The anti-monopolist., 1877-10-11

that of any county in the State except
Luzerne (the great mining centre) ana
Allegheny pittsburgh. In this city
the tax list of voters shows l8O,OOO III
number. but there are never more
than l2O, 900 votes polled.
On Saturday night these Labor men
had actually enrolled on their lists
5000 voters.
The different trades unions, the
Protective Labor Party, the Central
Labor Club, whose headquarters have
usurped the nest of the Republican
Invincibles, which was the leading
republican club in the city, and tWen-
ty seven ward clubs out of the thirty
one wards of the city-all these
different associations and combinations
centre in a Committee of Progress, IN
which every labor union and ward
club has two representatives.. IL
meets weekly, deliberates secretly, ,and
has the power and force Of Council
of Ten in the days of the Venetian
Republic.
The labor campaign was formally
inaugurated in this city by the placing
in the field of local ticket Tor Pros-
ecutor of the Pleas (the most impor-
tant officer in the city, City Comp
troller and Coroner. The shrewd pur
pose of the powers behind the throne
here. however, is not to make bois-
: ferrous canvass until two Or three
: weeks before the election-ln fact, to
have a still hunt until then; then they
> propose to bristle up in every ward,
: everv night, in rousing open-alr meet
! |ings: have the best Of speakers, and so
- show such proportions and demon
) strations through members present
~ at these meetings, that the old polltl-
- clans and the x-and-ring- g-rldden-
y y sober cts will be astounded. AS an
~ evidence of the practical strength OF
, this party, it is absolutely known that
y at least one-sixth of the inside election
- officers are sworn members Of the new
"a organization.
q At the convention of the party hello
le in Harrisburg on the 10th inst, the
e. following declaration was made:
q After an experience of over 100 years unde
e. government intended by us 1ounoefs u
al advance the interests of humanity, as IS 81
~ clearly set forth in the Declaration OF lnde
III pendence. we, as people, find ourselves II
e. worse bondage and suffering under create
le ills in this the first year OF the second centur
"a of the American Repul lie than our foretather
- abored under w hen through oppression the
= were compelled to declare their lndependenc
and throw of the yoke of tyranny; and
he whereas. believing as they did that govern
ty ment should be OF the people, tor the people
ed and to be administered for the benefit OF al
90 the people. and that when government 0
io' system becomes oppressive to- majority
III 10 hot hey a
pa change and alter it as to them may seer
les nroper to effect the safety and happiness
he the majority, these truths we hold to be sell
Al evident; and, whereas, society having by mu
ID "a tual consent agreed to be governed py Ia"
'eu and as the laws as now constituted are unJu
rec in an eminent degree, and in many respec
eW antagonistic to the best interests OF mankln'
ha as the results so far clearly prove, 1t thereio
,nd becomes the duty as well as the right OF II
10y people to so alter amend, or abolish such Law
w. w. az to them may seem proper, heeplilS ~ we
the the fact that the fundamental principle OF
n 8 law is Justice, giving to every man the rig
aan TO do right, and to no man the wrong to
~ wrong; and, whereas, knowing as we 40, th
: no the natural resources OF country are ainl
VeI for the support OF all the inhabitants there'
ent as well as millions yet unborn, yet we hay
900 through gross mismanagement III the pup
affairs unwise legislation, and culpable M
&c management in the financial aHairs Oh
VI nation, as we'll as false and defective syste
IGN of production and distribution, reduced tho
the sands OF our people to starvation, and millio
,rk- more are hopelesslv drifting in the same :,
is a rection feellnS 1hat We ia't .Sst;on and ne
TO rious interest which has reduced us to t
lite, condition can no longer be borne, it behoo,
pro- US as men to change system which !
ork- brought about such dire results and assert
fos. rights to W which nature and natures uoo
,oo title MS and our children, the right to en-.
Ileo all the fruits of our labor. We feel that
IL it question we have to decide is whether we
The return into the most abject slavery or Ass
the our rights as men guaranteed us by the la
tho of God and the Constitution OF the Uni
sS e.ls States the principles OF which we ask YOU
"iu help us carry out.