The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-03-22
THE TRADES ASSEMBLY
Messrs. NswlADd and LaWlew show
Their Teeth.
IS M LAwLER A TEMPERANCE OR An ANT-TEM.
PERANcE MANI

met IN the Mechanics and Blacksmith Hall
Fifth avenue Mr. Cain, o. the Moulder
I Onion. was ia the chair, aud Mr. kavenaugh
] ut the Machinists and Black smiths, acted a
Secretary. The minutes Of the previou
meeting were read and proved. The trade
represented made partial reports The Com
mittee on Convict Labor presented q seris
Of resolutions setting forth, and recommend
Ing Ia substance the following That a. tn,
/ Trades Assembly cannot, At the present time
I recommend Any business, which, i'll lieu Of tn,
I present system, would make the Penitentiary
/ scif-sustaining and as the Legislature vii
adjourn before We could get up petitltion
and as there is probability that, before thu
next meeting Of the Legislature, the Assem-
Fly may be able to discover some business
which viii make the institution self sustain
Iug and that the further consideration Of the
subject be postponed The report va
adopted, and the committee continued.
The eight hour Law being the special order o
business was taken up and discussed by the
members but without coming to sny con
c.usion, the discussion drifted into the ques
ti"u Of an apprenticeship law.
After guite an exciting debate on this mat
to-. IA which the President took prominen:
part. and gave the Assembly some very sound
aud logical advice committee was ap
pointed to draw up a series OF resolutions
bearing on the subject, to report at the next
meeting At tins stage Of the proceedings
a motion was made to adjourn, but before il
.,uld be put ~ the chair. Mr. Frank l.awler
ose aud stated that he hoped the motion
would not prevail, a ho had very import
ant matter to bring lsiore the Assembly Mr..
lavler held paper IN his hand, and sand
thtt they did not expect anything from
the daily press 1T is to be expected, -
sand Mr. IAsler. that the daily press viii
misrepresent a. 1t is IN the interest Of cap
itaI But, SIR. when paper, protesting t. he
iu the interest Of the workingmen. and sus-
tanned by the working people, We do not eS-
pect that that paper, or the reporter Of that
paper. Is gong To misrrpresent us. Now.
sir. | claim that Nh Murphy. the represen-
lime % the WuEKINCMA> ADVOCATE. has
mI,rrp, esented what said on last meeting
nigh. AMI when lac comes here and misrep-
re~ytt- what D. SAID here. he ought ~ 10 y
us..tgt-i ~ cam. INTO th,s hall Mr. LAWYER
rgal tile following from the ADVOCATE
MI Frank lawler was the next who spoke
,u the welfare If the assembly, and ike the
previuu, speaker, denounced ntemperance in
uumeasured terms. lie said he was ia favor
80 shutting up all lager beer saloons and
drinking saloons on sundays He expressed
himself as being strongly n favor Of strict
adherence to the Sunday Law.
Mr. LAWYER rmphatically denied having
made use " any such language He san II
am not IN favor Of the sunday Laws | am
ult iu favor Of the saloons being closed on
SUNDAYS such statement as that, Mr.
President appearing in the St.nts Zetpsy
la,t TAIL, when | was running for office, killed
me And, SIR, as intend to run for office
With such a record a. that in the WORKING
MANS ADVOCATE appea' ing before me now
-ir, call upon Mr. Murphy, gentleman whom
Z have known to be engaged in the lah,f
" uIS report w " 1t wss written ~ Mr. A.
D. Cameron
A. Mr. Law Ter took his seat the long,
-,uut form If MI Charles Newland ike the
spectral form Of Hamlst's ghost, barring the
,Hruud. rose ID the lower end u the hall. and
with a high toned sepulcharat voice, said
Ma President have been a subscri-
hrr tr the WuRRINGMAN's ADVOCATE since
fae first issue of that paper. There was a
time when | thought 1t represented the work
ugmen NJ Chicago.
The towering figure Of Mr.. Newland gestic-
er Of the ADVOCATE. and for a time it was
thought be was going to have tit, but
finally recovered, and his convulsive frame
once more reposed into the attitude Of a mar
A. peace with himself Again the deep toned
Vince from the tomb If d~ad nam sounded
! through the hall and the syllabletic word
Mr. President, issued from the lips u tn,
I towering Ncwand. Who it was plainly to b,
seen was now on the rimpaJc. He hecam,
81 Wild aud incoheient that it was impossibl,
for the reporter OF the ADVOCATE to follow
him Indeed it would have deiied the effort.
Of tie expert Of the Times to have kept pac,
with him He denounced the proprietor o
Z the Auyu,ArF he claimed the reporter Of til,
ADvo,,rs lid not give Mr. Lawler enough
space in the reports Of the ADVOCATE that
ny wanted Mr. Lawler to he reported in tn,
ADVOCATE that he wanted the editor in
chief IF the ADVOCATE, and his representative,
to understand that he nor his representation
was not wanted there, and moved that neither
the editor-in-chief nor his representation
would he tolerated in the Trades Assembly
This motion was not seconded The re
porter Of the ADVOCATE asked perrniss
ion OF the President and Assembly to say
few words in reply to the charges made
against himself. and the journal he represent
ed. Permission being granted, Mr. Murph,
said, in reply to Mr. LAWYERS question, thai
MIR Cameron did not write the article il
question. that he Mr. Murphy was RESPONSE
hlr Tor what appeared IN the columns of th'
ADVOCATE Mr. Cameron did not " rite anC
had not written any Of the reports which ap
peAred IN the local department Of the paper
In reply 70 the man in the "tomb" he saie
that lie was willing the ADVOCATE SHOULD
stand on its own record. 1t needed no de
fence from him from the first day e its publ
cation to the present. A. had been a firm ant
consistent supporter Of the rights Of working
men, and he de6ed the man q ghostly fea
lures TO point to two lines. IN any or all of it,
issues, that have gone back on the working
men Of Chicago. and to-day SAID Mr.. Muir
ply. 1T is the only paper that dares to speaI
out boldly in favor Of the workingmen Mr.
Murphy was replying to the charges mad
| against the ADVOCATE, when Mr.. Lawler ros