The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-03-02

The resolution met his hearty approba
ton. Every National Convention with
whose proceedings he was conversant hac
acted upon this principle. If Pennsylva
MIA or Ohio, or both, could elect a Presi
dent of the United States, there might b.
! some force in the objection, but the suppo
sition was that no one would object to the
voters of States not fully represented
bringing out their full force at the ballo,
box, and that was the question in a nut.
shell. He believed however, that the dele.
gates from those States had come imbued
with more catholic sentiments, ready and
anxious to sacrifice their prejudices for the
common good, to reason and consult to-
gether, and help nominate the next Presi-
dent and Nice-President Of the Republic
(Applause.)
Mr.. Chamberlain did not want some one
manfrom State say by hisvote atshould
be done here. He desired to see them
stand on their rights as individuals and
each man to cast his vote for himself and
no one else. (Applause)
Mr. Elliott, of New York, was opposed
to any delegation voting according TO its
numerical strength.
Mr.. Sheldon, Of Ohio, thought it proper
and right that every State should be rep
resented here according to the number Of
delegates to which they were entitled.
Mr. Siney, of Pennsylvania, said the
delegation from his State had no one choice
for candidates, but were prepared to put
the best men on the platform. They came
here as delegates divided in regard to their
choice for candidates. He was sorry this
disturbing element had been introduced.
The mover of the resolution by request
reduced it to writing, and presented it in
the following form:
Resoired, That each State shall be entitled
to poll its full electoral VOTE for nomination
for President and Vice President but this
shall not be understood to interfere with the
individual rights of delegates in expressing
their preferences.
After few further remarks it was adopt
ed by rising vote of 48 for to % against.
The Committee on Permanent Organiza-
ton then made the following report, which
was adopted and the committee discharged /:
President-Edwin NJ. Chamberlain, of
Massachusetts,.
Vice Presidents-James G. Bull, Ohio /;
George F. Weaver, Pennsylvania Alex
ander TPoup, Connecticut r. @. Silence,
Missouri H. H. Day, New York Hugh
Cameron, Kansas H. B. Mclaughlin,
Massachusetts E. Aldrich, Mississippi /;
J. H. Thomson, West Virginia E. D.
Gazzam, Maine Alex. Campbell, Illinois /;
A. NJ. Puett, Indiana Moses w. Field,
Michigan Charles L. Sharp, New Jersey /;
c. H. Fastnacht, Iowa w. H. Jones, Ne
braska; j. d. Delano, California.
Secretary-A. c. Cameron, Illinois.
Assistant Secretaries -Thos H. Greavey,
Pennsylvania Otis f. Porter, Connecti-
cut John T. Elliott, New York A. B.
Fay, Ohio A. w. Mckee, Missouri.
On motion, Messrs. Cogswell, Kechler
and Troup were appointed a committee to
escort the President to the chair.
Mr.. Chamberlain, after being introduced
in an appropriate manner, proceeded to de-
liver the following
INAUGURAL ADDRESS
Mr.. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN II thank
you very much for the honor which you have
conferred upon me, and only regret that your
choice had not fallen upon some other person
who has had more experience in presiding over
deliberative bodies, for | presume from what has
already passed, that it will at times be little
difficult to decide these points Of order, but
l am sure you will each Of you, endeavor to
assist me in that regard, and relying upon
your support, will do the very best can.
do not propose, gentlemen, to detain you
long, for we have here considerable that we
ought to do, but perhaps it will be well to
consider a moment for what we are seeking
1t has seemed to me, when have considered
the effects of the trades in different parts Of
tie country, where | have read as l did yes
terday, in paper, that some eight hundred
Ill Lei
in the past year and when l consider the
effects Of most all trades upon the health
of men, that we are primarily seeking to
lengthen our days upon this earth. That is
the first prime consideration Of man when he
enters upon the globe and the last that enters
his thoughts when he leaves it. All life long
we are striving for something to eat, for better
chances for living The poor men are strug-
Cling for something to live upon, and those q
little better off are seeking for something lit
tie better, and everything we enjoy, and every
thing that gives us better opportunities for
living is given by our toll, and it is because Of
this, because Of the work Of our hands that
men are enabled to live better therefore, it Is
OF the first Importance to workingmen
to understand that it is for their
lives, their sustenance, they are la
boring, and for the happiness Of themselves
and families, and that they will be much bet
ter off If enabled to secure all the results oi
their own production. We can each one Be-
cure these results only through the commune
ty-the community must distribute them
through its members. 1t is in order to circu.
late these things more equitably among the
people that we engage in this movement, fol
we know that the laws are such that the rich
grow richer and the poor poorer This move.
ment Is designed to give the poor man a better
chance for living For instance read the
other day, that in Massachusetts the tailOrs
and painters live to be forty-five years of age
upon an average, but gentlemen in my Stat<
live to be seventy-one years of age. According
to the report of the last twenty six years gen
tlemen in my State live to be sixty-nine year.
of age on an average claim that these gen
tlemen have been living out Of the lives Of the
tailors and workingmen. [Applausel Thai
the lives Of these gentlemen have been length
ened by the toll Of those whose lives have beer
made shorter thereby.
According to the report Of Mr. Cudworth
Of England, it has been shown that the aver
age age of workingmen there is only twenty
two years. These poor men live short lives il
order to put their hfe's blood into the veins o
the wealthy. Nature il all the time rebellinl
against this The poor men are now reaching
up for little OF these results Of their products
IN order to stand more upon an equality will
the rch. This is the purpose Of nature. i
il like the forest trees that desire to Me long
They stretch forth their branches and draw 4
the air and sunshine and rain, that they ma,
be made strong and fruitful, and the working
men are stretching forth their hands to secur,
their rights that they may be made good, tru,
and happy citizens of the Republic. This i
| OuF DurDORe IL In in our nat,1ra and u,o corurv