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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-01-13

d prison labor, were the laws 70 be chanaed -
~ Ia punish trivial ofieEpe~. BY requiring che
criminal to work ppon the public roads Of
the county in which he may have been con
victed, rather than by hnIrisonment. Ger
tainly in many Of the oopnties, ~ this system
the roads, which 80 sadly need IL. weuld he
greatly improved at diminished cost. II would
be necessary t. establish road system suit
able Ia it, workings, and the prisoners already
ia the Peiutentiary for small crimes might bc
handed over Ia the county authorities, ON its
organization, Ia make the force sufficiently
large to be proftably worked.
There need be no difficulty ~ psrlectlns
such a law, a. the prisoners could lie worb 81
under proper guard and the direction of rusil
engineer; smA sHy attempts re escrpe rrcvid-
od against by reducing the sentence for good
service, and doubling It for attempting e e.
cape. or upon recapture.
BY this, the great expense Of maintenance
IN idleness would be saved the State, cnnpe-
ttion with mechanical labor avoided, and the
county more than paid for his support by the
services Of a useful laborer. That it would
he much better for the health and happiness
Of the prisoner, III most cases, cannot be ques-
toned.
II you should deem this suggestion worthy
Of trial, | would advise, as am auxiliary tn the
plan, another law, giving magistrates iurisclc-
ton IN trifiing cases. Much expense would be
save'l 10 the counties for imprisonment prior
to trial Or. if Won do not deem il advisable
To dispense with the crial by jury in any case,
tbs magistrate might DC empowered 70 commit
the party to work with the load gang. upon
the public highway, rather to Jail. pending has
trial the accused to have the right ~ appeal
to the nearest circuit Judge a. to road service
or imprisonment.
My ofiici;l intercourse with the dIrsc Tors
and officers of the PeIItentiary, and my "ih-
Gals lists to the Instit Ition. have satisfied
me of the earnest, disinrerested ami humane
manner IN which they have discharged then
duties. without any other compensation. ZAP lar
as the directors at least are concerned. hut the
consciousness Of duty to society and its fal
len members, faithfully and conscirntiously
performed.
The Workingmen's Assembly IL workm.
assluously To- have this matter II convict
labor settled ut this session nf the Legisla
ture The
CooPERss UNION
No. 2haye a special committee APPOINTED
to attend t. their interests. also
the X. .. :. ~.
have appointed special committee, to lpnL
after the interests of the order.
BUSINESS
Of all kinds is vuIy dull la this city. and
money very dull The oldest inhabitant.
sly il Is the dullest January they have *
perienced. Even the fancy stores wer,
disappointed in their Holiday sales The
THEATRES
and other other places Of ainuscmenrs wer,
also dun, aud to Judge ~ the slnnly A.
tended churches. You would think that Re
lieinn Was dull. too
Yours NFFFr,>
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fRUM CALIFORNIA

"SAN FIANcIsCn. Dee. -. 1871
fa the Editor II the WoEkiy-Nas', tp,osrE.
After TIVE years ~ druu,h We ary nuu
sure To- have a wet pn This line. 10 has
raiacd almost continuously larin.. fny LIT
two weeks, making the hear, ~ All our
people glad The worst oi all inun.qrie..
that Of the bread We eat. IL destroyed. ami
cheap living ensured for the next tvuyrars
and with q return Of Prosperous tllrs i !
hut fair t. presume that the iai,p, cats. NJ
make RAPID strides durilg the comm wear
notwithstanding the representations and
Jealous efforts m opposition If vuur cyrr,.s-
pendent and his ilk. who. III 4 late number
" your PAPER, takes So much pains L. mis-
represent the executive NJ the Labor Union
~ this state, and Labor T'ninni.ts 0,ucr-
ally. Although Your correspondent has
made specitc charges, like uiust GROWERS.
he has not had the manlincss Il dive ~ his
name. We will. Therefore, take il fnr crs,nt
ed that he belongs 10 thc Smith family.
We have one If them here who has done
little else than growl during the last year.
We were somewhat unfortunate last
spring and summer ia not adopting the do
nothing policy, So ably advocated hv your
correspol dent, who undoubtedly belongs H.
that portion ~ Labor Union NJ. I. who
withdrew, Ito the number of five when
they found that they could not control the
acton q the Union, and who afterwards
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-01-13
FROM KANSAS.


LEANENWoRTH, Has, Jan. |, 1872.
To the Editor II the WoRkINasAN's ADyo,,,E.
As ] have nothing to do Tonight in par
ticular, concluded | would write a line or
two. Your valuable lNrer still comes t.
hand, although in a smaller form than il
did some time since, but think YOU have
done remarkably well after being burned
out teeth and toe nail That was a dread
full stroke on Your beautiful city, especially
upon the laboring class of men, but see
they are up and at it again. think the
workingmen, all over the country. are be-
ginning To realize their situation. ana are
commencing to take steps toward the asser-
ton If their rights
The agitation Of the rights Of the labor
ing class, by a few hard working men in the
cause Of right, has hal its effect. partially
" asst that is easily seen by the hold that
the Congress Of the United States is taking
If it. Hoar's bill, passed by Congress. 4
one right step i'll the cause, and. ! think.
if followed up viii brig the Labor Reform
Party all night in slDrt time. II is pos
slble that what is beiLg done now by rep
resentatves in Congress. is an electionccr-
ing scheme Tor the campaign Of 1872, but l
hope not, hope they are honest ia what
they are doing. Ii TIL laboring class will
take hold Of the matter as they should. they
can make them all CONT to time, but must
close for fear my letteriy already too long.
Yours ever in condoleace for your losses.
BIS
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FROM MISSOURI.

pFfbE CHIEF 80 PoLi,E.
Sr. LuUI>. Jan. IL. 1872


H. thc Edit,r = d. woi.sis.., 49, Ar,,. ,u.
The commissioner IN behalf ~ the Iah"r
interest {" To appointed u, the President
upon the final r..sS.sge ~ the Hear hill.
should he a representative Isln ~ the cn-
tirety ~ Ill.,. "rgsnizati"n AMI MT ~ 4
Part " y.
There arc bat two men viii" are rciresun-
tatiy,s uf the National Labor Reform
Party. The President If the body and the
editor Official Of its public organ, the press.
Ilis y inatsiisl IA uIde-. T., ,,v.,id th,.
Ieal"tsIes and Jars that viii beyond an
doubt sprung M among leading members.
East ana West, if the representative at a
section merely i chosen.
The salary Of 5000 year. respectable
as i y, IN nothing in comparison If tie
preservation u unity and harmony. HOW
when the greatest opportunity in behalf of
labor j. presented and the question becomes
thereby national. indeed.
Ii New York il selected (TrMlp for in
Stance) Boston and the West will rebel. and
4 Missouri i chosen, Mr.. Campbell vii ~
outraged-and 50 ON to the end, disatisfac-
ton to no end To avoid this there il hut
one man t. have nominated -a man select
ed 10y the whole t. represent them. ana
whose appointment is merely dong what
the larty itself has done before NOR, than
once.
Besides the men who have done the work
should get the pay when il comes. r,.e,isI-
" # IN need And as for qualification H.
hll the office. no commissioner is yuiu- ON
report On the greatest subject ever commit
ted e. a body nf men. without liz, ,nnsid-
Grafton and advice FROM the best sources.
and n the name uf success ut ~ n,,t M
next February make nomination IL y ,,,p
who has u" chance If election. .;r.l Yr tth
class gentlemen, such rs Mr.. Thomas Eviu.s.
Coy. Gcary, Mr.. Julian 1T us IT, tract
cal amt not merely complimentary And
with TINS view, Il j. utterly intmat.rilI
whether the man WbO-is most useful IT, I'll,
great cause Is otherwise Democrat. "a Es-
publican, Catholic or Protestant his
opinions otherwise are not If The slightest
account. If we can win with them.
BESIDES. VI. Cameron. il takes A nirael,
u change at once or III dav as Il were ths
embedded opinions of man upon any sui
Ject, ana a. practical men, DESTROYS If sue
cess II 49,, let rs in the name ~ l,raoti-
cal work, take the man. whoever he n.i,
he, Who has done most already. is doing
more. ana il likely - 10 more when ~ 4
successful. The amount of converts YOU
gct when this result is reached is above all
calculation.
thr"" out these views To- You To- sec i
they d" not coincide with Your own.
Very truly yours,
T~N
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-01-13
Established Once More.

Atter a great many dIsappointments and
delays We herewith present t" our readers
the first issue Of the \n,oe,TE. published
IN Chicago zinc, TIE iir,. No one regrets
the delay NOR, than ourselves. hut We could
not Il" imr"s>lhilitic>. ln future every thing
vii hc under "Ur uNn control All sub
scrihvrS can rest assured that they viii Iv-
ceive their lull quota Of papers. We think
the new dress viii give general satisfaction
We expect. hy the first Of May. 1872, to be
able To- present il IN its old size and appear
ancc. Ii our friends vii perform their
duty. it will hc pleasure instead Of q task
t. d. So.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-01-13

LYNN. Jan. .. 1872.
To the Editor d the WoRRtyoa,>'s ADVOCATE
Having been informed that the WORK
INGNaN's ADVOCATE is the official organ
of the Daughters of St. Crispin, | address
you, hoping through its columns to gain
the information desired.
1t has been said-and BY one d the ear
hest officers Of this organization that the
n. q. l.. Of .. q. 5. q. had ceased Ia ex-
list. Such a statement coming from such 4
source, cannot fail of securing a certain de-
gree Of credence even among its own MEM
beers and when such belief il entertain
ed distrllst and dissatisfaction are sure to
follow in its wake. |, therefore take this
method IF calling the attention Of the Off
GERS Of that organizati"n-if still IN exist
enee-to this report, hoping that it will
elicit from them reply
Yours for the truth.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-01-13
Trade in New York

Mr.. ". :. JtsStp. III = recent ictIer
writes ~ follows
The building trades art better tins winter
ia tins city than i"r 81, eIJl years previous
The weather :" far has been very favor
able for work, and the number UNEMPLOYED
i consequently not large The Crispins are
nov experiencing their periodical dull sea-
son. and many are out "f employment
With most other trades work is from fair
t. middlng. Mr.. Curtis, President of the
Portland. Conn. )Qnarrymens Association.
is in this city seeking aid for the members
Of his ASSOCIATION, who are locked out for
asking an advance of wages. Most Of our
unions in New York are progressing, and
All seems going along quite satisfactorily
| enclose you the circular calling the
Eighth Annual Session # the Working
mems Assembly Of the State If New York.
rs the ADVOCATE has considerable circula-
ton in this State VIII You please give il
a notice III your next issue, if possible. and
oblige the undersigned
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-01-13
THE LABOR COMMISSION.

We have been favored with the follow ing
written ~ q prominent member Of Con
gress to Il well known and well tried repre-
sentative If the labor interests Though
not intended fur publication, We believe it
expresses the views Of a number Of the min
GRITTY party, and therefore give it without
names or location
Dear Sir y our esteemed letter Of the 2Sth
ult. came to me here, where | am at present
confined to my room by indisposition. 1t graf
ifies me to know that Won approve Of my little
off hand speech on the labor question, but you
do not know why | voted against the bill. II
YOU knew as much as | do about the tricks of
partlslans III Congress You will not lie at all
surprised BY carefully reading the proceed
mgs You will see that proposed that the two
houses should ralse the commission, instead of
the President. A commission appointed by
the President would be Of party character,
and therefore its labnrs and its reports would
lie ,rorth ii9fe although they would cost much.
Besides, ! hold tbat Congress should legIslate
now to elevate the laboring interest, without
the delays Of year OF more for q report. The
legislation Of late years has been for the al
vantage Of capital at the expense Of labor
need but refer to the entire system of finance
and taxation besides this, look at the stupen-
dous robbery q the people in giving near two
hundred millions Of acres of lands 70 rich rail
road monopolies that ought to have been issued
to the poo goo --.aAA settle upon and cultivate
them.
| am prepared now to vote for wholesome
laws to dignity and adequately reward labor.
Congress ought to be prepared to do the same.
The remedy i not in the delays of commits
specially il composed ofmembers OF one
party alone What labor needs from Congress
i not expensive commissioners, partlnan re-
ports and long delays hut oct;oR GRd reticf-
prompt o,'i .sFcicpf
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CHICAGO. ILL, JANUARY IS : 70, Is72.
TOFFtCIAI.
National Labor Reform Party.

4" trh"m may concern
At the session ii the National Labor Con.
grtss which convened at 1t. Louis, August =
1871, the following resolution Vas unanimously
adopted
Resolved. rsI Is the opinion TN, Congress that
thr time for the assembling II the CON, rn0u fnr th,
6Al organization the Nati,4al Labor Party Cnl,
bus Ohio. should h. extended 70 thu third Wt,lnrsa,
q February ls.2 instead % the third Wednesday 4
otober Isl, and that this resolution he given t,
PRES of this country and forwarded q 4 ". Puett
hartman II the Committee II one nom each state and
Territory, having the bushes, in chsrs,-
In accordance with the spirit of the forego-
ing notice is hereby given that the Convention
Of the National Labor Reform Party Will meet
IN the city Of Columbus, state II Ohio. on the
third "Wednesday in February, 1872, at ~ a.
NJ, for the purpose Of nominating candidates
for the offices Of President and Vice President
OF the United States, and the transaction 81
such other business a. may come before It
Each stat, Is Ia b, entitled ,u one delegate
ior each member aud senator III the Congress
81 the United States. and one delegate from
each Territory an'l the District II ohmhia.
Delegates shall have the certificate of the
chairman and secretary 81 the Convention ap-
pointing, and also the endorsement ct the
member Of the National Committee of their
respective States AMI Territories that they
we're duly elected, and that they endorse the
principles and purposes Of this call Delegates
coming from districts where ne Convention
has been held, or no member ~ the National
{ l.. a.. IL
tion Of the National Convention, hen organ
Hed a. NJ PJETT,
Chairman v T. Il. Committee.
GTevuca-tlC Indiana.
4. C,SrsELL, Secretary. La Sale ILL.,
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To Miners

The next issue viii contain the official
proceedings If the Miners State C"nven-
ti"n. recently held At Springfield. Illinois.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-01-13
Change Of Location.

We trast correspondents and readers will note the
change in location, and in future address all eOmmun
Aai00s t. Egl Wet Nadison street
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-16
A rRIroN AMONG THE M,NNows

General Bradley T. johnson appears in
"card' before the public, denying any
aud all connection with the passage of the
funding bill Of last session, so far as any
attempt on his part was made to influence
the passage of the same. He states that
bis only connection with its passage con-
sisted in his furnishing Mr.. jenkins print
cd argument which he had previously
prepared for the press, and which
was INSPIRED solely by his interest as
q citizen and lawyer in the question in
volved," and published in the Dispatch.
over his initials, without any thought of
compensation at the time for what he had
done. He further states that he was up
preached by Mr.. Jenkins, after this argu-
ment had been prepared and published,
with a proposition to engage in getting
through the bill, but refused for tho reason
that he was ''not in a condition to be em-
ployed, !" and that the proposition for such
contingent compensation as was afforded
was utterly out of the question.
All this the public will no doubt accept
as unqualifedly true, only it may possibly
indulge in little speculative philosophy
over the somewhat remarkable fact, ac-
knowledged to exist, that he afterwards,
while in Raleigh, quietly received certiR-
cate of deposit for 81 GOO for the printed
copy Of his argument published in the Dis
patch, which he just as quietly pocketed,
while wiping his hands of all responsibility
in the matter.
Let the committee give General john
son an opportunity to thoroughly clear
himself of all imputation or suspicion of
connection with this legislative swindle,
in which grecnbacks and certificates of
deposit were flying about with such a
perfect ''looseness" that sixteen hundred
dollars was considered small compensation
for single newspaper article published in
its defence. Let us have all the facts in
the case, and not be fishing for 'minnows"
when the "Tritons" are Topping up their
sixteen-hundred dollar tails all about us.
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-16

We learn from the Louisville CONNER
cial of Tuesday last that the tobacco ware
housemen of that city have withdrawn from
working under the tobacco laws of Ken
lucky. The reason for this course is found
in the perpetual agitation for repeal or
amendment of the laws, thus jeopardlzing
the interests of an important branch Of
trade, and the recent passage of an act
which is regarded as directly inimical to
both warehouse proprietors and buyers of
tobacco, as well as to the planters of the
State, creating, as it does, a large number
of useless offices to be filled by hungry
Democratic office-holders, who will fatten
and growtrich at the expense of the plant
ers and factors. The warehousemon
have opened their several establishments
as commission merchants for the sale Of
cotton, tobacco, and other products Of
the soil. The Commercial remarks:
SIN cutting off at one fell blow all the pa
tronage which has helped so efficiently of
late years to make Senator'S and Govern
ors, the tobacco men have done something
practical in the way of civil service reform,
but they have also carried grief to the souls
of hundreds-nay thousands-of the bost
Democrats in the State. There was not
more than one or two of them out of every
ten arrived at the years Of discretion who
did not have vague hope or decided
purpose of being weigher or inspector
sometime"
The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-02-16
LOVE IN HIaH LIVE. BIZ 4. S. Ar

LOVE IN HIGH LIVE. By T. S. Ar
Uir.-This is the first volume of new,
cheap, and popular edition of the cclcbrat-
ed household stories of T. S. Arthur, now
in course Of publication by T. Il. Peterson
& Brothers, Philadelphia, Pa. Each novel
will be issued in one large octave volume,
and sold at the low price of fifty cents
each, with portrait of the author ON the
cover.
Mr.. Arthur is writer of great ability
and earnestness, and all of his stories are
written with high moral purpose. They
charm, delight, and purify the atmosphere
of thought and feeling wherever read. He
is one of the few writers of modern fiction
who does not strain for effect at the ex-
pense of what is true and beautiful in ma
ture. lie is strong.and forcible, without
forfelting any claim to popularity by
rigidly adhering to the natural and probable
in the events and incidents he describes.
Any of the works of the author may be
ordered on the above terms from the pub
| fishers.
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ORDER FOR FRUIT TREES

upon the welllnown vernondale Nurseries of
Chalkley Dillingham;, who has splendid as
sortment of fruit trees, grape vines and shrub
berry, of all varieties, especially adapted to Vir-
gipia. This order is worth FIFTY DOLLARS,
and will entitle the holder to that amount OF
trees, at cash prices. This prize we offer to the
second best list sent us before the 10th of March,
in time for spring planting
The third prize is of the same kind as the Sc
cond worth FORTY DOLLARS, and will be
given to the person sending the third best list,
As additional prizes, we offer q WEBSTER;S
DICTIONARY, unabridged, worth $l2; a two
horse, DIXIE Pillow; set of best Agricultural
Works, worth $40; Fowler and Wells publica-
tlons New Music of Peters Co.. worth $40
also, sets of valuable miscellaneous books, worth
$40 each also, orders for nursery stock, worth
ten dollars each. One of the above prizes will
be awarded to each club Of fifty, and prizes of
one-half the value, in discretion, to each club
of thirty. Each competitor may indicate the
prize which he prefers, and 1t will be awarded
to the first who has so expressed preference.
Please state what prize you aim at. This will
not prevent you taking any smaller prize should
you fail to secure the higher. r.
Every club of five will be entitled to an extra
copy OF the WEEKLY. Cangassers along the lines
of the railroad will find 1t to their interest to in
clude also the DAILY, and SgMI-WEKKLY, espe-
cially, in their list. Every subscriber for the
SEMI WEEKLY will count as two for the WEEKLY,
and for the DAILY in same proportion.
AT our club rates, two cents week supplies
you with a tirst-class paper. Newsdealers and
others will find it for their interest to keep our
paper, WEEKLY and SEMI WEEKLY for sale
They will be furnished at favorable rates.
To aid parties raising clubs by enabling them
to offer some inducements to each subscriber, we
propose the following:
To each club OF ten subscribers or more we will
send sufficient number of GRAPE CUTTINGS
of the new and best varities to furnish each mem
Der TWO DOZEN VINES. With these cuttings
we will send directions for roofing.
To each club of fifty OF more we will send TWO
ROOTED VINES each, and also CUTTINGS as
above. These will be sent for distribution TO the
club. These VINES and CUTTINGS will be from
our own grounds where we have over one hundred
varieties on trial, including all new and choice
kinds, which we will be glad TO aid in distributing
over the State among our readers and others If
any prefer seions of choice apples cherries, pears
&c. We will substitute or add them to the
grapes, II informed in time. We believe that
next to a good newspaper, a bountiful supply OF
good fruit for old and young is the best gift of
Providence.
Remittances should be made by money orders
or registered letters, and addressed TO
EDWARD DANIELS,
Editor and Manager State Journal, Richmond.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL.

Will contain faithful resume of the News OF
the Week from all parts of the world; full and
accurate reports OF the Richmond and Baltimore
Markets; well digested Editorials upon all the
current matters of interest, Political, Financial,
Commercial, Agricultural and general topics
selections from the leading journals of this coun-
try, local and State news, &c. This paper will
maintain the principles of The National Repub
lican Party, and strenuously advocate all mea-
sures to advance the public good Believing
POPULAR EDUCATION to be the great want
of our State and Country, we shall give large
space to its advocacy. We shall devote large
portion of our columns to the subjects of Agri
cultural. Horticultural and Mining interests Civ
ing interesting articles these subjects from able
contributors.