The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1875-08-14
THE CINCINN I'll CONFERENCE.
LETTER FROM HORACE X. DAY.

My YORK, July %. 1873.
joins b. WELSH, ESQ,
M"rsri0t, Pa
DEAR SIR - have read your letter.
that Of johnson To You. and that of II. j.
Walls, copy vi which you have promise to
send me. | answer to all. see nothing,
uo evidence 10 Justify rhe effort and pur-
pose III those who seek through Won "a
help them control pr break up the Cinciu-
nau conference. They ought tot to and
cannot be permitted to change " from ~
Original purpose. ur O. deliver II into IN,
hands Ut politicians Nr professea friends NJ
labor whose sIic interests % them are
paramount W. oIr interests
The Cincinnati conference has for its
primal object a union 81 working farmers
with mechanics. and all laborrrs. as set
forth m my plan, and qualified IN one
point and adopted al Harrisburg. unaui-
mously. Without any interference, special
help or opposition from yourself, as an in
dlvidual, or as president of that conven-
ton, So far A. ! know or believe. but IN
face NJ the constant opposition az Mr. u.
Ben. johnson, Whu made IN the cpuven-
ton the last speech against It. hut who,
when the vutg Of the masses of that con
ventlon was found to be So overW heiuin2
IN its favor. aha not record his vote against
II. The silence Of his press The Hprking-
mani since. has shown thar Ne al least Il
not Inconsistent m his present position
In respect to the demands made upon
NE, as tile responsible chairman, ! see uo
good to come o. the cause nj labor by
their adoption; and If there s,ra. have
neither the wish nor the power o. modify
the resolutions which were originally
adopted bv the committee and have oe. II
four months before the country. with
great approval, nor have | the power to
change the time IF the meeting
did not start out, nor am | now work
Ing, for myself alone, nor for politicians.
nor for the promiscuous crowd whose sep
arate interests are affected by my detern
med opposition To monopoly Hence.
However much such may dread the effect
OF the methodIcal, straightforward WORK ia
which myself and associates are engaged.
our convictions are deep and beddrd u
solid determination to preserve Az least
one movement IN that security To DE found
IN the entire separation OF It's control from
the monopulIsts, ard managing and manlp-
ulatlng classes, who have hitherto always
Used labors efforts to compass its control.
and made its power available tor their own
purposes.
No one denies that this Cincinnati con-
ference is the outgruwth Of my original
plan and purpose, nor Is IT a secret that
the great masses Of labor to-day are settl-
ing into the conviction that their only
hope IS in political action, and that the
qualification injected into the original
plan at Harrisburg was consented to for
the purpose Of paclfyIng a very few men
who there opposed 1t on the floor and ia
the hotels, but shrank from recording
their votes against 1t, and who now come
forth 10 defeat, US unless their private or
hostile aims can be injected into our clean
and true movement.
1t is not necessary, in this CONNECTION.
that | attempt to help them reconcile their
professed fealty to the laborIng classes with
their attempts % injure and discredlt the
only movement ever yet InaugUrated which
promises to open the way for certain relief
and permanent security. To carry for
ward this movement to the end proposed.
1t must If course antagonize those who
seek relief by inviting our enemies INTO
the management, with the VAIN hope 81
thereby promoting the certain and maxi
mum interests of labor
Honest and honorable labor reformers
there are who thought they saw a chance
for success IN going into a political third
party whose doors were and are wide open
for tn counsel, corporation and control
Of all monopolists, railroads, politicians
and others whose interests are adverse tn
ours, provided such we're III favor IL the
financial measurers for which the labor re
formers have 50 long commended When All !
such come u realize their mistake ~ |
course they will come In and cooperate
with US, and all such will be welcomed
with open arms, SO far as | know and be- |
heve.
/ know of no one who desires to keep |
such out. SO far as | have the power. |
will aid all snch to come iii. and hav, |
never, In one instance opposed then |
coming, and any and all statements to the |
contrary are fabrlcations; but having acted |
from the first under rules ard regulations |
adopted in committee at Philadelphia it is |
necessary that se all abide by those rules. |
which were established for all. One of |
them reads thus:
RULE 8. Same form and condition for |
each and all, aud no special exception OF |
complimentary considerations for any"
In official power | am but one member |
of the National Invitation Committee. tn, /
rules for the government Of which we're |
originally framed by me la such form thai
1t should be thoroughly democratic-that |
no one Dan, no clique, nor one state. or
one section OF the country, should pack or /
control the conference, on say what should |
be its principles. All these things are lefi
to be discussed and determined by the
whole, IN the interest of the whole. Now.
under these rules. by which all the mem
bers Of the National Committee (now mum
bering over 75) are governed, | have but |
one vote, and hence have no power IL /
change the rules by which all are neces- |
sarily so governed. | do not understand |
ANY opposition to come from ANY ne,nLe, |
of that committee tcho has signed the print |
ed acceptance and thus placed himself ,citL |
Us in good faith 1t cannot be expected |
that men whose private opinions and bur |
poses could not be certainly known when |
their names were placed on the committee |
by their friends-but who have since re- |
fused to officially accept and share the la
Dor, responsibility and their good faith
with us as their associates-shall have the 4
right to come forward, after four months. /
and claim at this late date TO dictate what
shall and what shall not be done by those
who have positively united with the move
ment, Ia bona fde good faith, and given us
the pledge OF such by their signatures to
The forms and to the rules by which we all
l.