The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-10-02
THE rEsNsyLvANA woaKrsamgr
| The Manner In which They Propose to
| Garry ON the Campaign.

IN. Y. Sun
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. ID The labor
movement in politics has assumed
greater and wider proportions In Penn
sylvania than In any other State in the
country. Lust year the Labor men and
the Greepback men polled over 1000
votes for Peter Cooper, and to-day they
cope with the two great parties.
In Philadelphia the cignr makers,
largely composed Of Germans and Bo.
bemians, who were thoroughly imbued
with the doctrines OF the International
lists, we're the first to move. Their COM
mittes on propaganda sent out circulars
and cards oil through the State, and
gradually got nearly every trades union
In Philadelphia into their why Of think
ing so far as the lnterjection OF q new
party into the politics Of tho city and
State was concerned.
In the State ut large, though there
were some jarring elements the move
ment WAS fully organized In the differ
ent counties. The areenbackers also
have an organization la every county.
But many Of these county associations
had been captured by old political party
hacks especially was this so among the
Gresnbackers. The leaders therefore
resolved to forestalI any action on the
part Of the politicians so they hastily
called u State Convention mt Harrisburg
ION the 10th inst.), nominated ~ ticket,
and put IL In the field, believing that
their action would be fndorsed at the
polls by the elements in the chaotic
mass, which, resolved into its constitu-
emit parts, would produce 200 900 voters.
This WIS done to forestall the action 81
the Greenbacksrs aud mould the ssnti-
t,,Ar - f,f thn taprl, In fiugurs urrtfpI
their own peculiar candidates.
In Philadelphia the local organization
ID stronger proportionabiy than that Of
any county in the State except Luzsrns
nhe great mining csntre) and Alisg heny
(Pittsburg). In This city the tax list Of
voters shows 10000 In number. but
there are never more than 10000 votes
polled
On Saturday night these Labor men
had actually enrolled on their lists 5000
voters.
The different trades unions, the Pro.
tective Labor party, the Central Labor
the nest OF the Republican Invineibles,
which was the leading Republican club
in the city, and twenty-seven ward
clubs out Of the thirty1one wards OF the
city-all these different associations and
combinations centre in Committee OF
Progress, in which every labor union
and ward club has two representatives.
IT. meets weekly, celebrates secretly,
and has the power and force Of u Coun-
oil Of Ten in the days Of the Venetian
republic.
The labor campaign was formally in
augurated in this city by the placing in
the field Of local ticket for prosecutor
Of the pleas (the most important officer
In the city, city controller and coroner.
The shrewd purpose Of the powers be-
hind the throne here, however. Is not
to make q boisterous canvass until two
or three weeks before the eiection-in
fact, to have still hunt until then;
then they propose to bristle up In every
ward, every night, In rousing open air
meetings, have the best Of speakers,
and so show such proportions and do.
monstrations through numbers present
Mt these meetings that tho old poll
ticians and the tax and ring ridden sober
cts will be astounded. AS an evidence
Of the practical strength Of this party,
IL 10 absolutely known that at least one
sixth Of the inside election officers are
sworn members Of the new organiza-
ton.