The workingman's advocate., 1874-05-23
LABOR STATISTICS.
SPEECH OF THE

LABOR STATISTICS.
SPEECH OF THE
HON. MARTIN A. F0RAN,
IN the ceastkulssaal cesvssoa, IN Favor s Eslablsh-
no bursau ot Labss Statistics.
Mr.. CHAIRMAN: In rising to address the
convention at this time, fully feel, and
duly appreciate, the almost if not absolute.
ly insurmountable difficulties with which
must necessarily contend in defining my
position on this question-in defining and
elucidating the intrinsic merits of the pro-
position itself, and in endeavOring to con.
vince gentlemen they should vote for the
measure by the strongest possible presenta-
ton of its claims as . principle of right
and justice. Perhaps the greatest impedi.
tive obstacle to successful issue, and the
strongest reason that may afterwards be
urged why the measure failed-f such
should be its fate-is my own inability to
grasp all the phases of the subject, and
with comprehensive, forcible lucidity bring
out and clearly present all that may, with
in the strict line of truth, be advanced in
proof Of its impregnability as q wise and
sound organic principle. This, in itself, ID
a serious difficulty, but it is supplemented
by the stubborn TACT that many OF the del
egates have already preditated . prejudi-
Gated opinion upon the adverse report of
the committee.
Nor 10 this all. am still vigorously con-
fronted by m impediment deeply and firm
ly rooted in the most Of human passions
and imperfectiOns-prejudice and III this
instance, fear, this feeling is not only
SOCIAL, out perhaps In some cases lndlvid-
ual In its nature ana cnaracser.
Inc various and numDerless dallles,
Weeknes, montnhes and quarternes-the
grsater and the lesser factors which com
pose that stupendous and powerful agent
termed the press though dinerlng widely
on AL. otner social ano PCn1lcat questlcns'
WIN very rev eAcsPtlons' lose tnelr ols'inc-
SiVe lnoiVouansy anu pecome = sohoArIty,
oohsondatoh Oh ioenuneo inSerests ana
resPonsiointies wnen treeting Questions
Wnicn relate directly or indirectly TO that
Portion OF our c'tissns VINO, from force OF
necesslty' are comPelleo 70 sen tneir iaoors
- o'ns a Noeu S.y sn4t IN 1ne discus
s:on =. snoso sIolAi anu 1conoulc ques,
.lonS' siV Proes nss HVer.~Cly hh@nnes.eu
SoWsru all iorms Vi associateo lsOor spirit
Oh acrimonious nostnlty ana caPuous IN
vective, ana unlustlnaole oPposltlon. NOR
need L say tnat the opProDrlum and denun-
ciations Wnic1 nave been 30 scathlngiy and
gnsPsnngiy neSPeo upon ana hurled at
Ira1e Unions ~ newsPaPers, great ana
snie, ns.1 Ple!uIu n~.uI~i resuII
uoep- so"'eu ploJuui0o Ss1inss iaoor organ
A.a.ions' VI 'huso "no compose Cnem' esPe-
cially 'ne so-c@i'ou leauers'
IL NOT my present purpose 10 specially
assAn tns preIuoicg, or cemon1trate It's
unleAson1Dleness .. .s. 70 'ne invlslDIs opera,
S:'n slons - ''iss ~ Su:@sn WHICH overc~'ne ana
olsPeuso .ne vnuiens Prsluoce "nic5 =
sreeseu sne .ossn' "a AoOusiUllls'll, ~ o sno @
e,tx e M An, nroers.s Issxa ~ .n.I " y IN H.
dics.;n0 The wisdom and eternal trntb ~
tho.e ;daas ~b;ch have dravr uro,, T-.de
IIn;or;sts the od,um and ahr.;va v;trnsr.o
tion az their enem;e. fsel;no conf;dsnt ~ !.
th. world will one dav AZ them ;nst;ca
that thew will live in h;storv Iong after
tho.a n;cm;a. of mvon;c and r;h;I;st;o ~
~ p9i; yoP.s ~.-I ,..I...o'.. .Lnn -
Donou W lu ~" opPoso S1om 80 "a
Sn;u0u o'u' Sn~n nave P~SSeu An'o oo-
p. NJ C,.
Ds ~. on@.lIu, me PIeJuoice Oh
"nicn nave spoken nas nos only mao tne
enec' OF throwing tnose oomOinaeons INTO
the mists OF o3fuscatlons 70 sucn an extent
tnas sneir good enects ana results are con,
l1unueo Ip % Il.n 'nose ll..ie llregGlsrl.les ana
Hou,es, .nlcn seem 70 De mcloens 70 ali
ooMl.e :.n :oan,s movelnen'., even 70 Onlls1lAn.
.y i1'e nos = olly sle .noss l.cts APPArens
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: ~ora;nsmsS vst .;r tsorA o,-'n - = De.ns oas
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