The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-10-07
POLITICAL.
The Massachusetts Labor Reform Con
ventiOn.

The Massachusetts Labor Reform Con
vention.
WORCESTER, Oct 6.-Ahout fifty delegates
held a Labor Reform convention in this city to-
day. 1t was called to order by E. NJ Cham
berlain of Boston. A committee reported the
following permanent officers: President, e.
M. Chamberlain; Vice President, J. B. Bates
of Arlington, and John Bowdlier of Roxbury;
Secretary, j. O'Connor of New Bedford. Com
mittees on finance and resolutions were ap-
Boston, that it was OF expedent to make
nominations of state officers, was laid on the
table.
james Hargreiber, an operative from Fall
River, denounced the capitalists, said the Prov
idence Journal and Bulletin were liars, and
stated that there was to be convention of la
boring men at Fall River at an early date, and
that Benjamin f. Butler and Wendell Phillips
were to be invited.
Adjourned to L30 p. N.
AT the afternoon session the President made
speech against the Democrat state ticket as
obnoxious, Resolutions were reported from
the committee in favor of the concentration of
effort on the reduction of the hours of labor,
and denouncing the Fall River manufacturers
They advise the workngmen to keep away
from all the present political parties; favor the
substitution of 3.65 bonds for sos, and the
making of greenbacks legal tender for duties
and all debts; denounce the national bank sys-
tenn as one of the greatest swindles upon pa
tient people.
The Prohfbitionists Mt fremont Temple.
BOSTON, Sept. Cat 1890 this morning a
meeting of the SO called Prohibition party was
held at fremont Temple The hall was we'll
filled, number of ladies being present. Rev
d. @. Eddy of Boston, presided, and delivered
short address. Various committees were APP
pointed and an address on the liquor question
was made by Rev. DR.. A. A. Miner, who Sc
verely criticised the Boston press on their tenn
perance record. The committee on resolutions
reported three, the most important of which
was, in effect, as follows:
Resolved, That the safety of Republicanism
and the cause of prohibition depends upon
can best be secured by defeating Alexander II.
Rice.
This excited much debate, one delegate in
sisting that both CASTOR and Rice should be in
cuded in the excommunicat ion. The chair
man cut off the debate by recognizing a mo-
ton to appoint committee of Is to nominate
prohibition candidate for Governor 1t was
carried and the chair at once read a list COM
prising the names of the committee On mo-
ton the convention at D. m. adjourned till 2
o'clock
The convention reassembled at 2 D. m. At
40 the committee appointed to report cand-
date for Governor came il and submitted the
name OF John /. Parker of Beverly. The re-
port was accepted, and the nomination made
unanimous. The committee was not instructed
charged.
After the nomination of Governor was made
state central committee of II mentleman was
appointed, with Hon, R c. Pitman of New
Bedford, chairman. Addresses we're made nv
Rev. G. FL. Vibbert and Rev. j. b. Dunn.
Rev. DR.. Miner then read an address. in
" hich he advised the cutting of Mr. Rice's
name from the Republican ticket, because he
was not prohibitionist.
Wendell Phillips subsequently made speech
in which be predicted the disruption of both
the Republican and Democratic parties, at the
conclusion of which the convention adjourned.