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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05
Nomination Of Alex Campbell, Esq,
for Congress.

We are pleased TO 4 hnounce, as We are
satisfied his many thousands NJ friends
will be pleased to learn, that the Hon.
Alex. Campbell. Of Ia Sale. has been
nominated fe- Congress by the Labor Re-
form Convention Of This district. His
name is tower Of strength, and from the
enthusiasm manifested We feel satisfied he
will be trip .phantly elected. Changers,
miners ard mechanics, rally to the support
Of your best and trues; friend.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05

VHIcAGo, sept. (, 1874.
To the Editor Of the WpRKIEsNAS's ADVOCATE.
Knowing you are an advocate Of the
rights and Interestt OF the working classes,
we submit to you And rolling mill men the
following copy Of ,E1etter sent to A. Barker,
puddler, Of North Chicago Rolling Mills,
by James Beynon. superintendent Of vul-
can Iron Works
CokoA DK1Er, No., SEPT, l8FN
If YOU end three more, with hetpeui can
eoome here by the midAle Of nSxt wesk, will
Riye you D furnsee, or elsd VOC can come
ydbrblf. IL want none but ffst- .ass. kober,
steadk, AID reliable men. OR Anl is lin full
blast, >ssa we hope to ccntinuk ID
Mr.. Barksf chose three 4 en, and we ar
rived at tn Vulcan Iron WORKS. on tho
day mentioned in his letter. Without
troubling you with detail we went to
work one week from the dag Of our arrival
at No. 10 made III lee h ats in about
thirtesn hours, otter W; ich we loosed it
out, II not being in & conde ion 10 work.
In the miAn time two furh aosa, number
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05

Fhb La Sale Black Law.

Now 10 ehe time to test the sincerity Of
the blathefskites who offer themselves as
candidateS to represent the interests Of the
dear people. Al them this simple ques-
ton "Will you, if elected, vote for the
"repeal q what b known as the La Sale
"Black Law" Yes or moi Kthey don't
know what that interrogation means, let
chem send to the ADvocArE Office and get
. cppy.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05
Education at the Mines.

The Ohm mining law, which provides
that boys. under sixteen yeYs " aye who
cannot read and write, Weft Into effect IN
Saturday last. Acorrespdhdent from the
mines writes as NQllowf Yesterday,
the first tine in the kstfy Of coal mining
in Ohio, the school rooA discipline was in
sugurated q the coal mines. The mine
superintendent calle4 OH youth after
another to perPrm II ne oNhe Tudiments
Of youthful scAool fsciplinA The boys
were bAshful incoming forward and many
filtered, dreading their inability 70 pass
examinations A majority o. the boys hal
to return home, not being ableto read and
write Some of their parents were very
indignant at this part Of the mining Law,
while the boys felt very much ashaIsed Of
being turned back.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05

We acknowledge the receipt Of the Off
cial proceedings Of the Twelft Session of
the Iron Moulders Union of North Am
erica. which. convened % Richmond, Va,
on July 9Th. Thsrecommendations of the
President are replste witA-Aound common
sense, extracts from which we propose to
publish in our next isaue.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05

The independent HI,ki',gmdn OF Nath,
vile, Tennessee, prem SEES to come out as
a daily. Friend Brooss be sure your right
then 20 ahead.
The luachinists aad BllsLshiihs Journal
states the IrdianapetF Union, a paper
started few months ago by the Typo
graphical Union Of thh city, as a labor
journal, has sold its principles for fifty
lucre, and now ignores the cause and prin-
ciples which gave it vitality. old,
old story
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05

DECEIVED BHcKLAvkRs - We learn
from the The . IN Froncsco Can that the
bricklayers Of Chicago Who went to that
city under the false inducements held out
by Messrs Lelbnd & Co.. have come to
grief, and have found out to their sorrow
that they hav. been abominably deceived.
Our San Frtncisco correspondent will
doubtless fur ish US win the f.cta in the
case, and ~hdh received We ~ff lay them
before our retder
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05

Ir our Cuba correspondent will furnish
his name, it is possible we may insert his
complaint, bpt we cannot and will not pay
attention to anonymous communications.
This is rule we d. not propose, under
any circumstances, u violate.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05
Twelve Dollars for Two Dollars and a
Half

Having purchased the plate of the mag
nihcent steel engraving Morning in the
Valley, painted for Hon. Schuyler ColfaX by
Elkms. of Chicago, the copies Of which sold
Tor 5000. we will send post paid to any
address in the United States copy of thee
same, with the ADVOCATE for one year to any
party sending the full price " subscrip-
tion-S2 30
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05

I'VE do 10. hold oursel rs-poui,hle for arg op,u
expressed by our Corresp<pd snts.
Mr. Baker and A., 'f1'.sn'a .

AZ !
THE DEMOCRATIC ATE CONVENTION.
CoLuMBus, qP, Aug. %, 1874.
To the Editor II the ~oak &AaAS's ADyocATE. 81
The Democratic 44e Convention me
in this city last Wedhdb Day to put ip noml
krs ota Secretary a ate and Sther off
GERS. Mr.. Baker, WI bi the mipers recnu
mended for nominal was d. Heated; al
as his nomination deny nded by III
workingmen, it mo bef well to RI
view the history u khH matter. MI
Bakers defeat was DIE = several caused
the most serious of vhy was the want
workingmen in thek C{hvention. Thet
were a. number of catidid ktes for Secretar
Of State; several Of ther prominent poll
ti4laAs who wers! bacl bd by powerit
friApA Baker " in ! sense 4 politl
cian.> was not know to oliticians, and !
quiet, unobtrusiv man whom the Off
must seek or he Jib nj YER seek it. d
the Convention thed was not
single m'ner pFh ana out on
single trades Iufio&t and work
ingmen. To efpect fra man nousi
nation under suf @rtgmstances, VAS t
expect an osJbilitff Very few indees,
of the politiciafs heard that MI
DAAer mao 'en Eff"'"e"ueu ~. ~
~orklnsmeh IT Tproceedlns. q n
convention ' pen nnendeo ms nom
na'lon were aons n out Two paper
IN America 'ne ohkiSoMAN : ADVo
I'M. i. 80 II ~ -
snra., hssond . n1Tlara...,.a .
T.. ~ 49, snaf,sS. ~ o. sES>I-
.a,a.aandar ararih;. a.. 49, - -
49, u ~ msn nina 49, I~. ',,eS ., 81
tbev mnst work~I;th w;thoAf 81. 'n Nil
no mos DO Il polZTtba !,
religion. Nb. korkinMn az III,
and have Msrsat dNto learn anl
III NJ,
- IM oa
p'i-' ''sT Ky M ire'elic'
'pe"u' ni' N~ y 'ne 'oi'lns
ana f. ,N~ X,Wsi'os.o n
- NM NA
a.;.a,. AX LIZ ,N.ysa
sslai'.'o'M IN -" 'sXKoe,, =. I
,s. W. Z
iien ~ N er 'oicct~
proval, become lnNplFsd with eerrsbil
earnestness in II ca AZ and then 90 homl
and do nothing whA the day Of actioi
comes. WY IL
There were sevefal IN in the Conven
ton who favored Baker, such As Gen
Ewing and S\nator,Da liberty but they
are men above Me "w~y that are dark" o
the politicians vi 10 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Th'
wire-puller, the ~ EhS4r the fellow
Of glib !toDgdes, Without conscience o.
honor >~orking for kya@ for ofice-sucl
sSe1hose men who RIO conventions ana
make nominations.
r a word ID Of c two emil eHt ,, men-G %s
Ewing and Governor Allen. Thl
General is known to all the< read
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05
cAsroxaIi.. sept.


To the Editor Of h. woRkrxsSAx's ADyscsrE
Canton is CITY Of progress. The men
Of means Of bis place are without ambi-
ton or ENTERPRISE, and care more for in
vesting their bn~ns in real estate IN the
county than T. improve the business and
appearance II the city.
Davy Williams, the coal operator, il one
Of the most public spirited tnen Of the
town, and had improved the appearance Of
the Square (dle business centre Of the city,
by verySEhndsome two-stoEy building.
the upper patt Of which is filled up for Of
fees. There are few very hge dry goods
stores, .phick make good display, besides
one or twoltailors stores, aIid few shoe
The cigar business is at the present time
in a Aourishing condition. although there
are but three stores in the City, one Of
which employs but a few men, from TWEEN
ty to fortv hands each. Curt1 employing
the latter eumber The present supply =
quite sufficient for the geneFal demand,
and as the is no Union It would not be
wisdom til tramps to com@thh way.
The "a ION trade is carried on to a lin
tied extedt, as is also the mAeufActure Of
agricultural implements. Tkere Is room
stiD for pore enterprise here in this de-
partmenk and also for a mschIne shop
in fact the tone Of the general business qi
the place could be much improved by the
Infusion Of little more money into the
business circle.
There is Roberts, the tallos, for instance
if he would substitute good brick build
l-s---. s--ss ths old frA...- -i.--AA "a sRich
transaets his business, it would add to T.
income, and contribute to thf beauty Of tn
square. Then, if some Of those conduct
ing the grocery and commission business
would'get out Of the novels in which tn
now are, and erect for themselves room
and airy buildings, it wogld give Cantor
an attraction which it now lacks.
The business is creeping down MAR
street, few men having had the temerlty
against the public opinion OF Canton, t.
open stores in the vicvkty Of the post
Office
THE MINERS foBeE
The Miners Union Of this city is pro
gressihg finely. The lodge nu-nbers nov
aboutforty members, all in good standing
Your correspondent visited it on Wednes
day night, aud after the business had beer
Transcend, delivered few remarks on tn
prospects Of the Miners National Assccia
ton.
NEW DISTRICT
has been formed Out Of Fulton. Peoria
TazwelI and McDonoush. The first meeting
was held at Mapleton last week, at whicI
Canton, Cuba, Bryant, Rochester, Maple
ton, Orchard mines, and Hope mines wer
represented The next meeting will b
held ut Canton on the first Of December.
b. j. VI.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-09-05
NEWS FsoT the OLD FOaLO.


From our p reign Exchanges, kug q
srRIKk IN DRoGHEDA
The operative house paintert of Droghe-
da are on a stkke, owing to fhe employ
ers using the services Of a nuhber Of boys
and excluding men. The fade society
proposed that each employer Mould have
two apprentices, which proposal was de-
clined, and prosecution IS "a eatened TOT
combination.
A COOPERATIVE POTTERY.
At a larsb representative meeting Of
hollow-waret pressers, held y hanley on
Tuesday evening, it was resi- lived unanl-
mously to aDmmense business as co-opera-
tive p0ttera The purchase knd selection
Il suitable mandatory left In the
hands Of tie executive OuIfh. The So
eIety il tery large and influential, and
there Is On enormous res@ve fund IN
hands. SO shat it Is likely thf the project
ors viii succeed in establishing the hrst
cooperative pottery IN this country
AYRSHIRE COAL AND IRoN TRADE
About a fortnight ago tt Of the fnr-
naces at the Portland pm Company,
Hurlford, were put in blaat after cessa.
tior u i've months This week third
one has been working Mshy OF the col
hers who had gone to othef districts dur
Ing the strike have returned, and In the
Hrrlford and Cation districts, as well al
r'n--..--s-=--s -A-y - -1FrkinG steadily
a . q day
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-13
Current Notes.

The Louisville Courier-Journal puts the
matter with its usual neatness: 1t seems
that Mr.. Tilton, in attempting to PARRY the
blows of that theological shoulder-hitter, DIR.
Bacon, unntentionally thrust his elbow into
Mr.. Beecher's face, and at that the hurried
writers of the daily press" mistook Mr.. Til
toms elbow for Mr.. Tilton's fist.
"White Leagues" it is said, are being Or
ganized all over Louisiana, and their infu-
ence is seen in the advocacy by the opposi-
ton press of the discharge of all colored per-
sons in the employ of whites. In a conversa-
ton the commander of the militia in the
state recently said: .'These leagues may pre-
cipitate war at any time; the state is with
out protection. l fear the coming cam
paign."
The Indianapolis Journal quotes figures
showing that the local taxes of Democratic
counties in Indiana have been invariably
higher than those of counties controlled by
the Republicans in 1868, 1870, 1872 and 1873.
And it adds: Gin all these years, and al
ways, so far as attainable facts enable us to
judge, Democratic local taxes have been from
twenty-one to thirty-one cents on 500 higher
than Republican"
The Cincinnati Enquirer, the Oldest Dem
ocratic paper in Ohio or that section of the
country, sneers at the recent Tammany pow
WOW, and tells the ''unterrified'' of that state
that the convention must rebuke the course
of Senator Thurman on the currency ques
ton, and declare that the Democracy Of
Ohio believes "that growing populations de-
mand growing monetary facilities"
The success of the Democracy in 1874 and
1876 depends wholly upon the fidelity with
which its members shall cling to the former
declarations and deliverances of the party
The day dawns; the light in the east is clear
and uumistakable, and triumph, with con
certed effort, is absolutely assured. LIE:
every Democrat stand by his guns, and tn {
day is ours.-St. Louis Times Dem.)
Let us have no more Fosters in Congress
That is the great need OF the country at the
present time, and the Republican party must
see That this need is supplied by the nomina
ton and election of men who will not trade
in public offices-who will not seek to con-
troll caucuses and conventions through cor
rupt means.-Ioledo Blade, (Rep.)
A ''slate" which is regarded with some
consideration by the Republican politicians o
Massachusetts,, according to the Boston
Transcript, is the following: The Hon
Alexander "a. Rice for Governor, the Hon
II. L. Dawes for United States Senator, and
Gov. Talbot for Congressman in E. r. Hoar':
place.
The truth is that the independent editor
| in the sense in which he usually defines his
| role, whatever he may be in theory, is in
practice The biggest fraud of the day. Fol
what he usually defines it to mean is a lofty
superiority to, coupled with a judicial indie
pendence and an impartial censorship of, po
litical parties. Whereas experience ma
shown that the leading independent journal;
(so-called) have habitually been and are the
most rabidly and servilely partisan journals il
the country.-St Paul Press (Rep.)
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-13
STATE NEW S.
ANpRoscoGGIN COUNTY.

ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY.
Mr.. Elson attempted his feat of running ten
Park, Tuesday. The first two miles he made
with little time to spare He fell gradually
behind SO that his tenth mile was not COM
pleted till the expiration of sixty -five minutes.
KENNEBEo COUNTY.
Thursday afternoon the house of Mr. How
ard Whittier in Vienna, was totally destroyed
by fire with nearly all its contents. The fire
caught in the attic, from the chimney Loss
$1,000; insured $780,
chased by the Knickerbocker Steam Towage
Co., of Gardiner, has arrived there. She is de-
signed for business between Gardiner and Au-
eusta. aud will be commanded by Capt VIM.
Blanchard.
KNOX COUNTY.
A tenement house on Wadsworth street,
ThomaStOn, owned by Burgess, O'Bren & Co..
and occupied by Edward Rosco and Josiah
Richards, was partly burned Friday. Loss
$780,
OXFORD COUNTY
The corn factory of Burnham & Morrill,, at
South Paris, is to be enlarged and a new vat
put IN, and other improvements in the way of
machinery. etc. The company have 240 acres
OF sweet corn planted and "a acres of beans.
They are now at work making cans for the fall
campaign. They have made about $50 900 and
are to make 1000 more
PENoBscOT COUNTY.
A Grange was instituted at West Bangor,
Wednesday evening. Hebron Luce is Master
and j p Gibbs Secretary.
The body of the lad, Eddie Connors drowned
at Bangor, has been recovered.
sAGADAHoC COUNTY.
The new factory at Boothbay, for the manu-
facture of bone dust, is nearly completed. One
part OF the building is devoted to the manu-
facture of acids, which are used in the factory.
An expert who visited this department recent
~, pronounced it the best he had ever seen.
The factory will cost about $50, 900.
YORK COUNTY.
Hon. James II. Mcmillan, city treasurer of
Biddeford, has resigned.
Capt. j. r. Pike and a lady wer. thrown from
a carriage liz Biddeford, last week, and consid-
erably injured. 1t is feared the latter is in
jured internally.
correspondent of the Times, complains
that the credit of Biddeford is becoming in
Jured, as result of the disgraceful row in the
city government A Portland gentleman, he
says, was refused payment on the July coupons
of the bonds of that city
Early on the morning of the 4th, Mr.. Jere
Kelley took yoke of oxen belonging to the
town farm of Kenuebunkport, aud went to
Mousam to move the furniture of party te
the Port. On the way he met some wild iei-
lows who were making the morning hideous
when one Isaac Moody, crazy with rum, snatch
ed gun and placing 1T within foot of the
head of one of the oxen, fred of course kill
ing the OK.
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-13

The Democratic ring masters in the New
Hampshire Legislature lost control of their
rank and file through their own discussions.
Amorg many other declarations of the Dem
ocratic State Convention was red hot reso-
luton against railroad consolidation in that
state. Indeed, i5 was the Democratic thing
for the democracy to do to oppose the CEN
tralization of power and capital. To the as
tonishment of the underlings. Mr.. Bingham,
who is a candidate for United States Senator,
and is the ablest Democrat in the House if
not in the state, was the champion of the
consolidation of the Nashua & Lowell an
Boston & Lowell railroads. Mr. Sinclair, a less
able leader, took the other side. but CONSOLE
dation and the third branch carried their
This quarrel between the leaders, which in
debate one day was hot and personal, loosened
the hold of the leaders upon the members
of the back seats opposed to consolidation
and in favor of prohibition, so when the par
ty pledge was violated by passing bill con-
sodating two railroads, those inclined to
prohibition thought it could be no greater
breaking down Of the party platform to defeat
the liquor license bill, which they did by quite
decided vote, indicating that a respectable
minority of the party voted against the meas
e,and this preserved the quite dead prohibit
tory statute.
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-13
The Beecher Investigation,

The friends of Mr.. Beecher throughout
the world will be glad to know that he took
immediate steps after the publication of the
vague insinuatons of Theodore Tlton
against him to have thorough and conclu-
sive investigation of the whole matter.
Though the great preacher belongs to the ma
ton and the world, he belongs i'll more
special sense to Plymouth church, that great
and benefcent organization, which he
created and infused with his own wondrous
vitality, making it the far-reaching instru-
ment OF good works in the interest of all the
human kind. There was, therefore, pecul-
lar fitness in committing the examination of
charges rejecting on his moral character TO
that body which is necessarily. most solicit
turs about the good name of its beloved pas
tor.
That the inquisition will be searching and
Church probably contains higher average
of intelligence, independence and business
acuteness among its members than any other
organization in the country. That these
gentlemen, prominent in their respective
avocations, of exceptionally high moral and
social standing, conscious of the intense in
terest among educated people everywhere
and impressed with the vast responsibility
which rests upon them, will permit any lame
or impotent conclusion to their work is in
credible. Should fault be found in Mr..
Beecher, their interest, as members of this
church and society, is clear to make it di-
rectly manifest, while his absolute vindica-
ton to the satisfaction OF all, should the facts
warrant that result, is an object dear to The
heart of every one of them. So that, one
way or the other, we are likely to obtain
definite result which will put an end to the
specuations which have so distressed the
friends of good morals and human progress.
That Mr.. Beecher will be found free from
every stain of baseness-innocent of every
ignobe thing-we confidently expect. We
beg that the report may be sufficiently full to
utterly silence the chronic evil speakers who
infest every community-whoseo blique vision
sees evil in everything-who assume guilt
unless innocence be absolutely proved and
who seek to poison regulations that they may
hold their vampire feasts upon the murdered
victims of their malignity.
The Portland daily press., 1874-07-13

GOODWIN SMITH has not been fortunate in
bis addresses and essays since he returned to
England. In the first place he made the
statement at public dinner that there exists
on the part of the people of this country no
kindly feeling or regard for the people of
Great Britain, and that they were quite ready
to show such to be the fact. This statement
brought upon him sharp criticism, and many
a prompt denial of the truth of his statement.
Since that time he has published an article in
an England magazine on "Female Suffrage"
which has called forth singing comment,
but none more pointed than that of Ursula
M. Bright in an English paper. In his pa
per, the Professor treats the subject of wom-
an suffrage in cynical and sneering manner.
Among his charges against the woman suf-
fragsts is that theySdespise and discourage
marriage. Miss Bright reminds the Profess
sor that there are 100000 more women than
men in Great Britain, and that it is "partic-
ularly cruel that women should be tauned
with contempt for matrimony by man who
has himself done nothing TO reduce, even by
one, the overwhelming numbers of those con-
demned to involuntary celibacy." This is a
fine specimen of the retort personal, but is no
better than the answer she gives to Prof
Smiths warning to women that if they en-
Danger marriage they endanger source of
protection to themselves, and that women
who lose their charms more easily than their
need of protector, may be deserted for more
pleasing companions. ''But", retorts Miss
Bright, stake courage sisters; we have all
known men who became fat, heavy, red.
faced, acrid, and generally disagreeable long
before they lost their need of buttons on their
shirts, dinners carefully prepared, and wife
with enough patience to endure their i'll
humor when it had become too much for the
philosophy Of their friends"