The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-08-16

economy as well ~ upon the claims of jus
tice and humanity-its operation not onl,
tending to the improvement of the peopl,
through better sanitary conditions, but act
ing as such measures always have and will
upon the causes that govern wages-th'
purchasing power Of wages will be in
creased, and better home market thu
opened for the various products Of our in
dustry; and
| WHEREAS, For the past twenty -6v,
years hundreds Of petitions have been pre-
sented to the general court, asking for et
fective legislation upon this subject with
out avail; therefore,
RESOLVED, That we, the factory opera
tives and their friends in convention a.
sembled, postponing all other issues, dc
pledge ourselves
First-To vote for no candidate for gov.
ernor, and no candidate for senator or rep
resentative who does not stand pledged by
his past acts. and free ard explicit avowal
Of his purposes TO vote for, and aid by his
voice and influence, good and efficient ten
hour law.
Second-To do our utmost to defeat OF
to cause to be defeated the nomination on
election of those Senators and Represents
tives who voted against the desired legisla-
tion and we especially mark the Hon
Martin Griffin, of Boston, Chairman of
the Labor Committee, the Hon. Charles
p Stickney. of Fall River, and Hon. N.
W. Harmon, of Lawrence, who, by their
influence, treachery, and double dealing,
defeated the bill as unworthy the support
or vote of any workingman, and we here
by call upon the workingmen uf all parties
to remember them and their colleagues,
the Hon. James Brown, Of Bristol; Isaac
HI. Coe, Of New Bedford Robert A. Full
Ter, of Cambridge; Newell Giles, of Essex;
William H. Learned, of Boston Timothy
f. Packard, of Hampden; George A. Tor
rey, of Worcester, and Carroll d. Wright,
of Reading, as enemies and traitors to our
cause
Third-To return TO the Senate and
House of Representatives those men and
those only whose voice, vote and influence
have been given in behalf of favorable
legislation.
Fourth-To carry out these purposes, we
call upon the workingmen to organize ten
hour leagues and labor clubs in every city
and town in the Commonwealth, and to
cause to be circulated copies of the Ten
Hour bill, and the position Of the several
candidates upon this question.
RESOLVED, That his Excellency the Gov
ernor, William B. Washburn, in carefully
ignoring the ten-hour question, and in
yielding to the demands Of the cotton
lords, banking capitalists, tenement house
owners, the removal of the officers of the
Bureau Of Statistics of Labor, and the
subsequent appointment of Senator who
voted against the ten-hour bill, deserves
the unqualified censure of all those inter
ested In the measure and impartial labor
RESOLVED, That the thanks of this Con-
vention are due TO the Hon. w. Gray, Hon.
Charles Cowley and Hon. W. K. Oliver,
for their long continued advocacy of our
cause and their gratuitous services before
the Labor Committee.
RESOLVED, That we commend to the
patronage of the workingmen, the Law
renee Journal, as worthy Of their confidence
and support.
There was some lively comments made
on the action Of those Senators who had
professed to be friendly to the enactment
of a Ten-Hour Law, and yet proved
treacherous opponents, by George E. Nc
Neill, r. Hinchcliffe, Mr.. Griffith. j. @.
Cluer and others. After which the Con-
vention adjourned for dinner.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The Convention reassembled at 2 o. clock.
Mr.. E. M. Chamberhn, from the Com
mittee to nominate State Cen raj Com
mittee, presented twenty-five names.
A resolution appointing a Committee Of
six on Legislation was offered by Mr..
Maglsthlin.
Mr.. Mcneil read letter from Gen.
Oliver expressing sympathy with the move
ment.
Mr.. Kimball moved that the resolutions
presented during the morning session be
considered separately. After an exciting
discussion they were adopted collectively.
Mr. Brougt ton, of Milbury, offered the
following, which was referred to the State
Central COMMITTEES. Mr.. Hunt, of Charles
town, offered the following, which was
adopted
RESOLVED, That Ebenezer lockwood
Hoar, by the misconstruction which he put
on the National Eight Hour Law,
showed a gross want Of application Of the
spirit Of that act and want Of sympathy
with workingmen.
Two hundred and fifty dollars were
pledged by four gentlemen in the Conven-
ton towards keeping a lecturer in the hald.
The Convention then adjourned. ~