false figures of The Times. We utterly
withdraw our comments, apologize to our readers
for having trusted The Times for ANYTHING, and
promise never to do so any more.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-15
TIM pFNJAN CONVICTIONS.

Judoo Woodrnff has sent the Fenian raiders
70 tho Apburn State Prison, and though the
torno of their sentences are not long, the pun
;sbrent must be regarded as heavy one, II
only for its disgrace. Yet IL Is hoe easy "
feel sorry for these men. Ihey nave Dfohen
the laws of the United States, to when they
owe cheerful obedience; they have swlnoieo
their poor countrymen by leading them into
an absurd and wicked enterprise ;fthey were
only prevented by their own cowardice from
devastating the homes of the inoffensive
Canadians, with whom they had no quarrel |;
and they have inflicted serious injury upon
the cause of Ireland. For the deluded con-
tributors to the FeniaI fund we have great
deal of pity, but none for idiotic leaders like
Starr. We cannot forget that while insurrec-
ton is the sacred right of the oppressed,
useless invasion, such as the Fenian invasion
of Canada, is a crime, and its incidents con-
stitute not war, but robbery and murder.
Now we hope the Fenian rconvicts will be
left to serve out their terms. They may per-
haps be misguided patriots (hough that If
not certain), but it is time for even misguided
patriots to learn that the United States must
not be used as base of operations for Irish
forays, upon Canada. These wicked raids have
been an affection to the frontier too long.
They never will be stopped until their pro-
iectors are made to comprehend that they are
offenses against our Government as well as
against Great Britain; and that while the
Canadians punish those whom they eaten on
the other side of the line, we shall punish the
generals who run away. The counsel for the
Io,f n nd
appeal to the prejudices of the jury when he
said that these trials were prosecuted in the
interest of the British Government They are
prosecuted simply for the vindication of oul
own violated laws. 1t is none of our bust
ness, and it is certainly not our desire, to de-
fend the New Dominion} but it is our duty tc
enforce our own statates, and we could moi
have better opportunity of proving our de-
termination to do so than is afforded by the
present convictions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-15

A curious lawsuit, involving what was prac-
tically a case of SANDER on an actresses nose,
was decided the other day in an English court.
By way of advertising certain theater, q
comic periodical agreed to publish cartoon
representing two popular actresses and their
manager riding the Derby race; but when the
picture was finished the artist had made such
frightful botch of Miss Hamilton's nose that
the manager refused to pay the bill The
publisher OF the comic paper brought an action
for the amount, and though the Judge himself
declared that the nose in the picture was
grossly unlike the nose on Miss Hamiltons
face, the jury gave verdict for E25. This
seems to establish the principle that in the
eye of the law 1t is no injury TO an actress TO
disfgure her nose. If the libel had been upon
her legs the result might have been very diff
ferent.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-15

The Erening Post asks why we don't call it
just as injudicious for the Catholics to cele-
brate st. Patrick's day as for the 0rangemen
to celebrate the Battle of the BoyneF Be-
cause the one celebration does not provoke
riots and the other does. The feast of
ST. Patrick revives no fractional hostilities.
There is no danger, therefore, in the Irish
Catholics keeping it with all the parade
they please. The Orange celebration, however,
has peculiar significance, and has always
tended to provoke criminal assaults. 1t is
clear what the Orangemen themselves thought
of it, for they went to their picnic pretty
thoroughly armed. For this reason we call it
in bad taste and bad judgment. Still this
does not excuse the assaulting party. 1t is
announced that the Protestant A5Socia-
ton intend to have another pic-nic--not by
way of defiance, perhaps, but to support their
dignity. If they do they must be protected,
and if they are molested we hope the police
will take measures to handle the rioters with
exemplary severity,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-07-15

The Cincinnati Times jubilantly announces,
with double-leaded emphasis, that Mr.. DAVID
A. Wells is to take the stump at the West, III
the coming campaign; and likewise that 1t Is
the aim of the Free Trade League TO bring
him ont as a candidate for the Presidency in
1872 Here is richness But really we ara
afraid Mr.. Wells will regard the interesting
announcement as premature. How can Gov.
Hoffman be expected to keep in office man
likely so soon to become so powerful rival
And besides, if great achievements in Mr..
Weiss peculiar line are to become recon-
mendations for the Presidency, who shall pro-
tect Wells from the rivalry of Delmarf