The workingman's advocate., 1872-03-09
LABOR IN CALIFORNIA.

the State Labor Convention
l. The diseIahrallment Of labor BY the
equalization of the wages Of labor with the
. income Of capital.
, The establishment Of an equitable
rate Of interest for the use Of money.
3 The creation Of national paper cur
rency. based on the wealth Of the country.
which shall be full legal tender for all
debts, public and private, and convertible
into three per cent government bonds, at
the pleasure of the holder, to be issued
directly to the people on their securities at
three per cent per annum.
). The payment Of the national debt ex-
actly according to contract.
6. The maintenance Of protective
tariff 50 long as it shall BE found neces-
sary.
!. The maintenance of the Eight-hour
system of labor
3. The establishment II a Labor Bureau
at Washington for the better protection of
the industries Of the country
8 That government holds the public
lands in trust only for the use and benefit
Of the people that it should be distributed
to actual settlers only, III limited quanti-
ties, not exceeding 100 acres. at the cost Of
survey and distribution, and that the set
tiers rights attach to the land upon his en-
try thereon. and shall be held as sacred to
him as though held by patent chat all un-
improved lands shall b. taxed the same as
though settled and improved for all pur-
poses, including building school-houses,
public roads. and the creation of a school
fund that land monopoly is the basis Of
all monopohes and the paramount question
Of the day that whoever owns the soil Of
the country in large tracts has the sure
basis Of despotic power.
10. That the government shall be re-
stored to the complete sovereignty Of the
people.
IL. Recognizing the great central Thought
giving life to American institutions, that
all men are free, that rights are inalienable.
that all men must be made equal before the
law, with equal chance for progress, that,
yielding u the force of logic, We declare in
favor OF universal, compulsory citizen suf
frage and secular education.
II. That government should assume
teatrol of all chartered and subsidized
corporations, and regulate their charges
upon principles Of equality and exact just
ice, and enforce such regulations as will
best secure the interest and safety Of the
people
l3. That a National Constitutional Con
vention should be Immediately convened,
to limit the powers Of Congress to the dis
position of the public lands to actual set
tiers only
To provide for the one-term principle for
President and Vice President Of the United
States, and for their election directly by
the people.
To make provision for the election of
Senators Of the United States directly by
the people the same to be elected bv the
State at large.
To establish and clearly fix power in
Congress to issue national paper cur
rency and make il a legal tender for all
dues, public and private, as the Supreme
Court Of the United States are divided in
opinion on this subject.
The amendment of the treaty with China
to prohibit Chinese immigration and i'm
portation without impairing our CONNER
cial relations.
The practical Incorporation into our so
cial and political system Of the Divine in
junction, do unto others as We would that
they should do unto you.
HARTFORD Life Companies issued AZ, ,O55
policies last year, insuring SS4, O67, no
NATcHEz, Miss, is the only city in the
world which has nearly ten thousand inhab-
itants and not a single hotel
IT is now denied that Austria has offered
an Asylum to the Pope, and the rumors
that he will leave Rome are discredited.
The Signal Service Bureau has determin-
ed to make Western river news a speciality,
and will incorporate in the daily reports
all sudden changes in the stage Of water.
MRS. WHARTON is not allowed to rest in
peace during the interim between her two
trials, for, according to a Washington cor
respondent, the testimony i'll the Van Ness
case is to be more startling and definite
than in the Ketchum tragedy.
Forty years ago a blooming young girl
of sixteen married an old man Of sixty for
his money, expecting that he would soon
die and leave her a wealthy young wife
Last week the lady died at the respectable
re Of fifty-six, leaving husband aged 100
and four children to mourn her loss.
A CLERGYMAN Of Cairo, Ill, expressed
lately, his contempt of nickels in his Sun
day collection, and positively forbade any
Of his congregation from contributing any
thing under the denomination Of five cents
"Save your cents" said the good man
until you have FIVE, before you put you
hands in this box. The widow 's-mite bust
ness is played out here"
THROUGH tickets around the world ar
now issued, the price being 81, 145 in gold
and the running time eighty-one days. Th'
time or route going westward is from New
York to San Francisco, about 5000 miles
San Francisco to Yokohama, 400 thenc'
to Hong Kong, 1,6O0 miles thence to Cal
cutta, $500 miles thence to Bombay
1,4O0 miles; Bombay to Suez, 8, 900 miles
from suez by the way of Alexandria ant
BrindiSi to London, about $500 miles
and from London to New York, 800
milea.