The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-05-18
State Convention of the National La
Dor Reform Party.

State Convention of the Labor Reform
Party viii be held in the city of Springfield,
Illinois, on Monday, July 10Th, 1872, for
the purpose Of more thoroughly organizing
the State, and calling Convention to nomi-
nate candidates for State officers and the trans
action of such other business as may probably
be brought before it.
As the aims and objects of this organization,
as well as the meaures advocated by the
party, have been persistently misrepresented
by the bank, railroad and other monopolies,
aided by that portion Of the press devoted to
their interests, a work of explanation would
seem to be necessary The organization does
NOT advocate, or eren counteHdace, any dgrp
ridn or other ike distribution Of property,
nor does it ask for conferment Of any artificial
rights, or exclusive privileges, by National,
State or Municipal Legislatures neither does
Il propose % disturb eristing rights, as has been
enormously charged. Looking only to the fu-
t,Te, they demand that the Government shall
hereafter be so administered as to protect all
IN their natural rights
To this end they ask that the Government
shall establish just standard Of distribution
Of the future product Of the country by
adopting the following methods
First By providing purely national circulating me-
dunn, based the faith and II the nation
issued directly n the people without the intervention ~
banking corporations which currency ~ money sbau
be legal tender in the payment q all debts public and
private declared equally with gold the lawful money 81
the Uuited Staeand interchangeable the option a
the holder or Government bonds bearing such rate al
interest as may be found necessary - make equitable
distribution u the joint earnings n capital and labor
between money OF non producing capital and productive
industry and enterprise
Second BY paying the national debt in good faith
according 70 the laws under which il contracted
Third. By reSerying the public lands, the nghtfal
heritage u the whole people, for actual settlers and
not squAndenng them on corporate monopolies
Fourth By restraining existing corporate monopoies
q Al kinds, within proper bounds.
Fifth BY tariff for revenue 50 adjusted A u bar
oquitaby on all classes and interests
ixthBy such thorough reform in the civil service q
the National Government will remove il far az pos-
sble from partizan influence
Seyenth.-By such reforms, in all branches Of the
public service may be found necessary u secure !
just faithful, and economical administration q the
Government.
Eight BY the subsection Of the military to the civil
authority, and the confinement Of its operation u
tional purposes alone.
Ninth-By granting general amnesty and restoring
the Union at once on the basis Of equality % ghtS
and privileges 10 all.
by lHe beTHl laDOrer is meant ALL who
are employed in mining. agriculture, the me
chanic arts, manufacturing or in the distribu-
tion Of the products of industry and enter
prise, as well as the useful callings and pro-
fessions-in word, ALL rho, BY TIE labor Of
The head or hand, restore % society an eqEird
Tent for trhGt they receire from 4.
The Labor Reform Party therefore cordial
ly invite the cooperation Of all engaged in
any branch Of useful industry or legitimate
business, who endorse the foregoing measures.
and favor such wise, pure and impartial ad-
ministratiOn of justice as viii protect all in
their natural rights to enjoy the fruits Of their
labor, to unite with them in common effort
to restore the Government to its original de-
sign and primitive purity.
A. C. CAMERON,
Chairman State Executive Committee n LRP
ALEX. CAMPBELL,
Corresponding Secretary for Illinois