The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-10-09
CORRESPONDENTS.
We do not hold ourselves esponsible for opinion
expressed BY our Correspondents.
FROM new Y-lK.
New YORK, Sept. 70, 1875

To the Editor Of the WORKIS0MAEs ADVOCATE
WHAT WE DID AT THE CINCINNATI eoNFER-
ENCE.
Well, | attended the Cincinnati Con-
ference Of farmers and workingmen, which
was called together by a committee APP
pointed by the Anti-Monopoly Conven-
ton, held at Harrisburg, Pa, IN March
last, composed of delegates Of 256 work
ingmen's associations of that State. For
full particulars, | must refer to my three
long letters in the n. Y. Daily Graphic,
Of Sep. Q, IL and l3 The conference was
success. Fourteen States were well rep
resented, including extreme points as
Texas, North Carolina, Rhode Island and
Iowa. Admission was strictly by ticket,
and about 10 persons were present first
and last. There, for the first time has
that old dream of the earnest mechanics
and laborers Of the East. and the farmers
Of the West, been III a measure realized.
They met each other eye y eye, and com
pared notes. Although the money ques-
non was naturally made most prominent,
the chief significance of the conference lay
III the fact that therein the genuine rep
resentatives of the producers Of the whole
country enjoyed truly fraternal consults-
ton, which shall help to convince them,
that i'll spite of differences with regard to
tariffs and other secondary points, their in
Uerests are one ana lnseperable. This OBJ
ject was certainly accomplished III a good
measure although that misguided man,
Horace H. Day, Of New York, when
he found his project to ct himself nom
mated to the presidency Of tho United
States had failed, strove "a persuade the
representative farmers Of the Northwest
that the Labor representatives Of Penn
sylyania and New England were antago-
nizIng and snubbIng them
The conference met on Sept. :, 3, 3.
About ; O'Clock on Thursday, after the
platform had been nearly ratified, Day
withdrew, and sen; all over the country,
through the Associated Press, a false des-
patch, that the eastern delegation had
broken up IN great disorder, that the asst
ern delegation had left, and that only 50
OF the ''E-"d members were present. He
i.-enaged this last point BY ignoring All
who had not signed an absurd dictatorial
document, which he, as chairman of the
Invitation Committee, had sent out in
spite N the protest q the majority Of that
committee None 81 the eastern members
Withdrew with him, except the half dozen
still under the influence Of his Will NJ Ills
money. After he left there was peace
and harmony, almost a love feast
Among the really representative men,
there we're the following John Siney,
President of the Miners National Assocla.
ton Of the United States J. F. Welsh.
President Of Miners and Labors Benevo
LIANT Association Of Anthracite Region
Robt. SchIihug, President Coopers Inter
If Muuiders Union Of NOrtl America e
| +. TrevellIck, the Labor Orator r. b
| Buchanan, Secretary Of the Matt Jnal Eek
ecutIve Committee NJ the Independent
Party, aud editor Of the Indianapolis Sun
| 4. Ayres, Lecturer of Minnesota Grange
| Miss J A. GarretsOn, Lecturer Of Iowa
Grange; A. ; Pratt, Lecturer Of OH,
Grange ). vi. Smith. Secretary Of the
| llilnuls Farmers Association; and the fol
lowing editors A. G. Cameron, Wo,k
iHgpap's Iicocdte c. b. johnson, Potts
vile, Pa. WorkHqmoH T. A STOW,
Cleveland Piaiadeaier, and Harry Wallis
PIttsburg National Loboy Tribune There
were also numerous strong grange labor
| representatives not so well known 10 fame
Alexander Campbell, one Of the fathers Of
the 800 bonds, just elected to Congres,
by the Independents Of Illinois, was pres
ent, but took no public part Ill the pro
ceedIngs. 50 were Frederick Evans, with
three other dignlhed shakers, and Benz
". Chase, a prominent merchant and re-
former, Of Rhode Island John Smey
was made chairman, rs defiance To the
Pennsylvania monopoly rings, which have
got HIM indicted for completely III outrages
which he stroye To prevent, as did j. +.
Welsh, who carries in his back the dal-
ger wounds Of the Molly Magures, be-
cause he would not and their murd ers. II
Is almost superhuous to add that the con
ference was unanimous FOR ''greenbacks. "
and endorsed the Cleveland Convention.
Such men as met in this conference have
been the real workers, who brought about
the nomination nf such men as Allen and
Cary III Ohio, and Pcrshing and Plolette
ia P,nnsy wanna. Ref,rmers working for
ono ind call themselves -Auu- MOnopo-
lists ~ Mluar,u,J, Independents il
limos aud indiana ana Dem Ocrats" il
Ono ana Pennsylvania. They will make
one party next year, and elect the Presi-
dent DC the nited States.
ONO, rENNNyLvANIA AND VICTORY.
over the Pennsylvania nominations is
eveL ,udIcrous The n. y. SIN says
solemuly Are the infationists crazy
They think they will carry the country
with a rush, and that pretty nearly every
body vii be for more paper money All
the Northwest and all the South are
counted hy them as on their side but
they had better not be too confident. The
common sense is not yet all gone out 81
the American people. That's what's the
matter, the common sense is getting in at
least The Tribune money men says that
the action Of the Democrats at Erie, Pa,
is a severer blow to the country than Sec
Rotary Richardson's illegal issue Of legal